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2
Don't Ease Me In
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Crackling with energy and goodness.
2
Mexicali Blues
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Fast, tight, crisp and groovy.
3
Promised Land
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Maybe better than Veneta. Focused, driven, intense. Crackling with energy.
2
Around and Around
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Jerry kills and Bobby screaming it makes it.
2
Greatest Story Ever Told
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Another hot one from 1972.

Comments

Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

Get your headphones, because this is a real treat. When they get to the pre-SSDD jam, you can actually hear everybody clearly. You can even go - whoah - that's Billy on the left and Mickey on the right. It's actually a mentally draining experience, listening to 6 different musicians playing one piece of music at the same time. On almost every recording, someone is louder than someone else and you might have to strain to hear everybody,but hear you take it all in. Wonderful soundboard.
Big River
Nov. 10, 1979
Chrisler Arena

Jerry's jam during the first instrumental break does stop and continues all the way through the second verse. He usually drops that boogie and picks up something else.
Passenger
April 29, 1980
Fox Theatre

There are two instrumental breaks, with Jerry just going crazy. This is one of the best versions I have ever heard. Amazed that nobody has posted it yet.
Sugar Magnolia
Sept. 6, 1980
State Fairgrounds

Aggressive drumming. High energy. Great pre-SSDD jam.
The Race Is On
Sept. 27, 1980
Warfield Theater

Most copies are clipped. It's not a great recording, but it's complete. https://archive.org/details/gd1980-09-27.nak300.walker-scotton.miller.89006.sbeok.flac16/gd80-09-27d1t02.flac