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Estimated Prophet
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Filter attack on the bridge, contrasts well with the burst-into-flames version from the night before
1
Bird Song
Nov. 13, 1987
Long Beach Arena

Clean and exploratory, with active Brent, yet not as telepathic as others
1
Bertha
Nov. 13, 1987
Long Beach Arena

Quite enthusiastic/ recording is crip --- test me, test me... BOOM!
1
New Minglewood Blues
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

Elastic and lilting drive – perfect for those somersaulting leads out of the halfpipe
2
Here Comes Sunshine
March 29, 1993
Knickerbocker Arena

But a snippet of its ancestral epics, Jerry delivers enough HCS concentrate to raise more than a few goosebumps
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Comments

Cold Rain and Snow
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

Yeah, another sequence burned into my psyche... great transition going in, punctuated by two Phil power cords Bahmmp - Baah!
Wharf Rat
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Slip through the plane for sure
Row Jimmy
Nov. 7, 1987
Henry J Kaiser Convention Center

The beautifully flowing bubbly noodlage really marks this version.
Sugar Magnolia
Feb. 9, 1973
Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Stanford University

Standout version - my favorite
Throwing Stones
Oct. 11, 1983
Madison Square Garden

Ah, the chaos of the early version jams, before they rounded it up into Ashes to Samson.
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