Jer sings thrôugh a cold, but the beauty and sweetness shines through. Sounds like he would 10 years later, but with the '78 sound. Full of love.

If you can get past the migraine-inducing AUD, this is one rowdy shitkicker that riles up the fun-loving crowd.

Smokin' hot encore to finish off one brilliant mother of a show. OMSN isn't many folk's fave tune, but this one just rocks hard.

This show has biting hardness throughout, then this seems a bit la-la until the 7/4 parts, and that grit returns with crunching nastiness. Excellent!

Total badassery. This one bites down hard and has a little menace to it, as befits a song about murder.

Ok, so there's a bit of controversy as to whether this show ever happened. Nevertheless, don't let the rough AUD beginnings fool you, at around the 03:15 mark this one clears up into a SBD patch and the jam is one of clear, well-grooved professional '70 sound. Pig's voice is beautiful, and whether or not they were really in Hawaii for a two-show vacation seems beside the point. Here it is. Enjoy. Of course I'm referring here to track 2 on the Archive's only version of this date. The "Easy Wind" track 12 from the same date (questionable) sounds like some filler from another date, plus the mix is very off, with patches of only Phil audible, and almost no vocals in it. Track 14 on the same date is yet a third "Easy Wind", which is also of fairly wrecked tape quality.

The outro, definitely, kicks hard, with just the right amount of prog epic on it. Here, have an upvote.

Very strong intro, with the mellow post-hiatus sound magically merged with that perfect '77 musicianship. Great transition into NFA too.

Hey Dantian! Welcome aboard friend. If you dig Dancin' from '76, (and I know you do...) then check out how they start tweaking it big style in September and October of the same year. There's some wild transitional free-form stuff from the Fall '76 tour, and they're some of my top-shelf Dead from of all time. Cheers!

Will cause brain blisters if used improperly. Chases that eerie mystery at the heart of this song that can make it so transfixing, and sometimes even slightly menacing. Jerry sounds like he could just go on forever here.