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9
St. Stephen
June 27, 1969
Veterans Auditorium

Worth it for the stoned giggles after the cannon shot alone. Part of a great '69 show filled with rare gems.
5
Casey Jones
June 27, 1969
Veterans Auditorium

2nd ever, with a long cool intro that sounds a bit like Row Jimmy. This one's a beaut from a show full of great rarities (Slewfoot opener!).
2
Me and My Uncle
June 27, 1969
Veterans Auditorium

Slow, clear version from a beautiful show placed right between the primal psychedelia and the emerging country Dead. Check it out.
6
Turn On Your Love Light
Feb. 20, 1971
Capitol Theater

Buried under some sound quality issues is a 25 minute epic with massive jams and a dollar and quarter Pig rap for the ages.
3
Caution
Feb. 5, 1970
Fillmore West

This will chop you into tiny pieces and put you back together again. Ballsy dark Dead from a cool show.

Comments

The Other One
Nov. 20, 1971
Pauley Pavilion

Almost a Caution jam in minute 12.
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 2, 1971
Boston Music Hall

It's also a chaotic scramble, to be sure, but a beautiful one at that.
Me and My Uncle
Dec. 1, 1971
Boston Music Hall

Perfect performance and at once perfectly non-sequitur and perfectly appropriate for the massive and outer-cosmos free jazz in the TOO around it. Why is MAMU their single-most performed song? Maybe because it could fit anywhere in either set, and maybe because when they were flying us through the weirdest wormhole in the outer planes of music, they could crest a wave and just hit on that cowboy groove that somehow emerges out of nothing and brings it all back down to earth (before lifting off again).
The Other One
Nov. 17, 1971
Albuquerque Civic Auditorium

Era E's tastes are always impeccable. The only thing to add is that this first tour with Keith led to some fascinating, inventive TOOs. They explore ideas, one after another, in the space of a few minutes, in ways that seem to continue the 'new kid's' education and tryout. Here they migrate through hard acid drenched power, country blues, outer-reaches weirdness, and a teeny-tiny Feeling Groovy jam in the 8th minute, all before the first chorus. Nov. 6, 7 (especially) and 12th all share in this experimentation. It shows how TOO could be their scary, dangerously close-to-insanity rocker, but so many other things as well. Considering what we used to trade, I don't find the sound unlistenable at all, but just don't expect a clean sbd.
The Other One
Nov. 12, 1971
San Antonio Civic Auditorium

Starts in a fervor and hard rock fever, then hits a unique jam around the seven-minute mark including some real nice Bobby and Keith telepathic gogo. Then more phases and jams, never quite losing the 6/8 theme, revisiting it and turning it around until it charges back. Not a scary TOO, almost Dark Star-ish in its invention. Should be much much higher on the list.