The Grateful Dead:
Dead Set

CD117 - Arista 1981

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Dead Set

Disc 1:
1. Samson And Delilah
2. Friend Of The Devil
3. New Minglewood Blues
4. Deal
5. Candyman
6. Little Red Rooster
7. Loser
8. Passenger
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Franklin’s Tower
11. Rhythm Devils
12. Space
13. Fire On The Mountain
14. Greatest Story Ever Told
15. Brokedown Palace

Disc 2 – BONUS MATERIAL:
1. Let It Grow
2. Sugaree
3. C.C. Rider
4. Row Jimmy
5. Lazy Lightnin’
6. Supplication
7. High Time
8. Jack Straw
9. Shakedown Street
10. Not Fade Away

I was tremendously disappointed by this electric counterpart to Reckoning when it came out. It consists mostly of unadventurous (and edited) versions of first-set tunes, though the band stretches out a bit on "Feel Like a Stranger," "Franklin's Tower" and "Fire on the Mountain." A double-album when it was released, it now fits on one-CD (minus "Space") and it flows much better as a show on CD. But considering what was available to the Dead from the Radio City and Warfield shows, this still feels overly safe and tame.