Late 80s
Monday, December 15, 1986
Notable Moment
Garcia returns to the stage
Oakland Coliseum, the comeback show after the July coma. Five months of intensive recovery, relearning the catalog. The audience reportedly wept openly when he walked onstage. Begins the comeback arc that culminates in 1987's In the Dark.
Show stats
- Monday
- Day 349 of 1986
- Show #
- 41 of 47
- Era
- Late 80s
- Keys
- Brent
- Recordings
- 19
- Top rating
- ★ 5.00 (1)
- Top-rated tape
- Michael Hessberg Recording: Sennheiser ME80 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M); Charlie Miller DSD
- Total dl
- 366,576
- Songs played
- 22 · 3 sets
- Show length
- 2h 32m
- Longest track
- Terrapin Station · 10:36
Curator Score
How this is computed →From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · Feeling Fortunate · teakay0 · 2015
Living in the Bay Area, I had the privilege of seeing many 80's dead shows. 19 Greek shows, 7 New Years shows and more. But this show was special. We knew Jerry could be taken from us at any moment by drugs. That summer that thought was brought to light and it was scary. So when we got a chance to begin again after that scare, we were ready for magic. I don't think it would have mattered whether they played well or not (they did!). We were together again.
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- ★★★★★ · Return of the Dead · Coz-in-Cali · 2005
I had tickets for the Ventura '86 shows and got the news of the cancellation when I stopped to pick up my buddy for the trip to the coast. When I heard just what had happened I swore I would do whatever possible to catch the next show ... if there would even be a next show . There was and we made the trip from Tucson to the Bay. The thing I remember most about this show was the Candyman, and Jerry pointing down at us as he sang " won't you tell everybody you meet , that the Candyman's in town !
- ★★★★★ · Experience · crazy4golf2003 · 2004
I remember Bill Graham sitting down beside myself and my buddy Dave.He was exhausted.We talked for about 15 minutes while he took a much needed break.He got a call on his radio that said Jerry was ready.He said he would see us at the break.My friend and I were taking bets to see what they would open with.I won.We all won.The first notes of Touch we started to cry.I looked at my friend and asked him,"Why are you crying?".He said,"Why are you?".Then we just smiled.It was the perfect way to…
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Setlist
Set 1
Set 2
Encore
Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)
Recordings on archive.org · 19
Top-rated source
gd1986-12-15.141034.Senn.Hessberg.Miller.Noel.t-flac1644
Michael Hessberg Recording: Sennheiser ME80 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M); Charlie Miller DSD · ★ 5.00 (1 reviews) · 3,593 dl
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- gd1986-12-15.128689.mtx.nicksmix.flac162 source matrix mix of AUD: shnid 80809 and SBD: shnid 99035 · ★ 4.67 · 8,776 dl
- gd1986-12-15.132367.nak300.gidley.flac2448OTS AUD: Nakamichi CM300/CP4 shotguns > Sony TC-D5M > Maxell MX 90's, with no Dolby, recording by Ted Gidley. · 2,139 dl
- gd1986-12-15.132368.nak300.gidley.flac1644OTS AUD: Nakamichi CM300/CP4 shotguns > Sony TC-D5M > Maxell MX 90's, with no Dolby, recording by Ted Gidley. · 2,315 dl
- gd1986-12-15.137554.upg-aud.tobin.flac16(original shnid = 88884) taper: Joe D'Amico nak 300 mics w/cp4 shotguns > sony d-5 nak dragon tape deck > sony sbm1 > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend - pitch correction and patches by Kevin Tobin · 1,439 dl
- gd1986-12-15.137555.mtx.tobin.flac16Matrix 2 Source Mix - SBD (shnid = 99035) Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master (Sony D5/TDK MX-XG90/Dolby B); Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v10.2.1 -> FLAC/16; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid = 88884) taper: Joe D'Amico nak300 mics w/cp4 shotguns > sony d-5 nak dragon tape deck > sony sbm1 > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend - matrix mixing by Kevin Tobin · ★ 4.00 · 5,019 dl
- gd1986-12-15.137558.dts.tobin.flac16DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Mix ; SBD (shnid = 99035) Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master (Sony D5/TDK MX-XG90/Dolby B); Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v10.2.1 -> FLAC/16; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid = 88884) taper: Joe D'Amico nak300 mics w/cp4 shotguns > sony d-5 nak dragon tape deck > sony sbm1 > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend - matrix mixing by Kevin Tobin · 1,286 dl
- gd1986-12-15.137576.5-1.tobin.flac1648flac16/48kHz ; 5.1 LPCM Surround Sound (48k) - SBD (shnid = 99035) Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master (Sony D5/TDK MX-XG90/Dolby B); Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v10.2.1 -> FLAC/16; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid = 88884) taper: Joe D'Amico nak300 mics w/cp4 shotguns > sony d-5 nak dragon tape deck > sony sbm1 > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend - mixing by Kevin Tobin · 5,233 dl
- gd1986-12-15.139362.Senn.Hessberg.Miller.Noel.t-flac24Sennheiser ME80 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M) · 2,131 dl
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