Several relentless guitar passages throughout.

Hard to believe this is an AUD. 8:00-8:40 is a good example - crystal clear and tight.

Not too fast and not too slow with some nice double time at the end.

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.

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

There are different Jack Straws for different people. Many prefer the lightning in 1/11/79 and 10/20/84, both of which are up on the list. This one here has some speediness to it, and so I don't sneer at it, it's very good, but I would say that it's a little less intense than those two and perhaps they may help it up the list as I've seen people in the past react negatively to the balls out playing by Jerry on 1/11/79 (and 1/7/79 too) as well as 10/20/84. I was surprised to see allusions to sound quality problems in the comments here. The linked source sounds great for this song (I didn't listen to anything else) and while Brent does sound like he's playing a toy piano, I kind of like it, its typical of the time period and anyway, I happen to think that '83 was a great year. But face it, some people will never vote for a non-EU72 version of Jack Straw - and I see too that Veneta on its anniversary has a ton of votes. I do think that the Cornell Jack Straw is close to studio quality perfection, but I like the grittiness to 1/22/78 and 6/4/78, both of which are up on the list and are early forays outside of the sweet aesthetic of the pre-hiatus years and the return in '77. I'd have to be convinced on one after the coma. I've never understood the Oxford one up here, but to each his own.

I come to this website for comments like Scarlet_Fire’s above. This Franklin’s>Jam was the first thing I listened to when the new discs arrived and the jam is better than I hoped. And it’s great to know now where to look to find similar stuff in Fall 79. Still, this jam has so many turns. The first half I think is really best described as a Franklins jam, if that makes sense, and they try out three or four themes in the second half, all of which I enjoyed.

Yes, the prelude to this Saint is unique and the jam that follows it is fantastic in parts. Don't get me wrong, because I love Sailor>Saint, but a lot of the versions on the ladder aren't all that dissimilar. This Saint has both a one-off beginning and an anomalous jam, reminiscent, at times, of Estimated Prophet, to follow.

Not top 10 or anything, but still from the period where Jerry tears this song up.

Crystal clear recording and tremendous Terrapin