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Tennessee Jed
Sept. 15, 1972
Boston Music Hall

Crisp soloing and clear, limpid lines from the inexhaustible well of musical ideas here. Jed has never been my top song, but Jer just sparkles here.
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He's Gone
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Smooth and cool. C.Miller's cleanup brings out a lush mix that just sounds sooooo good. Great segue into Truckin', too.
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Sugaree
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Smooth as butter, this one. Note for note beauty.
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Bird Song
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

Don't let the murky and C+ sound stop you from this gem. Would someone with C. Miller's phone number ask him about this show, please?
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Sugaree
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

Continues one of the great stretches of peak Dead right after Veneta. Great jam, B- sound quality though.

Comments

Cosmic Charlie
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

Shot out of the primal Dead cannon, it lands in the guns-blazing country Dead: I love 1970 for this transition. This is it for Cosmic Charlie fans.
The Other One
May 2, 1970
Harpur College

High voltage tight lightning jam without a meltdown. One of the best for the speedy coming up, (and great Crypticals) but it isn't where I'd go for the martian landscapes and astral peak trippyness in a TOO. Try Jan. 3, 1970 or May 20 '73 for that.
St. Stephen
June 14, 1968
Fillmore East

A proto-Stephen not yet polished into the psychedelic masterpiece that it became later in '68 and '69. Explosive energy coming out of a Feedback>Eleven and worth a listen with headphones, the AUD is rough but blazing hot.
Dark Star
June 14, 1969
Monterey Performing Arts Center

A "mini-Juggernaut", maybe? Blast-off moon-landing energy.
Eyes Of The World
Sept. 24, 1973
Civic Arena

One of the nicer horn-section versions from Sept. '73.