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He Was A Friend of Mine
June 14, 1969
Monterey Performing Arts Center

So blissful you might just find yourself floating out of time. A beautiful mellow island in a sea of blazing psychedelia. China Cat tease at the end.
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Dark Star
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

Rarity w/o Pig or Bobby, but TWO glorious Dark Star jams on this "goof" of a night. Strictly speaking not the Dead, but it's here and its glorious.
2
Turn On Your Love Light
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

A rarity: No Pig or Bobby & no vocals. Still, beautifully inventive soloing shows why they kept it in rotation for so long. This "goof" is worth it.
6
Hard to Handle
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Hot sex.
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Death Don't Have No Mercy
Nov. 2, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

So much feeling coming off an interstellar DS>StS>11 and then they just put this show to bed with brilliance and feeling.
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Truckin'
Nov. 14, 1972
Oklahoma City Music Hall

...and the Truckin' stands on its own with a high-octane jam led by Jerry initiating several repeating figures that play up and tease the Truckin'-TOO connection. The whole suite is so sweet.
Dark Star
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

This meltdown leaves me shaken each time hear it, and is totally worth the long (23 minutes+) trip to get there, but I wouldn't use this one to introduce your Dead-skeptic friends to the hard acid side of Dark Star - you'd scare them off for good. The Philo Stomp that follows is a righteous thing of beauty. Also, around 31:00, I can't help but think they were just about to break into the first Dancin' in the Streets in almost a year, but instead settle on that awesome double-time FG. Great ending to a great Star.
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

There are a lot of Playin's, and they may have been more jazz-infused and tighter in '73-'74, or more polished in the later 70s and 80s, or more whatever towards the end, but were they ever so freakin' dangerous as they were in Fall '72? From the end of Europe through November the jam gets so heavy, so frenzied and wild, that Bacchus Freaking Dionysius himself probably had to take a few deep breaths and make sure he could catch his grip before he once-more entered the pudding. This one is no exception, with a wild one followed by a much spacier free-form jam for the ages.
Tomorrow Is Forever
Nov. 13, 1972
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

Such sweet country.
Playin' In The Band
Nov. 12, 1972
Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Musicians out there can really dig in deep to these weird recordings with tracks missing. You can really hear every single note Jerry plays in glorious isolation. It isn't quite the Dead, as all the vocals, piano, and drums are mostly gone, but it is Jerry, Bobby and Phil is pristine quality. Great for study. Non-musicians can dig it too, heck, it's just an interesting and a bit of weird tape from the archive and definitely worth a listen.
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