Spare, almost vulnerable take on this classic. Godchaux brings the church and Garcia brings the stained glass. An American beauty.

You can hear the swagger in their mutterings before they play. And the performance bears that out. Sure, smooth, and effortless.

Letter perfect - the Godchauxs take this to a loftier level. Beautiful dynamic push-and-pull by the whole group.

Planting the Flag of Civilization on this tight scorcher. New from factory - Inspector #9. Under penalty of law, this tag may not be YEAH GARCIA!

Dreamy, motionless rendition on a sea of individual human reactions [audience tape]. A wonderful time for this gem.

Garcia's brash guitar break in Scarlet ups the ante and the ante stays up. A nice long, leisurely stretch-out of a transition is ultra-fine. It also sets the tone for a slow-burn Fire wherein JG teases with dispatches of soupy Mu-Tron III transmissions.

Happy to sound the alarm, DS67.

Garcia really tears into this TJ vocally. Really his singing throughout this show is extra good - spirited, warm, generous. And his guitar break isn't a scorcher, but nicely conversational. Bonus - Mydland's hyper-tinkling doesn't put me off the trail. Yes, the Seamons matrix serves this one up in deluxe fashion.

DS67 - that's the one I was swingin' on.

A sunny, spirited S>F with Garcia in lovely form, both guitar + vox. Sometimes I don't really want to hear Mydland this prominently in the mix, but he adds some real flavor/texture. Every member of the group is restrained and patient, but not without some great energy. Garcia begins setting themes in the transition fairly early - they're more like suggestions than statements. Interestingly, he takes them to the end theme for a little side trip in the Scarlet coda before steering the craft into Fire. This is one of the best '82 S>Fs I've heard - holds up really well next to any 1980s version. After to listening to soooo many great 1977 takes, it's nice to hear an early 80s exemplar. Matrix is sweet.