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Mister Charlie
March 21, 1972
Academy of Music

Part of a great first set, the band is on fire, and Pigpen in great form. Tight rocker.
4
Loser
March 21, 1972
Academy of Music

Cracklin' and snappy version. The band is über tight and having fun.
3
Greatest Story Ever Told
March 21, 1972
Academy of Music

Bobby blows a gasket on this one. Raw and powerful, showing exactly where they were headed before Europe. High energy rocker.
4
Playin' In The Band
March 21, 1972
Academy of Music

I'd argue this was the first Playin' as we came to know it after the end of the "Main Ten" and "country warbler" versions from '71.
2
Casey Jones
March 5, 1972
Winterland Arena

After a pretty sloppy 1st set, they charge up and nail this one. Phil goes bananas on the out chorus.
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Its All Over Now
April 30, 1977
The Palladium

Bobby's voice at the Palladium is just perfect and it adds even more to this honky-tonk two-steppin' version. There's something about his mic and mix at this period that brings out richer timbres and his natural melodiousness, not only his growls and howls. Let's give Bobby his due amongst all the other hyperbole about 'peak Dead' from the Spring of '77. This is simply bee-yoo-ti-ful, and with both Jerry and Donna harmonizing the out chorus it makes a case for best ever, for sure.
The Music Never Stopped
April 30, 1977
The Palladium

How new was Keith's synth technology in '77? Strings must have seemed like they came from Mars for the trippin' heads, the bug-eyed, and the two-dimensional.
Around and Around
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Accelerando !!!! A c c c e l e r a n d o !!!!!!!!!!!
The Wheel
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Jerry pops the clutch with a power chord to get this in gear before that semi- gets moving up the highway.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

The transition is so beautiful. Not to be pedantic, but FoTM had just entered rotation and had only been played five times since being introduced just a month earlier. Scarlet had been played without Fire for all of '74-'76, so the heads would be gobsmacked by the brilliant transition, but not necessarily the cool pairing that we find anomolous today. There are some brilliant standalone versions of Scarlet out there: My favorite is probably June 9, 1976.
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