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3
Turn On Your Love Light
Jan. 10, 1970
Community Concourse

Wait a minute! Hard to figure how this one hasn't been posted yet. Very solid all 'round performance by all.
3
Cold Rain and Snow
Jan. 10, 1970
Community Concourse

Clear, pure, and beeyootiful. The boys' voices are on, the sound well mixed, and all is well.
5
Hard to Handle
Jan. 10, 1970
Community Concourse

Tight, sweet version. Doesn't have the inferno element from some at the top, but a strong one nevertheless.
4
Wharf Rat
June 20, 1987
Greek Theater

Comes in super sweetly after a short and scary TOO, like feather whispers needed to get the mind back in the body. Good trip guiding, really.
3
The Other One
June 20, 1987
Greek Theater

Bobby's Satan's-goina-getchya vocals add to the wild speedy visciousness of this monster.
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Sugaree
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

Tighter and stronger than a lot of the gnarly 15+ minute versions out there: This is a solid sweet rocker with a swinging pulse and just enough swagger.
He's Gone
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

This and the two versions right before are just top shelf. Seems like they'd hit a stride on He's Gone and enjoyed working it up to a higher level. The concentrated greatness reminds me somehow of Wharf Rat in the summer of '74 (if you don't know, then do please go and check that out...), or Dancing in the Streets in Fall '76.
Friend of the Devil
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

A funny mix, but it does allow you to hear Keith's master-class in honkytonk, which was too often a bit hidden in the SBDs of this era.
Black Throated Wind
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

May just be my favorite version. This one has it all.
The Other One
Aug. 20, 1972
San Jose Civic Auditorium

Listen to this now. Criminally under-rated here, maybe owing to the show's bad sound for the first tracks. This is a brilliant, exploratory and melodic jam that should be much more well-known. The AUD patch does not detract from the overall power of this one.
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