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Friend of the Devil
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Absolutely stunning. Top 5 version for sure. Should be better know. Laid back with great paino from Keith.
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Deal
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Great version, IMO best bit of first set
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St. Stephen
Feb. 22, 1969
Dream Bowl

Perfectly good '69 Stephen, and every other song in this concert is listed here as a top version !
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Drums
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

Epic, legendry drum crescendo into The Other One
17
Around and Around
Nov. 17, 1972
Century II Convention Hall

Nice rocking version with good solos, and good recording, as good as many others here
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Comments

St. Stephen
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

To defend my cancerous opinion ... the first third is superb, wondeful guitar work, and got me really excited. The middle third let me down as it was uninspired doodling, almost lift music. But my ridicule was for the last third that contains some of the worst singing the Dead ever did. The TOO that follows is great.
St. Stephen
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

You're having a laugh ! Seriously, this one is awful. It should not be played to people of a sensitive musical disposition .... not unless the water-boarding didn't work.
Deal
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

I downloaded this because the BIODTL is so highly rated, and I didn't yet have this concert. Listened to first set, and Deal stood out as heady. Pretty Peggy-O not bad either
Pretty Peggy O
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

I didn't notice the flub at the beginning (I was driving) but I heard the inventive extra verse. Truth is, if you didn't know you wouldn't notice, so this doesn't count as a flub, IMO. Great version. Worth downloading. NB I downloaded this because of the praise for BIODTL, but it was Deal that struck me in the first set. [Added] Oooops. Heard it on the second listening. I am afraid that precludes this from being a top version ... more the Tarantino version !
Weather Report Suite
Dec. 18, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

The "wisdom of the crowd" is spot on here, IMO. Curtis Hixon, Freedom Hall, and Boston Garden are "the big 3" in my opinion when it comes to WRS. As regards the cut, after listening to the many available versions, I chose the Monte Barry one (which drops in an AUD patch), as best overall for this and the whole concert.
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