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Deep Elem Blues
May 1, 1970
Alfred College

Sweet opener. This is about where in the year the immortal Country Dead takes off: 6 hour shows, three sets, NRPS, what a time. This one's a beauty.
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St. Stephen
April 24, 1970
Mammoth Gardens

The last DS>SS>11 ever, and doesn't disappoint. Sounds like they still had TC's celeste, even tho he'd already left. Perfect cannon shot, tight jam.
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Friend of the Devil
April 24, 1970
Mammoth Gardens

Deep levels of intimacy on the AUDs here, and Jer's voice and playing are just spectacular. Brilliant fresh playing from a historic transitional era.
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Turn On Your Love Light
April 11, 1970
Fillmore West

Incomplete show, but a perfect artifact preserves the LL in all its sweaty greasy glory. Pig's on form, the band is in swampfunk mode. All good here.
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Turn On Your Love Light
April 9, 1970
Fillmore West

Pig asks some couple to "do something nasty" and to come up on stage, then the band almost soulds like they're starting Purple Haze. Wild times.
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Estimated Prophet
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

What Mercury said, plus this concert has Keith delivering the goods with great swooshing syth bits evoking the mental crack-up at the heart of the song and probably freaking out some of the more sensitive hippies in the crowd.
Brown Eyed Women
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Thumpin' version. The backbeat is driving, but I can't help but find the disco beat incongruous with the depression-era lyrics at the heart of the song. That said, the ensemble vocals are just beautiful. Donna's accents are a glorious add.
Sugaree
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Truly special. Keith is experimenting with what sounds like the 'strings' setting on the best a Moog could offer in 1977. The whole thing is a bit swimmy and mushy with the AUD quality adding to the brainfuzz, but the Keith/Jerry connection drives it ever spiraling upwards in a beautiful and unique jam.
Samson and Delilah
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Bobby's voice is perfectly mic'd and mixed even though the only archive copy of this show is an AUD with muffled sound quality. Don't let that stop you though. The energy on this is off the charts, the soloing is dialed all the way in, and it's April '77 - so blazingly hot and peak Dead in all the ways.
Johnny B. Goode
March 23, 1975
Kezar Stadium

I love how they close out their first show back with a rocking rolling JBG after thirty minutes or so of mind-bending space travel through Blues for Allah and King Solomon's Marbles, just in case you forgot they were still the Grateful Dead during their hiatus.
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