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4
The Wheel
Oct. 30, 1977
Assembly Hall - Indiana University

A crisp version with a PITB jam outro before Wharf Rat.
4
And We Bid You Goodnight
Aug. 21, 1968
Fillmore West

About 3 minutes before Alligator ends, there is a really aggressive run through we bid you goodnight.
6
Mountain Jam
Aug. 21, 1968
Fillmore West

15.5 minutes after Alligator begins, or at the 5:00 mark of the 2nd "Alligator" there is a mountain.
4
Mountain Jam
Dec. 12, 1980
Swing Auditorium

It's just one "First there is a mountain, then there is a mountain and then there is" in the CCS>IKYR transition.
5
Sugaree
May 2, 1981
The Spectrum

The 2nd solo is great. Nothing never heard before, but constructed perfectly.

Comments

Pretty Peggy O
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

You have to watch the video to watch Jerry quiet everyone down for the last verse of the solo. That’s what makes this version. As bzfgt says, 4 days before #1.
Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

The black and white video takes an already great version to another level. I prefer the videos in which you can see them play to those with geometric shapes and general trippiness and this one is just a video a great band
Deal
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

I second that emotion, Ben.
Row Jimmy
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Spectacular. I was watching the show on YouTube and the second break hit and I came here to see what kind of love this version had gotten. I’m glad to see that it is already well received; it deserves it. Some nice double time at the end too.
Terrapin Station
Nov. 6, 1979
The Spectrum

Fall 79 is my favorite time for Terrapin too. This one, 11/30 and the new release, 12/3, are some of my favorites, but I haven't heard one from this period that I didn't like. These versions really do float just like everyone here is saying. There's a little break at the end of Lady with a Fan that isn't there in the early ones where the ethereal aesthetic is explored most fully. I didn't come to prefer this period for Terrapin until about 10 years ago, but when I did, it was because I felt like this aesthetic fits the song best. It's a nostalgic dream of a Terrapin.