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

Sweet contours!!! DP 34
66
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.
4
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.
16
Greatest Story Ever Told
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

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

St. Stephen
Feb. 27, 1969
Fillmore West

This thing is seared into my brain.
Morning Dew
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Really, really good stuff. It feels more like you're in a boat out in the swells than in some post-apocalyptic suburban or urban area. A great group effort that deserves more attention. You can easily get this and a nice Dark Star recorded by Bear himself off of the archive. (Update: If you like the feel of this version, check out 10/2/72, as it strikes me as a sibling version that is also very good. Plus, it comes out of a pretty good 'Feelin' Groovy' jam. Fall '72!)
Dancin' in the Streets
May 22, 1977
The Sportatorium

This is some hot stuff. May be my go-to version.
The Other One
Sept. 28, 1972
Stanley Theatre

About 35 minutes of as good as it gets. The brilliance of 'Me and Bobby McGee' rising up out of the abstractness, only to go out into the abstractness from which it was borne seems like a metaphor for the existence of humankind (or is it consciousness?) itself.
The Other One
July 8, 1978
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Good version seasoned with a little late '70s country rock feel.
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