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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.
5
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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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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