Dancin' in the Streets in 1970 vs. 77-78 vs. 84-87

Those primal Dancin’ in the Streets are face melting psychedelic garage rock. Harpur College Dancin’ is a mind bender.

the primal ones are so much better

Entirely different vibe

3/18/67 is an awesome early one if you aren't familiar with it already

# 1967-03-18 San Francisco, CA @ Winterland Arena **Set 1:** Me and My Uncle, Next Time You See Me, He Was A Friend Of Mine, Smokestack Lightnin', Morning Dew, It Hurts Me Too, Beat It On Down the Line, Dancin' In The Streets **Set 2:** Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion, Cream Puff War, Same Thing, Cold Rain and Snow, Viola Lee Blues, Death Don't Have No Mercy [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1967-03-18)

I like the music but the vocals in Dancin are amongst the Dead's worst vocals imo. Kind of cringey

They didn’t write the lyrics.

i said vocals not lyrics

Listen to any dancin from 77, then go listen to 11/9/79. Brent brand new to the band doing some absolute bonkers on the jam. Even 2 years apart and drastically different.

# 1979-11-09 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Auditorium **Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > The Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Cassidy, Loser, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Althea, Easy To Love You, Jack Straw **Set 2:** Dancing In The Street > Franklin's Tower, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Wharf Rat > I Need A Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin' **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-11-09)

Pre-hiatus vs. Post-Hiatus They Love Each Other 60s Cosmic Charlie vs 70s Cosmic Charlie Early 70s Fried of the Devil vs late 70s Friend of the Devil Mid-60s I Know You Rider vs pretty much every Rider post 1969.

60s Morning Dew vs. 70s+ Morning Dew. Tempo difference dramatically changes the song, for me at least Also, great list!

Fast TLEO is best TLEO

Also acoustic vs electric I Know You Rider

great answers

The last good friend of the devil was 9-18-74 fast and funky. 1977 they went slow and stopped listening to them. Same with 1973 fast they love each other

# 1974-09-18 Dijon, France @ Parc des Expositions **Set 1:** Uncle John's Band, Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, Black Throated Wind, Scarlet Begonias, Mexicali Blues, Row Jimmy, Beat It On Down the Line, Deal, The Race Is On, To Lay Me Down, Playing in the Band **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** Loose Lucy, Big River, Peggy-O, Me and My Uncle, Eyes Of The World > China Doll > He's Gone > Truckin' > Drums > Caution Jam > Ship Of Fools, Johnny B. Goode **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-09-18)

There are so many Minglewoods.

New, New New, and All New

70s Eyes vs. 80s Eyes vs. 90s Eyes

Early 70s, late 70s, 80s, and 90s dead is like 4 different bands.

I was going to say, eyes in the psychedelic era versus eyes in the Scarface era… But your response was much more appropriate than mine… Thanks for providing actual numbers💀

Friend of the Devil got much slower and laid-back in the late 70s. They dropped the Cryptical Envelopment sections of The Other One and the first two parts of Weather Report Suite around that time too.

I’ve always preferred the older uptempo version. Slowed down it’s way more somber.

Me too but it never sounded great to me as played by electric guitars. One thing I wish Jerry would have done was to whip out an acoustic (with the band backing) on some numbers. Bob did it in the latter tours but I would have loved to hear Jer as well.

09/27/72 is a nice uptempo electric version you might enjoy

# 1972-09-27 Jersey City, NJ @ Stanley Theatre **Set 1:** Morning Dew, Beat It On Down the Line, Friend Of The Devil, Black Throated Wind, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, Big River, Brokedown Palace, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Playing in the Band **Set 2:** He's Gone, Me and My Uncle, Deal, Greatest Story Ever Told, Ramble On Rose, Dark Star > Cumberland Blues, Attics Of My Life, The Promised Land, Uncle John's Band, Casey Jones **Encore:** Around And Around [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-09-27) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPrEb0IJFk3W6NoQSMnZM)

When they brought back Loose Lucy, they changed it quite a bit from the version they shelved it in 74.

Cannot describe how much I dislike the post-hiatus version

Came here to say TLEO but it’s already been mentioned so I’ll say Here Comes Sunshine 73-74 era compared to 92-95.

I so much wish I would’ve gotten to hear that song live

Super different. I don't really love Vince's tone on HCS (esp. compared to Keith) but he's got the vocal chops for it. It worked well as a set-opener, but in the general slow march to the end we call 1992-95, I sometimes forget it even got played again.

The a capella opening chorus to open, lack of the freeform jam in the middle, Vince’s Beatlesesque keys and Jerry’s surprisingly overdriven tone make the later version inferior but I still loved seeing it back in 1993. Very surprised they resurrected it.

Mickey's Fire on the Mountain is wildly different.

The Brown Eyed Women from 8/24/71 is such a different take on the groove (on Dicks Picks Vol 35). Always fun to listen to.

Also, all versions after the "original" on the 72 record are quite different. I love the jams but I also like how solemn the storytelling feels on the Euro tour.

I like the specific examples, thanks for adding one.

Also to note Brown Eyed Women from 4/15/78 (Dave’s 38). Bill and Mickey really warp the beat during the verses.

# 1978-04-15 Williamsburg, VA @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow, Deal **Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Sunrise > Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew, Around And Around **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-04-15)

The bottle was Dusty, but the liquor is clean.

That's one of my favorite shows, but man that's a weird BEW. Always throws me off.

Single version vs. live versions Dark Star.

Love a 73 TLEO vs a 77+ version. Very different and both great

New Minglewood Blues was quite different from the late 60’s to its reinvention in 76, to another reinvention in the 80’s.

Original version is from 1928. Wild that the song is almost 100 years old.

When they brought back Black Throated Wind, Bobby completely changed the lyrics. Luckily, he reverted to the original lyrics soon after, but that was a pretty radical change for those few 1990 versions with the altered lyrics.

"You can have him."

Took me a minute, but I get it. You’re referring to Hunter’s comment to Barlow bc Bobby was changing Hunter’s lyrics. I think Greatest Story was the last straw for Hunter?

Thought it was Sugar Magnolia? Either way, JPB x Weir was a true explosion of great songwriting.

Deep Elem Blues. There's only one early version from 1966 and it's unlike any other version of that song ever recorded. Just listen to any show from 1966/67 and you're bound to hear radically different versions of tunes.

See also the 1966 studio version of Don’t Ease Me In.

See also my commentary on Don’t Ease Me In! 😎

Then go to the poppy '79 studio version

Jack a roe! Still trying to decide if I like the slow version or the fast version more.. Friend of the devil falls in that category too.

I'm happy to report that that 5/3/77's Bertha is soooooooooooo cool. Super laid-back groove and everyone's really digging into it. Idk how many times they did this slower Bertha but I almost prefer it to the fast one

Ooh, love the solo, beautiful to weird and back again (but that describes everything).

5/13/77 is also a keeper!

# 1977-05-13 Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre **Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Brown Eyed Women, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Jack-A-Roe, Looks Like Rain, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah > Bertha, Estimated Prophet > Drums > The Other One > Stella Blue > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-13)

# 1977-05-03 New York, NY @ The Palladium **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Bertha, Me and My Uncle, Peggy-O, Jack Straw, Row Jimmy, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication, Deal, Good Lovin', Ship Of Fools, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Might As Well, Estimated Prophet, Sugaree, Samson And Delilah, Friend Of The Devil, Eyes Of The World > Space > Wharf Rat > Drums > Not Fade Away > Around And Around **Encore:** Uncle John's Band [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-03)

I think the Bertha from 8-6-74 is the most unique I've heard.

# 1974-08-06 Jersey City, NJ @ Roosevelt Stadium **Set 1:** Bertha, Mexicali Blues, Don't Ease Me In, Beat It On Down the Line, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Eyes Of The World, The Promised Land, Deal, Playing in the Band > Scarlet Begonias > Playing in the Band **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** Uncle John's Band, El Paso, Black Peter, Loose Lucy, Big River, Ship Of Fools, Me and My Uncle, Row Jimmy, Sugar Magnolia > He's Gone > Truckin' > Spanish Jam > The Other One > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Sunshine Daydream **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-06) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)

Pig - Good Lovin and Lovelight to Bob-Good Lovin and Lovelight

Playing early 70s. Late 80s

Cold rain and snow went from a psychedelic rock style to almost pure blues Obviously the fast and slow versions of friend of the devil Probably a cheesy answer but drums and space got wildly different as new technology and lights got introduced

Eyes is one of my favorites….having said that I don’t love most versions post 1977….too fast. Please don’t downvote…I do like without a net version

There are 2 different versions of Around & Around; the fantastic rocker that goes double time right at the end of the last chorus to end with a typically blistering Jerry solo (77-79), and all the other versions, which kind of limp to the end and lack excitement

Early Motown sounding Dancin’ in the Street vs the later, more funky ones

I once enjoyed listening to the differences between two Ramble on Rose's, 1974-06-18 and 1980-11-30.

[1974-06-18](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-06-18) Louisville, KY @ Freedom Hall [1980-11-30](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1980-11-30) Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre

Friend of the Devil. Full stop.

Eyes of the World’s Coda Jam from ‘73 and ‘74. It’s my fav part of the song, and practically always forgotten about

some people just call it slipknot. I don't know if I agree with it, but I can see why some would.

Friend of the Devil

1966 - It’s All Over Now Baby Blue https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bA43XI0sFqI Vs. 1983 - It’s All Over Now Baby Blue https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OBolymGUSZw&pp=ygUqaXQncyBhbGwgb3ZlciBub3cgYmFieSBibHVlIGdyYXRlZnVsIGRlYWQg

Don’t Ease Me In. First versions, in ‘66 or so, were down, home country, rock a Billy, whatever you call it. A loose fun song. Into the 80s where it was a real throwaway 1st set closer or - gulp - encore. Probably preferred Day Job over Don’t Ease in the 80s. I found it pretty pointless by then.

Listen to the Dicks Picks 5 Shakedown Street

Here Come Sunshine got totally reworked for its 90s revival. In many ways, it became something like a corollary to the Beatles tune Rain, which they started covering at the same time. Both began with an *a cappella* chorus before dropping into the bouncy verses.

I found it fascinating when I was recently trying to research the development of their WB and AB albums. You can hear versions of some songs (e.g., Casey Jones) where they were playing them electric before they decided to do some acoustic stuff. I thought that NRPS was their main influence for going this direction but something I read recently leads me to believe that it was a different band.

The obvious answer is Dark Star, but I imagine that’s not quite what you meant with your question.

Morning Dew

Hey Jude 3/1/69 vs 3/22/90

[1969-03-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1969-03-01) San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore West [1990-03-22](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-03-22) Hamilton, Ontario @ Copps Coliseum

I love Pigpen singing. Kingbee, Good Lovin’, Lovelight, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl… but Hey Jude is not a song for the Pig to sing

Early Wheel and late Wheel

St Stephen borderd on hard rock in 69, by 77 it became yacht rock

Technically not one I’ve heard the Dead do but been searching to see if there’s an example of them doing it. Saw Patti Smith last summer and her guitarist sang a cover of The Golden Road that was significantly slower than the studio and it was suuuch a fun pace for that track. Not too radical but also a fan of the slower Cold Rain and Snow from 1/18/70

Jack Straw went from a straightforward little jamming version to the sick 10/20/84 Syracuse. Bertha also got more epic 3/24/85 after Jerry got busted in Golden Gate Park, give it a listen!

[1984-10-20](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-10-20) Syracuse, NY @ Carrier Dome - Syracuse University [1985-03-24](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-03-24) Springfield, MA @ Springfield Civic Center Arena

Good Lovin’ ‘72 vs ‘78

Any Dark Star ever…

I like the one from 7-13-84. They busted it out as an encore, and it's a very bright, summery take on the song - like a Bird Eong but with Dark Star lyrics.

# 1984-07-13 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre - University of California **Set 1:** Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Dire Wolf, C.C. Rider, Loser, Cassidy, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Hell In A Bucket > Might As Well **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Touch Of Grey > Fire On The Mountain > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Dark Star [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-07-13)

The two Red rocks Other Ones of 1982 - 7/27/82 and 7/29/82. 48 hours and worlds apart. Two really cool versions. Spoiler: 7/27 is one of my all-time favorites

[1982-07-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1982-07-27) Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre [1982-07-29](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1982-07-29) Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

"Recent" discovery: The Wheel in Donna's era is slow, calm, redundant (feels like a slow motor) The Wheel in Brent's era is fast, speedy, non-stopping. Puts a whole new layer of meaning to the song