In the spring of 1973, the Grateful Dead was universally praised for delivering a consistently spectacular series of performances. The band was dialed in for the season’s final five shows, including back-to-back nights at RFK Stadium, co-headlining with the Allman Brothers Band. Without a doubt, the June 10 finale belongs on the shortlist of must-hear Dead concerts. Clocking in at nearly five hours, the show is one for the ages: an epic musical journey, peaking with a third-set encore that includes Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers sitting in with the Dead.

This show, and the previous night, were originally recorded in exquisite clarity by the Dead’s famed sound visionary, Owsley “Bear” Stanley. Few shows deliver the goods like this. It’s one of the Dead’s most unique, powerful, and inspired performances, from its statement opener, “Morning Dew,” through lengthy workouts on “Bird Song,” “Here Comes Sunshine,” and an otherworldly “Dark Star.”

“Morning Dew”

“Beat It On Down The Line”

“Ramble On Rose”

“Jack Straw”

“Wave That Flag”

“Looks Like Rain”

“Box Of Rain”

“They Love Each Other”

“The Race Is On”

“Row Jimmy”

“El Paso”

“Bird Song”

“Playing In The Band”

“Eyes Of The World”>

“Stella Blue”

“Big River”

“Here Comes Sunshine”

“Around And Around”

“Dark Star”>

“He’s Gone”>

“Wharf Rat”>

“Truckin’”

“Sugar Magnolia”

Final Set with Dickey Betts and Butch Trucks

“It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”

“That’s All Right”

“Promised Land”

“Not Fade Away”>

“Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”>

Drums>

“Not Fade Away”

“Johnny B. Goode”