Picasso Moon, Althea, CC Rider-> It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, El Paso, High Time, Black Throated Wind, Deal Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower, Looks Like Rain, Terrapin Station-> Jam-> Drums-> Jam-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Throwing Stones-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: The Weight

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Reviewer: tonymannara - favorite favorite favorite - July 29, 2010

Subject: Ups and Downs...but FUN First, the recording is not great…but turned way up it actually isn’t too muddy at all. This is definitely listenable as is, well above our old standard boot cassette quality. You get some good, clear isolation in the mix of each and every instrument. Vince is down in most of the first set, but that was how it was. The balance is pretty damn good from the very beginning of the second set.



Oh my. Bruce is absolutely SMOKIN’ out of the gates. “Best” Picasso ever? Not sure…but it is the highest energy, most rockin’ one I have heard yet. “Takes a Train” is an awesome good treat, of course. Sorry, but I found this BTW a little so-so, even considering some later versions, including Shoreline a few years prior. So many of you noted this Deal and at first I was disappointed. Like many Dead versions the lyric sections were pretty average to start, and the pace was way to quick. Then the JAM happened. One frickin’ word – BRUCE. Indeed a rockin version well above average, no doubt about that. Seems like Bruce inspires Jerry to greatness throughout this whole show…which was the case for so many shows on this tour. A whole other level. 2nd set is pretty damn solid. Phil comes out absolutely wicked right from the start and gets some wicked 70’s style on Help…then goes nutty in the Slip…this is the Phil I love…BOMBS A-PLENTY. Mick and Billy really lock in with Phil and Bobby goes other worldly here…even Vince gets down inside… Jer is on fire…this Slipknot is really, really fat and nice. Man is it good! The high point of this show for sure. Then the Frank’s disappoints, especially Vince. Weak LLR (a personal fave song) and a sloppy Terrapin. Downer. Rest of the set had moments but was sloppy. I did enjoy The Weight. Excellent.

- July 29, 2010Ups and Downs...but FUN

Reviewer: birdsong4all - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 20, 2009

Subject: tink tink What better than a "plink plink" to go with Jerry's infamous "tink tink" ??? Yeah I was there -- not sure what I value more: having been there (how fortunate) or being able to hear it here now (& again & again) THANX SO MUCH - March 20, 2009tink tink

Reviewer: stoner mulholland - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 23, 2008

Subject: the best picasso moon ever!!! this one and the one from mile high..(same year)...its a good song.....dont care what deadheads think of this song....i think its a good song...not a great one,but a good one... - February 23, 2008the best picasso moon ever!!!

Reviewer: Tito&Smokey - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 15, 2007

Subject: 4 stars? Big show all around.Definitly top 20% of 90s shows.Good recording "Train to cry" a big highlite - November 15, 20074 stars?

Reviewer: dirty jev-o - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 8, 2007

Subject: funny comments too much low end?

wow

wow

that is a good one

this is a great recording -----the highs are a bit smooshed

which could be a good thing''

review the recordings!!!!!

bruce sounds like a lounge pianist every time i hear him----plunk plunk plunk - October 8, 2007funny comments

Reviewer: lena -lost - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 12, 2007

Subject: the show I missed the last part of................... I think this is one of the best I ever went to, and find it incredible to have be able to download it.

I got a tape sent to me afterwards but it was to much wind and that affected the sound quality.



It was almost too much with all the good songs - all at once, and as far as I recall it I coudl hardly rise from the grass.



Teh loaction ws jsut incredible too, outdoors and the salty winds and the green green grass.



But I seem to have problems with the second set in downloading. - January 12, 2007the show I missed the last part of...................

Reviewer: EllisDee - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 23, 2006

Subject: Black throated wind Its a treat when I get a awsome show with a treat like black throated wind with it.I wish the rec was better but ohh well.Big fan of that song and they didnt play it to often before this. - December 23, 2006Black throated wind

Reviewer: Rich D - favorite favorite favorite - July 12, 2006

Subject: Great Terrapin and following jam Jakstraw - This is a great deal, but check out 10/17/83. I think it is just as good, maybe better! One of those excellent 1st sets.



I have to say that I'm not overly impressed with the quality of this soundboard - too much low end. I prefer the FOB copy (and I usually prefer the boards and made out pretty well before they got ranked :) - July 12, 2006Great Terrapin and following jam

Reviewer: otisa42 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 7, 2006

Subject: ah the memories! I remember this show as if it were yesterday. 19 years old, on tour because my folks kicked me out of the house, and the last show of the tour. 5/10 was indeed a bit better musically but this show will always be on the top as far as emotional impact. After the Cal Expo shows, all I talked about was how I really wanted to hear a kickin Lovelight. I remember lying on the grass listening to the show as the 2nd set began to wind down after space thinking that I might not get to hear it and then it happened! I turned to my friend just as she turned to me, both of us with grins from ear to ear. Needless to say we were up on our feet in half a second. between that, the most smokin Deal I ever heard and the surprise treat of It Takes a lot to Laugh, I make this the most memorable show I ever went to. - June 7, 2006ah the memories!

Reviewer: Dub Irie - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 8, 2006

Subject: great show - mediocre recording This show was stellar - with jerry and Bruce hitting it off starting with the end of the first set's Deal. Magic all night thereafter. Too bad this board is mediocre. - May 8, 2006great show - mediocre recording

Reviewer: gruUbic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 22, 2006

Subject: Bro Love the Dead GD 5/12/1991 - Went to these shows in Mt View...

very fun. This was a good one.

great Deal.

It was my square-bear brother's first shows...he was primed for jerr bear...

we both had short hair --

many times peeps thought we were cops - or in Desert Storm...you know, the great war --



god bless, those were fun times...

God bless the folk at Shoreline

...God bless our troops ---

...and God bless the m*tha fahkyn Grateful Dead! - March 22, 2006Bro Love the Dead

Reviewer: lobster12 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 14, 2006

Subject: deal jakstraw, concur on this Deal. Top notch. I recommend the summer solstice show of June 1989, also at Shoreline. Most consider the "deal" the best the band has played. If you don't agree, you still get a ripping version none the less.



As of this gig, what can you say? Another fine run. Both shoreline stints in the summer and fall are epic. If I had to do a "best of" of 1991 it would be damn hard because of the night in night out brilliance. - February 14, 2006deal

Reviewer: jhender501 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 25, 2006

Subject: Very Nice Love the CCrider->takes a lot..Help/Slip/Frank is

wonderful and Deal starts off rather routine but holy cow really takes off..



I love shows where I can hear what Weir is playing and this is a good one for that.

Nice show at one of my favorite venues



Jim - January 25, 2006Very Nice

Reviewer: Dead Forever - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 25, 2006

Subject: Love it One of my favorite first sets of the '90s. The boys were ON. Interplay between Jerry and Bruce is tremendous. Althea and Deal are huge. A must have. (Five star rating for set 1 only) - January 25, 2006Love it

Reviewer: Bzl - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 28, 2005

Subject: Smoking show and sound but... ...there's a lot of the lengthy post-Terrapin jam missing, and some of drums. I made a patch from the audience version, but the difference of the sound quality is pretty stark.

Amazing first set; amazing Help>Franklins, and the Terrapin is great but it's a shame that the last ~7 minutes of it isn't here. - June 28, 2005Smoking show and sound but...

Reviewer: jakstraw - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 3, 2005

Subject: DEAL!!!!!! I was at shoreline for this run, sitting in the 100 sections on all three nights! The 5/10 show was absolutely perfect, but this night had some nice highlights. I've been listening for almost 20 years. This DEAL is without a doubt the best deal you will find, anywhere. I challange anyone to name a more rippin Deal. Belive me, I've been searching...There are some 1990 and 1987 deals that come close, but can't top this one. (Also, If you remember, in 1991 you could not find a more flat out, scorching, mind melting jam than a DEAL First Set Closer for the Jerry Band shows)...Listen to Jerry and Bruce play off one another. Bruce is just BANGING AWAY at the keys. I remember being dead center in section 102, and laughing uncontrollably as the jam just built and built to an absolute fenzy! Garcia hits those notes he never hits, ala Morning Dew 9-18-87...It gives me goosebumps as I type this!! Get it!! Show gets a 4, but the Deal gets a 7!! - June 3, 2005DEAL!!!!!!

Reviewer: dmilks - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 29, 2005

Subject: Top Shelf '91 Dead Although I think the 5-10-91 night of this run is by far the best of the three in terms of musicianship, this night is a close second. The first Train to Cry since 6-10-73. There is a quick glitch/cut in CC Rider, but other than that the first set is totally intact and complete, as is the second set. Jerry slightly flubs the beginning of Slipknot, but it works out fine, and all is forgotten by the Franklin's Tower. A solid 4 star show IMHO, maybe bordering on a 4- in my book. dmilks -- April 29, 2005Top Shelf '91 Dead

Reviewer: Tito&Smokey - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 23, 2005

Subject: 4 stars Big show all around.Definitly top 20% of 90s shows.Good recording "Train to cry" a big highlite - March 23, 20054 stars