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Sugar Magnolia
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Man, they're having a blast. Totally firing on all cylinders, and clipping along at 90mph. Great stuff.
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Tennessee Jed
June 17, 1972
Hollywood Bowl
Solid rockin' version with a cruisin' pulse and tight ensemble playing at high energy.
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Black Throated Wind
June 17, 1972
Hollywood Bowl
Back from Europe with all the polish and power of a masterpiece: They've perfected the arc and emotional nuance. Miller cleanup is best (duh).
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Sugar Magnolia
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Gets pretty hard rock in places. This whole show, actually, has a high voltage rock vibe unlike all others on the tour. Underrated show all round.
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Big Railroad Blues
May 23, 1972
Strand Lyceum
Utterly gobsmacked that this ain't here yet: It's a furious barnburner. Full of get up and go.
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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.
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Mexicali Blues, Market Square Arena, Feb. 3, 1979
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