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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
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Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

You can't compare 70s Deals w/ late 1980 onward. There's a four minute shredded 2nd solo on this one that wasn't a part of Deal in its 1st decade.
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Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Pre rio grandeo is good, but there are two peaks post rio grandeo, one built off the other and the latter crashes into Franklin's Tower.
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Stella Blue
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

A fluttery and lyrical solo after the bridge and then an autobiography of an outro. There is a video on YouTube.
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Sugaree
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

The second break is where this is best, but even there JG starts fanning too quickly for my taste. There are some big 1977 Sugarees. It would be hard to argue that this one belongs in the May conversation. On the other hand, listening to this Sugaree is still better than not listening to it.
New Minglewood Blues
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

This one is justifiably high as I see it. Like most of us, I imagine, I've heard a million minglewoods. But this one stood out to me. Jerry Garcia is shredding.
Estimated Prophet
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

I like it. There are some differences in the way the song is presented. For example, it's in the first set and it's not a big vehicle for improvisation - they return to the original theme to close the song out at about 7 minutes. If you like May 77 EPs - and the abundance of those versions in the EP top ten says that many do, you should hear this one as well.
They Love Each Other
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

This is not my favorite song, but deadheadben commented on this recently and it reminded me of this show. I decided to listen to the two feb 77 shows again and TLEO is three songs into those two nights. This one deserves some hype for a few things: Jerry's solo, the band's unity and the sound quality.
The Wheel
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

The whole final movement of the set is so very mellow.
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