Thought it might be useful to trade recommendations of shows available on Archive that are both hot and have high quality fidelity and mix.

One thing I'm looking for is shows from the 1980s with Bob Weir mixed at an adequate level. Far, far, far, far too m any shows from 1980 on have Weir and Phil mixed way, way too low in my book, usually with keyboards, drums and vocals mixed way too high. To me you should always be able to clearly hear each and every note that Bob, Jerry, and Phil play; NOTHING else should be mixed so high as to obscure that.

Here are some suggestions from me to start things off. None of these are perfect, but all have Phil and Bob at least mixed adequately and one of the two of them mixed close to well. Plus the shows are hot.

1) https://archive.org/details/gd1981-05-02.135559.mtx.dusborne.flac16

2) https://archive.org/details/gd1981-07-04.sbd.miller.110199.flac16

3) https://archive.org/details/gd1982-05-23.mtx.seamons.102124.sbeok.flac16

4) https://archive.org/details/gd1982-10-10.mtx.seamons.ht02.110970.flac16

And this is an absolute gem from 1974. Portions of this show appeared on Dick's Picks 7, but unfortunately, and amazingly, Dick left off the incredible string after Seastones that went Space Jam-->Eyes-->Space Jam-->Wharf Rat. Ned Lagin is still playing with the band through much of this and he sounds fantastic (e.g., Eyes). This is some supreme stuff.

https://archive.org/details/gd1974-09-11.132458.mtx.GEMS-BCE.flac16

Anyway, I hope others will bring forward some suggestions.

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