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Sugaree
Sept. 10, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

So perfect, it's hard to believe that people could improvise music like this together. This amazing show deserves a clean-up!
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Big River
Dec. 6, 1973
Public Hall

Overlooked: Between one of this site's favorite HCSs and one of its favorite Dark Stars is a perfect, articulate, and virtuoso version of Big River.
3
Casey Jones
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

Just outrageous. Problematic show b/c of mix and cuts in the source. Not here: just a blizzard of jam.
4
Greatest Story Ever Told
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

Show is overlooked b/c mix problems, but they're absolutely on fire and this version shreds like all get-out. Call C. Miller for this one please!
6
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 28, 1972
Cleveland Public Hall

Could be massively heady, but Billy is so high in the mix that it's hard to follow others. Any cleaner versions out there? Has everything but the mix.
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Comments

Operator
Nov. 7, 1970
Capital Theater

Pristine version. Love hearing Pigpen on this sweet diddy.
Alligator
Nov. 6, 1970
Capitol Theater

What power. They are so charged up for this. Did they know this almost the last one? To me, admittedly anachronistically, this sounds like the 1960s turning into the 1970s, going out with a bang as they move one mercurial square closer to the future. And yes, they execute a perfect hang glider landing into NFA.
Dark Star
Nov. 5, 1970
Capitol Theater

I imagine it could be much higher indeed. Part of a 90+ min odyssey (very odd, this sea...). This DS definitely takes off from the rocket ship TOO before it and starts right away in outer-space. Not the most melodic of jams - until you get to the beautiful jam around the 14th or 15th minute - but it is full of tripped-out space bugs, cozmic whalesongs, and clashing robot weirdos that may be just a bit much for those who aren't so into the dissonant sonic landscapes. They do bring it back, and everything returns to "normal" just exactly perfectly in the end. I don't use the word "epic" often, but this time it fits.
The Other One
Nov. 5, 1970
Capitol Theater

Capitol Theater shows are an embarrassment of riches. They really live up to the hype, and I'm sorry for those who can't take the roughness of 40-year old AUDs, 'cause the Ken Leigh library is a buried treasure. This Truckin>Drums>TOO>DS>SS>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA>LL is goddamned glorious time machine in two senses: It takes you back to 1970, and it will send you on an hour-and-a-half journey through space time. The TOO here is a rocket ship, burning brightly through the atmosphere. It never breaks apart, but certainly lifts us off this sphere and puts us into space for one of the most beautiful DSs of 1970. Enjoy.
Smokestack Lightnin'
Dec. 27, 1986
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

;^)
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