In 1981 the Hartford Civic Center was a departure point for the Dead, who were getting ready to head off (a few days later) for their first European shows in more than a half-dozen years, and to release (a few weeks later) their new acoustic live album Reckoning. “Althea” didn’t make the cut for the electric companion Dead Set (a few months later) because it was still a new song, released on Go To Heaven in early 1980, and a site of active engagement, a relationship study performed more shows than not, conveyed in Garcia’s knowing performance of Hunter’s lyrics and even more knowing delivery of his own guitar solo.