While well played and without any obvious issues, the first set gets of to a bit of a slow start. Now imagine the Dead on stage, with an unreasonable amount of audio and lighting gear and dozens of crew and "family" along for the ride, not to mention that the band just came from Copenhagen and would pack up and turn around that very night for the next show back in the capital. Excellent acoustics, I'm sure.) Now image all the tables and chairs pushed to side and about 700 Danes crammed into the space, sitting on every surface possible and climbing up onto the beams for a better view. ( Stakladen is a combination of the Danish words for "barn" and "storeroom," as in for straw and grain.
Imagine a standard-sized university cafeteria, able to hold about 400 diners, but with bare, arching wood-beam frames giving way to the bare underside of the arched roof. Setting the scene in the liner notes is Palle Lykke, the official historian of Aarhus University, who was in attendance. Upon a close listening, however, this is definitely the most unusual show of the tour so far, and of all the '72 shows I'm familiar with, this is easily the most unique. If I were to judge from the setlist, I would assume this is just another typical Dead show from 1972 (which, of course, entails tight performances of classic songs and superb jamming and exploration deep in the second set).
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