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He Was A Friend of Mine
June 14, 1969
Monterey Performing Arts Center

So blissful you might just find yourself floating out of time. A beautiful mellow island in a sea of blazing psychedelia. China Cat tease at the end.
3
Dark Star
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

Rarity w/o Pig or Bobby, but TWO glorious Dark Star jams on this "goof" of a night. Strictly speaking not the Dead, but it's here and its glorious.
2
Turn On Your Love Light
Oct. 30, 1968
The Matrix

A rarity: No Pig or Bobby & no vocals. Still, beautifully inventive soloing shows why they kept it in rotation for so long. This "goof" is worth it.
6
Hard to Handle
April 5, 1969
Avalon Ballroom

Hot sex.
23
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Nov. 2, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

So much feeling coming off an interstellar DS>StS>11 and then they just put this show to bed with brilliance and feeling.
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Bird Song
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

Tight is right. This one almost sounds through-composed, but doesn't lose the soaring spontaneity either. Beautiful version.
Brokedown Palace
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

One of the better ones, this. Seriously underrated. There's good SBD, so avoid the rough AUD.
Dark Star
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

A long strange trip. This one took the lucky audience far furthur out and back again. Love the description above of this as a "buffet".
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

*Donna!!!
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Delicate and sparkling. Has the melodic theme bubbling up to the surface here and there, which is really different from the other Playin's in Summer/Fall '72. For the AUD-hesitant: The show up to this point is pretty rough, but there's a good SB version on the archive of Playin' through NFA.
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