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Cold Jordan
Sept. 17, 1970
Fillmore East

The tape quality is low, but the band was completely on in an historically important and beautiful show. Completists only AUD is C-, you're warned.
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Easy Wind
Aug. 19, 1970
Fillmore West

Undoubtedly one of the greats. Everyone is on. Bobby solos, then Jerry schools the world, then at 7:03 sounds like D. Crosby steps in like Godzilla.
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Friend of the Devil
Aug. 19, 1970
Fillmore West

Early uptempo, shitkickingly good. These first ones are all worth mentioning. This one is fast and good bluegrass.
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The Other One
Aug. 18, 1970
Fillmore West

Fast and furious acid rush here. That they could go from bluegrass sweetness to this hard rock monster in one night is testament to their huge range.
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New Speedway Boogie
Aug. 18, 1970
Fillmore West

Pure version, with just the right amount of menace and swagger. A great jam here too. Check it out.

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Greatest Story Ever Told
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Jerry digs in deep. Sixteenth note precision gives it a blazing, over-the-top finish.
Comes A Time
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Damn, but they knew how to put people back together after blowing them to pieces. This Truckin'>DS>Comes a Time does just that.
Dark Star
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Sixteen minutes of musical bliss kicks off this glorious trek in and out and around inter and inner-stellar space. It's creative and coherent, and exactly what you might need if your looking for a mellow Star. But you'd be wrong, as after the first verse it gets good and weird. Like fifteen thousand squirming lizard-rats shrieking you out of existence without warning-weird. Good old Grateful Dead, they don't leave you there, but instead pull all of your disassociated molecules out of the aether and reconstitute you back on earth with a lovely, loving Comes a Time.... How do they do it? Who knows, but they do, and it works this time.
Truckin'
July 18, 1972
Rossevelt Stadium

Truckin' is systematically overlooked. This one is pure diesel power, and it kicks off one of the best - and weirdly underappreciated on this site - Dark Stars of '72. I love how the Truckin' is steaming ahead full speed but then just smashes head-on into the trip-zone, and away we go....
Bird Song
March 16, 1990
Capital Centre

Not sure how I got here, as it's way out of my normal comfort zone ('66 - '78), but damn, that's some good Bird Song. This lifts off and soars. Folks got a treat this night, that's for sure.