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Here Comes Sunshine
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

Captures all that's great about this song. Uplifting, joyful, smile-inducing. Can't believe this one's not here yet.
4
El Paso
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

Supreme version: Fast, precise and galloping. Great harmonies with Jer singing backup.
13
Brown Eyed Women
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

Simply perfect and beautiful version in a great show.
20
Playin' In The Band
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

Propulsive and moody. Melodic developments developed over 20 minutes of energetic jamming. Billy and Phil are driving throughout.
34
Playin' In The Band
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Expansive, exploritory, and spaced out in places, a nice ride and another great from Spring '73.

Comments

Bird Song
Oct. 30, 1972
Ford Auditorium

Unfortunate cut, probably just a tape flip, but an otherwise gorgeous, flying vintage '72 Bird Song that lifts of and soars.
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

Better without headphones. Mix problems are less obvious in an ambient environment. Sad about the cut, though: Jerry is carving wormholes through spacetime while Billy plays every sound in the forest and every wave in the ocean across infinite eons.
Box of Rain
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

Tighter than the 09th and 26th, and only the third one performed apart from the '70 show. Quite beautifully performed, even if Billy's drums are a bit high in the mix.
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

...the Bertha Board, natch.
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Oct. 2, 1972
Springfield Civic Center

A clear and strong statement of the NFBM melody, tighter and more deliberate than the 26th and 27th versions.