Fast-picking goodness. Jerry's bridge solo is long and lightning quick and awesome. 1 point off for lyric flub on re-entry, but the rest is gold.

Sick of saying "How can X not be here" yet but C'mon! Get the digital DL series and start bumpin this up! Smooth Scarlet, killer Fire jams. Early gem!

From a year not particularly known for great Terrapin, this one proves the exception to the rule. Tight, inventive, soulful.

Bob sez: "we're gonna play one of your favorites and we certainly hope it's one of ours" b4 this sweet electric version!

As insanely good as the Wharf Rat that precedes it. How good? Almost matches 10/29/77 in intensity. Final jam section b4 SSDD will boggle your senses!

This is a nice one with a great start, jamming middle, and some miscues toward the end. For another rec. try 10/29/77, which I believe is awesome start to finish.

Just exactly perfect. Maybe Donna's finest moment on this tune. Completely skewed rating with only 2 votes at the time I write this. Find a clean version (DL series Vol. 4) or fight thru a lesser-sounding archive version, but the power and pristine nature of this version can't be denied.

Being perfectly honest, I was a little let down by this version. Outro, as cgarces noted, is the best part, but there's a tentativeness to the rest of the approach, especially at the beginning, as Jerry has trouble getting the lyrical phrasing to match the tempo of the music. It's a B- minus at best for me, mostly because there are so many better versions from this era, especially in 1982...the Ravenspace Stella from 4/19/82, for example, blows this outta the water

My guess is that this is so far down the list only because you have to get the Download Series Vol. 4 to hear a really good SBD version. Well....do it. This, (even for a year in which they played quite a few versions with the "backwards progression" of the Stronger Than Dirt theme done pre-lyrics instead of post) is a stand-out. The jamming has that flowing/mellow/1976 vibe but is also supremely confident and colorful, with constantly shifting ideas and landscapes explored in a lengthy intro. The Stronger Than Dirt theme isn't as fully fleshed out as its 1974 counterparts but that's a good thing here, because it would have distracted from the ultimate spill-over into the first verse. There's even a slow-down, mini-space break-down moment before they launch into the main theme proper and the rest of this gorgeous version just floats on air before heading into a drums>Wheel>SugarMag sequence that would do 1977 proud in terms of power and precision. THIS NEEDS TO BE WAY, WAAAAAY UPPED!

In this unique, faster-played but very precise and vocally beautiful early version, Delilah Jones raised "13 children" rather than "8 boys" and Daddy's whisky costs $3 instead of 2. A real treat, especially with the breezier clip at which it's played.