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2
He's Gone
April 1, 1980
Capitol Theatre

A solid version with a passage about a minute long straight out of the heavens - directly following the a capella section. Must hear.
10
Stella Blue
July 1, 1979
Seattle Center Coliseum

Horrible video with STELLA sound on YouTube.
2
Black Peter
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The first solo is sweet and beautiful. The outro is short, bluesy shredding.
10
Eyes Of The World
May 15, 1981
Rutgers Athletic Center

The well played end to a S>F>E>E combination. Jerry plays with a theme recognizable from the eyes on DP6.
11
Uncle John's Band
May 26, 1977
Baltimore Civic Center

The encore of the penultimate show of May 1977. It's short, but these people are practiced at this date.
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Comments

Eyes Of The World
May 22, 1977
The Sportatorium

I often find myself on this site concluding that a version is only rated as high as it is because there's an official release of it out there. I have the opposite kind of surprise here. This is Dick's Picks 3 and this has been my go to Eyes since 1995. I don't get why this isn't top three, but 20 years of developing this bias of mine has apparently warped my perspective. Nevertheless, there it is. This version is magic.
The Music Never Stopped
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

This one is good. There is plenty of tension in the midsection before the flip to the outro as in every truly good MNS. Not my absolute favorite, but a top 10.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 7, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Sharleena - I just took a look at your google doc and I wanted to say that your insanity is right up my alley. Thanks for sharing! I will have to check out 8/27/81.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

I'm surprised that this is as high as it is. The Slipknot is certainly where most of the action takes place - it is dark and exploratory. The last three minutes of Franklin's Tower are great too. But this triptych thrives on tightness and tightness is conspicuously lacking in a number of places. I'm not going to upvote this because I think that we have a real conversation about what belongs in 4th place now, with four tied for that spot.
Pretty Peggy O
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

This version is tight. *yawn* But it's 1977...
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