This mix combines highlights from two of the five shows the Dead played in Germany, during a four-country, eleven-show, October 1990 European tour. The Hornsby/Welnick era was just a month old when this tour started.
Essen and Frankfurt book-ended two nights in Berlin, which are curated here. Combine the two mixes, and I think you’ll find yourself with a very satisfactory “Germany ’90” 4-disc set. (A final night in Hamburg was less exciting and isn’t covered on these mixes.)
The 10/17 Essen performance was very strong, contributing 13 of the 20 songs on this mix. It was the last time “Ramble on Rose” and “Tennessee Jed” appeared in the same concert, and it was the first time they had since 5/1/77. (Thank you Jerrybase!)
2.5 hour mp3 mix zipped up here
Set One:
- New Minglewood Blues
- Ramble on Rose
- Me and My Uncle
- Maggie’s Farm
- High Time
- Cassidy
- Tennessee Jed
- China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
- Desolation Row
- Valley Road (debut)
Set Two:
- Truckin’ >
- He’s Gone
- The Wheel >
- I Need a Miracle >
- Black Peter
- Standing on the Moon >
- Playin’ in the Band >
- Uncle John’s Band
- All Along the Watchtower
- The Weight