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Eyes Of The World
Jan. 17, 1979
New Haven Coliseum

Several relentless guitar passages throughout.
4
Wharf Rat
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Hard to believe this is an AUD. 8:00-8:40 is a good example - crystal clear and tight.
3
Row Jimmy
Jan. 10, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Not too fast and not too slow with some nice double time at the end.
4
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

Jerry has laryngitis, so only Bobby tunes set 2 this day, and Keith Godchaux takes over the 2nd half of this PITB, especially the last 5 minutes.
5
Deal
June 22, 1983
City Island

This is an eleven minute Deal with a bunch of ebbs, flows and peaks.
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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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