Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 1: Oakland 12-28-1979

Recorded live on December 28, 1979, at the OAKLAND AUDITORIUM, Oakland, CA Ah, those year-end Bay Area concert runs by the Dead. Seldom was the band quite as consistently brilliant as they were during these celebratory stands, playing in familiar environs in front of audiences full of old friends. The group's archivists already dipped into this particular set of performances with Dick's Picks Vol. 5, which captured the December 26 show; this 2-CD set transports us two days later for another sup...