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6
Brown Eyed Women
Dec. 31, 1971
Winterland Arena

Buzzing and crackling and just a wee bit manic. Early 1st set and the party is raging. Fun and wild.
20
High Time
Jan. 2, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

Sublime and mysterious. A beauty.
7
Mama Tried
Jan. 2, 1970
Fillmore East (Late Show)

Perfect fun, with great organ work and the '70 sound. Pig says, "I'd thank you to not use no dirty words in the public" which cracks me up, too.
25
Caution
April 29, 1972
Musikhalle

Fast and relentless. This one has power behind it.
3
Black Peter
Dec. 29, 1969
Boston Tea Party

Deep and dark with strong emotional jams. Lots of great Peters around this time.
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Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Glad you like it darkstar67!
Playin' In The Band
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Hard to hear Jerry, but a brilliant deconstruction of Playin' here. It telegraphs the move into Dancin' a few times before definitively landing there. A fun if not obscure version. The whole show could use a serious re-mix and re-mastering to get Jerry's contribution at proper levels.
Friend of the Devil
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

A Keith master class here: With Jerry really low in the mix you can get a different sense of what the rest of the band was doing. What they were doing was spectacular (you knew that), but Keith really shines here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Try the Tobin matrix or get the copy that circulated on nugs.net for a clearer Jerry sound. He is indeed too low for most of the Betty Board re-mix.
Mission in the Rain
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Like nearly everyone it seems, I love every (only five) GD version of this song. Back in tape-trading days this version was one of my first indications that there were 15 or so whole years of great music to tune in and turn on to before I got on the bus. That said... I've always felt that JGB was in fact the better vehicle for it. There's something so personal about the lyrics, and there always seemed something more restrained and delicate with the JGB versions. If you haven't groked them yet, check 'em out.
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