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SlowlyTooFades

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Stagger Lee
June 18, 1995
Giants Stadium

The jam at the end goes on for a good long time, and Garcia really builds up the feeling. Pity the rest of the show - my last - was pretty bad.
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Truckin'
Oct. 9, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Whereas most versions from this period depend on bombast, this is a fairly well-explored take. Classic sequence of Truckin>O1>Dew.
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Jack Straw
Sept. 26, 1991
Boston Garden

Awesome, eneretic version. The "big-7" ensemble really gets a chance to shine on this one. BH adds vocals.
9
Cumberland Blues
Oct. 21, 1983
Worcester Centrum

A nice long version: urgent as always, but there is a certain sense of relaxed pace to it.
5
One More Saturday Night
March 14, 1982
Recreation Hall - University of California

Great placement: first song of the set, since they'd forgotten to play it the night before.
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Comments

Playin' In The Band
April 19, 1986
Berkeley Community Theater

Echoing the last comment: great weirdness near the end, especially thanks to Mr. Mydland.
Deal
Oct. 17, 1983
Olympic Center

One of the hottest versions, to be sure. A great part is actually the vocal reprise, which they sing forever; and you can hear in their voices that they know they've thrown down a version for the ages.
Playin' In The Band
May 21, 1974
Edmundson Pavilion

One of my favorites, and a tape where I prefer the audience to soundboard recordings. It's got that great, warm Wall of Sound ambience throughout. And when Jerry hits the Tiger/feedback portion, it just WAILS. Also, the audience's anticipation as they take their time getting back to the theme: priceless.
Let It Grow
June 28, 1974
Boston Garden

Surprised this isn't ranked more highly: the jam out of Let It Grow goes so many places, for a long time this was my favorite Dead jam period.
Let It Grow
Dec. 5, 1981
Market Square Arena

Yes! I had it on an old audience tape where the crowd kicked in as JG burned it up, just exactly perfect!
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