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They Love Each Other
May 20, 1973
U.C.

Most rockin' version I know. The boys sound big and tight throughout this wonderful show.
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China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 20, 1973
U.C.

Really tight and uptempo. Jerry sings through a cold, but energetic and inspired guitar work. Perfect transition into Rider.
9
Playin' In The Band
June 26, 1976
Auditorium Theatre

Complex and experimental around a Stephen>Wheel sandwich. Starts and ends in wild exhuberance, but has lots of spacebugs and dinosaurs in between.
3
The Wheel
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

Was this the first Wheel ever? It rolls just so sweetly - not very long, but quite perfect
10
Scarlet Begonias
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

Very tight, uptempo and deeply grooving. Check out Seamons' matrix for right tape speed. Even Donna's contributino is solid on this one.
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Sugar Magnolia
June 20, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Alright so by default I'm a 70s head, (tho toured in the 80s, that's just how it panned out), but occasionally I get turned back on to just what got me on the bus. Here it is folks, and that's just exactly perfect. Bobby's anthropology lesson and his freaky wailing give me the chills: chills that have been running thirty years so far. They performed Sugar Mag so consistently well that it's hard to spot highlights: the song is hiding in plain sight and this one stands out. I missed this show (I was West coast) but I can hear myself there. Goddamn, it's good.
Greatest Story Ever Told
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Stephen jam is beyond a doubt, starting about 03:04 and going for over a minute. Check out Sept. 28.72 and May 20.73 for similar melodic evocation of Our Saint. Can't say for certain, but I suspect that the chord changes for this section of GSET correspond to Stephen, thus allowing the jam to go there on occasion. This one is freakin' hot, and I'm glad to see it bumped up in the ranks.
Dark Star
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Jack-a-straw, according to sellists.net this was the one and only DS->Birdsong of about the 30-odd shows that had both songs. So this magnificent beast is one-of-a-kind, and goddamn, but ain't it grand?
The Wheel
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

Yeah, this is a nice one. The sound and song are ultra-mellow, not rushing along, but not nodding off either... just a slow cruise up that long highway. Plus Donna sounds fucking delicious here: I love those moments where her voice is mic'd right, mixed and blended right, and you can tell just why these brilliant musicians wanted her sound. This is it.
Row Jimmy
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

More love for '76. This one has a strong pulse and blends just so sweetly. Great show all round.
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