Just a dozen shows into the Hornsby/Welnick era, the Grateful Dead went to Europe for eleven shows in Sweden, Germany, France, and England.
Aside from one of the France concerts, the run is unreleased. This mix curates the two Berlin shows, played just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
On the whole, the Europe ’90 run is pretty strong, and the sound board mixes are good. Nonetheless, as (almost) always, there’s material that crackles with a particularly bright energy and that is more than the remainder of its subtractions.
So, enjoy a concentrated, imaginary show by a version of the Dead that had just discovered that it could have a real good time together.
137-minute mp3 mix zipped up here
October 19
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Shakedown Street
- Looks Like Rain
- Brown Eyed Women
- Scarlet Begonias >
- Fire on the Mountain
- The Other One
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
October 20
- Let It Grow >
- Noodly Jam >
- Box of Rain
- Eyes of the World >
- Samson and Delilah
- Dark Star (edit of two parts) >
- Throwing Stones
- One More Saturday Night
All songs are presented in the order played, except for the relocation of Looks Like Rain. The first show began with Let the Good Times Roll and Shakedown. In the category of genuine, fun segues, this Eyes > Samson link is a very cool one. The first few minutes of Fire on the Mountain are dull, but hang in there.