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Dancin' in the Streets
July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

Cuts out in the out-chorus, but shows the initial move from cover band into exploratory jams and bendy form. Very cool testament to where they were.
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King Bee
July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

Pig is in perfect form, the band throbs behind him with intensity and purpose. Pristine recording.
2
Cream Puff War
July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

A rip-snortin' wild ride. Not as stretched out as the day before, but still an explosive starting pistol at the earliest days of the Dead.
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High Heeled Sneakers
June 1, 1966
Owsley's House (rehearsal)?

Rare and obscure, on the Archive at gd1966-06-01.136642.watts.sbd.mr.dat48k.sirmick.flac16
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I Know You Rider
March 12, 1966
Danish Center

Still in its infancy, but listen to Jerry swarming all over it like ten thousand honey bees. Lightning fast, almost a "let's do this for 50 years".
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Comments

The Music Never Stopped
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Insane rager. The sound quality is muffled, so this beast should be best heard on headphones. This one might be even more fun than the brilliant one just before this 04/27. They keep taking it higher and higher, stepping up intensity until the crowd sounds like they're in an ecstasy. Spring '77... it really is just that good.
Loser
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Agreed that this would really benefit from a SBD or matrix. I'm no AUD-phobe and love the warm sense of being there you can get only from the tapers, but hearing that crowd roar at the vocal peaks, hearing the harmonies Donna sneaks in behind Jerry, getting a better mix together for Bobby, or a less compressed sound and this one goes to the very top.
Cassidy
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Upvoting Freedomhaul's perfect comment. This is Barlow and Bobby's crowning achievement.
They Love Each Other
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Keith has a moment of brilliancy here, exploring his MOOG or whatever rig he was working on at this point in a killer solo. He's working on a steam-powered calliope sound just like a merry-go-round befitting the eye-rolling, tongue-in-cheek story being told in the song. Form... meet content.
Tennessee Jed
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Jerry's lyricism and melodic poetry are just on point. Note-by-note his solos here are just exactly perfect. The crowd enthusiasm is palpable and they erupt with joy over this one.
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