Jerry Garcia Band
Keystone
Berkeley, CA
May 1st,1982


Lineage: Master Cassettes>Cassette1 (by Jeff himself. All his collection is such. This was done by him get the show in order on tapes, as set one was on both tape sides A and set two was recorded on both sides B. Ah the days of analog! )Transfer: MAC(1) > Apogee Mini ME(24/96>Apogee Mini DAC>Wavelab 5.0(dithered via 'UV22HR' to 16/44)>CD by Matt Smith>Eac>wav>Gems Edit Station>flac
Edits: Balanced levels and tape pauses smoothed, by Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station
Trac'ed Cdwave Flac'ed level 8 TLH
Seeded at Lossless Legs www.shnflac.net

Notes
- Huge thanks to Jeffrey for sharing his recordings and Matt Smith for the transfer work
- Sweet recording

Disc 1
Set 1
01 - The Way You Do The Things You Do
02 - Sitting In Limbo
03 - Valerie
04 - I Second That Emotion
05 - Let It Rock
06 - Deal

Disc 2
Set 2
01 - Harder They Come
02 - They Love Each Other
03 - Love In The Afternoon >
04 - Dear Prudence>
05 - Tangled Up In Blue

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5-1-82! That was a hoot.
and on the back of this photo by Mary Eisenhart-----
I remember all the prep work surrounding any of the shows in Berkeley. Just getting ready to leave the house in
Mountain View and deciding Dumbarton, San Mateo, or Oakland Bay Bridge was a major accomplishment. We
used to get there early to score the righteous spot in line. Even though the Keystone Club Members got in
first..........
�.......I had all sorts of nutty things I liked to do before the shows and I need solid assurance that I was all
ensconced in the line. Besides, I needed to be one of the first people in line so I could get the front row table in
the balcony to record. There was just no way I was going to stand for hours and hold mics and manage
recorders in the mass of twirling people on the floor in front of the stage.
Once we got established in the hierarchy of the line we could split and run around and socialize with the usual
suspects. I remember "Gordon" from Santa Cruz. He had the same poncho for at least 10 years. Once I had "a
vial" and I asked him if he wanted a drop. He took the vial and squirted perhaps 10 drops in his mouth. I was a
bit concerned for him, however, I notice that he was able to dance the whole show! There were lots of suspects.
Armilla! ---a lovely woman. I was 30 when I met her in line at a Berkeley show in 1980. She had solid white/gray
hair and was at minimum 60. She made "brownies" for the show. Once I had to seriously consider if it was
possible to drop acid after eating one of those things. Well, you can guess what I did, but I certainly spent some
time wondering if I would make it through the show!
We usually started off the day at a genuine low bottom alcoholic bar a couple of blocks away down University
Ave. They had a pool table, cold cheap beer, and most importantly they were open before noon and they would
put up with us getting roaring drunk! We were also fascinated by this aquarium they had with a Piranha. They
never cleaned it and it was horrifying looking. They would feed this thing to the delight of all the raucous people.
After we burned that joint up we went back the show, rejoined the line people and took a nap!
The venue was just great--- small and very personable. We all felt it was "ours", like the only shows they ever
had were Jerry Band shows. A ridiculous concept but that is how we all viewed the world. In the back, on the
ground floor, was an area with bench seats and sofas around the walls, and maybe two pinball machines (might
have only been one). There was an exit out to the back parking lots and people could come and go if they knew
you. Melvin Seals would hang out and hold high court there and John Kahn periodically showing up to be one of
the jesters. This always made for a good time. Jerry was never to be seen except when he arrived, vanished into
the bowels of the joint and then later got lead by security guys, through the crowd from the back of the joint up to
the stage. The stage had no further exits to anywhere. It was one-way in and out. This venue was the place that
one could really get a grasp on how miniature Jerry actually was. He and all of the Grateful Dead look tall on
stage--- they are not. But walking through the crowd you could see that Jerry was shorter than most everyone in
the venue. All the great artists-- music, film, stage are all mostly very short people. Just like Christmas presents--
good things come in small packages.
I would get my table all dolled up and believe it or not, leave the recorder, the mics, and the coats on the
table and go run around the venue. One could not run far--- the Keystone Berkeley was very small. I always
took the blank cassettes with me. I had some convoluted idea that was important --- to protect the cassettes!
After all, I had solidly staked out my spot by making sure that everyone in the other tables were aware of what
was going to take place at our table. Then friends and I would go commandeer a pinball machine, drop the
obligatory acid and enter Pinball World until things got too wiggly and I remembered that I was supposed to
record!
I am fuzzy in remembering any details of this particular show--- while I was there. Maybe I will after I hear the
Lossless Legs transfer. If there is some girl running her mouth at the beginning, then that was Harry Popick's
new squeeze and I had to ask him to tell her to shut up! He did. Harry never said a word during shows but she
sure did. She was only there that one time. Normally he was the only one in the tiny soundboard built hanging
over the balcony and just below my table. Directly below the edge of the balcony was the bar. Periodically on
Keystone Berkeley tapes breaking glass can be heard. That is because California law says that all empty booze
bottles must be broken before they are put in the trash.
I moved to back to Hawaii in November of 1982 and I do remember blasting that tape and specifically listening to
Tangled Up while driving over Red Hill, going back to Ewa Beach from Honolulu. I had a friend in the car who
didn't know squat about The Grateful Dead or Jerry Garcia. That song, that recording, that moment, was when
he got "On The Bus" !!!! That particular version, I think will astonish any doubter. I have a SBD version of the
same show, but the energy of the performance just does not translate in that format.
The show as a whole is epic. The Tangled Up In Blue is beyond belief. I rank that "beyond" opinion with my
opinion of the "Don't Let Go" at Irvine 5-19-89--- the last Jerry Band show I ever saw.