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1
Playin' In The Band
June 21, 1971
Chateau d'Herouville

Only about four and a half minutes, but this one rocks hard. and in the backyard of a French chateau!!!
5
Me and My Uncle
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

'75 goodness
2
Deal
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

mellow version from the first real (?) show in 8 months
7
Row Jimmy
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Wonderful version, everyone in the band is in sync on this one. Love the harmonizing vocals in particular
7
Beat it on Down The Line
Sept. 8, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

Nice first set material
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Comments

Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 28, 1980
Lakeland Civic Center

Love the acoustic early ones, but this is wonderful. Great vocals and tone by the whole band
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Oct. 27, 1979
Cape Cod Coliseum

30 trips version, mislabeled as 10/2/79 (at least on spotify) but hot stuff here
Dancin' in the Streets
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

The Tighten Up jam in the middle of this is epic! fast as hell and wonderful. Love '70 Dancin's
Dark Star
Oct. 20, 1968
Greek Theatre - University of California

Great choice for the 30 trips album to represent '68. So much packed into 10 minutes...a microcosm of what this song would become. Feels like the infant version of the Live/Dead one four months later. TC is awesome in this era on Dark Star too imo
Uncle John's Band
Oct. 12, 1984
Augusta Civic Center

I've gone a few years convinced (and still, to some extent) that the 12/26/79 UJB is the best ever. But as soon as I saw a SIXTEEN MINUTE version of this, I had to listen to the whole second set and this one does not disappoint. the 79 one is still special to me, but god damn this playing is ferocious and dark and explores every nook and crevice you could possibly want from the song. Monster jam, monster show.
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