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West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

the FADED version! sick brent synths and groovy phil/drums/bobby behind Jerry's stoned-sounding vocals. Best one I ever heard.
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The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1991
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Crazy this wasn't submitted yet. Awesome slam back out of space into the end jam. Vince plays his fucking heart out
4
Foolish Heart
Aug. 3, 1994
Giants Stadium

The outro is lovely, flowing and beautiful
1
Cassidy
March 29, 1995
The Omni

Truly awesome version, for any year. Shows how spacey they were in 95, in a good way. The jam floats forever with beautiful spidery playing from Jer.
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Estimated Prophet
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Strong version especially for the time. Jerry tears the mid solo to shreds! Definitely worth a listen.
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Comments

China Doll
Oct. 14, 1980
Warfield Theater

Agree that this version needs far more love. It’s delicate and fragile in just the right way. Jerry’s voice is perfect. Shocking to me that heavy versions that blunder around like 10/11/83 are so high compared to this one.
The Music Never Stopped
March 27, 1987
Civic Center

Outro jam absolutely torn to shreds. Top 5 version here
He's Gone
Dec. 1, 1979
Stanley Theater

Absolutely stunning out jam, textured and wide ranging in scope. From softest valleys to a crazy Gloria jam and a second out jam into CC rider, prompted by Brent and Bob - one of the coolest things they did this late in the game IMO. Needs a lot more attention.
Morning Dew
Oct. 17, 1994
Madison Square Garden

Very strong version. Jerry present and engaged, with some SEARING leads in fact. Unfortunate slight false ending doesn’t knock this one too much in my book - I think it’s better than any other 94 version except 3/27.
Deep Elem Blues
March 9, 1981
Madison Square Garden

Fantastic version. Jerry’s tone in 81 is absolutely dirty, and his vocals are great, especially on the last verse where he amps it up a notch. Electric deep elem is pretty much always hot
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