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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.
4
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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Comments

Tennessee Jed
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

@freedomhaul I enjoy listening to T-Jed while walking w/Grendel (obviously the guy in the pic) in the woods round my stomping grounds too, especially the part where his doggie turns to him and he sez.....gets me every time. btw if you haven't already check out the T-Jed from 10-10-82!
He's Gone
May 21, 1977
Lakeland Civic Center

So good. This whole show could be listed.
The Other One
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

This is going to be in the rotation for a good long while. I'm slowly, maybe swiftly, falling in love with this version, which has all the precision of 1977 but also adds some great power playing by Jerry and a very delicate post lyrics jazzy flow that eventually drifts gently into a mild kind of space and then out into the fields of Stella Blue. It needs more love to be appreciated.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 25, 1982
Bob Marley Performing Arts Center

Pretty good if not a great version that probably deserves more respect. The transition into fire is really nice and the fire has the appropriate reggae feel for the venue.
Stella Blue
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Delicate, beautiful start, Jerrylicious finish. Should be higher.
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