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Mercury

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+6852


Submissions

2
Let It Grow
Sept. 19, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Jer and Phil keep jamming beyond Bobby’s attempt to conduct transition/ makes for heady chaos.
7
Big River
Sept. 21, 1982
Madison Square Garden

Effervescent Psychedelic Yakety Polka Rockabilly
11
Picasso Moon
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Another tap into the energy that surges from this show, we get to see the fun thanks to a clean Vood vid. Be there now.
12
Estimated Prophet
Oct. 9, 1982
Frost Amphitheatre

Time sure passes slow! This one is nailed well.
2
Promised Land
May 8, 1980
Glens Falls Civic Center

Bobby's power strummin' on the run out is quintessential

Comments

China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
March 26, 1973
Baltimore Civic Center

Also agree and will relisten to Nassau. And I associate Feb more with 72, as I think I wrote under the C>R on 2/15, which ranks high in my book.
Dark Star
April 22, 1969
The Ark

… and the profound musical outburst after the first verse @ 11min leaves an enduring impression on the grateful head
The Other One
Nov. 22, 1972
Austin Municipal Auditorium

On being Phil's punching bag: the privilege is mine.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Nov. 30, 1980
Fox Theatre

+1 here for the puppy upper majority. Was not at the show, but got the tape soon thereafter and have been groovin ever since.
Cream Puff War
Nov. 19, 1966
Fillmore Auditorium

Yeah, this is it -- a potent extract of 60's psychedelia. I always peg the volume on this one to hear/ feel the bass.