sakada Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 2/26/77, therefore the 33rd BEarthday for TERRAPIN how 'bout some of y'all's faves to celebrate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP found Posted February 26, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 3-18-77 Winterland 5-28-77 Hartford, CT 9-3-77 Englishtown, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maningreen Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 4/3/1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonomajon Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 4/3/1999 1/22/78 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP VincentPuleo Posted February 26, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I also love the Englishtown version... a special one since it was still young and played as the encore. Also the one from the Dick's Picks.. Pembroke Pines. Florida... I forget the date. It was Terrapin Station>Morning Dew. What is this 4/3/99 version?.. edit: I re-listened to that Pembroke Pines Terrapin and realized they only played the "inspiration" section.. Was splitting the song a common thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakada Posted February 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 i know it's WAY later, tho {just one of my faves} 6/23/93, for there is like 13+ min. of jam after the "whistle is screeeeamin..." finale of lyrics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tea Posted February 26, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 12/12/90 (a little biased due to attendance) China>Rider>LL Rain, Iko>Dark Star>>TERRAPIN Absolute sickness...... 9.3.77 runs a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 There's a bunch of great ones......the first one is fantastic.....2/26/77 Swing Aud, San Bernardino CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted February 27, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I also love the Englishtown version... a special one since it was still young and played as the encore. Also the one from the Dick's Picks.. Pembroke Pines. Florida... I forget the date. It was Terrapin Station>Morning Dew. What is this 4/3/99 version?.. edit: I re-listened to that Pembroke Pines Terrapin and realized they only played the "inspiration" section.. Was splitting the song a common thing? No. Torin, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that was the only time it was played that way. Dicks Picks 3 is amazing. Wharf>Terrapin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrino Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 There's a bunch of great ones......the first one is fantastic.....2/26/77 Swing Aud, San Bernardino CA I wasn't fortunate enough to hear the first Terrapin ever played in person. However, I was present at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th versions at Winterland shortly after that (they played it three nights in row). I can still remember being COMPLETLELY blown away by this song, although I didn't have any idea what the hell it was at the time. My friends and I looked at each other in a daze and muttered something like "HOLY SHIT!! What was THAT??" The energy in the Winterland hall was absolutely explosive during these introductory perfomances. When they went into the instrumental jam after "and the whistle is screaming, terrapin", it was almost orgasmic. Jerry would build this up into ever increasing waves that spilled out over the audience. I seem to recall Bill Graham saying something to the effect that this song made his hair stand on end, and signaled a whole new level of intensity for the band. Would love to see his actual quote again, but he was incredibly impressed--as were we all!!! It is worth noting how absolutely depressed I was when the studio album came out. When you compared the majesty of this song in concert with the overproduced, orchestrated version, it was a complete letdown. Back in those days, I didn't have much access to tapes, so I was stuck listening to this pale imitation of what this song really was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer'sChoice Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Robert Hunter always talked about what he perceived as the metaphysical nature of Terrapin. I snipped this piece from Songfacts.com Hunter's new journal of September 24, 2001, contains this entry: "After dark fell, I sat alone on the roof, fifteen stories high, of a building in Soho commanding a panoramic and unobstructed view of the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan and the lights of the bridges. I had my guitar in hand and felt moved to sing "Terrapin Station" to the City. While I sang, rain began falling - I stood and edged around to the other side of the roof, still singing, to the corner of the roof facing the World Trade Center, some fifteen blocks away, where the sky is bright with floodlight illuminating the work of the excavation crew. A great plume of smoke continues to rise from the site of the devastation. As I sang, a powerful wind blew up very suddenly - wind so strong it threatened to rip my guitar out of my hands - reminding me of the storm in which I first composed the words I now sang. I wondered if I was involved in some kind of sacrilege, singing like this in the face of all that had gone down - the wind roaring increasingly louder and stronger, as though filled with spirits, as though trying to blow me over, make me stop. I kept singing until the end, repeating the "hold away despair," expressing all the sorrow I felt for the lost loved ones and for the healing of this magnificent and resilient City. I hope it helped. Helped me, anyway." Pretty moving stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP VincentPuleo Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 I wasn't fortunate enough to hear the first Terrapin ever played in person. However, I was present at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th versions at Winterland shortly after that (they played it three nights in row). I can still remember being COMPLETLELY blown away by this song, although I didn't have any idea what the hell it was at the time. My friends and I looked at each other in a daze and muttered something like "HOLY SHIT!! What was THAT??" The energy in the Winterland hall was absolutely explosive during these introductory perfomances. When they went into the instrumental jam after "and the whistle is screaming, terrapin", it was almost orgasmic. Jerry would build this up into ever increasing waves that spilled out over the audience. I seem to recall Bill Graham saying something to the effect that this song made his hair stand on end, and signaled a whole new level of intensity for the band. Would love to see his actual quote again, but he was incredibly impressed--as were we all!!! I am so envious of you.. I have felt this way listening to it on my ipod, being there... oh man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrino Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 I am so envious of you.. I have felt this way listening to it on my ipod, being there... oh man. Those were the days, Vincent!! I actually got dragged kicking and screaming to my first show at Winterland in '73. I was a Freshmen at Berkeley and a number of my friends were absolutely fanatical about the Dead. Myself... I just didn't get it . About halfway through the first set, I was finally on the bus! I DO feel lucky to have lived in the Bay Area during this time. The GD were practically the houseband at Winterland. I only regret that I just missed out on seeing Pigpen. Yeah, those first perfomances of Terrapin were really something. Many later performances were surely as good or better, However, one knew what to expect, and it kind of lost a little of the incredible rush of hearing it the first time. it was just so amazing when this very intense and intricate song suddenly just materialized out of nowhere at Winterland. It has been one of my handful of favorite songs since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP HelpSlip Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 No. Torin, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that was the only time it was played that way. Dicks Picks 3 is amazing. Wharf>Terrapin 5 22 77 pembroke pines, yes the only time without Lady w/Fan 1: Music, Sugaree, El Paso, Peggy-O, Minglewood, FOTD, Lazy Lightning> Supplication, Ramble On, Dancin 2: Help>Slipknot>Franklin's, Samson, B. E. Women, Good Lovin, Sunrise, Estimated> Eyes> Wharf Rat> Terrapin> Morning Dew E:Sugar Magnolia Terrapin does not include "Lady With A Fan" show is absolutely sick, one of the best Dew's of all time, and notice the Quad-Jerry explosion to finish set two 3 18 77 is the only Alhambra, amazing version, amazing show as well (sick sick NFA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonomajon Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Those were the days, Vincent!! I actually got dragged kicking and screaming to my first show at Winterland in '73. I was a Freshmen at Berkeley and a number of my friends were absolutely fanatical about the Dead. Myself... I just didn't get it . About halfway through the first set, I was finally on the bus! I DO feel lucky to have lived in the Bay Area during this time. The GD were practically the houseband at Winterland. I only regret that I just missed out on seeing Pigpen. Yeah, those first perfomances of Terrapin were really something. Many later performances were surely as good or better, However, one knew what to expect, and it kind of lost a little of the incredible rush of hearing it the first time. it was just so amazing when this very intense and intricate song suddenly just materialized out of nowhere at Winterland. It has been one of my handful of favorite songs since. Ah yes...those were the days my friends...My first was 4-27-77...Right from the onset it felt spiritual to me...for me that means rekindling/reminding me of some ancient, undeniable truth embedded deep within... I loved hearing it from that moment forward... This and "California" were so fresh and beautiful...There was no deliberating setlists on the internet...you just looked forward to, and had a self-imposed (me) obligation to be ready for the next show..somehow we knew the band was counting on us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Rbarracoph Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Ah yes...those were the days my friends...My first was 4-27-77...Right from the onset it felt spiritual to me...for me that means rekindling/reminding me of some ancient, undeniable truth embedded deep within... I loved hearing it from that moment forward... This and "California" were so fresh and beautiful...There was no deliberating setlists on the internet...you just looked forward to, and had a self-imposed (me) obligation to be ready for the next show..somehow we knew the band was counting on us My 21st birthday show!! I was also in attendance as I was for a large part of that spring run. Just this past year I was given a black and white shoot of that show!! I'm with you on the deliberating set list thing. There was only the joyful anticipation of the next show!!!!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP FunkyBass13 Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 I've always been kind of partinal to 5/7/77 in Boston. Love that version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJed Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Terrapin Station. Lots of great versions and memories, indeed. I'm partial to 2/26/77 and 5/7/77. I'm also grateful for all the wonderful DSO re-creations I've been able to witness and enjoy. DSO does great justice to this and so many other incredible songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonomajon Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 My 21st birthday show!! I was also in attendance as I was for a large part of that spring run. Just this past year I was given a black and white shoot of that show!! I'm with you on the deliberating set list thing. There was only the joyful anticipation of the next show!!!!!! RB Nice way to celebrate Rob! Hard to believe it was almost 33 years ago...I think that it may have been the best two weeks of my life...my spring run ended on the 9th...It was a great time to be a deadhead...and it still is Looking forward to seeing y'all in April! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP jfolks Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 i cant believe no one has mentioned July 8, 1990 (as seen on View from the Vault I) this is the best terrapin EVER. it is incredibly special. one of those moments that gets you naturally high every time you hear it. Estimated>Terrapin.. instead of the standard 5 second chord strumming intro (before the lyrics), jer and the boys play the most incredible and beautiful intro jam you have ever heard. it is literally an additional garcia solo, but its on the intro progression! its one of those moments when the entire band is one.. phil's bass, bobby's guitar, brent's keys, etc, EVERYTHING is in perfect sync. and to make it even more incredible: its spontaneous. this one song is worth the price of the DVD alone.. seriously, this is a MUST SEE for every deadhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Rbarracoph Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Nice way to celebrate Rob! Hard to believe it was almost 33 years ago...I think that it may have been the best two weeks of my life...my spring run ended on the 9th...It was a great time to be a deadhead...and it still is Looking forward to seeing y'all in April! Buffalo!!!!! My favorite show of the run and also my last show of the spring!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP VincentPuleo Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 When I first heard the infamous Cornell show I heard Boston and Buffalo of that same week and I think it's fair to say all of those shows are equally amazing.. War Memorial, 5/9/77 Set l: Help On The Way Slipknot! Franklin's Tower Cassidy Brown-Eyed Women Mexicali Blues Tennessee Jed Big River Peggy-O Sunrise The Music Never Stopped Set l: Bertha Good Lovin' Ship Of Fools Estimated Prophet The Other One Drums Not Fade Away Comes A Time Sugar Magnolia Encore: Uncle John's Band There are some great Keith moments in this show.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP found Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 i cant believe no one has mentioned July 8, 1990 (as seen on View from the Vault I) this is the best terrapin EVER. it is incredibly special. one of those moments that gets you naturally high every time you hear it. Estimated>Terrapin.. instead of the standard 5 second chord strumming intro (before the lyrics), jer and the boys play the most incredible and beautiful intro jam you have ever heard. it is literally an additional garcia solo, but its on the intro progression! its one of those moments when the entire band is one.. phil's bass, bobby's guitar, brent's keys, etc, EVERYTHING is in perfect sync. and to make it even more incredible: its spontaneous. this one song is worth the price of the DVD alone.. seriously, this is a MUST SEE for every deadhead. I haven't watched that dvd in a while. I'll definitely put it on tonight. Thanks for the refresher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP VincentPuleo Posted February 28, 2010 Forum MVP Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Listening to that show now upon your post jfolks... http://www.archive.org/details/gd1990-07-08.nak300.holtz.lmpp.97714.sbeok.flac16... What is really blowing my mind is the "Drums". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jazz-man Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I am partial to the first time played at the Swing Auditoreum. I think it was Skeleton key that said that it "burst forth from the womb, fully formed" or words to that effect. Terrapin and Shakedown remain my two favorite GD songs. They just hold some power for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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