I was at this show. We were spoiled back then in Connecticut. On the same tour within an hour drive you could see the Dead in Hartford, Springfield, Bridgeport, New Haven, or Worcester to name a few. Great times. Fantastic that the music still endures.

my neighbors got to listen to this all day.. lucky bastards!

Was born in 72 so I was kinda late but thanks to the good Lord in enough time to get the chance to experience this special special band. I like Althea alot because she was probably one hell of a cool chick you know? I believe really unique and special music tells us a story.. and it's almost like we all knew Althea too you know? I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I will never say that keeping the music and genuinely joyfully good feeling still sorta alive, actually live... and John Mayer is one hell of a talented dude no question, and it's really cool this song turned him on. But man I'm so sorry for the very Earth itself losing this bunch of weird wonderful sometimes ridiculous kinda, group of dudes that hung out together and played whatever they felt like at the moment. That's to me, THEE secret to the Grateful Dead. They were having as much fun as the audience lots of shows and that's why none of us wanted to go back home after experiencing them for the first time. What makes them in my opinion once again, THEE BEST LIVE ROCK BAND EVER, was the genuine love affair between us and them and the unmistakable, impossible for anyone to duplicate I don't care how talented they might be, was the pure raw unmistakable and obvious from the first notes of the first song they decided to open it with like literally when they are plugged in and tuned up and ready to give us some more pure honest genuine JOY of a Dead show. Man I ain't the only one by a lot but nothing I have ever taken drank smoked or slept with has ever made me feel better than a Dead show. There's music... good music... good live music I've enjoyed from other groups of course... but it's a distant second place, because then there's the Grateful Dead. Man I get it why some people were turned off by the name of the group, and the skeletons, and probably all the smiling joyful silly hippies there that didn't even have to get into the actual concert and were there feeling it again and again and again and again. I told my wife the other day that it's ridiculous looking at it from the outside and it really didn't matter if you managed to get a great Owsely dose, or were stone cold sober, you and the band and everyone else was high on the pure genuine joy of a Grateful Dead show. My only regret is that I was born about 10 years too late. But then again, it's not enough unless you were blessed to see every single show. And then that wouldn't be enough!! Wow that's a lot of typing for a old burntout Deadhead hippie like me but that's pretty much the only way I can attempt to tell someone about it. Yeah everybody is high!! On pure unmistakable genuine freaking joy. I honestly love the Grateful Dead and miss it like a lost family member. But omgosh the memories!! Sorry for being such a profound get to the point dude here but actually not sorry about anything else besides I, like so many others, didn't get a Ripple. Thanks for letting me ramble and I should probably shut up before I cry.... but it's not because of sadness I'm smiling too!! I'm gonna damn well keep truckin on until I can't and then I'll figure out how to get some cool shows when I get to the other side. Maybe even hangout with them if I can 👍✌️😎👋💯

Thinking alot about less and less, and forgetting the love we bring.

BY FAR BEST ALTHEA EVER!

Ain't Nobody Messin w you, but You!

Good lord, the solos on this one are just absolutely perfect.

Althea is always a crowd pleaser. The music never stopped..

l was liucky,,l lived in connecticut for this show,,,and what a show it was,,Jerry and the boys at their best

I live by the music

Not the best Dead show I ever saw, but all I could talk about for days was ALTHEA!

81 was the greatest year for the dead. 82 came in second. insane shit, all around. straight ahead, balls to the wall, greatness. jer's on the verge of his hair on ness, but not totally lost like late 83 or 84. his voice is still there - starting to fade in late 82. 81 is the shiiiiiit. turn it up to 81.

This is great audio. The Dead were the original You Tube, graciously allowing their music to be shared freely. How many of us have some of our greatest memories at a Dead show? Now we get to hear those shows on a boot or now on YT.

THE. GREATFULL DEAD. ALWAYS GREAT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HEAR THE MUSIC IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MUSIC. LONG LIVE THE DEAD

Grate season for killer Aud recordings. Grateful to all the tapers.

This space is getting hot

This version is my new favorite holy shit

So fine.......words are wasted......

this song just makes me happy -- Jerry's singing voice and then singing guitar with the band jammin' power recharging it again and again - so goddamn good!

One of the best live versions

I love the beginning. Very quiet start, no one hears it. Second go around, people start to pick up on it. Third go around band kicks in, place goes friggin' nuts. Sound quality is superb. Great lows.

Whoa!

This is my absolute favorite recording of any song the GD has. Mad feels~

oh so beautiful you know this space is getting hot

So many good ringtones in here. Let it ring, and roll away the dew

My favorite G.D. tune and a 1/2.

As fans of these cats it’s not strange to go into a 2 month Morning Dew binge/ study/ reflection. Or you just feeling Warf Rat slightly stronger for a spell My spider web laced focus or favorite song that melts all dna all the time has been ALTHEA for a spell and a half. This one right here: 3/14/81 is an emasculate recoding and a sweet cut to see why it’s one of my jams! Enjoy I dig it’s lyrics as much as any effort by them Dead and Jerry’s solos hit you 3 or 4 times , when on fire, it most definitely lands a few lightning bolts into the soul where they remind what u have one Fav lyrics. Ain’t nobody messin with you but you More.: You may be Saturday's child, all grown Moving with a pinch of grace You may be a clown in the burial ground Or just another pretty face More There are things you can replace And others you cannot The time has come to weigh those things This space is gettin' hot You know, this space is gettin' hot Last choice lyrics: Can't talk to you without talking to me We're guilty of the same old things Thinking a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring

I love Althea from the early 80's. Superb version.

Hot Hot Hot!!

Could be my favorite Dead song...but with so many choices....

This is a badass recording. I can see the shape of the ballroom from Jerry's first lead notes bleeding down the walls. Nothing beats a great Aud. Thanks for turning me onto this one.

Song is good to here! So many yrs ago. Uh?

Listening to the dead staying loaded is the way jamming along.I use to be a angry violent hateful man.Found the dead now i am different.

On this day I was born in Michigan City Indiana. 😩

i imagined that this was in my head in '79' but didn't confirm hear this until '80'.

Great lyrics from Hunter -- just superb

Sweet

Funny how "the best" version of a Dead song is so relative.I have heard really bad versions that people think are the bestand vice versa. They hit us all in different ways.

i read somewhere (can't remember) that Jerry especially loved Althea. You can just tell

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Damn. You weren't kidding. That was a smoking Althea. Thanks!

Wonderful song.

The Nassau stadium 1980 is the best version

Just wanted I needed tonight. Gerry touches me...makes me happy.

Jerry’s guitar here ❤️. Mayer’s playing is superb, too. Trey brought an overall good feeling to it. Each incarnation had its good qualities. Can you tell I went on an “Althea” binge?

People that know 😊

I love that scene in The Arrival where it turns out the heptapods love The Dead. Because of course they do.

WOW! Thanks!

Awesome recording !!! At this point , this was probably Jerry's favorite new song .

This picture would've made such a great album cover.

PLEASE READ PLEASE READ PLEASE READ PLEASE READ!!!!!!!I’ve known of the Grateful Dead since my teens. I’ve heard a good bit of their music but I just now have had a spiritual awakening. I’ve watched the Long Strange Trip Doc. I’ve watched several interviews with Jerry Garcia and a couple where Bob Weir and maybe Phil Lesh. I love the documentary because they interview all the band members and managers and even roadies. I also love reading these posts put up by the dead heads. You people are really lucky to have been able to go to concerts. I wish I would have known what I know now in my teens and early twenties before Jerry died. I’ve watched some of the more recent concerts with Trey from Phish and John Mayer. It’s good but in my humble maybe not worthy opinion it’s just not close. I hesitate to even state my opinion here because I realize that most of the people on this feed are long time Grateful Dead fans. I love reading all of your stories of being at concerts. I feel more and more of a connection. I’m living my Grateful Dead trip vicariously through you all. I know I’m late to the party but please let me stay. I’ll just relax and mind my own business. I’m just happy to be here. I’m so thankful for ole 77 and people who post these live performances. I know I’ll never be a member or have a story to tell but I’m just happy

great version of a great tune and a great photo-we come from a culture where guns are not evil-quite the contrary-if things get rough

Ain’t nobody messin with you but you

I'd love to meet an Althea

I was at this one too. It was a pleasure to have been there. North East Spring and The Dead!

I miss this guy

Thank you! Great version.

This is great. Love it. Thanks

Honest to the point of recklessness..lol that's so me. Amazing version here. My personal favorite is from 9.3.80...beautiful.

it was a great show!!!!

Thanks for sharin' Lisa. Brings back FOND memories.

Great version (sometimes my fav), I even remember being there when I hear it. Super nice audio; thanks!

Boston Garden... October 1st, 1994... Saturday night. My last Dead show... and it was one for the ages!

great sounding AUD

wow what a beauty

Beautiful show

Awwwww...So lovely and such a blessing for you X infinity.

"Loose in the groove in the burying ground, or just another pretty face." - Ed Gein on tour 81-84

My granddaughter was named after this song. Love it.

How the %$#@ do 18 people give this a "thumbs down"? Those are 18 people whose paths I hope neither you, nor I, may ever cross.

Honest to the point of recklessness. Self centered to the extreme. ❤🥰😎

This tune was Hunter's call out to Jerry's increasing bad habits-no doubt-although he denied it-its all there in the words

sick, CT love!!!!

A whole new Level of WoW Man!

crying again

I came here because my name is Althea 😂

thinking about less and less and forgetting the love we bring

I like the guns and knives. oh, the tune is kickin too

Althea was 2 years old in 81

Best Althea 12 1 79!!!!

efn RIGHTEOUS version man. a top 20 possibly

love j

Been working on covering this jam

jerry always played guitar like the devil dancing in the rain,

tnxalot

check out 12/1/79 Stanley theater

my beautiful big bro! This one is for your Ryan Stuart. I LOVE YOU. RH! RH! RH!

That's one of the coolest pictures ever-They loved guns-

the lead guitarist has quite the chops

The versions from the1980 shows at Nassau collesium are actually way better sonically. There's a little to much compression in thus particular recording. Check it out and compare. I got a lot of joy doing it.

this tune hath turned my fiance into a Deadhead. opening interlude will be spliced into the bride's song when she graces the aisle. sssshhhhhhhhh, don't tell her

I always think of "The Walrus and the Carpenter" ......"the time has come " Walrus with a beard and a guitar on the beach Far below the mountains of the moon 😀

This was Jerry's version of Pigpen singing "Hard to Handle." Slinky s#^t!

So watching the new Amazon documentary and Sen. Al Franken says that May 1980 Nassau Coliseum Althea contains the greatest of all Althea solos. It is awesome but makes me wonder how much debate there is on this, and which other Althea's share the pantheon. How many have you heard and which are the best?

Hartford - Nothing like cutting thru macys to get the band

Oh Jesus... This is a killer Althea

I love audience tapes - never understood why those fuckin soundboard tapes became popular

Jay and the americans

DOOO DO DOO DO DOOOO DO DOO