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Terrapin Station
June 28, 1995
The Palace

Not particularly heady, but a notably not-too-bad later version with nice Vince vox
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Cassidy
Sept. 29, 1980
Warfield Theater

Perfect acoustic version
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The Other One
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

Weird, jazzy 90s version. Remarkably good!
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Mexicali Blues
June 16, 1974
Iowa State Fairgrounds

Often a throwaway, this super bouncy version from a top 10 show sparkles.

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Bertha
Aug. 10, 1982
Iowa Fieldhouse - University of Iowa

Great version of my favorite up-tempo Dead song. Ripping tempo.
I Need A Miracle
Aug. 10, 1982
Iowa Fieldhouse - University of Iowa

Great transition.
Let It Grow
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Really nice version, with the drummers *really* on point. I've found at this point that my enjoyment of SBDs is extremely dependent on the mixing. Not an audiophile, but they have some truly awful boards in circulation with bizarre mixes that must have sounded better in the hall. This one is great. Weir is in especially good form with some fun ad-libs, and Jerry tears it up.
Terrapin Station
June 28, 1995
The Palace

Mostly adding this because it's listenable from a year that is regarded as pretty weak, and it was officially released on a Days of the Dead. Garcia wanders off mic just once, and Vince turns in some pretty sweet Brent-y back-up vox with a bit less husk...really nice work from him.
Estimated Prophet
June 28, 1995
The Palace

Pretty solid for 1995! Giving an upvote since it's well more than "listenable" from a rough year. I really think Jerry's choice to switch guitars to one that fit his physical limitations at the time makes the best of late 1993-1995 sound quite a bit better than other post-coma periods when he was checked in. Transition into "Terrapin" is a bit sudden but not sloppy--coordinated change on a dime.
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