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Monkey and the Engineer
Nov. 7, 1970
Capital Theater

Sweet fun in a gorgeous acoustic set. Clapalong crowd adds to the joy.
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El Paso
Nov. 7, 1970
Capital Theater

Slow waltz tempo. Bobby's voice gorgeous, Jerry's cantina filigree perfect. A perfect gem. AUD quality B-.
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Deep Elem Blues
Nov. 6, 1970
Capitol Theater

Whoa sweet mama! Back to this show and every note seems worth a shoutout.
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Turn On Your Love Light
Nov. 5, 1970
Capitol Theater

Pigpen gets a woman pregnant on stage. Rough AUD but utterly worth it. The jam starting around 16:00 is very hot.
4
The Other One
Oct. 31, 1970
School Gymnasium, S.U.N.Y.

A barnburner that suffers a bit from compressed sound quality (and a mic. problem), but still hot & worth a spin. Cryptical outro gets going nicely.
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Playin' In The Band
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

One of the first ones to recognizably showcase the off-the-rails trippiness of a mature Playin' jam. The transition is now complete, with Europe up next to polish it up: From The Main Ten (just a few hints of it left right after the verse) to an outre-rhythmed country diddy (à la Spring '71) and now the recast of it into one of the greatest long-distance spaceships ever owned.
Cumberland Blues
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

The vitamins were strong with this one.
Brown Eyed Women
March 27, 1972
Academy of Music

+1 for Jerry's growl. The whole show is end-to-end top shelf stuff.
Two Souls in Communion
March 26, 1972
Academy of Music

The most convincing version I've ever heard. It's funny, though, because it starts a bit shaky and grows and grows into a raging inferno.
Me and My Uncle
March 26, 1972
Academy of Music

There's something ultra tight and crisp about this one, especially as it comes out of a 23 minute TOO. I know MAMU doesn't get a lot of love, though as the song they played more than any other it confuses me why heads don't listen closer to it. For me, it's both a song on its own and a litmus for where they were in a certain time and place. In March '72 they were transitioning from the country sound of '70-'71 into an odyssean psychedelic orchestra, and the MAMU here grounds us in both phases of their spacetime.
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