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Grateful Novice

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3
Around and Around
Dec. 19, 1978
State Fairgrounds Coliseum

I usually hate Berry berries in the last slot, but they murder many of these this year
10
Not Fade Away
Dec. 19, 1978
State Fairgrounds Coliseum

romper stomper TOO>Stella>NFA!
3
Stella Blue
Nov. 25, 1979
Pauly Pavillion

Fantastic end to this segment. Whole thing's worth a listen.
3
Truckin'
Nov. 25, 1979
Pauly Pavillion

> out of D/S. Sounds like the hint some towards Stella in Space, and I dug the left turn into Truckin first.
4
He's Gone
Nov. 25, 1979
Pauly Pavillion

Solid version with some lovely passages at the end.
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Comments

Drums -> Space
April 19, 1982
Baltimore Civic Center

I can't imagine how much cooler/unbelievably freaky this would have been live/if I didn't know what was coming. . . . Holy [i]shit[/i] that was weirder than I thought it was going to be! It sounded like some dissociative nightmare hurdling towards you at 1,000 miles per hour—images, sounds, concepts fragment, break down, coalesce in unfamiliar forms, haunted voices taunt your memories. Egads. That was a lot. There was very little to stand on during that. But AH that > in The Wheel.
Deal
June 30, 1984
Indianapolis Sports and Music Center

Ceaseless energy.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Dec. 13, 1980
Long Beach Arena

This is a great version. Top-notch Scarlet with a great transition and then killer Fire. Watch your face during that middle solo, Jerry might melt it clean off.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 2, 1978
Giants Stadium

I'm embarrassed by my early comment and publicly retract it. This is 30 minutes of The Best Stuff.
He's Gone
Oct. 28, 1977
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Hands down the greatest version of this I have ever heard. The band hits a groove and rides the wave forever. Great vocal coda, everyone's cooking. Jerry hits the good stuff and mines deep. A must-hear, top-shelf performance.
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