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Hard to Handle
July 1, 1970
Winnipeg Fairgrounds

The only recording available, it starts in the middle of the instrumental break.
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Big River
Nov. 24, 1978
Capitol Theatre

Cool uptempo version with solid vocals.
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Johnny B. Goode
Dec. 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Hot one on Dick's Picks 5.
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Sugar Magnolia
Oct. 5, 1984
Charlotte Coliseum

A very strange opening - it sounds like Jerry doesn't want to play it.
1
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Only part of the intro survives, but what's there sounds good.
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Comments

Mind Left Body Jam
Oct. 25, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

This is short - less than 2 minutes long inside a Dark Star - but sweet. No, heavenly.
Mind Left Body Jam
June 8, 1992
Richfield Coliseum

Archive.org has this listed as Dear Prudence Jam, but it's a MLBJ. Only about 1 minute of it is worth listening to, where there is some nice keyboard work, which might have caused this to be mislabeled.
Mind Left Body Jam
Oct. 30, 1973
Kiel Auditorium

The beginning is awful. The band is out of sync and Keith is playing off key. The last 2 minutes are nice and melodic. Not one of the best, but a pretty neat 2 minutes inside a Dark Star.
Mind Left Body Jam
Nov. 29, 1981
Civic Arena

For this 12 minute jam, there's first a short Truckin' Jam that rolls into a longer Other One Jam. At 8:45, the band starts messing around with MLBJ. They never really fully play the melody - rather, they explore the tune's outer edges. Right before Drums is a very short GDTRFB tease.
Mind Left Body Jam
Dec. 30, 1983
Civic Auditorium

This version is spacey and the band is searching for something new. Jerry plays with the melody more than he plays it, with it getting more focused half way in. It rolls into a mellow Truckin' opening, where Bob misses his cue to start singing. The result is a spacey Truckin' intro that lasts 1:20 and 1:10 into it, Bob plays a little more MLBJ. It's short, different and worth listening to.
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