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Grateful Dead : Dave's Picks 23 Volume Twenty Three : Mac Court ! – " The Pit !! " ( aka. ' McArthur Court ' ) – University of Oregon ( Duck U. !!! ) – Eugene, Oregon ( OR ) : January 22, 1978 ( 1/22/1978 ) : 3 CD : 2017 (1978/2017) Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. / Rhino ( GDP, Inc. / Rhino ) - R2 557455 : Limited Edition Individually Numbered ( of # 16500 ) : Brand New / Factory-Sealed ! : " The Dead At Duck U. !!! " " The Legendary " … Mac Court ! – Duck U. !! – 1/22/78 Show !!! - in " The Pit !!!! " … Featuring one of the Most-Creative ! – Mind-Melting !! – & Life-Altering !!! Grateful Dead ' Segue-Transitions ' of All-Time ! … Close Encounters Of The Third Kind !!! > St. Stephen !!!!! Indoors at the Very-Proud Home ! of the Mighty Oregon Fighting Ducks !! … on a Sunny ! ( just kidding -- Rainy !! ) Sunday Night … in Good Ol’ Eu~gene !!! Holy !!! – Grateful !!!!! - Dead !!!!!!! Oh Wow ........ Ahhhhh, well – I guess my life is now ... Officially " Complete " ? Sure wasn’t expecting This ! here in 2017 ?!? My spine is tingling just even ' thinking ' about this-one, and I haven’t even listened to it recently either – at least over the last few ... Hours !? Ha !! – as I’ll betcha my own ' personal-count tally ' on This-Show ! might-just break the meter ? Smmmmaaash … I haven’t been able to ' properly-describe ' This-Show for like 30-years now – and should I even try ?? Just wasted words ??? Dang, I just don’t know … Duck U. ! – Mac Court !! ( " The Pit !!! " ) – 1/22/78 !!!! – a completely-intimidating task, for all those who are already well " in the know " on This ! " Monster-Dead-Show !!! ". Alright … so, Is This " The Best " Dead Show Ever ? ... probably not. Does this Show offer " The Best " Garcia Axe work of All-Time ? ... probably not. Hmmm, a bit of a dicey-start ? But ….. is this " The Best " Dead Show from 1978 ? ... yes. Does this Show offer one of the Hottest !!! Live-Dead ' Segue-Transitions ' of All-Time ? ... yes. And … is there any better-place to see The Grateful Dead ' Live ' on Planet Earth – other than ... on " Planet Eugene " ??? ... No ! And … is this my own personal-favorite Dead Show of All-Time ? ... yep ( well, you know … this ' and ' 6/30/85 MPP !!! – Ha ! ) No … but with all-seriousness ( well, you know – as much as I’m actually capable of ) --- This-Show !!!? .. .. .. " It " single-handedly derailed my Entire Life ( well, you know … ' derailed ' meant in a ' Grate-Way ' – Ha ! – Grate ! like " The-Euge !! " ) And, I’m not kidding at all on this either - not-a-bit ... The 90 Minute Analog Cassette Tape ( Maxell XL-II S ! ) I acquired way-back in the '80's – of this 1/22/78 Mac Court ! Show ? … It Forever-Changed My Life ( ahhh, yes … " Dead Tour !!! " ). Or, to be a little bit more-specific here … " This-Show ! " was actually how I picked - " My College ! " ( Duck U. !! – " Quack " !!! ) – well, you know … that, and of course " Animal House " ! – Ha !! Naturally-though ... right ?! A " True-Story ", and I’m most-definitely sure you'll also remember The-Shirt quite well --- “ COLLEGE “. I mean … Whoa !?! I used to go to Duck Hoops Games ( even when they stunk ! ) – just-so I could ' Look ' at where Garcia did " It ". I used to even play hoops in there ( " The Pit ! " ) – just so I could go & stand right-where Jerry did It. Hell, I used to even go & ' clean-up ' Mac Court after Ducks Hoops Games with the Oregon Ducks Lax Team – just so I could sit in all of the different le