Grateful Dead - 1988-07-02 - Oxford ME (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1988-07-02

Oxford Plains Speedway

Oxford, ME

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Iko Iko >

03. Jack Straw

04. West L.A. Fadeaway

05. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

06. Row Jimmy

07. Blow Away

08. Victim Or The Crime >

09. Foolish Heart

2nd set:

01. Tuning

02. Crazy Fingers >

03. Playing In The Band >

04. Uncle John's Band >

05. Terrapin Station >

06. Drums >

07. Space >

08. The Wheel >

09. Gimme Some Lovin' >

10. All Along The Watchtower >

11. Morning Dew >

12. Sugar Magnolia

Encore:

01. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)

Grateful Dead - 1988-07-02 - Oxford, ME (SBD) 

Today we take a trip to 1988, with the first of two Grateful Dead shows from Oxford, Maine. This one is a soundboard recording form July 2, 1988, 27 years ago today. Download this one, then stop back tomorrow for another one from 1988.

1988 in Grateful Dead History

• The band releases Dylan and The Dead, an album of live tracks from the historic 1987 concerts with Mr. Zimmerman. 
• On September 3, the Dead played an electric version of Ripple as an encore, the first time the band had played the tune since October 16, 1981, a span of 459 shows. The band was fulfilling the request made by a terminally ill patient through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
• In September, the Dead play a then record 9 might run at Madison Square Garden in New York. The last night is a benefit concert for the Rainforest that features special guests Bruce Hornsby, Hall & Oates, Mick Taylor and Suzanne Vega. 
• Live shows from 1988 that were later officially released include March 27, March 31 and April 1.