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Submissions

4
Let It Grow
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

Truly remarkable LIG coming out of a sizzling Bird Song in this seemingly obscure show. Great Miller board
13
Eyes Of The World
May 10, 1978
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Creatively energetic Eyes out of a fantastic Estimated. Featured on DP-25. Sparkling Usborne matrix may be better than Dick's
3
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Aug. 14, 1981
Seattle Center Coliseum

Fastest freaking China>Rider I've ever heard! Musta been that Seatle coffee ;)
4
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 18, 1984
Meadowlands Arena

Notable for it's sheer speed and ferocity
3
Big Railroad Blues
Oct. 18, 1984
Meadowlands Arena

Fast, hard rocking and Brentalicious

Comments

Not Fade Away
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Great call! Pity there's not a board available on the Archive for this show. The tape issues can make this a bit of a rough listen but it's well worth the effort.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Been listening to this show in the car all week and it just gets better. Love Brent in the background with a repeating, muzak sort of ditty that sounds a lot like "I can see clearly now (The rain is gone)". Bobby starting the refrain on Fire a couple of verses too early then repeating it just like it's supposed to be there. This is top ten material for sure! Poke around on the versions of this show....A couple of the CM remasters aren't bad at all. If I remember right, the occasional audience roars you hear were in response to Mother Nature backing Jerry with some righteous lightning bolts.
Franklin's Tower
Sept. 11, 1981
Greek Theater

Very tasty Franklin's. Another great show at the Greek.
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 18, 1974
Parc des Expositions

The jam is this Playin' is seriously heady. A little Dark Starish in spots and something that sounds very Shakedownish to these ears a little after the 12:00 mark. This is some jazzed up Dead at their trippiest.
Friend of the Devil
Oct. 17, 1983
Olympic Center

Beautiful. I was revisiting this show for the killer versions of Sugaree and Deal and when FOTD rolled around I was thinking; Man.......that's sweet, I wondered where it was sitting here. Very surprised to find it languishing in the basement.