New Haven Coliseum
Thankfully my folks let me take their car all the way up to New Haven while I was still in High School. It was only my third Dead show, and interesting to compare the experience to Englishtown. Already the Dead sounded a little different than they did in 1977, a little looser and with some extra edginess in the solos, jams and drum sections. Pretty soon after the show I obtained a good audience recording, featuring Must Have Been the Roses and a stellar Eyes of the World to add to the one at Englishtown.
For a long while, and all throughout my tape trading days, I never stumbled across a soundboard copy until Dick Latvala’s copy came out as Dick’s Picks #25.
Like some of the other shows I saw in the era, it is simply amazing to be able to finally hear these shows in great quality after so many years.