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Cassidy
July 16, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Bobby's warmup after a CRS opener helps kick off one of the best 1st sets of 1976. Part of the brief era when they mic'd and mixed Donna beautifully
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The Wheel
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Gets right weird as part of a deep PITB sammy. How many first set spacemelts are there in '76? Something in the water for this hometown show???
3
Looks Like Rain
July 14, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

How these guys (and gal) could turn such a cheese-ball song into massive lift-off spaceship jam event horizon is a modern miracle of music.
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The Wheel
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Smooth running, out of a very cool, thematically coherent Drums. Beautiful harmonies. Every Wheel is an elegant treat from '76, and this is a beaut.
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Dancin' in the Streets
July 12, 1976
Orpheum Theater

On of the post-haitus ones that stretch and groove and go every-which-way. What a treat.
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Comments

Cream Puff War
July 29, 1966
P.N.E. Garden Auditorium

Truly fantastic indeed. You can fully hear how they ripped Caution out of Cream Puff War in the years ahead. Also: Billy is a goddamned monster on this.
Sitting on Top of the World
July 29, 1966
P.N.E. Garden Auditorium

Completely bonkers. Sounds like ten-thousand rubber pingpong balls shot through a particle accelerator.
Cream Puff War
July 17, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

There's some debate about the dates and tapes in the different Archive and Setlists.net listings. Some claim that this is actually the set from 16th, but this is undoubtedly a different version than the one played on the 16th... for starters it's a full minute and a half shorter. Of the two the 16th is better in my opinion: tighter and more expansive, showing off the how they could be wild, muscular, dangerous, and virtuoso. Great to have this record of them both today. Enjoy!
Dancin' in the Streets
July 16, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

The tension between their melody-solo-melody format on the psychedelic pop songs and their need to stretch-out the forms into longer jams is present throughout this show. The Viola Lee, the Cream Puff War, and especially this Dancin' are already going way further out.
Cold Rain and Snow
July 16, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

S p e e d y indeed. The whole show has a benzedrine feeling to it.
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