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11
Tennessee Jed
June 4, 1978
Campus Stadium - University Of California

Jerry's voice is shot, but his tone is DIALED.
1
Throwing Stones
Aug. 24, 1994
Berkeley Community Theatre

Technically Phil & Friends, but this is a nice (only?) acoustic version. Link: https://archive.org/details/1994-09-24.paf.sbd.zelner-vernon
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Childhood's End
Sept. 24, 1994
Berkeley Community Theatre

Technically Phil and Friends, but this is a nice acoustic version with Jerry. Link here: https://archive.org/details/1994-09-24.paf.sbd.zelner-vernon
2
Childhood's End
Aug. 1, 1994
The Palace

Nice version from Jerry's birthday.
2
They Love Each Other
Dec. 31, 1980
Oakland Auditorium

Gets off to a rocky start, but Brent takes a nice solo.
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Comments

Dark Star
Feb. 15, 1973
Dane County Coliseum

To my ears, the highlights of show are the “HCS” and the “DS > Eyes > Doll.” The sequence is interesting because of the moves from dark/minor to light/major within “DS,” then in the transition to “Eyes,” and finally at the end of “China Doll.”
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

Also, the transition sounds silky because Garcia starts playing groups off the beat, and eventually the whole band swirls back around him until he's back on the one. It's stunning.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

Absolutely. Sometimes the official releases get some bad press, but this is hot. Plus, the first official matrix? If this catches on, think of the stuff that could get a serious upgrade. Worth it for that potential alone, much less the nasty version..
Row Jimmy
April 18, 1987
Irvine Meadows

You lucky dog! Yeah, I've begin to notice that as I've ventured beyond the 70s. There are times it's good (far less exploration that sometimes goes nowhere), and times I miss it terribly (like the China > Rider from a few nights before, when the whole band is eating the tune alive). I guess I have to adjust my expectations, but this is good regardless of what I was expecting.
Sugaree
April 3, 1987
The Centrum

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