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Let It Grow
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

Phil's rippling fills. Full horns. At 8:00 a wild turkey (???) starts gobbling next to a mic and Jer responds mid-solo. Weird, chaotic and shredding.
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Weather Report Suite
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

Historical oddity. Flute accompanyment to part one and full horn section throughout. Not everyone's cup of tea, but interesting.
3
Truckin'
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

An oddity. A ballsy Truckin' with full horn section. Weird fun in its odd way from a forgotten show.
3
Bird Song
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

This one and the one 3 days earlier are both inventive and experimental - really soaring. Rough AUD though.
1
Tennessee Jed
Sept. 15, 1973
Providence Civic Center

1st set suffers from rough AUD, but this Jed soars. Jer rages, building it into a triumph. Headphones only.
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Not Fade Away
Oct. 11, 1970
Action House

Only the second GDTRFB ever - let that sink in for a moment - and you can hear them still ironing out its form. The crowd sure takes to it though and claps along from the start.
Dark Star
Oct. 11, 1970
Action House

Totally underrated. This has everything the best Dark Stars of the era have. The Multi-gen AUD source may be putting folks off, but it shouldn't. The sound is totally listenable if you're not expecting pristine soundboard quality. Don't miss this one. It has solid rhythmic pulses that push us off into the outer spheres before kicking into weird gear and tweaking space time into that eternal return of giant space bugs and koto-sounding melodic haikus followed by the jagged galactic pinball that the enormous Stars offer us. All DS lovers should give this one another deep listen.
Dark Star
Dec. 30, 1969
Boston Tea Party

A freaking time machine. I turn this on and in the space of a blink, it's 19 minutes and 23 seconds later, with a beeyootiful Feeling Groovy Jam too. It flows with the perfect logic of a river through spacetime. It's a cruel cut indeed though but we enjoy what we get, eh?
New Speedway Boogie
Dec. 30, 1969
Boston Tea Party

Kind of. They actually sound like they're having a ball with it. The lyrics are heavy, of course, but the 'Walkin' the Dog' strut rhythm to it, the experimental harmonies and the form are all still being tweaked, so I'd say this is remarkable for a rare glimpse into the development of the song - it's only the fourth or fifth time they performed it - more than any specific heavy presence linked to Altamont.
Deep Elem Blues
Oct. 10, 1970
Action House

Gritty down and dirty like sand-in-the-sandwich. This one has a little funk on it. The recording multi-gen AUD, and maybe not for everyone.
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