I was there for a completely different experience but saw this show. I was there as part of a church near Kingston that took care of orphan children for 8 months. I was given a ticket to the show and 3 big joints as a going home gift from a local. I flew home in time for xmas. I had a blast at the show and so did my friends.

My bewildered mom and dad could not be so bewildered how their 14 yield son could be in Jamaica seen the grateful Dead and not even in high school? And then sent me $1,000 thank you Mom and Dad and all my friends and Jerry and everybody for the great time I got the worst sunburn at that show ever had

I was there greatest fire on mountain experience ...with the sun rising over the hills of Montego bay..jerry goes into fire..perfect timing... so special..i got a free plane ticket and concert ticket..i bought the poster ..i saw it selling on e bay for 800 dollars..the clash played before the dead and woke up all us sleeping heads..Gladys Night got upset and started to cry then left the stage.she later re appeared to perform When she saw the dead heads camped out in front of stage sleeping and waiting for the dead to come on at 3 am

@lingeringlead

3 жыл бұрын

Somebody dosed Gladys?

@buckodonnghaile4309

3 жыл бұрын

@@cmberrian well played

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

Legendary 🏆

I was there also. 10 feet from Jerry and no film left in my camera. One of the best shows I ever saw. first time I heard Throwing Stones! OMG, They're going political. By the way, The Jamaicans loved our boys too.

Im here because I bought a T-Shirt of this at the flea market... Beautiful...

@reginaldinoenchillada3513

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my friend picked up the tee 4me. This is my show a day for coronavirus isolation, today. I'll wear the tshirt

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have the t shirt? It must be worth a fortune in 2022!

Easily one of my favorite shows simply because Brent is epic on that B3 throughout the entire show. His solo on Minglewood is smoking and his fills on Scarlet are perfect.

Brent's work on 'Minglewood' is some the best b3 I've ever heard in my life. His solo is volcanic

@mattschrader5047

Жыл бұрын

If bombastic organ is your thing, Brent is your guy no doubt. Little too much for me. Prefer Pig's organ play and Keith's piano myself. To each his own. Dead keyboard players are like pizza, they're all pretty good even when they're bad

I was there. The crowd was sparse because they started so late. Close your eyes during Fire on the Mountain. The Sun was rising during that song and it was EPIC to say the least. It was the highlight of 10 years of touring,

@DharmaDog215

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that! Its funny, I started reading the comments just AS FOTM was coming on. Destiny!

@burt1iband

6 жыл бұрын

I never even knew they played this show/for me 82 was around the start of the last musical peak for the band. Fortunately the peak lasted several years/had its own highs and spin outs of course,. Just glad I got to see the guys quite a few times during the early anbd mid 80s. Nice discovery this show/will finish listening after work/getting a bit to nastalgic for this babilonian morning...smiles will certainly be less legal before this daze is over...

@reginaldinoenchillada3513

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, cherish that memory.

@veganpeace_ATX

3 жыл бұрын

I was there too! I remember well being on a hit of blue dragon paper acid and watching them play fire on the mountain while the sun came up!! Great times!

@Turnstileturntill

Жыл бұрын

Arrow High Arrow. (ps)

Seems like just yesterday I was dancing to Fire on the Mountain on the beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica back in the early 80's at sunrise! That was definitely one of the most magical moments of my life being at the World Music Festival seeing a bunch of great bands like the Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, Beach boys, Gladys Knight, Aretha, Toots and the Maytals, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers as kids with their mom Rita Marley, Black Uhuru, Clash, English Beat, Jimmy Cliff, B-52s, Yellowman, and many more! I was lucky to get a musician pass from Skeeter Davis, who was also playing, who was a famous country singer in Jamaica and the U.S. She was so very kind to me! The first night's lineup according to another person in the comments below was The Wailers with the I Threes, Toots and The Maytals, The B-52's, Gladys Night and The Pips, Jimmy Cliff, The Grateful Dead. The Dead played from about 4:30am to 7am! So one night I rode in the shuttle bus for the musicians and friends from the musicians' hotel to the outdoor venue in Montego Bay with Toots, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight and their bands! That was a real hoot! Anyway, just thought I would share that magical moment. That magical blue backstage wrist band also got me backstage where the Dead and other bands were hanging out on a comfortable house boat on the water's edge that was set up by the promoter for folks to hang out on and relax and party together. I was in high heaven! One of the many bizarre things that happened at this show that made it really unusual was the power went off during the drum jam. I thought that would be the end of the show, as without power, they couldn't continue. The drums were loud enough on their own for the small group of a few hundred Deadheads that managed to make the trip there and to stay up all night long for the Dead's two sets to be able to hear, but I was sure that the set would just end after the drums since there was no power to power the P.A. and amps. But according to Dan Healy, the sound board master extraordinaire, "Some bozo forgot to put kerosene in the power generator"!!! So backstage a frantic effort was made to find the reason for the power outage and just in time for the space jam, the power magically went back on, in time for a killer Good Lovin and other songs I can't remember right now...

@the420god3

Жыл бұрын

Amazing review!! Thank you! I remember cherishing this as one of my first tapes in the late 80's....

@marksalo8104

Жыл бұрын

@@the420god3 Magical event, As I remeber Joe Jackson, stepping out .opened the show

@Turnstileturntill

Жыл бұрын

Monsoon Wassup

@meninomichael

Жыл бұрын

My best Dead show, mostly because of the surroundings, and the other groups...it was an amazing three days of great music, and we were always right up front, because it was never crowded!! Crazy !!

The bass on Women Are Smarter - holy hell. Actually, the whole thing is fantastic - beat going every which where, nobody's in charge, and never any doubt where you are or how you got there or where you're going next. That's the thing that always kept me coming back.

@junipersnow1

Жыл бұрын

Good point, John Khan was the same way. I think it was Jerry's request, hence why Phil went on his own, instead of playing that 1-2 beat that Bobby and John do with the new Dead.

This show came up random on KZread and I couldn't be happier

Show Notes: - The Dead were on the schedule for the 25th, but by the time they went on stage it was 4:30 AM on the 26th and they played until 7:00 AM. It was the Jamaican World Music Fest with opening acts..Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, The B-52's, Gladys Night & The Pips and Toots & The Maytals.

I like Althea and Black Peter from this show. Must have been cool watching the sunrise with the Dead on stage during Black Peter. Awesome stuff.

I was there...three days of jerked goat, Red Stripe, great beaches, and some incredible music! The Dead came on around 1 or 3 in the morning, I think after the B52s or the Beach Boys...it was a while ago... Crazy first night.. Rita and the kids were there because it was the inauguration of the Bob Marley Memorial Stadium. The Prime Minister was there, too, with lots of army personnel...kinda weird , because I was high as a kite... Great three days of some INCREDIBLE music!!

His guitar on Althea is ethereal...

that's what time headliners go on in Jamaica.

How 'bout that intro to Fire!!??!! Brent cranking on the Hammond! Used to have just this song on a mix Dead cassette...and still feel one of the top 3 FOM's EVER. Nice to hear the whole show...finally. Thanks for sharing and giving us Heads more than what can ever ask for!

There is a very mellow vibe, here. That Jamaican stuff chills everyone out, no doubt.

Never ever hear the drums, keyboard and bass so forward in the mix! An excellent change of pace

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

Your right, I can clearly hear Bill in left ear & Micky in right 👂🏼.

Thanks for sharing this show. I use to have it. Thanks for the memories!

That is THE most powerful opening/introduction I have ever heard

Loved that The Clash headlined on the last day !!! Rip Jerry & Joe Strummer

@triciacanigliawinslow6329

4 жыл бұрын

RIP Brent Mydland

I was one of Techs on this event

@shaneharris3586

6 жыл бұрын

A guy who has since turned out to be a fraud named Tomo Whitedread (AKA Thomas Hill) is telling anyone who will listen that Garcia was MIA at the show & that Tomo himself found Garcia in a shed somewhere smoking crack. Do you remember Garcia being MIA that night & is that why they played so late?

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@shaneharris3586 I’m not sure where Jerry was, I was only 11. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Hooray For Everybody 🇯🇲

Damn, this show is killer!!! Thank you so much....

this is like a *lost show*...thnx

My daughter bought me this poster thanks Cherie

Amazing

I will always love the Gratefuldead ! Especially Jerry forever until I die , then I can b with him ! ❤️🐰🐇🌹👽🪐🛸👻🎹🎼🥳😵‍💫💙💚💛💜🧡😍🥰😘😱🥳good lovin is what we all need !

Good Morning Jamaica.. Reggaeish 2nd set laid down.. apropos forr shurr

I played Reagga in the parties for the guys , they loved it but was mad at me because I wouldn’t go with them ! I was there 2 hours before them with my daughter so I didn’t get to hang with them but I danced with Ziggy Marley + his mother behind the stage ! This was to honey Bob Marley the 1 st sunsplash ever !

@Bunbeck-pf9iw

Жыл бұрын

To Horner him I meant !

I turned them on to Bob Marley that’s y they went there ! Got a bunch of other bands to go there also ! They called it the sunsplash !

This Althea sounds extra crispy w ear pods in your ears. ✅ it 👂🏼

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

Brent has some crazy triplets going on during Sampson, some of the most interesting playing I’ve heard on a Sampson.

That intro was awesome. I wish that guy started off every dead show. Bill Graham eat your heart out.

@marcspencer5884

8 жыл бұрын

+Diamond Jim are you ready to do some truckin', mon?

@foreleftyall

8 жыл бұрын

They started out tha WaLockz...now they trucking. Are U Ready?

@DennisCampbell777

6 жыл бұрын

I always got a kick out of that guy too. Jah, ready to do some truckin! I am leaving for Montego Bay tomorrow. Psyched, my first time out of the country.

A the Rastas are like wow holy moly good stuff ya mon

I like the rousing introduction followed by minutes of nothing. :-)

Kind of insane they didn't play Estimated in Jamaica

@Ryan-xq3kl

5 жыл бұрын

its not really reggae so it isnt really insane its just kinda like they probably didnt think of it like that for some reason, oh well

@claymationwaves

5 жыл бұрын

It could potentially be the most offensive song you could possibly play in Jamaica considering the Rastafarian religious beliefs..

@JayChevako

4 жыл бұрын

@@claymationwavesIf it was so offensive then why did Burning Spear cover it? Jay kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zax5t9qph823Zco.html

All the same kind like all hearts ! That’s an inside strait in case u didn’t know !

I was there also and the Dead came on late and played till the sun came up!! all the acts were great. I remember seeing a cop wail away on a local for who knows why but he was putting that club to work..felt sorry..and yeah as a early morning shower came looks like rain was perfect and fotm too..the blue mtn smoke was unforgetable altho one american brought his own!! what a risk but a chartered plane brought us to miami and thinking of drug dogs and search's i left a good ounce and they never even glanced as we passed thru and my heart sunk..manalive coulda brought a elbo.....wouldn't work today Id bet..

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

“Elbo”. 😂 💪

Had a cassette of this show for years (the correct date may be 11-26-1982 they played so late, the Dead came on at four-thirty am playing until 7 am) which was transferred from a DAT of the show. Always loved the high end of the symbols at the beginning of Sugaree and Brent's Hammond B3 high in the mix along with Phil's bass. Listen to Jerry's guitar at 7:51 such a great sound, and check out Althea ... in my opinion one of the best they played ... Love the mix on this show!! The Clash also played before the Dead and in an effort to get the crowd going Joe Strummer threaten to stop playing or he'd bring out the Grateful Dead to play.

@ReedRosson1987

9 жыл бұрын

Funny story! I would love to have been there, but I was born in 1987. I grew up on punk rock and metal. LOL. Been into the Dead for a little over a decade. Thanks for sharing. Rock in Peace, Jerry, Brent, Vince, and Joe.

@DennisCampbell777

9 жыл бұрын

I had a copy of this years ago that was unlistenable, 4 am in Jamaica, and completely wasted at that, "Now, truckin' are you ready?" Undoubtedly one of the strangest sounding recordings you will ever hear.

@BrightestMidnight

8 жыл бұрын

hi, I mixed and digitally mastered this and all the other soundboard recordings of this three day festival. the time you recall was correct. I would agree this was not the dead at there best. we had run out of drugs (the whole band and crew) Yup no coke or dope for a good 36 hours......all kinds of ganja.. so the psychic energy was ....well unique for the 80's not my best mix either Anyhow there was no such thing as a DAT at this point in history. I mastered it on a Sony PCM f1 stored the digital code on the video portion of a betmax tape. there were some gems as mentioned. Althea and for sure the killer stand alone Fire. remember the US fest? another early morning fiasco "snuggle down and spread its time for breakfast in bed with the grateful dead" Good times Digital Dave

@BrightestMidnight

8 жыл бұрын

yeah strummer did say that.

@terrapin78729

7 жыл бұрын

The Clash played on another night. First night went like this The Wailers with the I Threes, Toots and The Maytals, The B-52's, Gladys Night and The Pips, Jimmy Cliff, The Grateful Dead.

An inside straight beats 4 aces !

That Black Peter, though!

I can see Bobby with a bevy of gorgeous Jamaican women :)

The Heat

I regret not going to this one....priced it all out....seems like all this life was just a dream....

@nowiknowuryder

3 жыл бұрын

It tore me up to miss this one but after it was over I was glad I saved the $$$ - with that cash I was able to do the Years End run and went to Guatemala (again) in January (...funny that they use a photo image of the Greek)

@michaelgibney7666

3 жыл бұрын

unknown

Hey Now/ Do you have a Jamaica Head🤩You can really hear Fire on the Mountain

Bobby rasta accent in T-Stones… too funny.

@Mr727db

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm.....I didn’t hear a Rasta accent?

dance party!!!!

I was at this show, The Dead were kind of awful that night, but Jerry looked funny in shorts! The came on at about 2:00 am, if I recall correctly.

@tonydanis1480

6 жыл бұрын

Danny Kerr I got copies of this show right after it happened. The general assessment at the time was they performed poorly, but I thought it was a fine shiw (and I'm pretty critical). Anyway, pushing 40 years later, glad to see it's got a somewhat better rep.

@stubaker2574

4 жыл бұрын

i was there too!! and was about 2am...stoned to the bone..seen a big cop wailing away on a black fella for whatever reason..the blue mtn smoke was incredibly good had to leave some afeared of custom's , the plane was chartered and all were stoned but no dogs no nothin' coulda brought back a load...things have changed tho...now it's almost legal waited since 1969,,,

I keep reading how this show sucked blah blah blah. I’m midway thru first set and the guys sound GRATE! To each their own I suppose. I saw enough shows and have 100s of hours of tapes to know a good from a grate from a not so great show. This baby is fine by me. Wish I’d have been there. However, ex wife and I were in Montego Bay for our honeymoon in June 85. Planning accordingly, we rose early on the 30th, watched the sunrise in the beach, flew out around 11, landed in Baltimore, and were dancing to the Dead at Merriweather that evening. Waking in Jamaica and seeing that amazing Shakedown in Maryland on the same day was epic. 2 more shows and honeymoon was over. 3 more months tho and fall tour was on!

👋

THE FUCK they went to Jamacia without me!

@veek.6463

7 жыл бұрын

Didn't I say don't go to Jamacia without me? Listen to this show. Lots of super parts to it. Love to mother Jamacia. And love to the a emperor of Colorado, he who brought you peace and love, master Jimmy Cliff there- may he live forever.

Am i to understand they packed up the entire show, brought it all the way to Jamaica, and didn't film anything? Must exist somewhere i hope.

@ 1:11:40 . . . . .initiate facemelt sequence

Not even through sugaree and two commercials already

@nognuisagoodgnu

Жыл бұрын

copyright owners

@ronmara5968

Жыл бұрын

@@nognuisagoodgnu that's a shame you put up some good stuff

@nognuisagoodgnu

Жыл бұрын

@@ronmara5968 thanks 🙏🏻 i don’t monetize the channel

We stayed in Negril , a much better place to stay !

They didn’t have that backdrop in Jamaica ! They mite b using the music but not the rite picture of them !

JeRrY GaRcIa, MoN ...

Heard this on #rainbowbeard tonight (4/20).. (~):}

@deadheadri5779

4 жыл бұрын

Scarlet 1:03:50 Drums 1:21:00

Jerry didn’t like makeup on women ! He could c their beauty within !

hey Loonieguy!!!!

Listening through the first song, and Sugaree sounds a bit reggaeish (although its clear the drums can't keep up to the tempo). I will listen to the rest.

I am a retro Rasta sayin Bloodclot Rasta ~! Dis~ah day say a puzzle, like chess, and we all in dah play. Seems no pawn knows to find a way. ah humman I am~! Yet I KNOW we all can abide this and ride together again~!

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

Legendary response!! 🇯🇲

No one recorded it?!?!

FM 1:10

Easy. Too much ganya premium for the Deads.

1983 a merman jerry turned to be.

@KCTV

2 жыл бұрын

What’s a merman 🤷🏽‍♂️

I was there....3 days....awesome....drugs much?

One of their worst shows

@deanl0

3 жыл бұрын

But if u carry urself 2 Montego Bay ! on that very mornin" 26 nov - 82 things might have ring.. 🎸🐯🦄 somehow differently. 🎋🏝️