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6
Friend of the Devil
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Absolutely stunning. Top 5 version for sure. Should be better know. Laid back with great paino from Keith.
10
Deal
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Great version, IMO best bit of first set
14
St. Stephen
Feb. 22, 1969
Dream Bowl

Perfectly good '69 Stephen, and every other song in this concert is listed here as a top version !
6
Drums
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

Epic, legendry drum crescendo into The Other One
17
Around and Around
Nov. 17, 1972
Century II Convention Hall

Nice rocking version with good solos, and good recording, as good as many others here
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Comments

Dark Star
Aug. 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

I have listened to this often, but it still doesn't do anything for me, except, perhaps, a bit of Keith before the first verse, and the electronic last 5 mins. In this era they were regularly knocking out superb jazz impro on PITB. The jazz impro here isn't as good as those, IMO. It just meanders, and leaves no catharsis. EDIT: Listened to it again, Nth time, something clicked, my opinion changing.
Dark Star
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Brilliant. A must have, favourite. On the whole, this concert is better than 14/2, IMO. This DS is tops.
Dark Star
Feb. 22, 1969
Dream Bowl

Very good. A classic, classic DS. In fact this would be THE classic DS and could have been on LiVE/DEAD if Jerry hadn't flubbed the first refrain ... A real favourite
Playin' In The Band
Dec. 2, 1973
Music Hall

Utterly cosmic. Free-form electronic music can often be bad, occasionally superb. Most music critics, I find, cannot tell the difference between the great and the rubbish. When it comes to the great there is one figure that towers over all: Karlheinz Stockhausen. Now we can add the Dead to that. The first 15 or so minutes is the "normal" 3 minutes song plus 12 minutes jazz improvisation, but excellent improvisation at that. Then the last 5 minutes is one of the best bits of modern electronic music ever. It rivals Stockhausen's Kontakte (the live version with two pianos). Utterly, utterly brilliant... And then MLBJ ... Cosmic
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

Best version of the best segue triple of the best rock band ever.
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