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I was listening to the 2/20/71 Hard To Handle today. There's a pretty good example of Weir doing some fine soloing in the jam. Those early '71 versions did this quite a bit.

I love that set 1. One of the best cowboy sets around.

That's hard to argue. The "Tighten Up" jam (5/2/70 Dancin, 10/31/71 Dark Star) is right up there, as is the Mind Left Body Jams in '73-'74 as well.

They actually did patch an AUD tape deep in set 2 (post-Truckin-on) to complete the show. There are a few anomalies like that in a few 30 Trips shows, although usually not for more than a minute.

Someone who's more internet savvy than me should find that "Adams v Tweedy Celebrity Death Match" thing from about 10 years ago here. That was funny stuff.

Whoa. Now THERE'S a great ticket!

Street Legal may not be as good as the 2 studio LPs that preceded it, but really, what is? But it's a pretty damn good record, I still break it out from time to time. I randomly pulled a tape of Dylan at Budokan to listen to at work tonight. About the same time period as SL. I haven't heard it in YEARS. First thought - "Bob Dylan - The Musical". Almost like what Sgt.Pepper The Movie is to the actual album. The vibe (to me) is Bob with the SNL house band from the same period.sounding very much like the times. Like maybe Billy Joel. I mean, the musicianship is really ok, but DAMN it just see

I recall seeing $1500. And that was a few years ago. The mix on that 9/18/74 is just incredible. It might the best-sounding tape from the Wall Era.

I usually send you a text when I'm in the side yard grillin and chillin & let you know what cassette is in the boom box. It's remarkable how different the band sounds just 3 1/2 years later.

I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but The Airplane doesn't come close to The Dead for me - the dynamics aren't nearly as pronounced to my ears. It's like The Airplane live is everybody playing loud nearly all the time (obviously there are exceptions, "Fat Angel" being a good example). There's very little space between the notes - not a lot of air in what's going on between everyone onstage. Don't get me wrong - I love 'em but they don't do it at all like The Dead does. I guess no one does It's arguable that during that 65-70 period The Dead were the least "professional" of all t

That's one thing I've noticed with a LOT of Summer '74 shows - the first song has almost no vocals at first. Then it's like one by one everyone slowly comes into the mix. Very weird, but I know I'm not the only one to notice that. I still haven't got mine in the mail yet. Nothing unusual there. But it HAS been since Thursday since I got the email saying it's been shipped. A couple of things to look for - I was listening to the discs I got in a trade about 15 years ago Saturday while driving. There's an AUD patch for maybe 10-15 seconds during Row Jimmy. Right during the bridge ("That's the

I guess this must be #3. Sigh.

That's what I'm talking about. I was a bit pissed, just because I've been raving about 7/18 getting released for forever! All in all that's a really great run, though.

That last one reminds me of Garcia's mourning a lot. That sort of thing was in damn near every major city in Aug '95. I hope the tributes are fantastic everywhere. It's certainly deserved.

Yes. We had a little chat in the flatlands about "The Man Who Fell To Earth". Among many other things regarding Bowie that movie really struck me as 'something', and I'm still not sure what! I guess that's sort of the point. When that cat arrived on the scene (in the States anyway) it was so obvious that we'd never seen anything like this before. And that happened more than once during that period. I was watching a Dec. '78 video from Tokyo and it struck me hard that David sort of invented the New Romantic period as well. There's a shitload of pretty good bands that took that aesthetic and m

I saw this last night and it was really well done I think.

You should. As far as whole LPs go, I would think Appetite pretty much defines the best of popular 80s hard rock, it's the one that many will think of for that era. Much like, say, LZ IV was for the 70s. Or Metallica's Black Album was for the 90s. Are those my favorites? Nope. But they certainly DO represent a benchmark of sorts for the culture.

^ Yeah! That was a stellar run, none more so than the last night of the run (tonight). For a relatively old-school guy (first show '94) that was a dream set, and played REALLY well.

Nice!

Yeah that Bird Song is a great early one. I hate that they got rid of that tune right when Pig got sick. Keith didn't get a shot at it until July '72, and it was an obvious monster pretty much from the beginning with him. And only was played for about a year, then that was IT for Bird Song in the Keith & Donna Years. Tragic - that tune should have been in Europe.

Well, I will take Viola Lee any damn time it gets to my ears! It's actually my #1 GD song, cover or not. That Dave's Pick from Dec. '69 is much the same deal for me. The new stuff is pretty ragged, then at the end you get 35+ minutes of Alligator > Caution > Feedback. That is a stellar version imo. Most of '71's highlights for me are centered around April. That's a REAL strong month for The Quintet, and arguably the best month of Pig there is.

I was talking about this last night. I don't know if anyone else would agree, but although yes the first half was a golden period the second half of '69 is NOT my favorite GD. The Workingman's stuff starts to slowly dribble in, along with some country covers (Mama Tried, etc). Don't get me wrong - I love the roots stuff, it gets really good around Feb. '70, but TC was not cut out for that material. It sounds kind of forced, not natural - like the band is stumbling around a bit with this new direction. They could still pull out an Alligator or a Dark Star and blow up the room, but High Time,

I can see why you would say that! That set gets me so high when I listen. I can't think of a better post-Brent set than that off the top of my head. 9/10/91 might come close, but that MSG run is a really amazing run.

If he gets out there and it's good no one will complain about that!

That show is one of the shiny nugs from that set imo. Multi track master, band in (arguably) the best form in the 80s (Fall '89, specifically), arguably the best Dark Star from the last 5 years. I really got off heavily from the upgrade from my old cassettes.