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The Other One
July 14, 1970
Euphoria Ballroom

ATOMIC! Garcia's subversive wah work only makes the area less safe for the public.
4
Beat it on Down The Line
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

Searing version - groovy false start, then Garcia soars like an acrobat. Plug in!
2
The Other One
Feb. 6, 1969
Kiel Auditorium

CRUSH. Hard to believe they brought this intensity and dynamic precision all the time then, but they did! Ace!
7
Bertha
March 31, 1973
War Memorial

Unknown Genre - iTunes. Kreutzmann drives this hovercraft - as he seems to in all of the great Berthas of this time. Look out for the guitars.
1
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 29, 1971
Practice Studio

Have always loved the San Venetia tapes - almost like an x-ray of the GD. You can so hear the guitar architecture. So tempted to make that one word.
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Comments

Stella Blue
May 18, 1977
Fox Theatre

A patient beast - the entrance is regal and trancelike arising as it does from an extended Garcia soliloquy. The room is dead silent. Talk about setting the table. That said, this one has plenty of magna on its own. A beautiful version with Godchaux leaning toward classical phrasing. And Garcia's guitar break is just epic. The whole song is - this is top shelf stuff. Top shelf.
The Other One
May 18, 1977
Fox Theatre

As is customary for Spring 77 Other Ones, Garcia is exorcising . . . something. Just furious, dense, pressure-cooked guitar playing. grendel is dead-on. Under-appreciated vintage. Scortching!
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
April 9, 1982
Community War Memorial Auditorium

Garcia's brassy latticework pickin' propels this smoker - like so many early 80s C>Rs.
Terrapin Station
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

Delicate and patient - like most of this great show.
Playin' In The Band
May 12, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

A smooth and spacey version. It might get more love if there were a soundboard.
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