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Stella Blue
Oct. 10, 1994
USAir Arena

Beautiful version from a totally unheralded show. Jerry's impassioned vocals in the verses blew me away.
3
Cassidy
June 25, 1994
Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, U.N.L.V.

Spacey, LONG, jam. There's a video, and you can see Bob smiling as Jerry somehow nails the last climax of the jam and they slam into the chorus.
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Cold Rain and Snow
March 23, 1995
Charlotte Coliseum

Hot version - Jerry's guitar tone is thicker than it was in 94, he's totally present and playing some of those added riffs like in 10/12/83.
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Cassidy
Sept. 18, 1982
Boston Garden

Lots of very under the radar shows in 82. This version is perfectly executed from start to finish - great end jam with huge finish.
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Uncle John's Band
Dec. 8, 1993
Sports Arena

Pretty hot version. Nice mid solo and shreddy outro that heads into a spacey jam. Great vince contributions and Jerry firing on all cylinders
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Comments

West L.A. Fadeaway
April 18, 1986
Berkeley Community Theater

Love Brent's synth and Jerry's vocals here. Heavy version. No post-coma version can match the mid-80s ones IMO. Jerry and really the whole band just sound so damn GREASY
Terrapin Station
Sept. 6, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Damn, it really seems to be the case that every single Fall 79 Terrapin is absolutely great. Lots of that beautiful ethereal feeling in this one.
Playin' In The Band
April 19, 1986
Berkeley Community Theater

Fantastic version. The band had a truly heady playin every once a while in the 80s. This one might be the best, along with 7/29/88
Comes A Time
June 20, 1986
Greek Theatre, U. Of California

Truly great version. All of the 86 ones are fantastic. Awesome mid solo here with a nice fast run from Jerry to cap it off
The Music Never Stopped
March 18, 1994
Rosemont Horizon

That review is a nice example of why archive.org is still far superior to relisten IMO. comments like that are fantastic. There's a great comment from some guy who had an out of body experience on the 6/20/92 show that I can't recommend highly enough https://archive.org/details/gd92-06-20.dsbd.gardner.2207.sbefail.shnf
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