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Eyes Of The World
Jan. 17, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Several relentless guitar passages throughout.
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Wharf Rat
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Hard to believe this is an AUD. 8:00-8:40 is a good example - crystal clear and tight.
3
Row Jimmy
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Not too fast and not too slow with some nice double time at the end.
4
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

Jerry has laryngitis, so only Bobby tunes set 2 this day, and Keith Godchaux takes over the 2nd half of this PITB, especially the last 5 minutes.
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Deal
June 22, 1983
City Island

This is an eleven minute Deal with a bunch of ebbs, flows and peaks.
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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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