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Submissions

18
Black Peter
Dec. 1, 1979
Stanley Theater

Slow and intense.
19
Wang Dang Doodle
July 8, 1990
Three Rivers Stadium

Very intense version in a bluesy second set.

Comments

Deal
July 19, 1989
Alpine Valley Music Theatre

LOL, no. Just stop. 4/4/85 is an OK version, probably great for 85, but there is absolutely nothing better about that one than this version. What does it for you? The mumbly vocals? Forgotten lyrics? Coked up tempo? The jam is good, but doesn't have anywhere near the peaks this one has.
Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
Oct. 19, 1981
Sports Palace

Every couple years, I pull this show out and listen, and I have to comment on this. This is (arguably, as always with the Dead, LOL) the best version of any song played in the Brent era. 20+ minutes of psychedelic fire.
Victim Or The Crime
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

Is Victim maligned? I love that song (although I'm partial to the Alpine 89 version - Victim>West LA>Desolation>Deal, all by far the best versions of those songs...). Picasso Moon or Easy Answers maybe, but Victim should get the love.
Good Lovin'
July 13, 1989
RFK Stadium

Brent takes a verse at the Dark Star resurrection show in Hampton in the fall, but it's kind of a train wreck.
Who Do You Love
April 14, 1972
Tivolis Koncertsal

It was always a weird thing to me that this 30 second tease has always been recognized as a separate song/track, but the much longer snippet of Same Thing in Good Lovin' is not. The setlist for this show should be either GL>Caution>GL (with notes for teases of Same Thing and WDYL?) or GL>Same Thing>GL>Caution>WDYL?>Caution>GL, but not GL>Caution>WDYL>Caution>GL.
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