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Greatest Story Ever Told
Oct. 11, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Bob's lyric phrasing on this version is unique. He sings it in a way so different than any I've heard before & it's inventive & super-fun. Must hear!
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Greatest Story Ever Told
March 14, 1981
Hartford Civic Center

Best of the 80's or 90's, hands down. Picture perfect rendition: Vocals, jam fills, & finish.
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The Other One
April 16, 1984
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Short but raging. Look beyond the length & enjoy for the fire within. Jerry attacks this from the get-go & it's awesome.
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Truckin'
Dec. 12, 1993
San Diego Sports Arena

Anybody else hear a very distinctive riff of Steely Dan's "Black Friday" in the intro?
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Sugar Magnolia
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Just listen & you will believe. End jam before SSDD is a tidal wave of sound & power & beauty. A true must hear.
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Playin' In The Band
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

^^^^ Thanks. let us know! Cut seems very minor, right at the end, but still....
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

^^^^Sounds like a cut to me; hope it's not. Didn't listen to other available versions to see if it could be. Doesn't ruin it but if it is a cut instead of Phil's channel conking out I'd like to hear a restored or patched version.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

^^^^Excellent observation. Jerry indeed does land some "extra punches" if you will to bridge the too-sudden turn into fire. Without him drawing things out a bit the transition would have been awkward instead of sublime.
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

You want free-form jazz that would make Coltrane smile? It's here. You want acid-jazz that would elicit a nod, if not a smile, from Miles? You got it. You want to hear a ridiculously undeservedly low-rated (2 when I tuned in) gem from 1972 that probably got buried only because you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an awesome PITB in '72? You're a click away. I can see why Cuca came back to comment more than once...this needs to carried up the ladder, folks.
Althea
July 1, 1980
San Diego Sports Arena

Well, the NY Times agrees with me, for whatever that's worth. Last paragraph from the review of "Long, Strange Trip": "These are quibbles, the sort of nits Deadheads pick while arguing over the band’s best performances. Senator Al Franken is on hand to enthuse about his favorite version of “Althea”: Nassau Coliseum, May 16, 1980. Right tour, wrong show, Senator: Try San Diego, July 1." Spoiler alert: He's not too far off. Nassau is probably a smidge better, but the difference, as Cosmo Kramer would say, is negligible.
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