Unlike nearly every other '80's version, this one isn't all speeded out and rushed; instead it's groovy, jazzy, intricate, very pretty for its time

Yep...too rocking a tune to be ignored. Hard to beat this one, especially as kick-off of trio: Promised>Bertha>GSET

Extremely rare stand-alone "Fire"...2nd song, first set, and a real barn-burner!

Garcia's solos roll like lightning & rock like thunder. Sings it w/gusto, too. Not to be missed.

The very definition of "underrated." Almost lost to time& yet it kills. No flubbed verses, great steady reggae jams;perfect transition. Please try it.

Find myself in the weird position of seeing a version from my all time no doubt #1 favorite show ever surpassing my all time no doubt #1 favorite version of Let It Grow ever (5/1/81) & I totally understand why it's leapfrogged it on the big board, especially after the official DaP release of 10/29/77. But I do believe if 5/1/81 had the advantage of an official release & clean SBD representation, it would be back in the #1 spot where it belongs. 10/29/77 is a scorcher w/out question & deserves top 3 status but even tho' it's from my favorite show it does not top 5/1/81, which has the fastest Garcia notes ever played while never losing grip on the structural integrity of the main theme & what really separates 5/1/81 from the pack is that the rest of the band is equal to the task. There's a better flow and glide to Hampton and Weir's hyper-galactic counter rhythms are a big reason why. The post rise & fall jam is also more fully fleshed out and thicker with ideas than DeKalb, which is more like a hammer blow than a complete soundscape of ideas. I don't mind seeing DeKalb in the #1 spot for almost any tune within its magnificent 2 sets (I put Eyes, SugarMag, Peter, Bertha, & more in that category) but I firmly believe LIG from Hampton '81 is still the best performance ever of the tune. Maybe there's a gem of a board hidden in the vault somewhere that will eventually emerge & drive home the point. Until then I'll accept DeKalb grabbing the top spot but Hampton '81 is a sadly overlooked show to begin with & I at least have to speak up for its LIG. Ok, thanks for coming to my Dead Talk.

Full of funk-chonk Tchoupitoulas- chomps

Aggressively beautiful. Gentle but powerful. So much energy in the 1st set tunes from this show. This, like the Peggy-O, seems tailored to play for a huge festival audience so it's given a bit more bite, edge & pacing than others from the same year. They're all great, but this one deserved an upvote from me a long time ago--recent re-listen made up for lost time.

Jiggly bouncy beauty & buried on the big board. For shame! This will get you moving & grooving & it should get yer upvote if for no other reason than Brent taking the second vocal verse solo & then just gliding & slaying it on the keys the rest of the way. Plus the round robin vocal coda has Jerry joining in a way I rarely hear him on this tune. Five star version here from an underrated show in a year I usually ignore, but with a new(?) Miller upgrade available this should get some more attention. (Source provided is real good too.) Be smart & up it! .

you're right--way too low here. Excellent version tight & sweet.