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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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Truckin'
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

I concur. If you dig 11/2 or 11/6/77, this is some of that same vintage. Jerry couldn't sing second half of this show [and none the next night at all], so he went after it the only other way he could.
Playin' In The Band
Jan. 6, 1978
Swing Auditorium

The SBD linked from this page has the timings wrong. The following is also a SBD, but the tracks are split appropriately: https://archive.org/details/gd1978-01-06.sbd.wizard.24629.sbeok.shnf
Loser
July 22, 1984
Ventura County Fairgrounds

This is great. It helps that the SBD is of such a high quality.
Sugaree
April 12, 1982
Nassau Coliseum

Many Sugarees have a minimalist 3rd solo that's really more an interlude than a solo break. This one has a full 3rd solo where Jerry plays (for lack of a better phrase) understated hummingbird for the majority until he gets into a beautiful peak episode from 10:30-11:30. Three solos: good, better, then best.
Not Fade Away
Dec. 19, 1978
State Fairgrounds Coliseum

This was a nice rec, darkstar67. This has some nice thematic episodes - the kind of playing that was perhaps more planned earlier, but which emerges very naturally here and with subtlety. I think 6:45-8:00 is the highlight of this version. Jerry's playing is beautiful and the rhythm, while clearly intimately related to that of NFA, is still of its own sort.
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