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Stella Blue
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

How in this magic week did this powerhouse version with perfect vocals not yet get voted up? Give a spin, you aren't going to regret it.
4
Friend of the Devil
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Perfection. They could do no wrong this week, and this FOTD is no exception. Perfection.
4
Loser
Aug. 22, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Tight ensemble playing with perfect sound. This is one of the great shows of the year.
7
Feelin' Groovy Jam
May 19, 1974
Portland Memorial Coliseum

Already listed as the CC>IKYR, but this jam stands on its own. One of the tightest from start to finish.
4
Uncle John's Band
Aug. 21, 1972
Berkeley Community Theater

Brilliant outro and high-energy version, a bit more up-tempo than others from the time. All-round sweet show, overshadowed by other giants of Aug. '72

Comments

Cold Jordan
June 7, 1970
Fillmore West

With the boys from NRPS and some lovely three part (four???) harmony.
Friend of the Devil
June 7, 1970
Fillmore West

Note for note perfect.
Turn On Your Love Light
June 6, 1970
Fillmore West

One of the more sensible "get your hands out of your pockets" raps ever. Plus a nice long simmering jam coming out as part of one of the most eclectic and powerful jams of 1970. In fact it's fully coherent with the 'kitchen sink' jam before it, like they wanted to try out the material in completely new combinations. Explorers, cosmonauts, architects of the mind. I can't say it enough. The whole thing: Alligator>Drums>Jam>LL>NFA>LL has got to go into that special pantheon of one-of-a-kind jam segments that bends all sorts of rules. Whatta night this one was.
Alligator
June 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Everything. This is it. The jam is hyperreal, and if you want to ride the cusp between the primal and country dead, then here's your sound, man. Take it. Do you remember, friends, that Alligator, Caution, Stephen, We Bid You, and Lovelight are all the same - not in the sense of repetition and dullness, but in the sense that all is all and everything is everything and with music we touch the universal? Did you know that Bid You Goodnight is also an electricofunkaspacehardrockadelic Darkness jam? Listen, and be there, and know.
Attics of My Life
June 6, 1970
Fillmore West

Frickin' double posts. Sorry friends.