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2
Let It Grow
April 11, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

End jam goes on and on - 13 min version!
8
Morning Dew
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

Sure it's only a tease that's aborted for El Paso, but it's Veneta, so it has to be the best!
3
Just A Little Light
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

High energy. Part of a very underrated show.
2
Space
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Melodic and intense, by far my favorite space melts into Stella. Very underrated show.
3
Stella Blue
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

Highlight of an underrated show.

Comments

Shakedown Street
Dec. 14, 1990
McNichols Arena

Brent?
Truckin'
Oct. 20, 1989
The Spectrum

The jam out of Truckin' was an Other One jam, so whether this is the longest Brent-era Truckin' or not depends on whether you consider the setlist Truckin > D/S > IWTYH > Other One or Truckin > Other One jam > D/S > IWTYH > Other One since they were really setting up the Other One yet to come. If you include the O1 jam with Truckin', I don't know of any longer versions back to '74. It's about 21 minutes total.
Stella Blue
Oct. 15, 1989
Meadowlands Arena

This is criminally low on here. Space > Stella is the highlight of what is an extremely overlooked show (because of the monster they unleashed the next night...).
Morning Dew
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

This is an unusual situation where this can logically be considered both the best of all time and overrated at the same time. If you look at GD "all time best" surveys (either from the old DeadBases or anywhere else, including the rankings on this site), it looks like 5/8/77 is the consensus undisputed best show ever and this Dew is the same for Morning Dew. That's not the case and the show is only so far ahead of every other one in those rankings because of availability in the sound quality it was available back in the cassette days, not because it is actually THAT much better than everything else. While "overrated" in the sense that it is not inarguably head and shoulders above everything else, it is still arguably the best version, although there are many fantastic Dews, and the rest of the field is much, much closer than one would think by examining the rankings.
Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

LOL, no. Just stop. 4/4/85 is an OK version, probably great for 85, but there is absolutely nothing better about that one than this version. What does it for you? The mumbly vocals? Forgotten lyrics? Coked up tempo? The jam is good, but doesn't have anywhere near the peaks this one has.