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Beat it on Down The Line
July 3, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

Flying Pig.
8
Althea
Nov. 4, 1979
Civic Center

Sily smooth Althea from Providence. Rich Jerry vocals & of course, chunks o'Phil. This deserves a listen & some votes!
1
Space
June 20, 1980
West High Auditorium

Short but oh so sweet fuzzfest of Brent-centric gooyness seamlessly into a typically funkified 1980 NFA
1
Eyes Of The World
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Soundcheck! Excellent sound on source provided & brilliant flowing ripping Garcia leads. Classic '76 "backwards" version.
7
Estimated Prophet
Aug. 30, 1980
The Spectrum

Ultra hot mid jam (Bobby nearly plunges back too early but Jerry forges ahead) & Brent is all over the ivories. Hot stuff in Philly.

Comments

Stella Blue
Sept. 7, 1973
Nassau Coliseum

rolls gently & smoothly from Let It Grow & is a real gorgeous rendition with no interference on out of key vocals as later versions suffer from. End jam is surprisingly intricate & lengthy given the song's relative infancy. Excellent stuff.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 17, 1974
Winterland Arena

Heck yeah and to all the above comments. Worthy of way higher ranking
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Mind hasn't been changed about this version being undeserving of its far & away #1 all time position but (& perhaps this is obvious to some but it's only just recetly dawned on me) that perhaps the magic of this version is that it can be truly listed as ONE song more than any other existing rendition. The Scarlet end & Fire beginning are just about indistinguishable and the "transition: doesn't even really feel like one. All other versions stand out for their distinctive pairings but Corenll is truly all of one piece. It's amazing & should be rightfully celebrated for that fact. Best ever? Not to these ears. Top 20? Fer sure--and unique among all others--true as well.
Franklin's Tower
Jan. 10, 1978
Shrine Auditorium

Spectacular & spectacularly underrated--this whole show. There's a Miller available beyond source provided that really should be heard & this Franklin's is just one of the many gems. (Check out the Candyman & BEW from set 1 & TOO from set two for just a couple of highlights along with this FT). I'd wager a lot of folks would bump this at least into double digits if given a listen but the show seems oddly hidden--date, maybe? Who knows, but wow, this is some good under-appreciated stuff right here.
Ship of Fools
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

Yes! Great SOF from an wonderful '78 show--carryover from the excellence of month previous