Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81 (ROCKTOBER)

Title: Madison Square Garden 3/9/81 Label: Rhino Records (2) Format: Vinyl, Box Set Country: US Released: 2023-10-06 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock A1 Feel Like a Stranger 9:07 A2 Althea 7:52 B1 C.C. Rider 8:00 B2 Ramble on Rose > 7:41 B3 El Paso 5:31 C1 Deep Elem Blues 7:03 C2 Beat it on Down the Line 3:58 D1 Bird Song 11:15 D2 New Minglewood Blues 7:02 E1 China Cat Sunflower > 9:33 E2 I Know You Rider > 6:11 E3 Samson and Delilah 7:32 F1 Ship of Fools 8:22 F2 Estimated Prophet 14:07 G1 Uncle John's Band > 11:46 G2 Drums 10:32 H1 Space > 7:30 H2 The Other One 7:47 I1 Stella Blue > 9:50 I2 Good Lovin' 6:51 J1 US Blues 5:32 Released as part of Rhino's 2023 ROCKTOBER series on 5x180g LPs; limited edition out of 10,000. We're just now starting to loosen up to the point where we were, say, back in 1970, '72, where we can start drifting from key to key, from rhythm to rhythm, and in the jams, some interesting stuff has come up. Once again, we're tending to go new places every night." - Bob Weir, Rolling Stone, 1980 3/9/81 at Madison Square Garden delivers all that. It's got color and texture and freshness, keyboardist Brent Mydland's Hammond organ painting a new layer for the Dead to dabble on. And dabble they did, from the "shot out of a cannon" opener of "Feel Like A Stranger" to the "fleeting romance of 'Althea,"" to the high-gloss 80s blues of the first set to the second set, both intense ("China>Rider", "Samson And Delilah," "Estimated Prophet") and dramatic ("Ship Of Fools," "Stella Blue) in its ability wrap you up its spirals and accents. It's all undergone Plangent Processes tape restoration and speed correction, with mastering by Jeffrey Norman. Hot, hot, hot! Barcode and other identifiers Barcode 603497840281