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Caution
May 12, 1980
Boston Garden

This is a pretty intense early 80s-style Caution jam. I was surprised to find this just now.
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The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 1, 1979
Stanley Theater

A unique beginning with nice peaks to both the mid jam and the outro.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Feb. 4, 1979
Dane County Coliseum

The final Keith and Donna Half Step stands up well, even though there's one lonely AUD.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 11, 1979
Billerica Forum

An early Brent Mydland Half Step with electric piano pre rio grandeo and a joyful Garcia solo afterwards.
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Sugaree
Oct. 18, 1978
Winterland Arena

No fanning or soaring peaks, but solo 3 (7:45-12:45 on CM's SBD) is a new favorite - sublime, mellow, laid back.
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Not Fade Away
June 4, 1978
Campus Stadium - University Of California

Darkstar67 heard that Darkness Jam (a good get!) in the 11/2/79 NFA and that got me looking around for others with unique sections. This one quotes Nobody's Fault But Mine from 5:00-6:00 on the linked source. The whole version is short, but it smokes and Donna sounds lively too.
Not Fade Away
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Funky and played at full volume by everyone, albeit short. Brent and Phil are out front for much of the first half. Definitely unique.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

Typical May 77 precision and fluency before rio grandeo and then decidedly different afterwards: sweet, quiet, subtle - a little weird to be so understated at the end of a show opener, but I like it. The actual singing of rio grandeo is excellent, even if the SQ of this board doesn't stack up against the rest of the month.
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Here: https://archive.org/details/gd78-12-17.sbd.wiley.13408.sbeok.shnf
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Dec. 12, 1978
Jai-Alai Fronton

I had a copy of just this halfstep mislabeled as 1/10/78 that someone burned for me in the late 90s. It's nice to know the actual date now. The highlight of this version for me is the sequence of octaves that Keith hits at the end of Garcia's solo just before they sing rio grandeo. Otherwise, a decent but not elite version.
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