| Date | Desc | etree id | Rt | Notes | Flaws | dgf |
| 4/27/77 | The Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, IL |
| fm lee smith sirmick, recorded * | 145787 | A- | sound quality improves after first couple of songs; see 12/7/77 | *** | ||
| fm lee smith sirmick 24, recorded * | 145788 |
| 8/31/77 | Paul's Mall, Boston MA. |
| early fm barndoggs sirmick , early show | 138320 | B- | originally circulated as 8/27/73; in comparison on Henry, this and original source from hopboy sound similar | *** | ||
| first set only, this is a raw tape transfer from the master cassette., this show was uploaded to dime by hopboy but, no remastering, or anything else, has been done to it., it was recorded by my friend, dave e. from uxbridge, massachusetts., he does not torrent, but he asked me to get this out to the fans., it has very good sound quality for a 1973 audience tape, by the way, he says you can remaster it or improve it any way you see fit., just re-seed it here on dime with the info provided here, if you do., 1 panama red, 2 15 days under the hood, 3 oh what a night, 4 henry, 5 love has strange ways, 6 red hot women - ice cold beer, 7 sutters mill, 8 when i need you, 9 dirty business, 10 louisana lady, 11 crooked judge, 12 twenty good men, 13 lay down - take me a red, 14 t is for texas, 15 glendale train, dave nelson - vocals & lead guitar, john dawson - vocals & guitar, buddy cage - pedal steel, steve love - bass & vocals, pat shanahan - drums | B- | *** |
| 9/1/77 | Paul's Mall, Boston Massachusetts |
| lineage: unknown small tape deck with unknown mics >, master cassette audience tape., here is a tape i taped way back in 1977., it is very good quality, especially for 1977., barndoggs., first set, 1 panama red, 2 15 days under the hood, 3 what a night, 4 henry, 5 love has strange ways, 6 red hot women, ice cold beer, 7 louisisana lady, 8 20 good men, 9 crooked judge - tape flip, after song applause, 10 t for texas, 11 when i think about you, 12 little misss bad, 13 i dont know you, second set, lineage: unknown small tape deck with unknown mics >, master cassette audience tape., here is a tape i taped way back in 1977., it is very good quality, especially for 1977., barndoggs., second set of the night, 1 she's no angel, 2 take a letter maria, 3 she's looking better with every beer, 4 when i need you, 5 lay down, take a red, 6 whiskey, 7 dirty business, 8 teardrops in my eyes, 9 honky tonk, 10 six days on the road, 11 last lonely eagle, 12 c'est la vie, 13 glendale train, 14 up against the wall, redneck mother, 15 dead flowers | C+ | only version so far of When I Think About You | *** |
| 9/3/77 | Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ |
| source:, tracks 1 12: unknown aud, tracks 13 16 | 95323 | C | *** | |||
| source: aud cassette master, taped by ken | 102184 | B+ | in comparison on dirty business, 95323 is more muffled and narrow sound than 102184 | *** |
| 12/7/77 | Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago, IL |
| fm weiner | 27789 | A- | this has a fuller sound than 4/27/77 145787 | *** |
| 12/31/77 | Winterland, San Francisco, CA |
| livedownload;, buy flac $9.71, the new riders of the purple sage celebrated the last evening of 1977 in great styleperforming a memorable new year's eve concert at san francisco's winterland with the grateful dead. this was the first time the new riders were teamed up with the dead for a gig in the bay area since the summer of 1974, and while emotions ran high, the music rises even higher., the nrps archives and kufala recordings are pleased to present winterland 12/31/77, a 2-disc recording which captures the new riders performance that closed out a year filled with invigorating shows as well as the release of their marin county line album. the rhythm section of stephen love on bass and drummer patrick shanahan, both veterans of rick nelson's stone canyon band, assists the band's core members john dawson, david nelson and buddy cage to elevating the music new heights. love resurrects the nrps favorite hello mary lou, and contributes love has strange ways, which gives the band some ample room to stretch their musical wings. a blazing concert from start to finish, 12/31/77 includes terrific renderings of fifteen days under the hood, henry, one too many stories, crooked judge, glendale train, dead flowers and an extended portland woman that fully captures the magic of winterland., the original 2-track master reels were recorded at 7.5 ips by betty cantor-jackson and transferred and mastered by jeffrey norman at garage audio mastering for your sonic enjoyment., cd1, hello mary lou, (3:18), little old lady, (3:13), fifteen days under the hood, (4:43), love has strange ways, (5:44), henry, (4:46), home grown, (3:34), one too many stories, (3:25), red hot women and ice cold beer, (3:35), oh what a night, (4:04), little miss bad, (3:09), disc two, jasper, (2:57), louisana lady, (3:32), "t" for texas, (4:56), portland woman, (13:44), crooked judge, (5:09), you never can tell, (5:44), glendale train, (5:43), dead flowers, (4:44) | $ | A- | harsh and narrow | *** |