Grateful Dead - 1987-12-31 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1987-12-31

Oakland Coliseum Arena

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Bertha >

03. The Promised Land

04. Cold Rain And Snow >

05. Little Red Rooster

06. When Push Comes To Shove

07. When I Paint My Masterpiece

08. Bird Song

09. The Music Never Stopped

2nd Set:

01. New Years Countdown

02. Hell In A Bucket >

03. Uncle John's Band >

04. Terrapin Station >

05. Drums >

06. Space >

07. The Other One >

08. Wharf Rat >

09. Throwing Stones >

10. Not Fade Away

3rd Set:

01. Crowd

02. Man Smart (Woman Smarter)

03. Iko Iko

04. Banana Boat Song (Day-O) >

05. Do You Wanna Dance? >

06. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

3rd set with Neville Brothers

Grateful Dead - 1987-12-31 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead 1987 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back To Back set featuring the Grateful Dead closing out 1987.  This one is a soundboard recording from Oakland from December 31, 1987, 31 years ago today, their final concert of their triumphant comeback year. Without a doubt, the highlight of this show is the 3rd set, where the Neville's join the Dead for a wonderful mix of New Orleans and Caribbean flavored tunes, such as Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Iko Iko and The Banana Boat Song (Day-O), which reflected the celebratory mood of both the band and its legion of Dead Heads that year!  Download this one and turn it up loud to help you ring in 2018!  Happy New Year everyone!

Neville Brothers - 1987-12-31 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

The Neville Brothers

1987-12-31

Oakland Coliseum Arena

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

256 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Hey Pocky Way >

02. I Walk on Gilded Splinters

03. Mojo Hannah

04. You're My Kind of Girl

05. The Dealer

06. Drift Away

07. Everybody Better Wake Up

08. Yellow Moon

09. My Blood

10. Fire on the Bayou

Neville Brothers - 1987-12-31 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Neville Brothers 1987 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's part 2 of our Back To Back set featuring the Neville Brothers leading in for the Grateful Dead in 1987. This one is aoundboard captures from Oakland from December 31, 1987, 31 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back in 4 hours for the Dead's final performance from 1987, which includes a guest appearance by the Neville's during the 3rd set.

Los Lobos - 1985-12-31 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Los Lobos

1985-12-31

The Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. New Years Countdown > Auld Lang Syne

02. Will The Wolf Survive

03. Think It Over

04. Come On Let's Go

05. The Mess We're In

06. Our Last Night

07. How Much Can I Do

08. Anselma

09. Is This All There Is

10. A Matter of Time

11. Evangeline

12. I Got Loaded

13. Let's Say Goodnight

14. Serenata Norteña

15. Corrido #1

16. Volver, Volver

17. We're Gonna Rock

18. The Hardest Time

19. Don't Worry Baby >

20. 300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy >

21. Walking with Frankie Lee > I'm A Girl Watcher >

22. La Bamba

Los Lobos - 1985-12-31 - San Francisco, CA (SBD)

Los Lobos 1985 - Back To Back - #2: As promised yesterday, here's the 2nd half of our Back to Back set featuring Los Lobos in 1985.  This one's a soundboard recording from December 31, 1985, 33 years ago today. Just like the preceding night, the set list foreshadows the band;s big breakout in 1987, including 3 tunes from By The Light of The Moon (Is This All There Is, The Hardest Time and The Mess We're In), plus their cover of La Bamba, a tune originally sung by Ritchie Valens.   By the way,  the penultimate song of the night is quite a rare and unique cover - a version of I'm A Girl Watcher.  That tune, which was released in 1965, went to #5 on the charts and was the only hit for a band called the The O'Kaysions!

Allman Brothers Band - 1991-12-31 - Macon, GA (SBD)

Allman Brothers Band
1991-12-31
Macon City Auditorium
Macon City, GA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Stateboro Blues
02. Good Clean Fun
03. Blue Sky
04. Nobody Know
05. One Way Out
06. Midnight Ride
07. Mellissa
08. Come On In My Kitche
09. Seven Turns
10. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Fine
11. Hoochie Coochie Man
12. Kind of Bird
13. Get On With Your Life
14. Southbound
15. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
16. Revival
17. Auld Lang Syne
18. Ramblin Man
19. Dreams
20. Whipping Post

Allman Brothers Band - 1991-12-31 - Macon, GA (SBD) 

Allman Brothers 1991 - Back To Back to Back To Back - #4: As promised yesterday, here's part 4 of our Back to Back To Back To back set featuring the Allman Brothers in 1991. This one is a soundboard recording from Macon from December 31, 1991, 27 years ago today.

Grateful Dead - 1987-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1987-12-30
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Tuning
02. Hey Pocky Way
03. Big Boss Man
04. Greatest Story Ever Told
05. Friend Of The Devil
06. Mama Tried >
07. Mexicali Blues
08. Althea
09. Cassidy
10. West L.A. Fadeaway
11. Let It Grow

2nd Set:
01. Scarlet Begonias >
02. Samson And Delilah
03. Ship Of Fools >
04. He's Gone >
05. Drums >
06. Space >
07. I Need A Miracle >
08. Gimme Some Lovin' >
09. Morning Dew >
10. All Along The Watchtower

Encore:
01. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Grateful Dead - 1987-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead 1987 - Back To Back - #1: For the Grateful Dead, 1987 was a year in which the band rose from ashes. In the summer of 1986, Jerry Garcia fell into a diabetic coma, and for a while, it appeared he might not survive. When he did emerge from the coma, he had to re-learn how to play guitar. As the Dead song says " I need a miracle, every day" and Jerry got more than his share. By December 1986, Garcia was back where he belonged, on stage with the Grateful Dead for a series of 6 shows in Oakland, including the band's traditional New Year's Eve bash. Who knew at the time that 1987 would be one of the band's greatest years. By spring of 1987, the song Touch of Grey, with its refrain of "I will get by, I will survive" echoing Garcia's recovery and rebirth, became the band's first and only top 10 hit. By the way, only the Dead could write a song in 1982, perform it countless times in concert, then wait 5 years to release it as a single! The video for Touch of Grey, which was recorded in May and featured skeleton puppets of the band playing the song, received major airplay on MTV. In July, the band released In The Dark, their first studio album in 7 years, which also climbed into the top 10. The summer featured a tour with Bob Dylan, with the band playing 2 sets of their own music, then backing Dylan on his tunes for the closing set. The fall tour featured my favorite show ever - September 18, 1987 at Madison Square Garden, a performance that was the first one selected for the 30 Trips Around The Sun retrospective. Most of all, the euphoria and out pouring of love at each show was unlike anything before or since in the band's career.We all knew that Jerry, the band and all of us had been granted a 2nd lease on life. This soundboard recording captures the band on the penultimate night of that historicc year, in Oakland on December 30, 1987, 31 years ago today.  Download this one and turn it up loud to help you ring in 2018!  Happy New Year everyone!

Neville Brothers - 1987-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

The Neville Brothers

1987-12-30

Oakland Coliseum Arena

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Saturday Night Fish Fry
02. Get On Up
03. Voodoo
04. Africa
05. People Say
06. Tell It Like It Is
07. Instrumental
08. Yellow Moon
09. Brother John > Iko Iko
10. My Blood
11. Big Chief 

Neville Brothers - 1987-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Neville Brothers 1987 - Back To Back - #1:  When the Grateful Dead went to close out their remarkable and celebratory 1987 (more on that in the next post), they picked a perfect led-in band to keep the mood festive - The Neville Brothers, who hailed from New Orleans, one of America's great party towns.  This soundboard captures the Neville's set from December 30, 1987, 31 years ago today.  Download this one, then come back in 4 hours for the Dead's set that night, and tomorrow for the 2nd half of this back to back entry.

Los Lobos - 1985-12-30 - Santa Cruz (SBD or HQ Aud)

Los Lobos

1985-12-30

The Catalyst

Santa Cruz CA

SBD or HQ Audience Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Intro

02. Will The Wolf Survive?

03. Think It Over

04. Come On Let's Go

05. Intro: The Mess We're In

06. The Mess We're In

07. Our Last Night

08. How Much Can I Do?

09. Anselma

10. Is This All There Is?

11. A Matter Of Time

12. Evangeline

13. I Got Loaded

14. Let's Say Goodnight

15. Serenata Norteña

16. Volver, Volver

17. We're Gonna Rock

18. The Hardest Time

CD 2:

01. Intro To Don't Worry Baby

02. Don't Worry Baby

03. Intro To 300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy

04. 300 Pounds Of Heavenly Joy

05. Band Introduction

06. Mighty Old Love

07. Tequila

08. Higher And Higher

09. I'm The Girl Watcher

10. La Bamba

11. Intro To I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday

12. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday

13. Why Do You Do?

14. Intro To The Christmas Song

15. The Christmas Song

16. Buzz Buzz Buzz

Los Lobos - 1985-12-30 - Santa Cruz (SBD or HQ Aud)

Los Lobos 1985 - Back To Back - #1: This soundboard (or excellent audience) recording captures Los Lobos on December 30, 1985, 33 years ago today and about 18 months before the band rocketed to stardom. The set list includes tunes such as The Hardest Time and The Mess We're In, which would be featured on their classic 1987 album By The Light Of The Moon. In addition, Los Lobos plays a cover of LA Bamba, the tune that they would take to #1 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 1987, in conjunction with the movie of the same name starring Lou Diamond Phillips.Download this one, then come back tomorrow for part 2 of this Back To Back set.