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Cryptical Envelopment
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Crazy guitar effects after 4:15
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The Other One
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Crazy explosive version with hot touches of feedback
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China Cat Sunflower
March 17, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

Raw '68 psychedelia with a burning hot Arabic vibe
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Loser
April 22, 1971
Bangor Municipal Auditorium

All I am asking for is ONE gold dollar. Locked in.
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Brown Eyed Women
March 23, 1974
Cow Palace

Dick's picks 24. Tight and straighforward
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Comments

The Other One
April 5, 1971
Manhattan Center

This thing is a monster. Jerry's first note is a guttural fuzz-scream that sets the tone for the rest of the song. The subtle volume changes within Jerry's opening solo are really something to behold. White-hot bolts of lightning piercing through rumbling thunder. Phil with a free-jazz solo that appears to forecast the liquid style of Jaco Pastorius. Face-meltingly primal electric Dead, and as usual for the real gems, ridiculously underrated.
Dancin' in the Streets
Jan. 24, 1970
Honolulu Civic Auditorium

The boys are on an absolute TEAR in this one. Jerry in full rip-the-roof-off-the-place mode with the fuzz tone maxed all the way out. The phrasing in the first main guitar solo is absolutely unreal. The way he thinks up a complex phrase and belts it out with extreme precision... unmatched. Phil machine gunning. Top shelf but criminally underrated '70 Dead that makes a '70 fan proud as hell to be one.
Spanish Jam
Oct. 19, 1981
Sports Palace

Barcelona: where the crowd claps along to Spanish Jam. Extremely legit version.
The Other One
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

Wow, this thing rips. Keith going full intergalactic during the soft jazz groove. Jerry's tone ranging from staccato buzzsaw to pure liquid. Listen to the segment starting around the 9:20 mark and tell me that's not Classic Dead. The way he machine-guns a phrase into your brain and then lets a long heavy distorted chord rip and just hang there for a second. Jaw-dropping stuff. Phil is slobbering all over it like a hungry pack of dogs. Sometimes the boys are just ON and this is one of those versions. Supremely underrated version easily in my top 5, so clean and yet so filthy at the same time.
Bertha
Sept. 24, 1972
Palace Theatre

Supremely underrated
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