I agree with the many other reviews that stated that this is not quite as great a set as A1A or Living and Dying, but it is the big one for JB. The pre-Changes stuff seemed more insightful and introspective. It seemed that JB wrote about real people and not just a drunken party. I also strongly agree with the review that stated that this was the point where the true original fans were given a back seat to the "parrotheads". I can remember well going down on one of many trips to Key West with my buddies during the 70s and we went out on a charter boat. My one drunken buddy said to the mate on the boat "I guess you guys ran JB out of the Keys", and the mate replied "NO, you did!". It seems that it is always the same story...big money and popularity has a way of ruining the appealing part of many things. Tourists move to a sunny remote island, and then they complain about how there are too many people moving in. Changes was a great album when it came out, but I for one feel the whole parrothead thing just beat the horse to death, just like the "deadheads" (which never made any sense to me). When you have to talk about what a party things are, then the party is over. When I hear JB now, it seems like the wind is really out of his sails and eventually he will have enough money and will call it quits for good. This is the last great album he produced, and anything post Changes is just rehash for the parrotheads.