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Candyman
July 30, 1970
The Matrix

Mysterious beauty under the B- sound quality (Phil sounds kinda like a tuba, which is cool). Beautiful vocal harmonies and break in the middle.
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Truckin'
Aug. 24, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Massive driving groove leading straight into one of the top DS of all time. My ears hear a flirt with NFBM jam that never quite hatches.
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Uncle John's Band
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Sweetness and light insight a wickedly melting Playin' sandwich. Pretty, gentle harmonies found somewhere out there the deep dark chaos. Tight sound.
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Truckin'
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Long exploratory solos, smouldering jams, cool interplay. Won't blow you off your chair but very inventive and interesting.
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Space
June 30, 1974
Civic Center

Seastones: Completely wild and rises to a freaky climax. May cause brain blisters. Not for children.
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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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