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Candyman
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Spare, almost vulnerable take on this classic. Godchaux brings the church and Garcia brings the stained glass. An American beauty.
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Estimated Prophet
Jan. 30, 1978
Uptown Theater

You can hear the swagger in their mutterings before they play. And the performance bears that out. Sure, smooth, and effortless.
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It Must Have Been The Roses
Aug. 4, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Center

Letter perfect - the Godchauxs take this to a loftier level. Beautiful dynamic push-and-pull by the whole group.
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Tennessee Jed
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

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!
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Candyman
Jan. 31, 1978
Uptown Theater

Dreamy, motionless rendition on a sea of individual human reactions [audience tape]. A wonderful time for this gem.
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Eyes Of The World
Sept. 28, 1977
Paramount Theatre

Coming out of a squooshy Estimated, this is the perfect, velvety concoction. Garcia takes her out for a sweet spin. Love Garcia on this guitar for Eyes - always sits just right.
Born Cross Eyed
Jan. 20, 1968
Eureka Municipal Auditorium

This gets so far out my friend Dave said, “OK, maybe a little something from ‘72 next?” Amazing stuff!
Playin' In The Band
March 23, 1972
Academy of Music

Sort of a perfect balance between the earlier poppy Playin's and the enchanted mechanical vapour barge of '73-74. I love all of them, but these 3/72 Playin's have a Just Right about them - and it's cool to hear the groop teasing this song out. Almost as if this space revealed itself only after playing the song for a year. This one is just about creme-de-la-creme for me. That's French for cream of the cream.
Bertha
Aug. 5, 1971
Hollywood Palladium

Full confidence on display. Kreutzmann is perfect. Full speed ahead, but with all the dynamics. Lesh changed from this bass why?
Clementine
Jan. 20, 1968
Eureka Municipal Auditorium

Liquid cotton candy. The rarity alone would merit attention, but this is a beautiful, unique angle that's obviously the Dead, but unlike quite anything else in the catalogue. Lesh drives this, but Garcia's HEAVY on it. I mean, it's just about peak level shit. SWING!
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