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Beat it on Down The Line
Sept. 3, 1972
Folsom Field, University of Colorado

Jerry’s solo is off the walls crazy. A train going top speed and I promise that train won’t slow down! Great energy here overall.
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Cryptical Envelopment
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

As Jerry shouts, “You know he had to die.” BANG! A massive gunshot right on rhythm. Great reprise with great drum work from Billy and Mickey.
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The Other One
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

Jerry takes off and soars. Gets really heavy, and out there FAST. Experimental passages and new themes explored. This is what the Dead do best.
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Drums
Nov. 11, 1970
49th Street Rock Palace

Billy and Mickey flowing in and out of the main TOO rhythms. They’re both putting each other to the test as they really get deep in this one.
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Uncle John's Band
July 11, 1970
Fillmore East

“At this risk of being repetitious we’re going to do another song in the key of G.”-Bob Weir. This version is quite sweet. Patchy audio, great version
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The Other One
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

A dragon slaying, out of the cosmos version with some of the most beautiful and interesting lines I’ve heard. The fiddle playing along with the sax just makes this hypersonic soundscape much more musically colorful.
Alligator
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

It just keeps getting better, what a sequence of music. Genuinely tasteful fiddle playing in this one. Muddy River Alligator here.
Dark Star
Aug. 3, 1969
Family Dog at the Great Highway

A Saxophone and a fiddle. New creative textures that add a unique flare to Dark Star. This is genuinely so cool and I highly recommended anyone reading this to check it out. Space jazz at its absolute finest, and the musical layers add a really cool added depth to this, Jerry’s having fun with the saxophone as well, Im getting chills listening now. Wow this is a hidden gem.
China Doll
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Genuinely incredible transition into this spacey and contemplative version. Lovely haunting version full of cosmic goo.
Dark Star
May 14, 1974
Adams Field House, U of Montana

Communication with extraterrestrial lifeforms in the dead of night. With only the light of distant stars to guide you through this formless and exploratory Dark Star, this version is inventive and full of incredible ideas. An electric jazz sextet exploring fractal spaces and geometrical landscapes with tribal drumming to accompany this celestial and otherworldly sheets of sound. My favorite of 1974 and one of the most intergalactically haunting and electrifying lobotomizing performances I've ever heard.
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