Grateful Dead
Winterland Arena - December 31, 1978
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Winterland Arena
December 31, 1978
San Francisco, CA US
Notes:
FM broadcast KSAN-San Francisco - TV broadcast KQED-San Francisco - Bill Graham flies in on a joint - Blues Brothers, then NRPS opened - "Breakfast served at dawn" - last "Sunshine Daydream": 07-13-76 [160] - "Other One" is first verse only - "Dark Star" is first verse only - last "Dark Star": 10-18-74 [187] - last "We Bid You Goodnight": 12-31-76 [140]
Set List:
Sugar Magnolia
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Friend of the Devil
It's All Over Now
Stagger Lee
From the Heart of Me
Sunshine Daydream
Samson and Delilah
Ramble on Rose
I Need a Miracle
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums
Not Fade Away
Around and Around
Dark Star
The Other One
Dark Star
Wharf Rat
St. Stephen
Good Lovin'
Casey Jones
Johnny B. Goode
We Bid You Goodnight
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The DVD bonus material is quite interesting, all those vintage clips and interviews.
There is that one tv reporter/interviewer who knows only how to say one thing: "you are a Deadhead??!!" He says this over and over in every interview (including to Dick Latvala), and is totally annoying.
We traveled out from Chicago... I still have the shirt I bought there ( to small now) They hung banners over the balcony rails with Jimi, Janis and Jim Morrison photos on them .. Bill Walton on drums during the interlude , Uncle Bo bo w/flying Giant Joints ..
Amazed that Bulushi could really do those back flips and NRPS were FAB... The movie Animal House just got the evening started and Breakfast served on Silver Trays was the all time clincher for and end to a Memorable evening !
We hung out in line for 2 days taking turns with Jim Ortman, Rich Lynn ( my ex ) and I ... I sat for hours, walked around for hours and danced for hours ...Ever have too much fun ??
This was one of those times !
Please do random acts of kindness !
went to great lengths to get tickets, but lost out on the lottery.
Me and four friends tripped to the KQED TV broadcast.Recorded the KSAN FM broadcast that became my
first master tape.I wore that tape out.Now Im diggin the DVD. One of the greats.I still cant believe that my parents didnt come into my room that night to se what we were doing.(I was only 17).They must have been glad that I was home on new years eve.One of the most memorable shows I didnt go to
Another comment to add... I traveled around inside Winterland ( during the showing of Animal House Movie) as I had never been there before and they were getting ready to "tear this old building down" !
I had such FUN seeing all these great faces.. ( some melting :o), costumes and Smiles, Smiles, Smiles and a JOY of Being ! The band seemed to be having a great time too... Breakfast was catered in by Nasari's (sp) .. Thanks to Uncle Bo Bo
This was my personal favorite New Years Eve Show !
Having flown out to SF from Chicago, It was an excellent week.. went up to Marin and Stinson Beach etc a few days before the show... All together It was ONE Excellent Trip !
keep your character, enjoy living, share your fortune,
OXOX Merple Reddin
I don't remember how I got my ticket. I hitchhiked up on Thursday night and hung out on the streets until they let us in.
I felt like I had traveled back in time to the early days. It seemed like they were so long ago back then. When the show got out in the morning, I had to hitch back to San Jose (on New Year's Day!).
My first Dead show was just earlier that year on 5-6-78.
It was amazing to even be able to get a ticket. In Sacramento a lot of the lotteries where being rigged by the record store employees so their friends could win. The one I was at kept trying to delay the drawing. I encouraged the crowd to remember what happened at Sears when the Rolling Stones tickets sold out years before resulting in the store getting trashed. The manager relented and posted the winners. Damn! Missed it by one digit. When I threw my tickets down, one that was folded over popped out-the winner.
Watching Animal House with a packed Winterland was the perfect start. I'll never forget how the place rocked when Neidermeyer's fate rolled across the screen.
Deadheads, the New Riders, flying chainsaws and juggling freaks, Belushi and Akroyd at their peak, and then the Dead...God to be stuck there on Groundhogs Day...
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greetings - too late to have made this show, but about 15 years ago I came across a 3 cd set in a record store in kenmore square in Boston of this show. sadly, I can't find anything about it on line. does anyone know more? back says "Limited Edition" No 2450. not looking to sell, only get info about this set.
Cover: (in a circle surrounding white rose):
Winterland San Francisco, New Year's Eve 1978-79
(stealyourface in gold foil) Grateful Dead with Thank You Uncle Bobo written for teeth....
I can email/post a scan of it if anyone wants to see...
thanks!