• https://www.dead.net/features/tapers-section/october-28-november-3-2013
    October 28 - November 3, 2013

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from a short period in Grateful Dead history, early in Brent’s tenure with the band, with selections this week from 1979, 1981 and 1982.

    Our first tracks this week are from 9/6/79, the final night of a three night run at Madison Square Garden, with music from the second set featuring Ramble On Rose, Terrapin Station>Playing In The Band.

    From two years later, we have music recorded live in Seattle on 8/14/81, with the sequence of music coming out of Space. Other One tease>Playing In The Band reprise>Wharf Rat>I Need A Miracle>GDTRFB>Johnny B. Goode. That’s a pretty well-developed Other One jam to start things off, but which they soon abandon before it becomes a full-blown Other One, in preference of heading back into Playing In the Band.

    From another year later, on 8/8/82 at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI, we have the start of the second set, featuring Far From Me>Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain. That’s a very rare Far From Me set opener, but very cool nonetheless.

    Be sure to join us here next week for more tunes form the vault.

    David Lemieux
    vault@dead.net

    361721
19 comments
sort by
Recent
Reset
Items displayed
  • claney
    10 years 4 months ago
    1982
    I do not get the antipathy towards 1982. I love the RT from Philly '82 (one of my all-time favorite Terrapins), I love my AUDs from that year (8/3/82! Half Step>Franklin's>Minglewood opener!). And this Scarlet>Fire. Jeez man, what's not to love? I'm having one of those moments (I've been listening to lots of other music the last couple of weeks, thinking, ah, well another Dead phase is through and I'm a bit burned out right now and WHAM I hear this Scar-Fire). Uh... thanks for posting this. *Sheepish Grin*
  • stoltzfus
    10 years 4 months ago
    GD79 Playin's are very powerful
    11/111/6 12/28 and many more
  • claney
    10 years 4 months ago
    laughingwater
    I know why you're tripping on this version of RoR. 'Cause it's got Brent just slithering up and down the keys, mad psychedelic. And I always love hearing the dosed-up ecstatic "wooowhoooooooooos!" from the audience too... This is nice. EDIT: Jerry's solo has such a nice tone, sloppy at times.... Was it Jerry who said it was hard for him to listen to Dead recordings because he could only hear what they were TRYING to do? Well, maybe a Deadhead is someone who actually HEARS what they were trying to do, even when they don't pull it off.
user picture
Default Avatar

Member for

14 years 11 months

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from a short period in Grateful Dead history, early in Brent’s tenure with the band, with selections this week from 1979, 1981 and 1982.

Our first tracks this week are from 9/6/79, the final night of a three night run at Madison Square Garden, with music from the second set featuring Ramble On Rose, Terrapin Station>Playing In The Band.

From two years later, we have music recorded live in Seattle on 8/14/81, with the sequence of music coming out of Space. Other One tease>Playing In The Band reprise>Wharf Rat>I Need A Miracle>GDTRFB>Johnny B. Goode. That’s a pretty well-developed Other One jam to start things off, but which they soon abandon before it becomes a full-blown Other One, in preference of heading back into Playing In the Band.

From another year later, on 8/8/82 at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI, we have the start of the second set, featuring Far From Me>Scarlet Begonias>Fire On The Mountain. That’s a very rare Far From Me set opener, but very cool nonetheless.

Be sure to join us here next week for more tunes form the vault.

David Lemieux
vault@dead.net

Display on homepage featured list
On
Homepage Feature blurb
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from a short period in Grateful Dead history, early in Brent’s tenure with the band, with selections this week from 1979, 1981 and 1982.
Homepage Feature title
October 28-November 3, 2013
summary
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from a short period in Grateful Dead history, early in Brent’s tenure with the band, with selections this week from 1979, 1981 and 1982.
Custom Teaser
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from a short period in Grateful Dead history, early in Brent’s tenure with the band, with selections this week from 1979, 1981 and 1982.
Feature type

dead comment

user picture

Member for

16 years 10 months
Permalink

It's here now, folks. Sorry for the delay!
user picture

Member for

16 years 9 months
Permalink

Interesting time period for the band. According to Deadbase, they were on the road after about a months break. A couple shows after the one featured here they were playing MacArthur Court in Eugene. Another interesting tidbit is the recent breakout of Might as Well at the beginning of the August '81 run, where they had it in heavy rotation for several (about 6) shows in a row, either as a set closer or the 2nd set opener. That always stuck out to me when studying set lists or filling out j-cards from this span of shows... P.S. Thanks Dead.net for getting this posted - - What happened to last week's entry with the St. Paul and MSG stuff?
user picture

Member for

15 years 11 months
Permalink

Jerry feeds off of Brent's energy. Listen to the CROWD!!! We love it!
user picture

Member for

15 years 11 months
Permalink

I'm really trippin on this Ramble On Rose. Really, listen to you guys in the audience. Awesome!!
user picture

Member for

15 years 11 months
Permalink

and then it just got better!
user picture

Member for

14 years 2 months
Permalink

I won't ask where Phil is this time. Sure wish I could hear him, though.
user picture
Default Avatar

Member for

16 years 9 months
Permalink

Just getting right...your contribution is ever-so appreciated, xo! 1981 in 2013, I'm rocking, xo! Thanks-so-much! ...miracles... Love thy neighbor, play your music loud! Takes Dynamite!
user picture

Member for

14 years 3 months
Permalink

Didn't happen. I'm pretty sure I commented along with at least 5 others. It somehow got wiped, unless I'm tripping - which could very well be. Are all our memories that short or did they actually miss a whole week without somebody letting them know? Just curious...
user picture
Default Avatar

Member for

14 years
Permalink

Was there and it disappeared. The whole first set to 8/6/82 was one of the selections. Hopefully it will reappear as quickly as it vanished.
user picture

Member for

16 years 9 months
Permalink

Boy, Jerry has some memory problems at the beginning of 'Ramble on Rose'. At least he recovers the fumble at 'Just like NYC', a particularly propitious place to get back on the ball considering where the gig was...
user picture

Member for

14 years 2 months
Permalink

one of my favorite GD songs. SWEET.
user picture

Member for

16 years 8 months
Permalink

I know why you're tripping on this version of RoR. 'Cause it's got Brent just slithering up and down the keys, mad psychedelic. And I always love hearing the dosed-up ecstatic "wooowhoooooooooos!" from the audience too... This is nice. EDIT: Jerry's solo has such a nice tone, sloppy at times.... Was it Jerry who said it was hard for him to listen to Dead recordings because he could only hear what they were TRYING to do? Well, maybe a Deadhead is someone who actually HEARS what they were trying to do, even when they don't pull it off.
user picture

Member for

16 years 8 months
Permalink

I do not get the antipathy towards 1982. I love the RT from Philly '82 (one of my all-time favorite Terrapins), I love my AUDs from that year (8/3/82! Half Step>Franklin's>Minglewood opener!). And this Scarlet>Fire. Jeez man, what's not to love? I'm having one of those moments (I've been listening to lots of other music the last couple of weeks, thinking, ah, well another Dead phase is through and I'm a bit burned out right now and WHAM I hear this Scar-Fire). Uh... thanks for posting this. *Sheepish Grin*
user picture

Member for

15 years 11 months
Permalink

Hey Man, Hanker for a hunk of '79 Dead? Roll back the Previous Taper's rolodex to week of Oct.27 2008 For a taste of 10/27/79 Cape Cod Coliseum,South Yarmouth, Mass. USA. in this sequence, The adventure begins as the band trails out of He's gone,Then each musician is swept up together and goin Hard! Then:Caution Jam>The Other One Phil's Other One entrance will get your attention Finest Kind East Coast Dead Anyhow, Merci beaucoup Monsieur Lemieux shwack in nh