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The Other One
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

This is worth 18 minutes of your life.
16
Dark Star
Dec. 15, 1972
Long Beach Arena

Perhaps its uniqueness prevents it from EPIC status but listen to how obtuse this thing is.
17
Dark Star
Nov. 26, 1972
San Antonio Civic Auditorium

Something for everyone here: lush aural quiltwork, bass solo, and a 'Feelin' Groovy' segment which is followed by tight abstractions
4
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Sept. 23, 1972
Palace Theater

Laid-back yet rich and full. Well worth a listen!!!
27
Playin' In The Band
Sept. 24, 1972
Palace Theatre

Both more nuanced and multi-textured than your typical PITB jam. Great stuff!!!
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Dark Star
Oct. 31, 1971
Ohio Theatre

The last is second-best: 6/24/70 first, and then this, as the two 'Tighten' Up's that bear the most/biggest/best fruit out of all those lovely 'Tighten' Up's, methinks.
Truckin'
Feb. 28, 1973
Salt Palace

Top shelf 'Truckin'' from '73.
Dancin' in the Streets
July 3, 1978
St. Paul Civic Center Arena

Goes in directions those of '77 don't, and does so quite nicely.
Cold Rain and Snow
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

Big time stuff.
Alligator
April 29, 1971
Fillmore East

On what was tied for my earliest tape well before LAGTGD ever was a thing. This one gets me going Pavlonian, in some psychedelic sense. Get what Carrion is saying, and so I think of this along with Shrine '68 and Thelma '69 as three of the highwaters from certain respective eras of this tune.
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