Late 80s
Monday, October 9, 1989
Notable Moment
Dark Star revival
Hampton Coliseum. The first Dark Star since October 1984 — a five-year hiatus from the song that defined the band's improvisational identity. The crowd reaction is reportedly thunderous. Begins a brief late-Brent-era Dark Star renaissance.
Show stats
- Monday
- Day 282 of 1989
- Show #
- 58 of 78
- Era
- Late 80s
- Keys
- Brent
- Recordings
- 27
- Top rating
- ★ 5.00 (2)
- Official release
- Formerly The Warlocks
- Top-rated tape
- AUD (FOB)
- Total dl
- 497,728
- Songs played
- 20 · 3 sets
- Show length
- 2h 48m
- Longest track
- Dark Star · 18:04
Curator Score
How this is computed →Featured on: Formerly The Warlocks
From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry
- Listened Sunday, May 24, 2026 · Archive
Warlocks Hampton shows second night. I’ve listened to it many times but never did a journal entry so I spun it again. Stranger opener is one of the best of that tune ever. Big and beautiful. Wish we got more Built to Last but only late 88-90. Solid tune. Awesome Ramble On Rose followed by We Can Run which is another one we only got 89-90 that I love. Raunchy intro to Mobile. Brent’s keys absolutely shimmer in Row Jimmy. Unbelievable Music Never Stopped with everyone locked in to end the first set. Playing-Uncle John’s Band-Playing is tremendous sandwich PLUS it is followed by the first Dark Star in 5 years! Yowza! Nice to hear a big arena style Death Don’t Have No Mercy as a contrast to the early versions. Plus I think they only played it a few times in the 80s altogether. Perfect Throwing Stones. Attics of My Life as encore after a 17 year hiatus! This show is just perfect start to finish. It belongs in best of lists.
From the tapers · archive.org · 3
- ★★★★★ · "Hey man, you got your Attics!" · Project J.A.M. · 2005
I was one of the lucky few thousands that was at this monster show, and along with the birth of my baby girl, it is the memory that I will cherish most of all for the rest of my life. I have certainly never been to any live concert that comes close to equaling the experience. It was the fall semester of my junior year at Penn State in 1989, and my buddy Mike and I heard about the "stealth" Warlocks shows from the daughter of a woman that lived in State College who used to date Rob Wasserman and…
- ★★★★★ · WORTH THE JOB · entourage1 · 2010
I lived in Syracuse which is 800 miles away. I had heard the Dead were playing as the Warlocks and I was working Monday, and wondered how I could make Sunday night and return by Monday. Well, we drove all the way Without tickets (which we never did) and were well aware how difficult scoring a ticket was at Hampton. I had done all of the runs since 85 so I loved the place.
- ★★★★★ · my first show - life never the same afterwards · piggriver · 2006
I was in high school at the time - only fifteen, turning sixteen in a few weeks. Heard on the radio here in Richmond, VA that "Warlocks" tickets were going to be sold at the Richmond Coliseum. The announcer said that this was really the Dead, and you'd better hurry, 'cause they're going fast! When a friend and I got there, Sunday was already sold out - S***! OK, we'll "settle" for Monday night. Lime green tickets with The Warlocks in gold foil.
Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.
Official release
- Formerly The Warlocksno streaming · physical / CD release
Bust-outs & rarities
- ★★★Attics of My Life17y 1mo since 1972-09-27
- ★★Dark Star5y 3mo since 1984-07-13
Setlist
Set 1
Set 2
Encore
Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)
Recordings on archive.org · 27
Top-rated source
gd1989-10-09.131003.cmc521.fob.deal.flac16
Master Digital FOB Recording by Lance Deal using Schoeps CMC521's> Schoeps VMS 52 UB> Technics SVMD1; · ★ 5.00 (2 reviews) · 4,298 dl
Compare all 27 sources
- gd1989-10-09.099647★ 4.33 · 3,502 dl
- gd1989-10-09.120403.Nak300sSenn441.AlabamaBob.Currier.Keo.Flac2496Master Audience Supplied By Mr. Currier; 2 Nakamichi CM300/CP4 And 1 Sennheiser 441> Nakamichi 550,Ran By Alabama Bob> Second Deck Marantz PMD-430 Dolby B, Ran By Mr. Currier; Tapes Maxell MX-90's; Transfer Information:Nakamichi MR-1>No Dolby>Korg MR-1000 @ 1 Bit/5.6 MHz By Keo; Tracking/Sample Rate Conversion/Flacked With AudioGate Software To 24/96 Khz; Metadata Tagging With Tag&Rename · ★ 4.50 · 4,048 dl
- gd1989-10-09.120404.Nak300sSenn441.AlabamaBob.Currier.Keo.Flac1644Master Audience Supplied By Mr. Currier; 2 Nakamichi CM300/CP4 And 1 Sennheiser 441> Nakamichi 550,Ran By Alabama Bob> Second Deck Marantz PMD-430 Dolby B, Ran By Mr. Currier; Tapes Maxell MX-90's; Transfer Information:Nakamichi MR-1>No Dolby B>Korg MR-1000 @ 1 Bit/5.6 MHz By Keo; Tracking/Sample Rate Conversion With AudioGate Software To 32/96 Khz; Dithered/Flacked With Korg Aqua To 16/44; SBE's Checked/Fixed With Trader's Little Helper; Metadata Tagging With Tag&Rename · 3,386 dl
- gd1989-10-09.125737.mk4.48khz.flac16flac16/48kHz ; Source: Schoeps CMC3/MK4 > Oade P/S > Panasonic SV250 (48 khz); Location: FOB; · 2,517 dl
- gd1989-10-09.125738.mk4.flac16Source: Schoeps CMC3/MK4 > Oade P/S > Panasonic SV250 (48 khz); Location: FOB; · ★ 4.75 · 5,348 dl
- gd1989-10-09.131003.cmc521.fob.deal.flac16Master Digital FOB Recording by Lance Deal using Schoeps CMC521's> Schoeps VMS 52 UB> Technics SVMD1; · ★ 5.00 · 4,298 dl
- gd1989-10-09.142510.fob.schoeps.cmc4.mk4.mattes.miller.clugston.flac1648flac16/48kHz ; Source Info: Ted Mattes' Master (FOB)Audience Dat; Schoeps CMC4/MK4 mics @ 110 degrees, ORTF, Schoeps t-bar stand, shoulder height > Monster Cable Interlinks > Oade capacitor P/S > Panasonic SV-250 (16-bit/48k); Transfer Info: Master Dat (Sony PCM-R500)> Tascam DA-3000 (16-bit/48k) > .wav(16-bit/48k)> Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH 1648 · 2,313 dl
- gd1989-10-09.147611.ultramatrix.sbd.pearson.miller.flac24UltraMatrix SBD > Cassette Master (TDK MA-XG90) · 4,795 dl
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