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2
Terrapin Station
Oct. 30, 1990
Wembley Arena

My only chance to make it to a Dead show and I blew it. Wish I'd been there for this majestic version.
6
Stella Blue
June 30, 1984
Indianapolis Sports and Music Center

Jerry compensates for flubbing the middle-8 lyrics with a subsequent solo of great beauty. Apart from said fuck-up, this is a really lovely version.
4
Playin' In The Band
June 9, 1984
Cal Expo

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Bird Song
May 7, 1984
Silva Hall, Hult Center

Brent's quite high in the mix and you can really appreciate what he's doing behind the solos. Swings and rolls along nicely.
4
Loser
May 4, 1979
Hampton Coliseum

Aching and emphatic. Brent and Jerry really starting to gel.
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Comments

Deal
Oct. 28, 1984
Berkeley Community Theatre

Oh yes. Spot on.
Playin' In The Band
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

Beautiful.
Hard to Handle
April 26, 1971
Fillmore East

It's definitely up there with the best.
Greatest Story Ever Told
Feb. 18, 1971
Capitol Theater

Totally fuckin' rocks.
To Lay Me Down
Dec. 6, 1981
Rosemont Horizon

In fact I'm surprised the show isn't on here yet at all. Listening to SBD for the first time tonight and it's great . Mix is a little Brent-heavy sometimes but his playing's so fine it's not a problem.
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