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The Other One
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Sweet contours!!! DP 34
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The Wheel
May 7, 1977
Boston Garden

Wow, that outro stuff is poignant!
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Sugar Magnolia
Nov. 5, 1977
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Jerry's solo to close this one out is hard-driving and aggressive.
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Morning Dew
April 13, 1983
Patrick Gymnasium, U of Vermont

This particular version of this particular universe doesn't have a better one than this.
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Greatest Story Ever Told
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Well worth a listen. Sloppy and tight all at once.
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Comments

The Other One
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Great stuff and should have more votes (guess TOO just somehow isn't in that ultra rarefied air like certain other tunes (cause it sure can't be explained by parity, can it?))--but it sure as hell ain't significantly better than many, many of the versions that follow it.
Viola Lee Blues
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Just like Viola Lees are each composed of increasingly intense plateaus of crescendo, so too this version seems like all the versions leading up to it comprised pretty much a graded sweep of higher and higher steppes before this, the apotheosis.
Scarlet Begonias
July 19, 1974
Selland Arena

I enjoyed having a nice Miller SBD of this show prior to the Dave's release. I haven't had a chance to slice the cellophane off of my copy of Dave's yet, but I do remember finding the jam out of this little version left me feeling like I got fries from a Mickey D's that didn't do the fries as well as other Mickey D's that I know of that serve the best fries.
Scarlet Begonias
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Sometimes I get this one and sometimes I don't. Regardless, I find this show to probably be the deepest of May '74.
Morning Dew
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Wow! The first comment on this one? Holy shit!
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