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2
Hard to Handle
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

Hot soloing and '71 levels of intensity. Listenable in spite of some tape wobble and distortion. Fun to watch H2H expanding during this era.
1
Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 9, 1970
Action House

Headphones only very rough AUD, but one of the rare electric funky Deep Elems. Historical rarity.
1
Morning Dew
Nov. 9, 1970
Action House

Pity about the C- sound quality, because a new tape of this would show us a real corker.
10
Good Lovin'
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Final jam in an enormous show. Just killer. Follows the one NRPS set you need to hear. Whatta world.
2
Brokedown Palace
Nov. 7, 1970
Capital Theater

Through the AUD fuzz and chatter comes a beautifully rendered vocal performance. Enjoy this hidden treasure.

Comments

The Other One
Oct. 21, 1972
Vanderbilt University

Phil nukes the world and fries out the PA or something. In any case, the transition to Dew will blow your mind. Listening in sequence, they hadn't melted down into kozmik kayoss for a while. Lots of fun for those of us who love their tweaky weirdness at its tweakiest and weirdest.
He's Gone
Oct. 21, 1972
Vanderbilt University

Listen to Oct. 19 and 21 back to back: Seems like they were working on something new to the jam before going into the outro. The 19th is cool as it goes into a TOO reprise, but I find this one more coherent and perfect.
He's Gone
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

Instead of drifting into silence, or back into Truckin' during the outro, this one ramps up and ramps up to a short TOO reprise. Listen to the crow go bananas after. They knew.
The Other One
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

This one sneaks right up on you. It's seems all smooth-sailing, but then suddenly grabs you by the scruff of the neck and flings you across the room. Under right conditions, could be dangerous....
Big River
Oct. 19, 1972
Fox Theatre

I'll admit that I normally give Big River half the attention I give other songs, but this one has something different. It shuffles and struts, with a cool Western Swing vibe, which continues right into the FoTD that follows. It seems like they were in a mellow, swinging mood that at times almost sounds like they were a bit nostalgic for the 1970 sound.