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Submissions

5
Mexicali Blues
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

Serious giddyup.
4
Greatest Story Ever Told
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Streaks across the sky like a comet. Choose the SBD version, you won't regret it. Bobby and Donny are totally on together.
2
Big Railroad Blues
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Really needs a cleanup, or some miracle tapes to clear the sound on this little gem. They were on. Where's the rest of the SB?
3
Jack Straw
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Listen through the murky AUD and you'll find a powerhouse version that clearly blew the doors off. Crowd energy contributes to a great version.
2
Black Throated Wind
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

No bad ones at all from this era, but listen in and you can hear Jerry drive Bobby higher and higher. Great powerful emotive energy.

Comments

Crazy Fingers
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Spanish Jam in the outro is so beautiful. What a treat the heads got in Boston.
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Great up-and-jumping opener and you can tell from the first moments that they were much tighter than the previous night. Both are great and classic shows, but they're just musically more in sync to this head's ears.
The Music Never Stopped
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Beautiful interlude section before the last out jam. Jerry's cruising at high speed behind the swimming ooohs and ahhs in great beauty.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

The Help is not as strong or tight as others, and kind of hollows out at one point, but the Slipknot more than makes up for it by getting good and weird. Keith on the Rhodes gives it that great '74 wicked voodoo sound and plays up great phasing effects with Bobby around minute six. The band is waaaaaay loose, but it all sort of comes together. There's something like mic. static or a blown monitor at one point, but even this contributes to the journey.
Scarlet Begonias
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

Has that verge-of-chaos feeling where the jam takes off in 100 different directions while the pulse moves you closer and closer to a full-on dance trance. Nice catch.