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4
Wharf Rat
Dec. 27, 1977
Winterland Arena

12 minutes of '77 magic from an under rated show
5
Ship of Fools
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Sweet Jerry vocals. A delicate ship setting sail into the post 1974 seas. Good harmonies from Bob and Donna. An overlooked show from an overlooked yea
4
Deal
Aug. 5, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Arena

One of best of 1974. Tight, Jerry inventive and confident, good soloing. Everything a Deal should be. Give it a listen.
4
Johnny B. Goode
May 5, 1977
New Haven Coliseum

Nice Keith solo at the end to end a superb show from start to end.
3
Row Jimmy
May 12, 1974
University of Nevada

Comes out of a MLB jam, a big fat mellow groove sets out what is one of those weeks of really good versions.
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Comments

Bird Song
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Far out. A great version from a great week-possibly the best week for the band ever? Well top 3 anyhow. From the opening night at the Berkeley 4 night run which keeps getting better and better and ends at VENATA 27/8/72-point me to a better week in Dead history.
Sugar Magnolia
June 28, 1974
Boston Garden

Starts off my favourite 2nd set of 1974. Best ever US Blues coming out of a superb Weather Report suite>jam SSDD and a good GDTRFB ending with... My favourite ever Ship of Fools.
Hurts Me Too
May 18, 1972
Kongressaal, Deutsches Museum

This show is often overlooked -easy to do in Europe '72, but trust me, this is as good as it gets. The whole show is top 5( a pointless exercise I know!) but I think it's really very good from start to end.
Hurts Me Too
April 17, 1972
Tivolis Koncertsal

You can find this on You Tube as well if you want to see the boys in action.
Hurts Me Too
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Last ever:-( I really love this song. The Dead in their day really could do it all, couldn't they? Just listen to Keith's very bluesy right hand. Just exactly perfect.
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