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11
Big River
Nov. 25, 1973
Feyline Field

Raw and raucous, this one packs quite a wallop for its size.
3
Eyes Of The World
Feb. 21, 1973
Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois

A mellow version featuring a rather unique outro portion for ’73. Truckin’>Eyes>Stella
16
New Minglewood Blues
May 28, 1977
Hartford Civic Center

One of those ‘I can’t believe it’s not here yet’s. This thing was forged from hot iron.
12
Morning Dew
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center

The satisfying conclusion of a good sequence. A sibling of 11/13/72.
8
Take A Step Back
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center

Bobby is pretty good on this one. It's right after 'Promised Land'.

Comments

Weather Report Suite
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

One of those 'I wish it would never end' outro jams. Also makes me wish that WRS would be broken into multiple tracks on official releases, as I'm not immortal and I want to get to the heart of the matter as quickly as possible with this stuff sometimes (although WRS Parts 1 and 2 are perfectly fine here). Nevertheless, I am impressed by this version, as well as by the show in general.
Days Between
Dec. 11, 1994
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

From an email written by R. Hunter to Jerry one year after the latter's death: 'Obviously, faith in the underlying vision which spawned the Grateful Dead might be hard to muster for those who weren't part of the all night rap sessions circa 1960-61 ... sessions that picked up the next morning at Kepler's bookstore then headed over to the Stanford cellar or St. Mike's to continue over coffee and guitars. There were no hippies in those days and the beats had bellied up. There was only us vs. 50's consciousness. There no jobs to be had if we wanted them. Just folk music and tremendous dreams. Yeah, we dreamed our way here. I trust it. So did you. Not so long ago we wrote a song about all that, and you sang it like a prayer. The Days Between. Last song we ever wrote.' Here is a link with the full letter: https://archive.org/post/318384/jerry-eulogy-request Thanks to bluedevil. (edit)
Days Between
March 17, 1993
Capital Centre

From an email written by R. Hunter to Jerry one year after the latter's death: 'Obviously, faith in the underlying vision which spawned the Grateful Dead might be hard to muster for those who weren't part of the all night rap sessions circa 1960-61 ... sessions that picked up the next morning at Kepler's bookstore then headed over to the Stanford cellar or St. Mike's to continue over coffee and guitars. There were no hippies in those days and the beats had bellied up. There was only us vs. 50's consciousness. There no jobs to be had if we wanted them. Just folk music and tremendous dreams. Yeah, we dreamed our way here. I trust it. So did you. Not so long ago we wrote a song about all that, and you sang it like a prayer. The Days Between. Last song we ever wrote.' Here is a link with the full letter: https://archive.org/post/318384/jerry-eulogy-request Thanks to bluedevil.
Days Between
March 11, 1993
Rosemont Horizon

More tender than stark and a nice outro to wrap it up.
The Other One
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Retains interest throughout each of its comprising movements.