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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 14, 1976
Shrine Auditorium

The last halfstep of '76. After Rio Grandeo everyone including the crowd gets into it. The source is a B+ AUD.
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U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Topical
3
Ship of Fools
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Timely
1
Franklin's Tower
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

Different types of solos at each turn: straightaway, Listen-to-the-music-play, spacey, bluegrassy
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Brown Eyed Women
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

This one is fiery, especially the solo, in the vein of 8/24/80, including a hint of a Delilah Jones growl.
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Comments

Estimated Prophet
April 26, 1977
Capitol Theater

The video makes this one for me. The votes for the mosque, other may '77, etc. have elicited complaints before, but with this one you get to see what the song looked like at the time and that adds a rich dimension.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 26, 1977
Capitol Theater

The pre rio grandeo solo holds this one back. Otherwise, this is the stuff.
Dancin' in the Streets
April 26, 1977
Capitol Theater

63 votes for Cornell but 6 votes for this one, yet in this case there's a black and white video with SBD sound and a nice Jerry slide solo deep in the jam. There is only one C AUD on the archive for this date, so I imagine that has weighed this one down. The YouTube video starts mid-estimated prophet late in the first set. This dancin is 41:00 in.
Eyes Of The World
May 13, 1983
Greek Theater

This one stands out, smack dab as it is in the middle of the cocaine that drove this song in the 80s. It's not slow, but it's not an attempt to get d>s in 6 minutes either. This one bears a stronger resemblance to a '77 or 11/5/79 much more so than so many others from the era. And at 19 minutes, it's got about 10 minutes on a typical 80s Eyes.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
April 27, 1977
Capitol Theatre

The elements of the great 77 half steps are realized most fully for the first time on this take. The b/w video shows what it looks like. 9 votes on 7/19/20 does not reflect where this version should sit among 77 half steps.
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