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Mama Tried
July 17, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

It's got everything nice about the '76 sound: Crisp and clean while laid back. Perfect execution.
4
Cassidy
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Bobby's warmup after a CRS opener helps kick off one of the best 1st sets of 1976. Part of the brief era when they mic'd and mixed Donna beautifully
4
The Wheel
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Gets right weird as part of a deep PITB sammy. How many first set spacemelts are there in '76? Something in the water for this hometown show???
3
Looks Like Rain
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

How these guys (and gal) could turn such a cheese-ball song into massive lift-off spaceship jam event horizon is a modern miracle of music.
2
The Wheel
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Smooth running, out of a very cool, thematically coherent Drums. Beautiful harmonies. Every Wheel is an elegant treat from '76, and this is a beaut.
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Turn On Your Love Light
March 17, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

The Download series has a warm but muted sound quality that makes this both hot and cool at the same time. This version doesn't have the wild Pig life-coaching that came later, but does have that brilliant '68 ensemble jamming that blows your hair back and steals your face, leaving nothing but perma-grin.
Turn On Your Love Light
March 17, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

The Download series has a warm but muted sound quality that makes this both hot and cool at the same time. This version doesn't have the wild Pig life-coaching that came later, but does have that brilliant '68 ensemble jamming that blows your hair back and steals your face, leaving nothing but perma-grin.
Mama Tried
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

Everyone loves the Swing, but don't skip the Mama!
Estimated Prophet
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

What a brain-sizzler. Jerry's 20-second solo around 3:30 just ignites the air into a pillar of fire. His tone is of ferocious arch-angelic madness, just like the song sez, eh? What an intro for this quirky off-kilter song for a crowd also treated to 1st-time Terrapin.
New Potato Caboose
Jan. 27, 1967
Avalon Ballroom

Between the Human Be-In two weeks earlier and this blisteringly hot announcement to the "scene" the Dead seemed to go from pop psychedelica to the Danger Dead, with a swaggering, no prisoners, no bullshit muscle behind their prankster games. The sound quality here leaves some to be desired, and it fades out into VLB, but it's more than worth a listen. It'll steal your freakin' face, is what it'll do.
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