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Touch of Grey
Oct. 28, 1985
Fox Theater

Smoking 85 version from a grate show!
2
Wharf Rat
Sept. 4, 1983
Park West Ski Resort

HOT version, outro is a bit fast, in keeping with the entire era. But Jerry's leads are on fire, sounds straight outta 74
4
Bird Song
Oct. 31, 1990
Wembley Arena

Beautiful version from Bruce's first full run
9
Days Between
Aug. 27, 1993
Shoreline

Beautiful version from otherwise mixed show.
5
Black Muddy River
Aug. 18, 1989
Greek Theater

Great version at the Greek.

Comments

The Eleven
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Best show pre-1969. Undoubtedly a top-20 dead show of all time. Epitomizes raw, early, dangerous Dead. Utterly fucking fantastic.
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 3, 1977
Raceway Park

The jam from about 7:30-9:30 is one of my all time fave “short” dead jams. This is a killer version, different from 74 but every bit as tasty...
Days Between
July 27, 1994
Riverport Amphitheatre

This is really good — better than most above it. Middle solo is the best of any I’ve heard.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

This is the best and somehow being almost universally recognized as the best has become criminally underrated by a slew of nitpickers and contrarians. The sense of time and place, phil's thundering bass to open scarlet, the breathing room through scarlet, the journey you're going on through scarlet to get to fire, the anticipation of the impending inferno to come when the pedal kicks in, the first notes of fire that NEVER fails to send shivers down my spine, the jam at the end of fire that burns the whole damn place down.This is one of the best journeys the boys ever took us on and they did it flawlessly. I've listened to every version from 1977 and many, if not most, versions from the 80's. I love me some brent, but come on, nothing comes close to this. Are you naysayers listening to this with the volume up?????
It Must Have Been The Roses
June 9, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Perfect example of why 76 is so underrated — particularly June 76, the boys are loose and churning out pure beauty