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Loser
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

The mix is off at first, vocals lost, but hang in there and you'll hear one of Jerry's most heavy metal solos on Loser ever. Absolute shredder.
2
Sugaree
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

Fantastic show opener, meaning business straight out of the gate. Solid, swinging pulse and great keywork from Keith.
7
Big Railroad Blues
Nov. 19, 1972
Hofheinz Pavilion

Powerfully locomotive version with lots of fun behind it.
3
Mexicali Blues
Nov. 19, 1972
Hofheinz Pavilion

Extra pop and stomp all over this one.
4
Me and Bobby McGee
Nov. 15, 1972
Oklahoma City Music Hall

Not everyone's favorite song, but I love it. This is an uptempo, airplay-tight, and beautifully sung version. Faster than most.

Comments

Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

Jerry reaches terminal velocity. The band is absolutely shredding, reaches Colemanesque harmolodic polyrythms at on point right before the Supplication re-entry.
Looks Like Rain
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

The only reason this isn't much higher is that we don't have a SBD for it. Check it out, everything Glynn said here was right on.
The Music Never Stopped
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Absolute stunner. There isn't a dud in this whole first set.
Scarlet Begonias
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

How have I gone this long in life without hearing this? Goddamn, this is perfect. I love how they take it down to almost zero, (some Heads probably thought, "hey, man, are they stopping?") before slowly building it back up into a long exploration of theme and rhythm make it such a danceable and beautiful homage to sudden inspiration and love. The Ferguson SBD has a great mix, especially for an old Philzone freak like me.
Comes A Time
July 17, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Listening again (and again and again) to that gentle lilting jam, and I'm more convinced now that you could describe it as a long teasing intro into the TOO that they finally reach after drums. It isn't TOO in the power-acid rollercoaster cannon shot, but right around 07:30 Keith switches up the chord changes and the drums switch from 12/8 feel (regular triplets over the 4/4 of the main melody) into a clear 6/8 (the meter of TOO). Jerry picks it up right away and turns his flutter of a butterfly wing solo into a rock waltz. By 09:40 Phil and Bobby are pushing it into uncharted territory (it almost sounds like the stuff Joni Mitchell would do with Jaco Pastorius starting the same year) but somehow TOO is already in the air, gently, touched by that beautiful '76 understatement. It's only in the last few seconds before Drums that they spell it out completely. What beauty!