From the show always overshadowed by the next night, which is a shame. Fantastic Jerry/Brent conversation mid-jam. Give a listen!

Liquid

3 versions on archive. Grab the SBD seeded by Brian Cole. Listen to the insane end jam. Listen to the whole thing. This is an A+++ version!

Can't believe what short shrift this show gets. They pull off the combo like gangbusters here.

Glorious Jerry vocals, not one, but TWO "sweet Susie's", excellent gritty solo. Best early version ever!

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.