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Born Cross Eyed
Feb. 3, 1968
Crystal Ballroom

Wild and scrambled with lots of hooting and yelping. Lots of scary fun on this rare gem folks, with a Spanishy jam at the end.
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China Cat Sunflower
Feb. 3, 1968
Crystal Ballroom

Killer power bridging Dark Star into an atomic The Eleven. Not kidding, but all the early ones belong up here to spread more heads into '68 Dead.
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Not Fade Away
Feb. 11, 1970
Fillmore East

High-energy and very tight. Opens (?) an immortal show with a big bang. Great clear sound quality, too.
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The Other One
Feb. 11, 1970
Fillmore East

Super-charged, but unfortunately incomplete. From the era when TOO took over from Cryptical, but this reprise has surprising power: PHIL.
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Cold Rain and Snow
Dec. 28, 1969
International Speedway

Explosive and uptempo with a high-pressure energy that blows the tubes.
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Comments

The Wheel
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

Certainly a beautiful little Wheel, but I can't see it as the top of the list: I absolutely dig how it fits inside PITB, which is just sublime on all sides, but I love me some good Wheel and this lovely just doesn't cover enough more ground, so I miss the extended jams and long outros in others of the era. Damned nice sandwich though.
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

Full of graceful, intense, yet somehow still mellow, jamming - and who but the Dead could put those three together so consistently? The transition to The Wheel is brilliant, especially as it stretches out and you can hear each one joining in one after the other. Definitely one that suffers if you don't have gapless playback. Great choice.
Dancin' in the Streets
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

First time played with the Godchauxs and it's a doozy.
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
June 3, 1976
Paramount Theatre

Tape speed questions on some versions. I like Hunter Seamons matrix version best, which has great warmth and seems to have corrected some of the speed wobbles appearing in others.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Dec. 31, 1971
Winterland Arena

Cuse and Nono got this one right. The whole show is just up-and-jumping, and this NFA>GDTRFB>NFA will get your blood moving.
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