No Sellout on Cape Cod: JGB, May 28, 1983

LN jg1983-05-28.jgb.all.aud-huston.141978.flac2496

I have a bunch of listening notes to catch up on, but I have been holding back maybe because I don't find myself with much to say.

Saturday night, May 28, 1983 at the Cape Cod Coliseum, JGB #15c lays down a characteristically strong show. It doesn't knock my socks off like 5/31/83 does, but is of a piece with its characteristically hot, fluid, dextrous guitar playing from our sweaty hero, over the band's solid groove. Nice tape from a taper I hadn't heard of before, Rudy Huston. Almost $60k gross on 5k tickets in a room that could have held 7,200.

Jerry Garcia Band
Cape Cod Coliseum
White's Path off Route 6
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
May 28, 1983 (Saturday)
Huston MAC flac2496 shnid-141978

--set I (6 tracks, 52:49)--
s1t01. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [8:09] [0:05] %% [0:29]
s1t02. They Love Each Other [8:00] [0:42]
s1t03. Knockin' On Heaven's Door [13:20] [0:10] % [0:10]
s1t04. I Second That Emotion [10:49] [0:02] % [0:10] %
s1t05. /Gomorrah [#5:49] ->
s1t06. Run For The Roses [4:42] (1) [0:11]

--set II + encore (6 tracks, 77:35)--
--set II (5 tracks, 69:36)--
s2t01. [0:06] Rhapsody In Red [9:43] [0:27]
s2t02. The Harder They Come [13:58] [0:07] % [0:06]
s2t03. Don't Let Go [16:33] [0:43]
s2t04. Dear Prudence [13:51] ->
s2t05. Tangled Up In Blue [12:47] (2) [1:16]
--encore (1 track, 7:58)--
s2t06. Midnight Moonlight [7:52] [0:06] %

! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #15c
! Lineup: Jerry Garcia - el-g, vocals;
! Lineup: John Kahn - el-bass;
! Lineup: Melvin Seals - keyboards (Hammond B-3 organ);
! Lineup: Greg Errico - drums;
! Lineup: Jacklyn LaBranch - vocals;
! Lineup: DeeDee Dickerson - vocals.

JGMF:

! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; ... = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [ ] = recorded event time. The recorded event time immediately after the song or item name is an attempt at getting the "real" time of the event. So, a timing of [x:xx] right after a song title is an attempt to say how long the song really was, as represented on this recording.

! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19830528-01

! JGC: https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1983-05-28

! band: JGB #15c (http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html)

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/phdAsu6ouRP2

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2011/09/cape-cod-coliseum-whites-path-off-route.html.

! ref: Billboard, June 18, 1983, p. 48. 5,144 tickets sold on 7,181 capacity (no sellout), tickets $11.50, gross $59,829.

! seealso: JGMF, "I sing the blues, where has it led?," URL http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2014/06/i-sing-blues-where-has-it-led-ln-jg1983.html.

! R: field recordist: Rudy Huston

! R: field recording gear: 2x Beyer M160 > Nakamichi 550

! R: field recording media: Maxell UDXL-XLII

! R: Transfer: Cassette Master  > Nakamichi CR-7A >  > wav 24/96 - Transferred by Charlie Miller

! R: Lineage: wav 24/96 > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 24

! R: seeder notes: Tape pauses and flips patched, I also patched on some crowd at the end of each set as they ended rather abruptly.  Source used shnid 108657 - Thank Steve Rolfe and Charlie. Thank you Joe B. Jones for help with pitch correction, I used the above mentioned source on which Joe advised to correct this one. Thanks to Rudy Huston for this source. Thanks to Charlie Miller for yet another fine transfer. edited and mastered SIRMick May 2018

! R: this is a truly excellent tape.

! P: s1t01 HSII great enthusiasm. Hard to pinpoint specific moments, but this is just strong all the way through.

! R: s1t05 Gomorrah clips in.

! P: s1t06 RFTR is going a mile a minute. Compare this to the 4/20/94 version I listened to not long ago, which is super sludgy.

! s1t06 (1) JG: "We're gonna take a break for a few minutes. We'll be back a little bit later."

! P: s2t01 RIR voice is already a little shot, but late 4 he leverages some extremely thick guitar tone, and starts shredding 5:20 or so, absolutely piling notes on top of each other e.g., 5:40. Man, this is another strong guitar performance from our hero, who is in bad physical shape but playing like a man possessed. Still making really inventive choices 6:30ff, plenty of vision and power.

! P: s2t02 HTC pretty extraordinary fluidity in this guitar playing - remarkable.

! R: s2t03 DLG brief tape munch near start

! P: s2t03 DLG messes up first verse. Late 4 over 5 is good example of him giving the vocals some oomph, in interplay with his guitar. Contrast 4/20/94. 14:30 Jerry does a totally unique little progression. Very good DLG.

! P: s2t04 DP also messes up first verse of this one. But some very nice guitar work 8ff, among other places. Huge weaving figures over 9, crowd appreciative, moving up the fretboard 9:20, some stellar guitar work here.

! s2t05 (2) JG: "Thanks a lot"

! R: s2t05 somewhere this turns to pre-encore tuning, etc., but it's cross-faded, and I don't care to time it