• Meadowlands Arena - April 17, 1983
    only "Love The One You're With"

setlist

  • Touch of Grey
    Little Red Rooster
    Dupree's Diamond Blues
    Beat it on Down the Line
    It Must Have Been the Roses
    Cassidy
    Big Railroad Blues
    My Brother Esau
    Peggy-O
    Let it Grow
    Might As Well

    Help on the Way
    Slipknot!
    Franklin's Tower
    Man Smart/Woman Smarter
    Playin' in the Band
    drums
    Love the One You're With
    The Wheel
    Playin' in the Band
    Throwin' Stones
    Not Fade Away

    Brokedown Palace

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    TheGarRocks
    3 years 10 months ago
    one of my favorites

    Most amazing space, Stills again second night. I have a great recording and this is one of my most listened to shows, still,.....

  • markgant@yahoo.com
    9 years 9 months ago
    Amazing show
    This show blew me away... We had unique seats kind of up and behind but we had a stack of speakers pointed right our way and overall a great view of the bend, though as I said unique... Loved this show start to finish, though the Help on the way slipknot franklins was amazing. Women are smarter smoked. The playing in the Band was awesome, space was amazing and The Wheel just so beautiful. Then coming out of space into Love the one your with the crowd just turned inside out. Never forget that night.
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    madbonger618
    10 years 11 months ago
    An all around great show
    I graduated from Duke University the year before and to the best of my recollection the last two shows I saw before this were April 2, 1982 at Duke and April 3, 1982 at the Scope in Norfolk. My first show was April 29, 1977. My next door neighbor took me and I had a blast. Went back on the 3rd of May. By the time Englishtown came around I was a full fledged head. Going to college in North Carolina was not the easy placed to catch shows back then. In the Spring I could usually catch a couple heading north at the end of the Spring semester and catch some fall shows going south to start classes in the fall. A few summers shows and a few trips to Virginia or Maryland. In 80 I was fortunate enough to catch the two New Orleans show between the Warflield and Radio City. A couple of Radio City then the Fox in Atlanta in November of 1980. By the time I graduated I had seen 27 shows. My high school friends going to school in the Northeast were way up there already. I started working the day I got home and threw myself into the job. On April 17, 1982 I got a call from a friend that saw them the night before and he told me the show was great and Stephen Stills sat in. That was enough to get me motivated. It was my younger brothers 17th birthday and we headed to the show without tickets. Think we got a pair for 40 or 50 and it was just an unbelievably rockin show from the start to the end. From that show on I was reborn Deadhead. I'm sure it would have happened at some other point had I not gone to that show but I never went that long without seeing a show again. Even the year Jerry got sick. I caught RFK in July 86 and was at Hartford and The Meadowlands the following spring.
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only "Love The One You're With"
setlist
Touch of Grey
Little Red Rooster
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Beat it on Down the Line
It Must Have Been the Roses
Cassidy
Big Railroad Blues
My Brother Esau
Peggy-O
Let it Grow
Might As Well

Help on the Way
Slipknot!
Franklin's Tower
Man Smart/Woman Smarter
Playin' in the Band
drums
Love the One You're With
The Wheel
Playin' in the Band
Throwin' Stones
Not Fade Away

Brokedown Palace
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Great! More to come. Dougles
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Came out the previous night for Black Queen and a blistering Iko Iko. Sunday night as I was heading to the mens room he walked right past me with a big ole smile on his face and a big ole tub of popcorn. He looked at me like he knew I recognized him but I just couldnt get my brain to compute. Nobody believed me told I told them what he had on and then he came out for Love the One Your With.
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And this was definitely the better of the two, but they were the only 2 I saw at Brendan's Place. Stephen Stills was better on night two but the surprise was lost. Any time you can get a Dupree's, Might and Help->Slip->Franklins, you have had a real good time. Talk about a soul-less venue. At least Nassau was a dumpy building with a little charm. Nasty Nassau cops, but a little charm. I grew up there, I can say it... Michael Nothin' left to do but smile… smile… smile!
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I had been a fan ever since I rescued Anthony's Dead albums from the ashes of his burned home.Slightly damaged but still playable, they were dubbed "the brown bag burn victims!!" They were my initiation into the music of the Dead. At the time of these shows, I was a ramp worker out at Newark Airport for the now defunct People's Express. My co-worker, "Newt" paid for my ticket in , as he said, 'true dead fashion!' It was an experience that has become a major love in my life!
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If i remember correctly........Did'nt Weir do a short song Little Star in the middle of the 2nd set?? " I just want to be, one of those little stars, and hang up there and shine.....hang up there and shine........HANG UP THERE AND SHINE!!! Then it went into a REALLY weird space into love the one your with. The crowd was so load Jerry had to say his name twice after the song. The song itself was a little sloppy........but still good GOD I MISS THOSE DAYS!!!
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tj crowley stephen stills joined the boys this eve hence 'love the one your with'
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I think Brent really opened up in 1983 and "Help on the Way" this night....he sounded like he was playing a steel drum. I never missed Keith for one second. When I started seeing the Dead....he was a comatose nothing. When I listen to his magic on old tapes/cd's.....I can only ask: "What the hell happened?" The answer was obvious: "That's what drugs....will make you do." Brent freakin' rocked!!! And in my opinion....even TWO keyboard players (at the same time...no less) could never repalce him. The sun will shine......in my backdoor someday!
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i remember walking to GIANTS STADIUM parking lot through the cat walk and everyone was playing man smart /women smarter on the sides of the catwalk along with a few moo's and baa's because everyone was packed in there.
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We had floor seats were less than 20 rows from the stage, and we were taping too. The only problems we and were we had the wrong kind of mics so the bass response was not as good as you would like. This first set was a monster, I remember the lights being excellent, lots of greens and golds.Candace really did a super job during those days,it was more mood/ atmosphere lighting of the whole band not may single spots like in the 90's. I am not complaining I loved them both. That would make a great coffee book Candace.Touch was really coming into it's own and was played very well. Dupree's was being played now and was very fun but the set ended with a massive Let Grow> Might As Well. The tristate audience really only wanted to hear one song to open the second set and their wish would be granted. Yet another monster Help> Slip>Franklins', third one of the tour and it was awesome! It was getting better each time they played it. Playing was good but not as evolved as they would play it in later years. When Phil played those thunderous notes in the first verse in Love the one your with it was quite special and blew our minds.Brokedown was beautiful
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wow ,, listening to this on CD right now Playing is amazing,, very deep and spirtual, deep ~ one of the best i ever heard ... wooo wooo weeeee wish i was at this show ! Josh E Bear !!
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This was my 2nd Dead show and the power of it was such that I was swept up and out of NYC forever, to my everlasting joy and satisfaction. The Grateful Dead and Deadheads sure saved me from a life of dissatisfaction and gave me the opportunity to live where I knew I belonged, in the San Francisco Bay area. With much love, and gratitude, I remain ever thankful, and in bliss!
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I graduated from Duke University the year before and to the best of my recollection the last two shows I saw before this were April 2, 1982 at Duke and April 3, 1982 at the Scope in Norfolk. My first show was April 29, 1977. My next door neighbor took me and I had a blast. Went back on the 3rd of May. By the time Englishtown came around I was a full fledged head. Going to college in North Carolina was not the easy placed to catch shows back then. In the Spring I could usually catch a couple heading north at the end of the Spring semester and catch some fall shows going south to start classes in the fall. A few summers shows and a few trips to Virginia or Maryland. In 80 I was fortunate enough to catch the two New Orleans show between the Warflield and Radio City. A couple of Radio City then the Fox in Atlanta in November of 1980. By the time I graduated I had seen 27 shows. My high school friends going to school in the Northeast were way up there already. I started working the day I got home and threw myself into the job. On April 17, 1982 I got a call from a friend that saw them the night before and he told me the show was great and Stephen Stills sat in. That was enough to get me motivated. It was my younger brothers 17th birthday and we headed to the show without tickets. Think we got a pair for 40 or 50 and it was just an unbelievably rockin show from the start to the end. From that show on I was reborn Deadhead. I'm sure it would have happened at some other point had I not gone to that show but I never went that long without seeing a show again. Even the year Jerry got sick. I caught RFK in July 86 and was at Hartford and The Meadowlands the following spring.
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This show blew me away... We had unique seats kind of up and behind but we had a stack of speakers pointed right our way and overall a great view of the bend, though as I said unique... Loved this show start to finish, though the Help on the way slipknot franklins was amazing. Women are smarter smoked. The playing in the Band was awesome, space was amazing and The Wheel just so beautiful. Then coming out of space into Love the one your with the crowd just turned inside out. Never forget that night.
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Most amazing space, Stills again second night. I have a great recording and this is one of my most listened to shows, still,.....