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2
Hard to Handle
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

Hot soloing and '71 levels of intensity. Listenable in spite of some tape wobble and distortion. Fun to watch H2H expanding during this era.
1
Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 9, 1970
Action House

Headphones only very rough AUD, but one of the rare electric funky Deep Elems. Historical rarity.
1
Morning Dew
Nov. 9, 1970
Action House

Pity about the C- sound quality, because a new tape of this would show us a real corker.
10
Good Lovin'
Nov. 8, 1970
Capitol Theater

Final jam in an enormous show. Just killer. Follows the one NRPS set you need to hear. Whatta world.
2
Brokedown Palace
Nov. 7, 1970
Capital Theater

Through the AUD fuzz and chatter comes a beautifully rendered vocal performance. Enjoy this hidden treasure.

Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Glad you like it darkstar67!
Playin' In The Band
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Hard to hear Jerry, but a brilliant deconstruction of Playin' here. It telegraphs the move into Dancin' a few times before definitively landing there. A fun if not obscure version. The whole show could use a serious re-mix and re-mastering to get Jerry's contribution at proper levels.
Friend of the Devil
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

A Keith master class here: With Jerry really low in the mix you can get a different sense of what the rest of the band was doing. What they were doing was spectacular (you knew that), but Keith really shines here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Try the Tobin matrix or get the copy that circulated on nugs.net for a clearer Jerry sound. He is indeed too low for most of the Betty Board re-mix.
Mission in the Rain
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Like nearly everyone it seems, I love every (only five) GD version of this song. Back in tape-trading days this version was one of my first indications that there were 15 or so whole years of great music to tune in and turn on to before I got on the bus. That said... I've always felt that JGB was in fact the better vehicle for it. There's something so personal about the lyrics, and there always seemed something more restrained and delicate with the JGB versions. If you haven't groked them yet, check 'em out.