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Pretty Peggy O
Jan. 18, 1978
Stockton Civic Auditorium

Jer sings thrôugh a cold, but the beauty and sweetness shines through. Sounds like he would 10 years later, but with the '78 sound. Full of love.
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Tennessee Jed
Sept. 19, 1972
Roosevelt Stadium

If you can get past the migraine-inducing AUD, this is one rowdy shitkicker that riles up the fun-loving crowd.
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One More Saturday Night
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

Smokin' hot encore to finish off one brilliant mother of a show. OMSN isn't many folk's fave tune, but this one just rocks hard.
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Uncle John's Band
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

This show has biting hardness throughout, then this seems a bit la-la until the 7/4 parts, and that grit returns with crunching nastiness. Excellent!
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Me and My Uncle
Sept. 17, 1972
Baltimore Civic Center

Total badassery. This one bites down hard and has a little menace to it, as befits a song about murder.
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Turn On Your Love Light
Oct. 22, 1967
Unknown

Can't overdo this date at all. This rocks. Pigpen just sounds so good.
Turn On Your Love Light
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Absolutely blisteringly hot, a rockin' cauldrin with Caution-like moments. Could be my favorite.
The Other One
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

A long exploration transitioning from hard rock into spacejazz into dark-melting cozmik goo emitted from cybernautic giant praying mantises, back to rock and landing safe and sound in a lovely Comes a Time. One long strange trip indeed.
Playin' In The Band
April 26, 1972
Jahrhunderthalle

Maybe the single 'missing link' in the 71 - 72 evolution from an odd-metered but still recognizable "song" into an the inter-stellar vehicle for massive heady goodness that Playing' becomes. Right there at 3:00 Jerry flips a switch and suddenly we all go a wee but furthur.
Dark Star
June 23, 1974
Jai-Alai Fronton

The show as a whole is testament to the band's exploration and search for new direction, and this star doesn't disappoint. Abstract and full of conceptual complexity - not surprising after the first 'Phil and Ned', which incidentally could mark the origins of the 'Space' segment that I always loved loved loved. Dark Star >> Spanish Jam never showed so much of electric Miles Davis' influence to my ears.
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