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Maggie's Farm
June 7, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Coming out of MAMU, builds to a nice pace with that classic "rainbow full of sound" feeling
2
The Other One
July 12, 1987
Giants Stadium

Coming out of space, into Stella, classic pairing going into and out of The Other One. They take their sweet time getting there, this is a spacey one
2
The Other One
April 2, 1990
The Omni

Comes out of a weird but not too weird space, going into the last death don't have no mercy. Lots of midi, to be expected, but still pretty decent.
2
El Paso
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

Basically an instrumental, as many have noticed, the vocals are shot for a good portion of the first set
6
Sugar Magnolia
June 10, 1973
RFK Stadium

Solid. Doesn't blast you to the moon necessarily, but a fine display of some summertime jammin' at one of the shows of the year
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The Other One
April 14, 1978
Cassell Coliseum - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

How is this so unloved?
The Other One
July 16, 1972
Dillon Stadium

MASSIVELY underrated. Wow. I have to give it another few listens before I can be descriptive, but I had never heard a hes gone within an other one, although there are plenty of pairings of the two. SBD is not perfect, but it's all there is and it's certainly not a rough listen on this section. Great jamming, Phil's high in the mix, and the spacey points are wonderful, the landing into he's gone comes down from Pluto
The Music Never Stopped
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Oh, lord, this is the best one. *I just heard 10/1/77 and I'll rescind this claim, gotta listen more but that definitely makes me rethink it
Feedback
Oct. 13, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

This actually is the 12th, the tape circulated for a long time as 10-13, but they are the same. Regardless, it's one of the best primal dead shows and the tape is super clean.
Deal
July 31, 1982
Manor Downs

Sloppy entrance into the jam, but Jerry does make up for it. It's pretty decent, but I wouldn't make the case for top 5. I kinda screwed myself by listening to the Tangled Up in Blue from 3/7/82 right before this which got me fiending for '82 dead. Jer's playing a nursery rhyme here by comparison, but still decent
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