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He's Gone
Nov. 18, 1978
Uptown Theatre

Unique section after the gospel singing. Great transition to TOO
6
Touch of Grey
Sept. 15, 1982
Capital Centre

The debut, as an encore - raw, lyrics askew, fun times
3
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 21, 1978
The Summit

A speedy rendition on a single extant AUD from what is IMO the golden age of TMNS. Good for 77-Feb79, but compares favorably to any MNS thereafter.
1
Cumberland Blues
Sept. 11, 1981
Greek Theater

This one cooks. It’s the third one since 74, but it’s all so fluid.
4
Mind Left Body Jam
Sept. 6, 1979
Madison Square Garden

The transition between NFA and Stella is about a minute of MLB. Not the best, but a unique transition and tease for 1979.
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Comments

I Need A Miracle
Oct. 8, 1984
The Centrum

Excellent and different.
Wharf Rat
April 25, 1977
Capitol Theater

Wharf Rat ends about 10:30 and calling this a 16 or 17 minutes Wharf Rat is misleading. Carrion Crow has some good ideas about how to conceive of it, but the general sequence is pretty clear. They play playin, then drums, wharf rat, a jam, a meltdown and then the reprise. If the key center changes during the jam, it might go to E dorian, but I still hear the A mixolydian of Wharf Rat in the jam and the notes are identical in those two modes. Playin is in D Dorian and the meltdown is where the change occurs, as far as I see it, as he starts the reprise immediately thereafter.
The Music Never Stopped
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena

This one stands up against other MNS from the era, especially because the first set has a clear recording: https://archive.org/details/gd1979-02-03.set1.sbd.fixed-102851.miller.102876.flac16/gd79-02-03d1t12.flac The second set just has the circulating AUD, but has an all-time Scarlet Begonias.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena

This is the first one since 12/29/77, and the first of four that they played in February 1979. It's part of the farewell Godchaux era, like the three Dark Stars from the same period. It's pretty good, but I have to admit that those are some of my favorite Dark Stars, too.
Pretty Peggy O
April 16, 1978
Huntington Civic Center

This is it.
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