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Grateful Dead Sept. 26, 1972

Stanley Theatre Jersey City, NJ | Listen on archive

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8
Me and My Uncle
Concise excellence
19
He's Gone
Perfect, self-contained, blues-infused, stellar vocals, 14+ minutes of bliss. Extra fun: Check out the "Birdsong" riff about 10 secs. into the intro
18
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
This is a soulful, passionate version with fantastic Jerry vocals, PHIL, and some tight soloes & jams.
12
Playin' In The Band
Sweet version with long Jer and Bobby double solo. Hits all the '73 highs: tight, long jam, with lots of Jerry's fast-mellow and space bugs.
6
Tomorrow Is Forever
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7
The Other One
Powerful and dissonant with some crazy squeals coming from Jerry's guitar. This is a crazy highly improvisational the other one, Fantastic, Real HOT!
6
Deal
Jerry is on fire..so is everyone else
6
Cold Rain and Snow
Always loved this one early in the first set, 'cause it meant the boys meant business. This one has a loose, comfortable sound, but with high energy.
10
Bird Song
Crisp, articulate, deliberate. This is as strong a statement about what this song could be in '72 as I know. Airplay levels of concision.
7
Around and Around
Usually a toss-off for me, and maybe it's Chuck Berry's passing that makes me think of it, but this version kicks serious ass. Deliberate and strong.
7
Johnny B. Goode
R.I.P. Chuck Berry
7
You Win Again
Perfect execution on this sweetheart of a tune.
4
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jerry channels George Harrison like nobody's business. The solo at 2:45 gently weeps, guys. Check it out.
6
Big River
Pretty hot
3
Sugaree
Sweet
8
Truckin'
Nice version that melts into a beautiful jam
5
Cumberland Blues
Typical Cumby; on fire
4
Greatest Story Ever Told
Just two days before one of the consensus favorites, this version is BLAZING.
2
Promised Land
Chuggin' along, plenty of Phil to love here.
2
Mexicali Blues
Everybody polka!
2
Sugar Magnolia
Still full of energy at the end of an amazing show!
1
Casey Jones
I think '71-'72 was probably the peak for this song...
1
El Paso
They could hardly screw up the "hard" songs in Fall '72, much less EP