11621 Even if the 1st Set wasn't well played (which it is, esp. the Half Step>Big River opener) the strength of the 2nd Set alone put this one in my top 10. A Dream Set that is basically one long jam, starting with Estimated and then blasts off with a Scarlet>Fire>Terrapin>Playin sequence that features some of the most amazing improvising you'll hear in 1977. They finally come down to earth with a gorgeous and rare Comes a Time (only 5 times in 1977). You haven't really heard May 77 until you've heard this show! Dr. Flashback :-) top 10! dr. flashback 2004-04-13 23:48:57 2004-04-13 23:48:57 4 11967 The second set is what made me fall in love with '77. The tightness of the band is inspirational. Scarlet > Fire is so so smooth, Playing exibits some fine Garcia improv, and Comes a Time just brings it all home. The band in sooo together its sick, even Donna is a welcome. The sound is also incredible. Flawless recording! Don't pass up the second set! Second set! samson 2004-04-20 20:57:39 2004-04-20 20:57:39 5 14377 Great sound quality here. Underneath Garcia's first solo break, you can hear Weir deliver his China Cat lick. The jam begins kind of quiet and spacious, fairly dreamy. Spacious Scarlet dcain 2004-06-05 08:55:16 2004-06-05 08:55:16 4 17859 Just as Dcain said, bobby does play his intro to china cat,pretty sweet, knowing bob, he probably thought they were playing china cat. Rare Scarlet Begonias CryptcalEnvlpmnt 2004-07-31 09:08:15 2004-07-31 09:08:15 3 22005 That Dancin to close the first set was on fire, a spinners dream for sure. WOW. About to catch the second set, fasten your seatbelts! hey Cryp, how about another review ;) still dancin flashbackmagic 2004-10-01 15:08:35 2004-10-01 15:04:31 4 23895 listen from brown eyed women on + there are other much better shows from this year where the sound quality is great as well. Fire is pretty hot on this and the playin is long and spacy. Wait for a better copy and thanks to whomever it was that resurrected this for the effort. nice show but first part unlistenable sheikyerbouti 2004-10-31 10:32:53 2004-10-31 09:20:50 3 25416 I agree that up to the Brown Eyed Women, the sound quality is pretty awful, but i wouldn't say it is unlistenable. After the Big River, your ears will adjust in the way they always seem to do. Concerning the Brown Eyed Women and the successive songs, you could not ask for a better second set. There are other versions of these songs from this tour (Scarlet>Fire, Estimated) that may be more "rockin,'" but you would be hard pressed to find any versions that are more pristine. Very Solid AugustNine 2004-11-20 11:56:48 2004-11-20 11:56:48 5 28139 Set 1 here is from the same cassette master as the source below, but this source carries a minimum of two additional gens and the newer Set 1 source of known SBDMC>C>CDR lineage is superior. It's still not going to sound as good as Set 2, but it's an improvement nonetheless. Get Set 1 From Source Immediately Below peter teitelbaum 2005-01-03 16:02:57 2005-01-03 16:02:57 4 36068 My favorite 1/2 step of all time 1/2 step JustDewIt 2005-03-24 09:32:15 2005-03-24 09:32:15 4 41298 Instead of repeating everything everyone has said...i had to mention that during Scarlet Begonias, in the solo before the last verse (at precisely 3:11 in the track in fact) Bob - faintly - plays the China Cat Sunflower lick. This makes the song for me - esp knowing that China Cat is a rarely played song during this era. Seems like they couldn't keep Bob from picking out that tight ass lick from China Cat. I love it. Oh and, good sounding second set - great songs. china MushroomEagle 2005-05-13 20:56:10 2005-05-13 20:56:10 4 42606 I have to agree with eagle. The scarlet fire is top five all time. The boys swirl and fly around scarlet like sparks from the fire coming up. Fire is an exaustive exploration of all the tonal colors availible. and the transition is seamless. The rest of the set is strong but suffers a tiny bit in comparison. Really, really tight sow on a tour known for tightness. How exactly the achieved this well rehearsed inprovasation is something os a mystery, but that's what kept us coming back for more. Oh and the China Cat lick. I can actually hear Bob doin' the "heh huh" laugh in his head as he plays that. Just plain excellent. scarlet/fire shipofthesun 2005-05-31 09:10:21 2005-05-31 09:10:21 5 46384 lovely comes a time jcroot 2005-07-19 09:10:44 2005-07-19 09:10:44 4 47471 This Scarlet>Fire is definately one of the best of all time - Playin and hot Terapin, BE Women. This is a keeper and cannot believe I have never heard this... F*kng SMOKING capn doubledose 2005-08-02 12:19:36 2005-08-02 12:19:36 5 50611 Starting with BEW, sound is phenomenal. Before that it is horrible. Why? Sound? hyperboy 2005-09-13 10:34:32 2005-09-13 10:34:32 4 52171 The comes a Time is just beautiful...Donna is even On point....My favorite song done absoloutely amazing....Jerry is crackling with Tears and joy ..Good ol` Grateful Dead ... Ny ... Darkstarlsd 2005-10-03 08:23:21 2005-10-03 08:23:21 4 21355 Only listen to BEWd1t09 from the first set, second set is great. Set 2 sounds great, set 1 sounds awful jamart 2005-11-01 06:30:47 2004-09-21 19:46:01 3 It is true that I like this show, along with Swing, because they play just about every song that I love. Estimated Prophet, Scarlet > Fire, Terrapin, Playin' and the serene Comes A Time. There isn't the 2nd set filler like Drums, Tennessee Jed, or the dreaded Samson and Delilah (a song way overplayed this year). No Not Fade Away, Sugar Mags, two other songs play more often that the number of times Jerry dropped acid. I don't think the Scarlet > Fire is top 5 material, but it is still pretty good. Playing in the Band lasts forever, it's one of the longest post 1974 versions. You know, it's just a great show. However I'm giving it a 3/5 because the first set recording is horrendous. Every song you would ever want smgarcia 2008-03-20 17:52:48 2008-03-20 17:52:48 3 Yes the first set sounds bad, but there's another copy of the set on here that sounds great. So combine the two and you have one sick show. The Playing in the Band here is probably my favorite post-74 version, along with 2/3/78's. Altogether it's 25 minutes of just insane jamming. Also, the Comes a Time is up there with 5/21/77 for the best version of all-time, imo. The last few minutes of it is actually the Playin' jam again. And while the Scarlet>Fire is short at a little over 20 minutes, trust me when I say that this version is just stellar. I love Bobby's China Cat riff during Jerry's first solo in Scarlet(by the way he also does this during 5/8's ending jam in Fire.) Awesome. Everyone talks about the holy trinity of 5/7, 5/8, and 5/9, and rightfully so, but I would say this show is absolutely worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as those. I would even go so far as to say it's in my top 3 or 4 of the year, along with 6/9, 5/21(another underrated gem,) and of course, 5/8(overrated or not, it made me a Deadhead.) Just listen and you will see. Edit: Get the recently added Charlie Miller version. Pristine quality(after the first 2 minutes of 1/2 Step.) Severely underrated pulp79 2009-04-03 19:46:00 2009-04-02 04:56:47 5 18 4.06