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Playin' In The Band
Dec. 19, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

Really Heads? Not here yet? 21 minutes of super fine hotandheady jam. Blazing hot, capping off a year of just outrageous Playin' playing.
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Candyman
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

Don't know the '70s versions enough to say "unique", but check this one out for beeeautiful vocals over light-as-light sweet acoustic playing.
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Cold Rain and Snow
April 15, 1970
Winterland Arena

The boys start the show with all guns blazing. Seems like they'd open with this when they were most massive. Ahhhh, Winterland.
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Jack Straw
Dec. 18, 1973
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall

The band has come together, the vocals are warm, the solos are sharp, so strap on boys and girls 'cause this show just ignites from here on out....
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Caution
Sept. 20, 1970
Fillmore East

Great Caution, but absofreakinglutely outrageous feedback into the deep deep space and back. Face stolen, body floating -> Bid You Goodnight. Damn.
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Good Lovin'
May 8, 1970
Farrell Hall (SUNY)

Possibly the worst AUD on the Archive, but worth every second and superlative in every other way. No Pig rap, but Jerry just owns it from beginning to end. Idea after idea flows out from the band at an outrageous tempo. Not for the AUDphobic at all. Tape quality is C-/D+ almost pure noise. But the May '70 college tour just after Kent State is as keyed-in a moment as you can find. This isn't just a completist show, but an important document worth your time.
Dark Star
May 8, 1970
Farrell Hall (SUNY)

Possibly the worst AUD on the Archive... and I love every precious second of it, and thank the intrepid Head who thought to smuggle his or her dictaphone into the show to preserve this gorgeous masterpiece. ADVANCED AUD tolerance required. This lovely goes out far and fast and never looks back. Listened to in the context of a sublime college-gym tour around it, and hear this DS as one of the best of the year. Get past the AUD parts and you won't regret it,
Dark Star
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Dark Star "inside out". The jam leads into, rather than away from the great theme. 20+ minutes of beauty reaching outward and inwards until it comes back to those mysterious and transitive notes.... Is this the only one like this? Did they ever jam it inside out like this before or after?
Playin' In The Band
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

Damn, hvd, you're a poet. That sums it up nicely. I'll also say on relistening that this is exactly what I needed/felt when I said "I haven't been listening to any '73 lately" and went a-looking to scratch my itch. This is a perfect example of how the peaking sounded in this era.
Cumberland Blues
March 24, 1973
The Spectrum

To call this energetic would be a colossal understatement. How about outrageously freaking off the chain? How about licketysplit white lighting? Have fun and try to hang on!
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