Grateful Dead : Dick's Picks 6 Volume Six : October 14, 1983 ( 10/14/1983 ) - Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, Connecticut ( CT ) : 3 CD : 1996 (1983/1996) Grateful Dead Records / Grateful Dead Merchandising, Inc. ( GDR / GDM ) - GDCD 4026 - ' Original ! ' First ( 1st ! ) Printing ! : Very Rare !!
Dick's 1st Delivery ! of Early-80's ! Grateful Dead !!! = HOT !!!!!!! Three-Cheers !!! for " The Eighties !!! " - and right in Hartford, CT ! Style & Fashion !!! Yeah !!!!! ... ' Down & Dirty ' Fall Tour '83 Live-Dead !!!
Thank You ! Dick's Picks !! for Number Six !!!!!! This one was released way back in 1996 ( now close-to 30-years ago !?! ), and I can distinctly-remember then being in the midst of an " Early/Mid 80's Dead-Addiction " ( one of my very-very many, self admittedly ! ) right exactly ... when it happened. My Hartford tapes from both '82 & '84 were indeed Crispy Boards, but both the '83's were audiences that could have definitely used a little ' equalization ' ... let's just say - Ha ! Not bad ( solid Nak / Beta Hi-Fi's ) - but most definitely not 2-track stereo recordings right off the Reels from the Vault !?!! Yeah Dick - Charrrrge !!! This was the 1st Dan Healy recording released in this semi-new ( at the time ) Dick's Picks Series, and it demonstrated the degree of both what Dan's knowledge and Early/Mid 80's sound technology could really offer. I mean at this point, the 1st Soundboard recording on DAT was only just a few years away ( on the 1985 Fall Tour ). And, as for this performance itself, the Band definitely brings the Heat !!! As this is a performance that goes ' upward ' all night long and they really-really put some serious live muscle into this one ! I always thought that this performance itself was very " Caveat Emptor " ( to quote Dick ! ), in the fact that it was a true snap-shot of how it would often happen live for the Boys back then in this Early-'80s Era. There are certainly some early mulligans & extra ball-drops here, early in the 1st Set - which as usual, opened the gateway for really pushing the envelope on late 1st Set material, and then set the stage for being on Fire ! ( & delivering the Goods !! ) for Set 2. I think it's great that Dick selected this one because yeah there are some off-timings & forgotten lyrics early, but then they really meld & get super tight ! There eventually becomes a Billy / Mickey / Brent / Phil rhythm-unit background that fits like a glove, while Garcia & Weir begin trading turns - just dueling this one out ! Bob is the catalyst, 1st upping the ante with an upbeat Mama Tried > Big River, which serves to Jerry like a nice cup of joe. One of Bob's early Modulus Black Axe's strikes again during the C.C. Rider, thus pushing for the Bucket > Day Job burner to close One. Then come the Big-Guns !, right straight out of the gate ... Scarlet > Fire > Estimated > Eyes > Drums > Jam > Other One !!! Smack, DeeP !!! to Center Field - & way-deep, for that matter. A heartfelt Stella leads into a hearty Sugar Mag closer with a U.S. Blues Encore too. This Show just goes from nearly nodding off ( or just waking up ? ) & asleep at the wheel, to the Band aggressively challenging themselves and barnstorming the P.A.'s !! So perfect, and as mentioned - such a real gutsy pick too by Dick ! to deliver what a certain & distinct quadrant of Deadheads are really truly thirsty for ... the Rock & Roll '80's ! G.D. deeply saturated in Both ! the Blues ... ( sometimes Distortion !! too ) & Rock & Roll !!! Sometimes it's a little slop that creates a little space & allows the creative juices to flow for the Grateful Dead to work their one & only Brand of Live Magic !! Another thing too fellow fans, don't forget that this is The Era of " Circus " Magazine - so with that pleasant reminder : Bobby Ace, Thank You for the Whammy-Bar !! Yes, I'm in the ' elite ' camp of Fan-Faithful that think you should have never unscrewed it ?!? Bring back the Whammy ! - Bring Back the Whammy !! Yeah '80's Live-Dead !!! - just bringing-it !! Right-on . . . Enjoy !!!!!
TRACK LISTING >>>
Grateful Dead recorded ' Live ' at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut ( CT ) on October 14, 1983 ( 10/14/1983 ) :
CD ONE ( 1 ) :
Alabama Getaway >
Greatest Story Ever Told
They Love Each Other
Mama Tried >
Big River
Althea >
C.C. Rider
Tennessee Jed
Hell In A Bucket >
Day Job
CD TWO ( 2 ) :
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes Of The World >
CD THREE ( 3 ) :
Drums >
Spinach Jam >
Other One >
Stella Blue >
Sugar Magnolia
Encore : U.S. Blues
Item Condition
: This Very-Rare ! Out of Print ( 1996 GDR / GDM release ) Grateful Dead Dick's
Picks Volume Six ( 6 ) Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT ( GDCD 4026 )
3-CD Set is in Good/Very Good condition - Very Good overall. CD's ( Disc 1, Disc 2, Disc 3 ) are
in Very Good condition, with light marks/scratches on the playing surfaces (please see photos). Liner Notes
( Inside Insert ( 2-Page Fold-Out ) & Front/Back Inserts ) are in Very Good/Like New condition - near Like New (Near Mint), with light curling indentations (please see photos). CD Case ( 3-CD Wide
Jewel Case ) is in Like New (Near Mint/Mint) condition (please see
photos). This 3-CD Set has been very carefully stored inside protective plastic in my professional CD rack (please see photos). Please see all photos
provided. Photos included are of the actual item you will receive. The ' 1st-Taste ! ' of G.D. '80's Heat !! in the Dick's Picks Series ! - Courtesy of Dick !! - 10/14/83 Hartford !!! ... Enjoy !!!!!
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