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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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Brown Eyed Women
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

Confection perfection. A banner time for Brown-Eyed Women. I can't even pick a favorite, but, as stated above, the guitar break in this one is a beaut from Butte! Add to that the sonic beauty of the available boards and Dave's One, and you have an overall bounty.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 25, 1977
The Mosque

Just another insanely good May 1977 Scarlet>Fire. Each one is different and all of them deliver. This is a superb show all around.
Dark Star
Sept. 2, 1968
Betty Nelson's Organic Raspberry Farm

Preview of what's to come, but it retains its 1968 tribal excitement. A joy.
The Other One
May 1, 1977
The Palladium

As soon as Garcia melts into this, it's a perfect display of the warm, precise, woolly beast the GD was in May 1977. While it's on the short side, they pack a lot of life into 7:27. Ruthless imaginative efficiency!
Playin' In The Band
May 1, 1977
The Palladium

Substantive. Pretty fucking delightful descent into drums - and beautifully into Other One. This one has some serious character.
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