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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.
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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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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

Far as I know there are only three 77 scarlet fire videos on YouTube and this is one of them. The others that I know of are 4/25 and 12/31. The April videos from the Capitol are great and this one reveals what spring 77 looked like in all its glory. The Winterland New Years run by and large has dark view of the stage from further away though the good time people are having is more evident. I’ve loved finding those videos on YouTube decades later, but the choices before the late 80s are considerably narrower than what is available from the 70s.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
March 24, 1988
Omni Coliseum

Crowd energy and wailing away during the outro. Certainly the most animated Rio Grandeo post-78 that I am familiar with though I admit that I don’t have a lot of experience with the post coma period.
Friend of the Devil
June 12, 1976
Music Hall

I burned this on a disc in 1998 and promptly forgot the date. I wore it out over the next couple of years and then it sort of faded away. It came up during a run the other day and I was struck by how perfect it is. So I set out to find the date to come here and scream it from the mountaintop. At first I checked the top picks figuring that it would already be up here but it wasn’t. I listened to about 30 FOTDs from 76-78 before I found it and here it is. There is no way that this is should only have 2 votes and it’s too bad this didn’t get released on that Boston Music Hall road trip.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 20, 1984
Philadelphia Civic Center

The scarlet solo is shredded, the transition is full of persistent, fluent ideas, and there is a wonderful build into fire, like a slow wave breaking, better heard seamlessly if possible. And yes, Jerry’s voice sounds awful. On balance a great version, but the voice grates a bit and I am typically ok with it in 84 to be honest
The Other One
May 1, 1977
The Palladium

This one is a new favorite. I’ve been listening to the 77 O1s for a while and I like how mellow they are. I like a ripper too but there’s something to be said for how beautiful this one is in parts, delicate in others. It’s short but it also has polish that a longer one wouldn’t. And from here through Comes a Time back into the Playing reprise is great May 77 stuff. “Ruthless imaginative efficiency” is right.
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