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Save the Whales
Feb. 9, 1969
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Definitly the best one! The 1st 2 hours are a little plodding, but once the acid kicked in, it was smoooth sailing!
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Tennessee Jed
April 16, 1983
Meadowlands Arena

Killer Solo, Amazing Jed in a Killer 83 show, Deadbase has it as the #2 show of 83'.
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Around and Around
April 15, 1978
William and Mary College Hall

Cliche, but how in the Holy Hell is this version not listed? This whole show smokes in that beautuful 78 way...
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Bertha
Oct. 15, 1977
Moody Coliseum - Southern Methodist University

If a better board of this show had been circulating, this Bertha would be so much higher, and right into one of the best Good Lovins ever, Fall 77

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Althea
March 14, 1981
Hartford Civic Center

This is the version of Althea that changed my flawed thinking of, SBDs only! It really led me to seeking the best Aud tapes, here's a great site that list the best Dead Audience tapes http://gdluckynumbers.org/downloadables.htm ... Oh yeah and this is, the FUCKING BEST Althea, it's just drippy sweet Jerry Greatness...Jerry Garcia was an artist the likes of which are measured in centuries, not just the modern era, his musical genius is like that of Mozart...
The Other One
Jan. 22, 1978
McArthur Court, U of Oregon

For me, this version does and says everything that The Other One is all about, crazed powerful, exploratory, deep assed Grateful Dead Jamming, it has that unreal start, with Billy and Mickey holding the triplet build up, and BOOM, all at once they all just hit it and hit it HARD, it doesn't let up for nearly 20 min and then there's this epic solo Jerry, and by solo I mean everyone else stops completely, and Jerry just goes to town with the mutron and the legendary close encounters theme, and it leads into the most incredible psychedelic St. Stephen I've ever heard, the Other One>Stephen>NFA combo is one for the ages and one of the best shows they ever played...
Feel Like A Stranger
Oct. 9, 1989
Hampton Coliseum

Just flat out Badass! This performance of Stranger is one of the 'benchmark' performances of their career, it's just so unique, it goes beyond being the best single version of a specific song, it's a masterpiece!
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Jerry was tripping on some kind of psychedelic for this show, it's so obvious when you watch the video of Bertha and watch his face as he's playing the solo, I KNOW THAT LOOK, because I've been there so many times, and I'm sure the coke was flowing as well, some of you might know that coke and psychedelics are uh...complementary....But hell it was 78, can you imagine the buffet of drugs available to The GRATEFUL DEAD?
Scarlet Begonias
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

But YES, the people DO CARE! This 77 Scarlet is GOOD, and it is KIND, and it is HOLY! sure why not?
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