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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
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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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Uncle John's Band
March 18, 1977
Winterland Arena

How can this possibly only have 6 votes. After an amazing show where the Boys and Donna traverse the plains of collective transcendence several times, they play what is, in my opinion, one of the most quintessential Grateful Dead songs in their book, and they play it quite well at that. Soft and soothing, and also exploratory and intriguing. This show is dying to be release one of these days.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

Unreal transition, drops into the feeling groovy theme absolutely perfectly! Part of one of the best shows of '74, as well. The truckin>jam>nfa>gdtrfb is off the charts
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
June 26, 1974
Providence Civic Center

I'm just glad something is finally above Veneta! This one does indeed smoke, and they smack the hell out of the feeling groovy jam!
Alligator
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

Jam goes beyond the distance, back, and then around the universe once again. My god! Primal Dead in their absolute finest
Turn On Your Love Light
Feb. 28, 1969
Fillmore West

Truly an incredible listening experience! My fuck, they were on fire this night. Perfect show to just let play from start to finish. one of latvala's favorites too
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