Source Summary
flac16; Source: Nakamichi CM-300x3; Two CP-4 Shotguns + One CP-1 Cardioid > Boss BX-4 Mixer > Sony WM-D6C (w/Dolby C) > Cassette Master (MX-S 100); Masters Transferred Via: WM-D6C (Original Record Deck w/Dolby C) > HHb CDR 800 > CD Masters > FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25; Location: OTS, Low And Center (Exact Row, Seat # Not Recorded); Recorded/Transferred By: Jeff Bowen
Grateful Dead
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
December 27, 1991
Source: Nakamichi CM-300x3; Two CP-4 Shotguns + One CP-1 Cardioid > Boss BX-4 Mixer > Sony WM-D6C
(w/Dolby C) > Cassette Master (MX-S 100)
Masters Transferred Via: WM-D6C (Original Record Deck w/Dolby C) > HHb CDR 800 > CD Masters >
FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.25
Location: OTS, Low And Center (Exact Row, Seat # Not Recorded)
Recorded/Transferred By: Jeff Bowen
Setlist:
Set I
01 Tuning >
02 Cold Rain & Snow
03 Little Red Rooster
04 They Love Each Other
05 Mama Tried >
06 Mexicali Blues
07 Loose Lucy
08 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
09 Stagger Lee
10 The Music Never Stopped
Set II
11 Scarlet Begonias >
12 Fire On The Mountain >
13 Looks Like Rain >
14 Terrapin Station >
15 Drums >
16 Space >
17 The Wheel >
18 All Along The Watchtower >
19 Black Peter >
20 Around & Around
Encore
21 It's All Over Now Baby Blue
Tapers Notes:
This was the last time that I recorded the Good Ole Greatful Dead in the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
These shows were kind of a let down, after Bill Graham’s passing in the helicoptor accident a few
months previous. I recorded the 10/27/91 and 10/31/91 shows on the Halloween run. 10/27 was very
somber, as it was the first Dead show since Bill’s death, opening with Bill’s favorite song Sugar
Magnolia. 10/31/91 was perhaps the most intense Dead show I’ve ever seen, with a stellar song
selection and even a visit from Ken Kesey to mark the passage of Bill’s life. My first set master
from 10/31/91 got lost soon after the show. To make matters worse, it had the encore on it, so
the second set tape was made useless as well.
The 12/27/91 show was decent, in my memory, in both song selection/playing and in the recording.
It was always nice to see a Scarlet > Fire, and I liked Bobby’s rendition of Dylan songs such as
Memphis Blues. Music Never Stopped to end the first set was always a favorite, and the Cold Rain
& Snow opener was always to be expected on a cold Oakland night.
I had tickets for the 12/31/91 show, and hoped to record from the OTS. Still, even with priority
tickets, we still found ALL of the tapers section had been saved with coats/tape, by the time we
got inside. As I remember, few tapers got into the section that night. It was mostly non tapers.
We had to sit up in the nosebleeds on Jerry’s side and I didn’t tape at all, even though I had my
little Sony quartz lock FM tuner as a back up. I was just too disgusted. The NYE celebration was
really lame too, since Bill was not there. All they did was show old NYE Dead footage on the big
screen.