Sweet bass drop-ins by Phil on intro; extended Garcia solos in bridge jam; very intense and fun

There are longer versions, but none has a better bridge jam than this one. My favorite version ever--must listen!

Hard-charging drumming from Billy leads the way. Best MLB jam in this pairing I've ever heard. Hard to believe it wasn't listed yet.

Intense build-up jam, perfect touch-down. Weir absolutely nails it. My favorite version all-time

Laser-focused, perfect rendition, start to finish. Super-funky with awesome Jerry fuzz-guitar, rock-blues jamming post-vocals

Best part isn't even the Close Encounters theme, which is really very brief and not as exciting as hyped...instead it's the power chord entry on the aftermath of CE and into that opening salvo of Stephen that really makes this the show-stopper of the 2nd set.

Where's Jerry going with that bridge jam? How's he going to......oh. Oh, WOW.

Possibly my favorite show of 1982 (Baltimore and The Scope VA. being the others) and yes, this Playin may not have the epic length of the early 70s but what is contained in less time is well jammed and very interesting especially with repeated listening

This sounds more alive than ever if you check out the matrix as opposed to the official DP version. No faulting Dick but the energy of the performance is kind of droned out on the official recording. This is a great rendition w/Bobby confidently nailing all lyrics and an up temp charge through the main body & then the blues clinic Jerry puts on after is a thing of beauty. Ups.

^^^^ Heady_V... What you say here about Cornell is all true, and undoubtedly some Heads like to appear too cool for school by dissing it. In terms of introducing someone to the Dead for the first time there are some versions from Cornell I would not hesitate to use, starting with the Scarlet>Fire for an example of how very in the pocket they (and especially Phil) could be. That said, there are legitimate gripes to be made about Cornell in regards to "best ofs" (which this site is chiefly about) that should not be dismissed as Heads being purposefully contrarian. What drives me a little batty is, for example, the uber high rankings for a song like "Brown Eyed Women" from Cornell, which, objectively speaking, can ONLY be because the version has 5/8/77 in front of it and people are just clicking it to the front because of that date. I refuse to let that go unchallenged. As I said on that entry page, it's a fine version. There's nothing wrong with it. But there's nothing that stands out about it, either, and there ARE so many others that objectively have more punch, are better sung, contain better jamming by Jerry, and are simply put, better. And yet there it is as #1 just because it has the mythical Cornell attached to it. That's what I object to--I am happy to have the "best " Scar>Fire argument in relation to Cornell, best "Morning dew", etc., because ultimately even tho' I don't think the Cornell versions are THE best I would never denigrate anyone who thinks so because they are so undeniably good, so elite and upper echelon, that it makes perfect sense to have them in that discussion. But there are a lot of other versions that get the "Cornell bump" that do not deserve it, and it overshadows many other better versions that people may not seek out, thinking that because of the high ranking and votes for 5/8/77, those lower ladder versions couldn't possibly be better than Cornell. But many of them are.