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Mexicali Blues
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

'73 Mexicali? Smokesville, USA.
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Loser
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Heavens! It took a Dave's Picks to get this on the board! Soft, seductive, dark, and pretty much perfectly realized. Guitar break: shit yeah.
3
Estimated Prophet
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Bold, sharp, confident version with plenty of 1977 squoosh. This version has that great '77 restraint with Garcia speaking in MuTron tongues.
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Brown Eyed Women
Oct. 29, 1973
Kiel Auditorium

Attention. To. Detail. - ESP Weir. Not the world's greatest recording, but the band is bubbly & effortless.
3
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 31, 1971
Yale Bowl, Yale University

Listened to this on a big PA outside over the summer and it's so alive, athletic, and filled with beautiful instrumental cross-talk. Improv!
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Comments

Shakedown Street
Oct. 25, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Agree w/everyone here - this one brings the funk! Garcia in fine MuTron form and I've come to accept that Myland pushes things in a good way. The re-visit suits this version. Confident and brash - it's grown on me.
Brown Eyed Women
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

A fabulous BEW, but Garcia's guitar break on 5/8 is still my favorite most days of the week. I'll take either one, but I won't, I can't stand for 5/8's BEW be called overrated.
St. Stephen
Oct. 11, 1983
Madison Square Garden

A little clumsy and too much Mydland tinkling, but the heart is there!
Scarlet Begonias
Sept. 11, 1974
Alexandra Palace

Dave & I dig the comments and dig this ZESTY version!
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Pigpen at the controls for some of this - pushes it into the stratosphere. Of course, the rest of the group is responsive like a Mustang. No weak links in this one - no dead wood. Ace shit!
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