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Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

Sometimes shorter is better. At around 10 mins. this beauty from E'72 packs the jazz, jam, passion. Like a more intense version of the one on ACE!
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Scarlet Begonias
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

No clean SBD on archive but at official Dead site a pristine version was on 30 days of Dead for DL. 2d best stand-alone I've heard next to 3-20-77
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Pretty Peggy O
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

DP Vol. 29...Each time I think I've heard the best (i.e. 12/27/77) I hear one better. This is it. Flowing, gorgeous Jerry bridge jam. Perfection.
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Don't Ease Me In
June 20, 1980
West High Auditorium

Proves the boys could really swing when they wanted to. Hear Jerry on "The Girl I Love" line; like 'Gator Alley--1980 a good year for this tune
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Not Fade Away
May 26, 1977
Baltimore Civic Center

Insane. Ridiculous. Drummers locked in, Garcia in take-no-prisoners mode. 16+ minutes of full-bore Rock to the G-D Roll.
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He's Gone
June 9, 1991
Buckeye Lake Music Center

Yep, good stuff indeed. One of the better jams into "Goin where the wind don't blow so strange" I;ve ever heard, lots of sweet jamming post lyrics, +1 easy. Still think 12/28/90 is better due to stronger Jerry vox than this version and the grunge guitar jam Garcia lets off leash in Oakland gives me more chills. But this is an eye opener for '91, which I sometimes avoid unless Branford's involved. Led me in a roundabout way to 4/7/91 Orlando & its really great Reuben & Cerise.
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 23, 1974
Winterland Arena

Strong, confident reading. Embarrassment of riches for great EYES in 1974 but this one shouldn't be overlooked. p.s. Check out Garcia's 2nd jam into final verse. Wow.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Has a unique transition jam that feels deep and dark all at once without drifting into too much abstraction. Definitely worth more than the 11 votes it had when I got here.
He's Gone
Dec. 28, 1990
Coliseum Arena

Hey cgarces If any of those other ones you listed (& thanks for doing so) are as good as this one I'm definitely going to be checking them out. I'm not as fluent in 90-91 as other years save for the big obvious shows like Boston Garden with Branford, etc.
He's Gone
Dec. 28, 1990
Coliseum Arena

Fair warning that you're all going to get pretty sick of hearing me talk up this version but it's gonna happen until I'm convinced there's been some ears on this.
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