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1
Mama Tried
Feb. 1, 1978
Uptown Theatre

Energy! Nice solo too.
2
Brown Eyed Women
Jan. 30, 1978
Uptown Theater

Awesome. Very elongated solo and some nice verse flourishes
1
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

Not going to dethrone Veneta by any means but still a worthwhile spacey, concise, chilled out rendition. Some nice melodic chord jamming from Garcia.
1
Loser
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Was surprised to see this wasn't already here. Phenomenal solo from Jerry and some beautiful cascading keys courtesy of Keith
2
Eyes Of The World
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Very subdued but staccato sounding solos if that makes any sense, pretty standardly great 78 version here

Comments

Eyes Of The World
Nov. 14, 1978
Boston Music Hall

Glad you enjoyed this one. Having not been around to actually witness the Dead in person I'm not as familiar with AUDs, which is something I'm trying to remedy
Eyes Of The World
Nov. 14, 1978
Boston Music Hall

Not sure if its just the AUD (very nice AUD here btw-- don't be deterred by the lack of SBD) but Jerry's flurry of notes sounds extra gentle on this particular night. He's playing extremely fast but it's sweetly tender and intimate. I would call this one "angelic." Big rec if you like the '77/'78 eyes sound-- ds67, grendel, cucamonga, e5 you're gonna want to check this out if unfamiliar
Dancin' in the Streets
May 9, 1978
Onongada County War Memorial

If there were a SBD available this might be an all time version. Lots of cool riffs going on here
Dancin' in the Streets
Feb. 4, 1978
Milwaukee Auditorium

This is an invitation, across the nation... for more folks to listen to this dancin
Eyes Of The World
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

I come to '73 versions of this song for the more involved, high energy group jams, as opposed to '77/'78 where it's mostly Jerry soloing-- Bobby still had that more penetrative Gibson tone in '73. That's one thing that I borderline dislike about '77/'78 dead, Bob's guitar tone; it had a super unique sound to it but it just doesn't cut through the mix and becomes very difficult to hear. These '73 versions feel like a bigger group effort, and this one is a great example of that.