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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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Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

This is fast bluegrass rock and roll, the first of a big trio to finish the show after Stella Blue. The band was great at this time and, like hvd said earlier, there are high quality sound options available. Turn this up loud. You'll be soaring around the five minute mark. It's a weird weather Christmas Day here. I imagine that this version would be awesome driving around on a summer day with the windows down.
I Need A Miracle
Jan. 15, 1979
Springfield Civic Center

This one isn't just great because of how it crashes into Shakedown. The outro that leads into the transition - or whatever you want to call the part between the lyrics of the song up to the first strains of Shakedown - that makes this version the anomaly and the one that deserves the votes. The vamp into Shakedown sounds programmed - awesome, but programmed. But Garcia's playing before the planned section is confident and articulate and it totally smokes.
Jack Straw
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Versions like this help to give Cornell its reputation. It's not that this version breaks through any aesthetic ceiling, it's that it shows how high the floor was at this time.
Jack Straw
Oct. 10, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is great. Not anomalous like 1/11/79 or 10/20/84, but I'm also not wondering why it's here like I do when I see some other stuff.
The Music Never Stopped
April 24, 1978
Horton Field House - Illinois State University

There are better midsections in 78: 5/7; 7/3; 10/18; 11/18; 12/7; and the best of them all, 12/27. This one must get all of its votes from the gasoline Jerry pours on at the end of the outro - he's on fire near the end. But I don't see this as best ever.
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