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El Paso
Nov. 30, 1973
Boston Music Hall

Fast and fun, the crowd really digging it. Great show in spite of some sound quality issues.
15
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 27, 1973
Indianapolis State Fair Coliseum

Trippy explorations at lightning speed with cool MHUT>Big River sandwich.
6
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Feb. 22, 1974
Winterland Arena

Nice groovy outro. Great show, good vibes.
31
The Other One
Feb. 23, 1974
Winterland Arena

Gets real out fuurther and faster then into a Help-Slip preview in the jam. Great interplay between Phil and Jerry.
8
The Music Never Stopped
Feb. 28, 1975
Bob Weir's Studio

Rehearsal, no vocals, brilliant explorations of the song in development. Great insight into the boys' collective mind.
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Comments

The Other One
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

Beautiful and hard charging version with a mysteriously perfect segue into MAMU, but it's the outro that just slays me with its mysterious and light-as air melodic jam before the power finale. Strong stuff here, know your dose.
Playin' In The Band
April 24, 1972
Rheinhalle

Good call cgarces! I love this one.
Me and My Uncle
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

There are passages in the Dark Star hinting that they knew exactly where they were going with this brilliant TOO>MAMU>TOO sandwich. Keith's honky tonk piano, like it does in the Mexicali Blues earlier is just perfect here, and combined with the heavy trippin-balls Other One vibe makes this a standout version.
Mexicali Blues
Nov. 6, 1971
Harding Theater

Acid carnival, complete with honky tonk piano, wild chaos, and a dubious narrative ringleader.
Comes A Time
Nov. 7, 1971
Harding Theatre

Beautiful version, but it isn't the only time they sang the 2nd "when words come out" verse. It's there in every version from the song's about a month earlier. I think it's really the key verse for to the meaning of the song, and makes me think about times when my anger took me over and left me regretting my actions. Without it, the "feel nothin' at all" lyrics take on a darker sense altogether (in my opinion). I wonder if they took it out when it seemed like the song was a bit long for a mid-set ballad. I just love these early versions in any case.
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