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Truckin'
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Ballsy and rockin with great energy, flows from HCS and then seamless into a great TOO. It's what's great about Truckin.
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Playin' In The Band
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Sounds like Phil has ten extra fingers. Time furthur out... way out.
2
The Race Is On
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Just great. Fun, fast and tight: like a good horse race, after all.
3
Jack Straw
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Short and tight, follows a monster Bird Song and develops this great show's great energy.
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Bird Song
March 22, 1973
Utica Memorial Auditorium

Lifts you off the ground like an ocean wave: A beautiful, buoyant, Phil-driven jam.
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Comments

Not Fade Away
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Agreed with Whiskeyclone: It all comes together nicely here.
St. Stephen
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Damned good post-hiatus Steven, but the best? I just can't see it, not that 'best' is ever objective. More energetic would be 22 Jan '78 (hot stuff!), but for my stolen face I'd say any '69 Dark Star>Steven>The Eleven is as close to the Dead's ultimate essence as anything. Also check out 12-13 Oct. '68 for some phantasmogoric psychetropozebraosity straight from Mars that can yank you out of '77 and slingshot you into the prima materia.
Deal
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Ok, I'm a big pre-hiatus fan and all, but this is just a damned fine version. No question, Barton is a great show.
Morning Dew
Jan. 17, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

Rippingly good. Jerry's solos and vocals over the emerging '68 sound just blow this one over the top.
Dark Star
Dec. 18, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

Really beautiful version, with a unique, but short MLB 'round about 8:00 or so. So many different lyrical and rhythmical evolutions throughout, and a glorious trip into the unknown realms incorporating a blown speaker in what 15 years later might be called a midi-jam.
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