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Big Railroad Blues
Nov. 12, 1971
San Antonio Civic Auditorium

Tight little nugget of kick ass.
10
The Other One
Nov. 12, 1971
San Antonio Civic Auditorium

That sound you hear is just Keith's giant brass balls clanking together.
2
Candyman
June 13, 1970
Red Vest

Great plugged in version with beautiful vocals
12
Cryptical Envelopment
June 7, 1970
Fillmore West

10 minute Cryptical reprise that gives way to drums and Main Ten. Special guest moaning person (?)
5
Good Lovin'
April 10, 1971
East Hall, Franklin & Marshall College

25 minutes with your Zen life coach, Ronald McKernan.

Comments

The Other One
Dec. 14, 1971
Hill Auditorium

Beautiful 'Cryptical', nice little 3 minute drum clinic from Bill, and then they're off into the wild bluegreenredyellow yonder. 2 minutes in, and they pop the 'Other One' bubble in favor of quiet meanderings that pulse to the surface several times, eventually building into the familiar triplets several times, a near Me and My Uncle segue that Jerry waves off (they had played it in the 1st set, after all), and then a decision that lyrics might be a good idea somewhere prior to 8 minutes in. Post lyrics, things stay in that expansive-quiet jam-noodle mode until somewhere around minute 15, where a lounge-porno jam leads the band back into Other One. Fun 20 minute journey. Tangential, but with the exception of 9/23/72, this is the last of 'Cryptical->drums-Other One' until a short revisitation in 85.
The Other One
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

For some reason, I ended up listening to 12-14-71 instead, and commented based on that - decided to post that up, too. Now that I'm listening to the right track, I've got to say this is a tight tasty little gut punch. Phil is in top form, and Billy is straight killing it.
Truckin'
Aug. 24, 1972
Berkeley Community Theatre

Very nice. You wouldn't think the acoustics and 'feel' of a venue would matter that much with a soundboard, but *every* BCT show just has that stellar sound. Fillmore West and Winterland have their own 'sound', same with the energy that seemed to permeate the walls in the Fillmore East...but for just plain pristine sound, nothing really tops the BCT. Great rendition with Keith on organ.
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

The path to get to this song is simply amazing, and once they get there, it aint too shabby either. Being sandwiched between a face melter of a jam and Cold Rain instead of NFA let this one be beautifully calm and subdued - the head-space is just so differently decorated.
Dancin' in the Streets
Sept. 3, 1967
Dance Hall

Yah, if you ever wondered what Darkstar was before it was Darkstar....it was apparently Dancin'. This is musically like shaking hands with protoplasmic goo from the bottom of the evolutionary tree. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty interesting goo.