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El Paso
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

Pared down and quiet, but also a tight ball of energy, ready to burst. Seems like this show doesn't get enough love.
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Feedback
March 17, 1968
Carousel Ballroom

Sounds like they had a big-rig air horns, steam whistles, small caliber rifles and martian submarines: A Symphony of Wrong. Awesome.
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Alligator
Jan. 1, 1967
Studio Rehearsals

Outtakes from Anthem: '67 comes in hot! The transition from '66 pop is complete. B/B- sound quality though. Worth it.
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Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Aug. 1, 1966
Unknown

Filthy. Pig's voice is very clean here. The dates are probably wrong.
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You Don't Love Me
Aug. 1, 1966
Unknown

Dates are debatable, but the band isn't. Brilliant insert between Schoolgirl sections.
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Comments

Dancin' in the Streets
July 3, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

It's incorrectly listed as the first Stealin' track on this link. You can also get to it - and y'all really should - by clicking on the link, "check for other copies", then follow the white rabbit put there by the heroic Charlie Miller for a whole set of other beauties from this show.
New Minglewood Blues
May 19, 1966
Avalon Ballroom

Proof that Bobby didn't start shrieking in the '80s here. They sound so punk-rock, 10 years before that scene hit California. So cool to go all the way back to the beginning. Check out this whole show, for one of the first live recordings of a whole set out there. Thanks Archive!
Hurts Me Too
May 19, 1966
Avalon Ballroom

Pigpen was a fully formed and mature blues singer at this point. The rest of the band is still getting it together, still primal and not fully formed. But Pig... oh man. Pure Pig.
Cold Rain and Snow
March 25, 1966
Trouper's Hall

Apparently Bear was recording this to be played back on mono, so the organ jam would be featured but not so explosive. Whodathunkit? In any case, this is just so fucking brilliant that I want to jump in my time machine and zip back just to be a spectral hallucination vibrating just out of the corner of Billy's eye as he kicks the shit out of this beautiful packed-with-energy annuciato: The Dead are Coming, Here Come the Dead.
Beat it on Down The Line
March 12, 1966
Danish Center

Baby Bobby: Shimmy shimmy shake shake, baby baby baby! This is twisty rock and roller Baby Bobby stuff here. Consider for a moment that he was 18 years old at this point. Hot damn.
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