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Good Lovin'
Dec. 31, 1978
Winterland Arena

Blissful dancealong. As clear a statement of what the good times feeling of the later Donna era could sound like. Nice times.
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Drums
Dec. 31, 1978
Winterland Arena

19 minutes, man it gets weird: whistles, gamelans, melodica solo, bird calls, kazoos, explosions: was every one in on the jam? Anyone remember?
6
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 23, 1971
Easttown Theatre

Adrenaline bursting hard driver. Exciting. Jerry at 3:00 solos in all 720 degrees, just propulsive. Give her a spin.
21
Not Fade Away
May 3, 1972
Olympia Theater

Flawless trance-inducing NFA with a perfect transition into GDTRFB. Note for note perfect show.
10
Sing Me Back Home
Sept. 10, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Perfect. May have the best vocal harmonies of all of them. Not here because of low-level boards? Try headphones, heads.
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Promised Land
May 26, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Rip-snortin' kick off. High energy right out of the gate.
Sitting on Top of the World
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Final version ever, according to setlists.net, and the absolutely nailed it. I always wondered why this up-and-jumper got culled from the repertoire. It's up there with the most emblematic sounds from their early period, but there it is... out with a bang at the end of Europe '72.
Comes A Time
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Yeah... that organ is beautiful. I suppose that's Pigpen, not Keith. Something about the chordplay has his fingerprints on it. Does anyone know more about this?
Dark Star
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

I don't want to be pedantic or anything, but the comments above spread a confusion: This is definitely a "Feelin' Groovy" jam, and not a MLB. There's a good essay about this, with some pretty comprehensive lists of all the early name-brand jams over at deadessays.blogspot . Either way, this one always slays me. What a piece of music!
Truckin'
July 16, 1972
Dillon Stadium

The set starts a bit shaky, but this jam goes on to deliver the goods. Nice one, even if they start off a bit loose. Plus it's a master class for any bass players out there on how to comp it and stomp it: Phil is a monster all over this, and high in the mix.
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