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Playin' In The Band
Dec. 11, 1972
Winterland Arena

Expansive and spacious with brilliant flashes. Has a few bad AUD patches in need of a fix but well worth the ride.
7
Friend of the Devil
Dec. 11, 1972
Winterland Arena

Short and sweet. Not lickety-split quick pickin' à la 1970-71 and certainly not a slow-as-cold-molasses 80's style either, but nice and right. A gem.
6
Me and Bobby McGee
Dec. 11, 1972
Winterland Arena

Unique version. Great vocals with Jerry singing backup. Classic '72 sound.
4
Good Lovin'
Jan. 3, 1970
Fillmore East

Back from when this wasn't just a toss-off after Drums/Space. High voltage Pig.
3
Cosmic Charlie
Jan. 3, 1970
Fillmore East

Not mellow. Not spaced-out sweetness, but a burning hot re-entry after a rocketship TOO.
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Comments

Not Fade Away
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Extra-special jam thrown in around 03:00 on this one. Show is full of hidden nugs and deserves big upping.
Sitting on Top of the World
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

This show is full of outrageous gems. The Playin' right before this looks forward to their '73 style of jamming, then right into this brilliant throwback to their '69 sound. It's almost like they loved playing London and wanted them to have a good time or something.
Playin' In The Band
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

"Hot mellow" is what I call this type of playing. It's somehow laid-back on the tempo, which I'm more and more convinced has something to do with the Bobby-Billy combination, and of course Jerry's light-speed explorations and Phil and Keith's collective soloing behind the soloing, which hots up the furnace beyond description. This style really comes together during the Spring/Summer of '73, but there definitely developing it here. Great version, which needs much more love. Good catch.
Chinatown Shuffle
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum

The rare Keith & Pigpen synergy is on full display here. They slaughter it together. Fully agreed with the original post.
Dark Star
May 18, 1972
Kongressaal, Deutsches Museum

Is nobody going to mention the psychosis-inducing phase effect on Keith and Jerry's conversation around minute 21? It's like they submerged the whole room into a helium-enhanced bubble tea-filled pool, and then drained it backwards through a black hole into a super pretty re-entry for that killer Dew. The audience got a hella good dose of the weird on this one.
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