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Dark Star
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Subtle(!) melodic inventiveness, slow boil for 27 minutes, nice channel separation between Bob and Jerry, Phil solo. A forgotten Dark Star.
11
Big River
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Very hot energy and great soloing, plus it goes into an epic Dark Star. Forgotten concert: But the boys hotted this one up big time.
7
Bertha
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Short and sweet with lots of character. This show has mix / sound issues, but is quite worth the listen.
11
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

Listen past some sound quality problems for a sweet, thoughtful version - especially the outro.
6
El Paso
June 24, 1973
Memorial Coliseum

The boys ripped out some shit-kickin' high energy shredding on this one.
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Playin' In The Band
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Seems like it covers 25 minutes of jam in about 11 minutes. It's dense, tightly packed, purposeful, and heavy. Get ready to be shot out of the psychedelic cannon with this one.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
July 21, 1972
Paramount Northwest Theater

Almost put this under the IKYR page w/o the CC, even though it would have been historically misleading. Pity about the cut.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

Loooooove the deadessays BlogSpot stuff. That's what I was thinking about. There were also great qualitative lists at greatfuldeadprojects.com, (the "top 100 shows off the beaten path" was a killer introduction to any era). It seems to have been taken down. Anyone have info on what happened to it?
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

Got links? i remember seeing some similar deep analysis (PhD-level musicology or something) about Dark Stars. I love that kind of thing.
Sugaree
Oct. 9, 1977
McNichols Arena

Hey Catalonia, what are your metrics? Spreadsheet is a great idea, but what are your y-axis columns? Shreddiness? Steal-your-faceosity? I dig the idea.
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