Flying Pig.

Sily smooth Althea from Providence. Rich Jerry vocals & of course, chunks o'Phil. This deserves a listen & some votes!

Short but oh so sweet fuzzfest of Brent-centric gooyness seamlessly into a typically funkified 1980 NFA

Soundcheck! Excellent sound on source provided & brilliant flowing ripping Garcia leads. Classic '76 "backwards" version.

Ultra hot mid jam (Bobby nearly plunges back too early but Jerry forges ahead) & Brent is all over the ivories. Hot stuff in Philly.

Jerry’s voice nearly cracks in half during the last verse but he just leans into it and growls even harder....this version is freaking great

If you're looking for a sleeper NFA that for some reason has been buried in the standings you've found it. Slow filthy funk groove to this one w/a jam after first verse that sounds a little different than many from this year--drives forward w/some great rhythm devil work. Patient in the pocket version that could use some ups.

^excellent! Thx for that tip to a new source

^^^^True the dissonance toward the end here isn’t all that long & given how it crashes into Smag it really is more of as you describe it a tension build up ... I think 4/8/72 has a similar segue & that one’s pretty great too although this one to me goes more places & has a bit more mellow beauty than 4/8...it’s just that even before we get to the feedback-segue I’m sold on everything that’s come to that point. What a spectacular piece of music!

Head over heels gaga for this amazing version, which has easily found its way into my top 5 all time. Gorgeous jazz interplay throughout & musical oceans are crossed before the verse is sung (beautifully) by Jerry. One of my favorite moments is the quiet, contemplative section that floats in suspended animation before we hear a tease for the main theme but just when you think they’re going to start the lyric Jerry takes us back into more of that dreamy float-space to discover more musical signposts of magic. Stunning DS, & yeah, I can do without the last 3-4 minutes of feedback dissonance that was requisite for the year but I don’t even count that as part of this version (& easy enough to excise if you have some music editing software). But for nearly half an hour this is one of the most spellbinding pieces of music the band has ever produced. Emphatic plus one here & i have this one on par with the other all time greats! (Also need to add that the speedy FG jam before the feedback section is as coool and innovative as the bluegrass acid jam version from 9-21-72 Spectrum)