Often a throwaway, this super bouncy version from a top 10 show sparkles.

Excellent barnstorming fusion version and the super-percussive ending jam is just the kind of small but very fun flourish that you'd get out of a band like CAN.

I'm not a huge fan of any version of this song's "song portion"--it's good, not great--but this is a really nice jam. Like 1983 generally, AFAICT, there seems to be a real focus on the fusiony quality of the band. Jerry's got a pretty clean distortion, Bob and Brent are are rocking some rich, cloudy tones, and the Devils are keeping things loose in a way that really works on these songs that are loose in the first place (unlike many later trainwrecks: the duo sound great playing fills a-plenty on stuff like this; that's really not "the move" on stuff like "China Cat", which needs some bounce and space). Also one of the all-time smoothest transitions of any two songs that led separate lives (i.e., excepting China>Rider or Scarlet>Fire); Cf the praised Englishtown (1977-09-03) version, which feels pretty forced next to this one (a couple of the other better-ranked ones do as well).

Also, the opening jam on "Franklin's" is gorgeous.

I like the slower tempo quite a bit, despite being generally a fan of the coke-y 80s fusion jamz. For one thing, Garcia hits every note in the head of "Help", which even at his best in the 70s he rarely did (hell, the Blues For Allah recording has some almost-dead notes! This is evidently really tough to play that fast). Also, the massive 90s drums sound really great on this -- Mickey's doofy "hitting this tom three times harder than I hit any other drum" thing actually works super well here. Jerry letting some gnarly feedback ring out while Vince takes a wearing-sunglasses-at-night fusion run? This is quite the gem.

Also, was pleased with how fusiony and modal this one got. I think the injunction that this later had to transition into "Fire" hemmed the jams in--this is definitely in the same electric Miles space as many 74 "Playin'" and "Eyes" jams.