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Maggie's Farm
June 7, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Coming out of MAMU, builds to a nice pace with that classic "rainbow full of sound" feeling
2
The Other One
July 12, 1987
Giants Stadium

Coming out of space, into Stella, classic pairing going into and out of The Other One. They take their sweet time getting there, this is a spacey one
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The Other One
April 2, 1990
The Omni

Comes out of a weird but not too weird space, going into the last death don't have no mercy. Lots of midi, to be expected, but still pretty decent.
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El Paso
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

Basically an instrumental, as many have noticed, the vocals are shot for a good portion of the first set
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Sugar Magnolia
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Solid. Doesn't blast you to the moon necessarily, but a fine display of some summertime jammin' at one of the shows of the year
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Alligator
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

My god, gotta love that tone, Jerry was just so damn fast at this time, and mickey and Billy are absolutely soaring. Primal dead at its finest
Sing Me Back Home
June 21, 1971
Chateau d'Herouville

The video of this is awesome and the sound quality is spectacular. Jerry pours his heart into this one. Gorgeous, and I know some love Donna, but it's nice to hear this song done by the original 5.
The Other One
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

How this one is so low blows my mind. The other one is segment is like a manic roller-coaster, with everyone in perfect stride. Not a note out of place, not a single moment that seems to sputter and that's way more than can be said for every version above this. The cyrptical is as good as it gets, TC and Jerry are perfectly in sync. I imagine everyone in attendance was just gob-smacked and before they could wrap their heads around what just happened, Dark Star begins..
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Nov. 17, 1972
Century II Convention Hall

Phil is on fire throughout the transition with Jerry dancing over it, absolutely thrilling, comes down to earth for the start of rider. Phil goes nuts during "I wish I was a headlight!" and drops a nice few bombs at the end. If you've got the Dave's picks and the right set up, it's perfectly crushing
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 7, 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Bobby coming in with the slide for the finale. Not as outrageous as some others from 78 but a solid in the pocket groove, first at red rocks, what's to hate
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