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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
3
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
2
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.
2
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
6
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

Comments

The Other One
Nov. 20, 1971
Pauley Pavilion

The jam beginning around 10:30 is reminiscent of the transition jam between NFA and Goin down the road from 11/15/71.
Sugaree
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

Best ever, and for me, it's not even close. Absolutely smoking
The Other One
Feb. 23, 1974
Winterland Arena

The space section has some real heavy Phil bombs, but it really starts to heat up after with, as others have pointed out a nice slipknot jam. Slows for a few seconds, but then the return to the main theme can only be described as triumphant and truly heavy shit. Grendel's comment above describes it perfectly. Full spectrum communication, with Lesh and Jerry dueling wonderfully and Keith and Bobby adding some great tones, Billy doing so much more than just keeping up with a giant slugfest. Easily one of my favorite 73-74 other ones. Eases into a stellar Eyes, beautiful juxtaposition. I was skeptical of Dave's 42 being a release from a run already covered, but it has since become one of my favorites of the series and this 2nd set sequence is the reason why
Playin' In The Band
June 9, 1973
RFK Stadium

9 votes on this behemoth?! That's crazy, this is a great pitb. Admittedly, most from mid-72 to 74 are but there are really some great passages throughout this one and Phil is especially prominent in the mix. Boys were out to prove something at these two rfk shows
She Belongs To Me
Sept. 15, 1985
Devore Field

Hey Grendel, you're welcome, my vote just pushed it to the top. Just heard this and it is absolutely the best one, sbd is pristine and Jerry just crushes it. Vocals are on point and the whole band is there to raise his every note to a worthy zenith