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2
Let It Grow
April 11, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

End jam goes on and on - 13 min version!
8
Morning Dew
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Sure it's only a tease that's aborted for El Paso, but it's Veneta, so it has to be the best!
3
Just A Little Light
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

High energy. Part of a very underrated show.
2
Space
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Melodic and intense, by far my favorite space melts into Stella. Very underrated show.
3
Stella Blue
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Highlight of an underrated show.

Comments

Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Oct. 19, 1981
Sports Palace

Every couple years, I pull this show out and listen, and I have to comment on this. This is (arguably, as always with the Dead, LOL) the best version of any song played in the Brent era. 20+ minutes of psychedelic fire.
Victim Or The Crime
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Is Victim maligned? I love that song (although I'm partial to the Alpine 89 version - Victim>West LA>Desolation>Deal, all by far the best versions of those songs...). Picasso Moon or Easy Answers maybe, but Victim should get the love.
Good Lovin'
July 13, 1989
RFK Stadium

Brent takes a verse at the Dark Star resurrection show in Hampton in the fall, but it's kind of a train wreck.
Who Do You Love
April 14, 1972
Tivolis Koncertsal

It was always a weird thing to me that this 30 second tease has always been recognized as a separate song/track, but the much longer snippet of Same Thing in Good Lovin' is not. The setlist for this show should be either GL>Caution>GL (with notes for teases of Same Thing and WDYL?) or GL>Same Thing>GL>Caution>WDYL?>Caution>GL, but not GL>Caution>WDYL>Caution>GL.
Feelin' Groovy Jam
April 14, 1972
Tivolis Koncertsal

This jam is arguably my favorite jam of the Dead's entire career. Just floors me every time.