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Mind Left Body Jam
Oct. 18, 1978
Winterland Arena

An MLB and Mojo jam hybrid. Already submitted as mojo by cgarces. Only 3 minutes, but worth the trip.
3
Drums
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon

With Kens Kesey and Babbs.
3
Eyes Of The World
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon

This one gets to a crazy place before drums, which, it turns out, is a prankster reunion.
5
Estimated Prophet
Aug. 16, 1981
MacArthur Court, U of Oregon

Might and glory gonna be my name.
10
Eyes Of The World
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

The Eyes of the 1st S>F>E>E sequence. A lot of piano, some episodes of beauty and, near the end, some rio-grandeo-type quiet to loud modulation.
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Comments

Deal
March 28, 1981
Grugahalle

The 2nd solo is the highlight of this one. I think Alpine 89 is a great primarily as a result of its 1st solo - but the 2nd solo is also great, so I can see why that version belongs at or near the top. But I just watched 7/4/89 and I cannot square 2nd place for that with the 4 votes this 1981 version has, given its 2nd solo and the crystal clear video on the youtubes. Even still, I don't think this 1981 version is better than top 20. Democracy has let these and many other early 80s Deals down.
Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

Up to this point, Deal had one solo over the chords to the verse. This was the first one with a second solo over the refrain chords. A whole lot of shredding follows.
Deal
July 7, 1981
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena

Shortish but great. The first notes of solo 2 are weirdly spacey - I liked this.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Aug. 3, 1982
Starlight Theatre

Pre rio grandeo is pretty disappointing, but Garcia more than makes up for it after the singing of rio grandeo. That section is loud and confident and it slams into franklins tower at 60 mph.
Franklin's Tower
Aug. 3, 1982
Starlight Theatre

This is fiery.
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