Grateful Dead Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA on 03/22/85 Complete Show

Grateful Dead
March 22, 1985
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
Tapes Provided by Ian
Capture & Edit by P.Togos
Synch & Author by Kevin Tobin
Video: AUD (Tripod) } 1st Gen VHS (Maxell HGX Gold HiFi 120)
Transfer: VHS 1st Gen } Panasonic AG-7150 } Canopus ADVC-300 } Firewire } HD } Sony Vegas 9 (.avi) } MPEG2 } TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 2.0 } DVD Architect Pro 6 } DVD5 & DVD9
[NTSC, 4:3, 8.0 Mbs, 720x480, 29.97 fps]
Audio: Schoeps CMC441s (90deg, 17cm) } Oade M118 } Oade mod SONY PCM-F1 (shnid=23144)
Transfer: Master PCM } DAW (via SEKD Prodif) } Wav } cdwav } FLAC
Recorded by the Oade Brothers
Transferred by Doug Oade, traced by Darrin Sacks
[LPCM, 1.5 Mbs, 16 Bit, 48 kHz]
Set 1
Feel Like A Stranger
Cold Rain & Snow
C.C. Rider
Brown Eyed Women
Cassidy
Big Railroad Blues
My Brother Esau
Don't Ease Me In
00:57:15
Set 2
Scarlet Begonias
Hell In A Bucket
Ship Of Fools
Terrapin Station
Drums
Space
Spanish Jam
Truckin'
Smokestack Lightning
Black Peter
Sugar Magnolia
Sunshine Daydream
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
01:48:00
Notes:
Set 1
00:00:00-00:12:18 - Filled With Graphics
Set 2
Upgrade to the 2006 BHP source
Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Brent Mydland - Keyboards
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums

[@kowalski3769]

Gotta love how energetic the crowd is and how ready they were to EXPLODE into cheers at the right times. Also it's fucking INCREDIBLE how quiet it got during Black Peter as Garcia brought 15,000 people to silence at the right time. I don't think an artist could ever ask for a better audience. They were with the band for every single note!!! Just amazing!! Baby Blue was the perfect encore for this show too!

[@bridgetchisholm3965]

You are so right! Those moments of collective consciousness; Hampton had a few.

[@JahBlaQ777]

I smoked a very nice spliff and put my head phones on and by the end of Cold Rain I found myself in tears..just can’t find that energy anywhere anymore. Truly missed..

[@partyllamatherapy4166]

Thank you, Kevin, and all the devoted tapers who made it possible to experience these show's again and again! 💀⚡🌹✌

[@tpavlic]

I was here and love listening to myself in the crowd! Just listen to us during Scarlet Begonias into Hell in a Bucket, and then again during the smoking Terrapin! the entire Coliseum was dosed as Hampton is always and the energy flowing is contagious . My face always hurts from smiling so much during shows like this.I’m 55 now and this brings back great memories and is emotional for me as I watch Jerry moving around. I was living in New Jersey at the time and made the trek to Hampton 3 years in a row as Hampton was and is a great venue and the Dead always played well there. We always know it’s going to be a great show when Jerry’s smiling and getting into it. Thank you so much!

[@bridgetchisholm3965]

His dancing was a direct result of Our Dancing. Grateful for the opportunity to dance together.

[@musicman2001]

Dude who are you and what plant are you from. Are you from that planet floating around that dark star? MAN!!! I can never thank you enough for the couch tour joy you bring. I was at every Hampton show from 1979 on and was just there last month. Much love Bro.

[@danielosullivan3110]

I was not there 😂traded blanks for the tapes at Sundance Books in Geneseo NY 🎉❤️‍🔥🌈❤👍coolest bookstore,ever!

[@philippinto1897]

Funky wild show !!! Loving the incredible jams from these early mid eighties shows!! I know spring 1990 tour was great...made a few of them and got on the bus..but something special with these shows...awesome rain and snow ...thanks for posting these awesome shows....Jerry still had his voice

[@anthonytesta344]

Was there, just got back from a 8 month med cruise the boys were in town

[@surfnOB]

Found a holograph sticker I put on my bong from this tour- Wave that Flag, Wide & High Spring Tour ‘85

[@carolinajames]

Listened to first set while driving home last night...tight, energized jams and smile inducing playing. Can't wait to play the second set at home. Hope the neighbors are ready!!! The Mothership is such a powerspot. Throwing down and summoning up the Muse on the shores of the Chesapeake!!!

[@rmhanseniii]

I don’t know it looks like to me video is 29.98 fps and not 29.97 fps. This is something that we need to get to the bottom of to truly enjoy this post

[@partyllamatherapy4166]

😏

[@MichaelRizzolo-zz5ev]

I qi was there!!! Mikey 1 st 2 shows, Hampton 85, the magic bud from Fayetteville to Hampton with 30 other freaks, changed my life for sure!!!😃😃😃😃😃

[@matthewrosenfield1640]

Sounds great! Thank you again Kevin!

[@onthebus11]

Thanks so much saw the shows in Portland Maine after this 26/27 the whole tour was HOT HOT HOT. The Fat Man Rocks Tshirts were in abundance and the crowd was a Amoeba of continuity. When the hairs stand up on your head and chills run up and down your spine you know your in a good place no not good, GREAT

[@tomcripps7229]

The Hampton 85 shows are two of my favorites. Very fluid. I was near the front near Jerry and there was a Police Officer close by who seemed a bit disoriented by the scene. Most likely a good man with wife and young kids at home. This is 1985 mind you and I seemed to be the closest to a normal looking person as he could maybe bond with, kind of like focusing on your horizon when out at sea. An almost unspoken pact was made that we'd look out for each other. Somewhere during Black Peter I spotted him looking a little misty eyed. He caught my observation and immediately went into cop mode looking around while giving me a look of acknowledgement. I'm sure he enjoyed the "country music" and may have even had an old Martin or Tele back at the house.

[@onthebus11]

saw the portland maine shows after this man they rocked this tour

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!!

[@MichaelRizzolo-zz5ev]

My first shows

[@Kentokkil]

Ja wunderbar! - Dann kann ich beim ausmisten meiner Bude ordentliche Lieder hören. Großen, fetten Dank Kevin!

[@Twotontessie]

Drummers were killing it on this tour

[@bobstraka785]

Thanks Kevin!!!!

[@george.s.8491]

Nice visual effects! Thanks Kevin! Love the audience’s reactions to the boys!

[@damagedgoodies]

Nice show! I was in need of a fresh one, this hit the spot for sure.

[@scottcrowley77]

Thank u for the upgrade. Please keep em coming. You have the best videos by far. Quality is superb!!!! Thanks again !!

[@gymrat22able]

I think i was there. The mid-80's are a tad bit....hazy shall we say. But i was lucky enuf to catch a lot of Hampton shows. . . .and this 1st set sounds awfully familiar. And if i remember it right,this was the 2nd night and the night before wasn't all that....and a side of cornbread....shall we say? So this one was a treat. 🌹🌹

[@hippiejohn334]

Thank you Kevin , it sounds and looks like I remember !!! ⚡😁⚡😁⚡😁⚡

[@markhorton3041]

Hippie John Hey 👋 Hippie John!!

[@hippiejohn334]

@@markhorton3041 howdy Mark !!

[@chrisrutherford9216]

"Hippie Johnny? He's always stoned. I'm straight & I want to take his place." Isn't that a song from the early 80's? I recall hearing it onna radio. Then again in the early 80's I was stoned a lot of the time.

[@hippiejohn334]

@@chrisrutherford9216 it was a song as a matter of fact !! 😁

[@chrisrutherford9216]

@@hippiejohn334 do you know who did the song? My memory isn't that good.

[@joshjennings3160]

Heck yeah dude! The 80s where solid! Thank you amazing 👏 have a greatful day

[@VibrationsfromMirror]

Thank YOU! NFA~

[@jerrydog8671]

Wow! what an opener!!!

[@scottyj946]

Amazing video, the angle is ideal for all band members, especially due to the fact that this is a boot!, Nice and steady amongst the rolling thunder.

[@jimmywilson2919]

No one mentioned Phil so I will. He sounds great on this. The audience was fired up that night. When they broke into Cold Rain the place erupted. It was a cold rainy weekend. I remember well...Thank you

[@rwferr2]

My first show

[@Wolfgasm0414]

Bravo!!!

[@scottyj946]

BEW is off the charts!

[@spuddougherty7860]

Jerry took that Cold Rain to another level!

[@scottyj946]

That Stranger shows how they came to play fire this evening. Hampton shows were like the Spectrum….always raging.

[@markhorton3041]

Awesome sound quality and video!! Thank you 🙏 Kevin !! My first Dead Concert was at Hampton Coliseum in 1980 , just after Go to Heaven came out

[@chrisrutherford9216]

You're lucky. I never made it to a Hampton show. Something about the place the dead seemed to like. I've yet to hear an average show from Hampton.

[@calwiggums3319]

One of the reasons (among many) the Dead, Jerry Band (JGB), & more recently The Other Ones, Furthur, Dead & Company play usually superb shows there is the G.A. seating on the floor. Hamptons one of the last mid-size (12,000 people) venues where _front row_ seating isn't controlled by uber-corrupt TicketMaster. The sound acoustics are perfect in most seats. Anyway, the best moments of my life were spent attending Jerry Band shows @ Hampton in '91 & '94. JGB shows were definitely similar to attending Church. Those shows I feel are ingrained in my DNA. I won't mention how great the Deads last March '92 Hampton two-show run went, I could ramble on forever. I, for one, thought the shows contained the usual sublime brilliance. Everybody who criticizes 90's Dead is completely off the mark. The Dead evolved into like @ least 4 or 5 different line-ups / configurations that comparing each era against the other is nonsense. But so it goes.. _Peace&JahBless_

[@markhorton3041]

Cal Wiggums I absolutely agree with you, Cal . I really enjoy the 80s and 90s Dead concerts. Most concerts in my life have been at Hampton Coliseum. I haven’t been there since 1992 cuz I moved to North Carolina but I hope it’s still the same great place it always was.

[@keseysvenisonchili]

@@calwiggums3319 also, the proximity of the motels made it so easy to have a real good time.

[@chrisgrow]

the boys were on point for this one. one word for it TIMELESS!!!!!

[@JERudie]

Remeber that Scarlett to Hell in a Bucket transition at the mothership ..right down front wondering WTF .. where is the jam going .. oh there!

[@linusplatt9051]

Far out! What a fantastic extended Scarlet jam... Jer locked in.

[@metalmilitia1096]

I lived like San hour from there taped 100s of shows in that venue

[@scottyj946]

Bobby was fired up for that Sugar Mag!

[@danieljones1981]

Daaaamnnn this be a goood show

[@PNNYRFACE]

Hell yeah man I was goin into third grade and the California raisins lot scene was far out man. Heady grilled cheeses 2 for 5 Wait till they taste these crunchy grooves

[@paularata2875]

I was there!

[@daveyboy8907]

Man I need some doses now..

[@bigbossman7991]

One of the best Buckets ever

[@danieljones1981]

Killer crowd Killer dont ease me in

[@MichaelRizzolo-zz5ev]

Magic bus typo

[@danieljones1981]

⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡

[@deadchesesoup]

'85 shows remind me of '90 shows prior to mydlands death... Jerry's coma dropped them down a couple pegs for a few years before he got his sea legs back, just to have the whole thing fall apart again when mydland left us

[@hardtofind66]

GOOD

[@davidgiles6856]

wish i hada listened whoa-o what mama said

[@danieljones1981]

I have to keep updating my comments, or rather post new.. Scarlet and the crowd. Scarlet into hell in buckt

[@chriskrogermusic6288]

Brother, I love and champion your work. AND ...this particular work has it's R and L channels reversed. Easily fixed in an app like Audacity or similar. The way you have it, here, is Bob and Bill in the R ear and Brent and Mick in the L. This is a pretty common problem and even Lemieux and Norman have put out commercial copies of shows where the channels are switched. It is a particular problem with several '73 recordings by Rex (most of the Kidd recordings are correct); spring '81 also has it's share....but even in '82, '90, etc. I still find this phenomenon. I find it difficult to understand why other heads -- especially sound guys -- have not picked up on this. Any chance of correcting this one? Much thanks for your consideration. :)

[@5hinobiGaijin]

F' n Brent!

[@merryjane684]

Noice

[@seandewalt2324]

Their fifth best year. Right above '77.

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

really getting tired of bob weirs puffery....dead n co.......wolf bros...... still riding jerrys coat tails 28 yrs later.... some people have no shame........ without jerry he would be a thrid grade teacher somewhere..... he doesn't even mention jerry at his shows, just continues w/ his brown nose band

[@danielmeehan1756]

Really getting tired of people bashing Bob Weir.

[@scotthudson8648]

I’m thankful he won’t see a wanker like you at any of the dead company or Wolf Brothers shows here’s an idea -if you don’t like it Don’t listen and Beat It on down the line

[@ground752]

Scarlet is amazing