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Grateful Dead Dec. 31, 1972
Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA | Listen on archive
9
Sugar Magnolia
David Crosby's rhythm guitar gives this a unique sound. It reminds me of the old "Juicy Fruit" commercials.
9
Box of Rain
Sweet NYE early version of Box of Rain. Wonderful unheralded NYE show, nice clean recording up on archive, nice show.
3
Johnny B. Goode
Ripping and rocking set two NYE ender, early new years morning. Must have been a great time.
3
Promised Land
They really tore into this tune in 1972 this NYE version is no exception, Great Phil bombs throughout, hot guitar solo. Short but ripping everyone on!
3
One More Saturday Night
Screaming and ripping this NYE show to a brillant powerful close at the local skating rink. A powerhouse performance for a powerhouse show!
9
Brown Eyed Women
Dec. '72 turns out to be a nice little peak for BEW. Perfect shuffle, air-play tightness, great soloing, just enough country. Bobby nicely audible.
4
Jack Straw
Like every other song in the first set, this is just pristine, air-play level perfection. Beautiful fills by Keith here, too.
3
Uncle John's Band
Uptempo, powerful, strong vocals. This is top shelf UJB. With David Crosby for that extra oomph, and with a tigh outro, it's strangely not here yet.
5
Candyman
Trippy underwater solo like the 2/24/73 version. Only a couple months away and the resurrection of this tune starting up.
1
El Paso
The DJ from KSAN says, “Bill Graham has pulled some incredible feats, topped all of his performances this New Year’s Eve.” A1 El Paso.