Late 80s

Sunday, July 12, 1987

East Rutherford, NJ · Giants Stadium (Meadowlands Sports Complex)

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Sunday: Day 193 of 1987
Show #: 49 of 88
Era: Late 80s
Keys: Brent
Recordings: 21
Top rating: ★ 5.00 (3)
Official release: Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 (box set)
Top-rated tape: MATRIX
Total dl: 169,628
Songs played: 33 · 4 sets
Show length: 3h 21m
Longest track: The Times They Are A-Changin' · 9:30

Curator Score

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Featured on: Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 (box set)

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

Listened Friday, December 30, 2016 · Archive
Sound quality good. Tour with Dylan so this show is three full sets with the last one being with Dylan. (I saw DSO last night and they played Chimes of Freedom so that is why I am listening to this show really.) We get Tons of Steel which is not one of my favorites but neat to hear. Crazy a** Step Back announcement with reverb on vocals and whatnot. Killer solo on Bertha. Pretty damn impressive Morning Dew with beautiful guitar work throughout to start the second set. Very nice Throwing Stones. Nice to hear Mobile with Dylan actually singing it. Kickass Ballad of a Thin Man. I really dig the funky Wicked Messenger. I also really like the Times Are A Changin. Nice to hear Touch of Grey as encore considering it was a current hit for them at the time.

From the tapers · archive.org · 3

★★★★★ · My one and only Dead Show! · Hank from Cork · 2005
Yep, folks, my one and only Dead show! I was born in Ohio, grew up in NYC but then moved to Mallow, Co.Cork in Ireland...so I never got the chance to follow 'em around. But that summer I was back in NYC. In a way, I got the whole trip -I travelled out to Jersey to line up for tickets about a month or so before, which was great fun and, as I understand it, a major part of the Dead experience.
★★★★★ · great show · Deadhad87 · 2008
i would of killed to see dylan playing with the best backup band in the world. Dylan is fantastic song writer. Jerry loved getting down on some dead. i mean he'd been playing them forever. Yeah Dylans voice is weird, thats Dylan. I saw him couple of months ago and you cant even understand him. So this is great. And even though you can hear the crowd i think it just adds to how good a show this is. The first set is so tight sounding. and im sick of everyone knocking shows and judging them.
★★★★★ · 2nd show at 14 · Itmustabindacid · 2013
My 2nd show and the one that truly set the hook! So much music, sensory overload. My next near Dead experience was Jerry on Broadway 10/31/1987 matinee and evening shows....which at that point Jerry had me flopping around on the deck of his boat for the next 8 years.

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Official releases

Postcards of the Hanging
Dylan tour: Foxboro / Giants Stadium
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Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 (box set)
no streaming · physical / CD release

Bust-outs & rarities

◦Step Backonly ever played here
◦Tomorrow is a Long Timeonly ever played here
◦Wicked Messengeronly ever played here
◦Slow Train Comin'only 3 plays ever
◦Highway 61only 3 plays ever
◦John Brownonly 3 plays ever
◦Joeyonly 3 plays ever
◦Times They Are A-Changin'only 3 plays ever
◦Chimes of Freedomonly 4 plays ever
◦Ballad of a Thin Manonly 8 plays ever

Setlist

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Encore

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 21

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gd1987-07-12.137179.mtx.tobin.flac16

Matrix 2 Source Mix - SBD (shnid=84266) Recording Info: Sets 1 & 2: SBD -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Set 3: (FOB) Schoeps -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid=406819) Master: Nakamichi CM100's/CP4's>Sony D6>Cass(m), Nak DR-2>Tascam CDRW2000>CD by Jon Pasternak, recorded FOB Extraction: CD>xACT 1.69 (cdparanoia)>WAV>FLAC, all tracks extracted with no errors by Dave Mallick - matrix mixing by Kevin Tobin · ★ 5.00 (3 reviews) · 15,335 dl

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gd1987-07-12.137179.mtx.tobin.flac16Matrix 2 Source Mix - SBD (shnid=84266) Recording Info: Sets 1 & 2: SBD -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Set 3: (FOB) Schoeps -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid=406819) Master: Nakamichi CM100's/CP4's>Sony D6>Cass(m), Nak DR-2>Tascam CDRW2000>CD by Jon Pasternak, recorded FOB Extraction: CD>xACT 1.69 (cdparanoia)>WAV>FLAC, all tracks extracted with no errors by Dave Mallick - matrix mixing by Kevin Tobin · ★ 5.00 · 15,335 dl
gd1987-07-12.137180.dts.tobin.flac16DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Mix ; SBD (shnid=84266) SRecording Info: Sets 1 & 2: SBD -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Set 3: (FOB) Schoeps -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid=406819) Master: Nakamichi CM100's/CP4's>Sony D6>Cass(m), Nak DR-2>Tascam CDRW2000>CD by Jon Pasternak, recorded FOB Extraction: CD>xACT 1.69 (cdparanoia)>WAV>FLAC, all tracks extracted with no errors by Dave Mallick - DTS mixing by Kevin Tobin · ★ 1.00 · 1,655 dl
gd1987-07-12.137181.5-1.tobin.flac1648flac16/48kHz ; 5.1 LPCM Surround Sound (48k) - SBD (shnid=84266) SRecording Info: Sets 1 & 2: SBD -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Set 3: (FOB) Schoeps -> PCM -> Dat -> CD Transfer Info: CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.02 -> FLAC All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shnid=406819) Master: Nakamichi CM100's/CP4's>Sony D6>Cass(m), Nak DR-2>Tascam CDRW2000>CD by Jon Pasternak, recorded FOB Extraction: CD>xACT 1.69 (cdparanoia)>WAV>FLAC, all tracks extracted with no errors by Dave Mallick - mixing by Kevin Tobin · ★ 5.00 · 7,987 dl
gd1987-07-12.137298.set3.aud.GEMS.flac16Set 3 Audience Sony L-750ESX-HFB Dynamicron EXCELLENT SUPER HIFI VIDEO CASSETTE->Sony SLO-1800 STEREO VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDER-> Sony PCM-601ESD DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSOR-> SP/DIF-> Mytek Stereo 192 Sample Rate Converter-> Upsampled to 44.1kHz/24bit->SP/DIF-> RME FIREFACE 800-> FireWire 400->Lenovo K450e Desktop PC-> WaveLab 6.11; Audition CC 2015 Mastering by Jason Chastain; Track, FLAC and Pack by Drew Frazer 16 bit 44.1kHz · 2,046 dl
gd1987-07-12.137381.akg460.flac1644Set 1 & 2: FOB AKG460 Omni (no other info given); Set 3: Unknown (likely the same source as #106804); DAT(c) @ 44.1 kHz > Tascam DA-20MKII > Canare Coax > Korg MR-2000S > Kimber USB 2.0 > Samplitude Pro X2 (Build 256) > TLH v2.7.0 (align on sector boundaries, flac 8, ffp) > Foobar2000 v1.3.10 Live Show Tagger; Transfer & edits by Jeff Mitchell · 2,383 dl
gd1987-07-12.142137.fob.schoeps.dalton.miller.clugston.flac1644Source Info: 1st & 2nd Set: (FOB) Schoeps > PCM > PCM; 3rd Set: (FOB) Schoeps > PCM > Dat > CD (shnid 84266); Transfer Info: PCM (Sony SL-10)> Sony PCM-601ESD > Behringer Ultramatch Pro > Tascam DA-3000 (wav 16-bit/44.1k)> Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH flac16 · 2,014 dl
gd1987-07-12.144301.set3.sbd.tobin.flac1644SBD > Sony CCD-V90 (Patched out of screen feed) > 8mm Master (Maxell P6 120) Transfer: Master 8mm > Sony DCR-TRV230 > Datvideo TBC100 > ATI Wonder HD 600 > USB > HD > VirtualDub (.avi) > TMPGEnc Video Mastering 6 > WaveLab 6.0 > RBrain Pro > Flac 16/44 · 1,977 dl
gd1987-07-12.144319.set3.mtx.tobin.flac1644SBD + AUD Matrix 2 Source Mix (44/16) · 1,494 dl
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