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West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

the FADED version! sick brent synths and groovy phil/drums/bobby behind Jerry's stoned-sounding vocals. Best one I ever heard.
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The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1991
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Crazy this wasn't submitted yet. Awesome slam back out of space into the end jam. Vince plays his fucking heart out
4
Foolish Heart
Aug. 3, 1994
Giants Stadium

The outro is lovely, flowing and beautiful
1
Cassidy
March 29, 1995
The Omni

Truly awesome version, for any year. Shows how spacey they were in 95, in a good way. The jam floats forever with beautiful spidery playing from Jer.
1
Estimated Prophet
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Strong version especially for the time. Jerry tears the mid solo to shreds! Definitely worth a listen.
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New Speedway Boogie
Feb. 19, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Jerry into those vocals. Hot hot hot. Vince's keyboard tone is great - sounds like a hohner clavinet sample.
West L.A. Fadeaway
Feb. 14, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Center

Sick brent synths like that live rarities version ive been commenting on today. Super funky and grimey. another STONED VERSION - there might be more faded west la fadeaways than any other dead tune
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Heard the liberty rap on GD XM. I love hip hop and rap and I love the dead but this didnt work for me haha! Nice to see bob trying new things though. Looks like im eating my own words about filling up these comment sections with nonsense huh! Definitely timely at points - see 4/24/78 stayin alive teases....
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Bobby's been rearranging some tunes very weirdly. Havent heard that but ill check it out. Yeah, one of the things I love about this version is how it sounds so incredibly early 80s - generally, we often view the deads music as timeless but it was actually in fact often constrained by the vagaries of the time - see brents synths here. Glad you liked!
West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

Darkstar, cgarces, the usual suspects, etc: you may like this one - cant describe it better than FADED but have a listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y8DpOypGAo
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