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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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Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

See it before you
Bird Song
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

Best acoustic birdsong.
The Music Never Stopped
May 9, 1977
War Memorial

"Mesmeride" is the best new word I've come across in a while. I have been going back and forth between "midjam," "midsection" and "spacey section" for a long time and I hate all of them. (I'll probably still use them.) And you're right, this one (5/9/77) has no mesmeride – but it does have one of the great outros. The midsection starts to stretch in October '77 and 10/16/77 is a great early midsection and solid outro. 4/24 is good, particularly for its outro - but check out 7/3/78 which has the superior mesmeride.
Franklin's Tower
April 11, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

Lightning fast and pretty coherent.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 11, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

Yep, at one point he even sings lazy river instead of rio grandeo. Still, the song was getting rare by this point (there were only 4 more until '85) and it's nice to hear '82 Jerry play the rio grandeo parts. The outro is pretty strong actually.
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