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4
Let It Grow
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

Truly remarkable LIG coming out of a sizzling Bird Song in this seemingly obscure show. Great Miller board
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Eyes Of The World
May 10, 1978
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Creatively energetic Eyes out of a fantastic Estimated. Featured on DP-25. Sparkling Usborne matrix may be better than Dick's
3
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Aug. 14, 1981
Seattle Center Coliseum

Fastest freaking China>Rider I've ever heard! Musta been that Seatle coffee ;)
4
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 18, 1984
Meadowlands Arena

Notable for it's sheer speed and ferocity
4
Big Railroad Blues
Oct. 18, 1984
Meadowlands Arena

Fast, hard rocking and Brentalicious
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Looks Like Rain
Oct. 10, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Shoo enuff........@3:34 sounds like Bobby just about busted out. Good stuff, very heartfelt....Yeah....I can take a little rain.
Playin' In The Band
June 30, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre

Right on. Incredibly spacey. The second set of this show is ripe with nuggets.
Estimated Prophet
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

I've got a love/hate thing for Estimated. When it's on, it's a great time. When it's off it can stink like road kill. This version is all-the-way-on. Spacey, trippy, marshmellowy notes ooze from Jerry's axe as Estimated starts a run that follows with: Playin>Terrapin>NFA>Wharf>Playin> Un freakin' real show
Sugaree
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

Great pick. This one's a major contender. I never liked the Civic Center all that much but the boys sure did. It's hard to find fault with almost any Hartford show
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 14, 1984
Hartford Civic Center

This is the wrong date for the show and leads to a dead link (no pun intended) The Dead played Hartford on 1984-10-14 but no Scarlet Fire that show. The great Hartford Scarlet/Fire was from 1983-10-14 and a freaking Epic one it was.
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