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Ramble On Rose
May 19, 1977
Fox Theatre

Gorgeous, incredible, up and down, carnival-like bridge jam by Jerry. Picture perfect version--no flaws
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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

April '78 S>F's often mentioned are 4/16 and 4/24 (rightly so) but this one is every bit as good. Superior transition jam--, beautiful, & powerful
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Eyes Of The World
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

Starts out Jazzy, explorative, takes its time, 3 minute intro, then blasts off into the stratosphere with intense Garcia-led jamming

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Throwing Stones
Sept. 20, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Really one of the best, if not THE #1. Hornsby's piano fills make this version particularly juicy & make the jam portion is as good as it gets.
They Love Each Other
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Problem w/TLEO in '77 is that it's a victim of its own success--so many incredible versions (5/25, 5/17, 5/19, to name just a few) that some individual ones get overlooked.So yeah, I'm uppin' this one a notch because it's yet another fantastically smooth/sweet terrific version.
Jack Straw
Jan. 11, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

"now we play for Clive", as in Clive Davis, President of Arista Records, who had just signed the band.
Jack Straw
Oct. 29, 1977
Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University

@Bignoze This being my #1 all time favorite Dead show I do wish beyond wishing that there was a pristine SBD recording of this show, but Charlie Miller does as fine a job as possible getting the best possible one available. The AUD is decent and I agree at some points in the show (esp. the Sugar Mag & the 2nd jam in Eyes) it's worth it to check out the AUD version. Overall tho' I'll take the CM version and b/c of the stupendous quality of the band's efforts this night, it more than does the trick.
Bird Song
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

Agree it's the best of the acoustic versions and so gave it a vote. This whole show on Bob's B-day has some very cool stuff.
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