the thing about the bo set was it's rarity with the boys as a backing band. nothing adventurous musically as you can hear as expected for the type of material but for those of us who were there it was loads of fun to see.
I believe the only other 72 two verse Dark Star was on 7/26/72. Next appearance of the second verse was...I think 12/31/78?
12/31/78 is not a two-verse "Dark Star". Jerry plays the vocal melody on guitar, and they go into "Wharf Rat".
Yes, just looked it up and I believe the Dark Star second verse appeared again on 12/31/81. BTW here is yet another interesting article from the Deadessays site, regarding the versions of "Dark Star" from 12/31/78 to 7/13/84. http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2013/05/dark-star-1978-1984-roundtable.html
Fantastic! Many thanks from a Berkeley alumnus/Dead Head. It turns out that Dead audiences had something to teach skeptics about responding to sound beyond the conventional spectrum of audibility — in this case a test signal that shouldn't have been perceptible but clearly was: “Generally if a tone or voice is below the ambient level it’s very hard for the brain to hear it,” John said. “At the Grateful Dead shows we were down 100 times below anybody’s ability to hear this. After about half an hour the audience started to scream and stomp. So maybe we should stop. Then they stopped screaming. It’s just a coincidence. Let’s wait a little while and start up again. There’s no way they can detect this. It’s just impossible. They started screaming immediately. This isn’t making sense. It’s impossible, but somehow they sensed it. They can tell. We have all these ideas about how things work, but there’s so much we don’t know.” That’s one reason John disdains the widespread use of compression in digital audio, which throws away tremendous amounts of information to make sound files easily transmittable.
I only have experience with the miller sbd. You can stream them here> miller sbd and matrix first if that helps, although I don't know exactly how they may or may not match up elsewhere. Whoa first time with the new interface.
I was only aware of two: a Charlie Miller seeded in 2008 and an audience. I listened to the Miller. There are probably others, I'm not sure.
Listening to 3/27/85 Nassau, the first of 19 shows I would see in 1985. The 3/28 show overshadows this, but it's still a good show, notable for Half Step returning after 3 years away, and the first Tom Thumb.
Disc 1. If I happen to be in the mood, I will continue with disc 2, and so forth, this run deserves to be revisited over and over again. I still remember the thrill I felt when I received this little box back in 2008.
Alice D. is a fun treat, and it gets unexpectedly spacey. But the GSET is Almost Dead in very fine form, the final three minutes = diamonds.
That would be the Winterland '73 box. It's three shows, and a bonus disc from Cincinatti if you acted early (and I did).
I'll never forget the Phil bombs during the 7/2/88 Jack Straw in Oxford, Maine. We were fairly close up on Phil side and he was grinning and having a lot of fun with it. Coincidentally, or perhaps not, I later sold anti-nuke bumper stickers on tour that said "Leave the bombs to Phil!"
I'm not very fond of the disc from Cincinatti, but it's been many years since the last time I gave it a spin, so I might check it again if I happen to go through the whole set again.
As I sit here I can't remember what's on it. Truth be told I appreciate some bonus discs just for the limited run factor. Although the bonuses included with Dave's have been pretty crucial.
To be honest, the only thing I recall is a version of "Eyes of the World" that was not very satisfactory to my ears. I remember some out-of-synch playing in the (hell, how can I describe it) the "written" section of the song's coda, after they change of key. Very bad description, ain't it?
It's probably the weakest material released from '73 by a good margin. There is also a very long, spacey Dark Star, but it is far from my favorite version.
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy" --Ludwig van Beethoven 4-14-72, Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen My slow roll through the E'72 tour continued this week with several listenings of this fantastic show. Last night I listened to most of the second set again, and again today I heard Good Lovin' through the end. This may be the best show I've ever heard. I've tried, but I can't think of anything better. The first set is solid from beginning to end, including standout versions of "Black-Throated Wind," "Playing in the Band," and "Tennessee Jed." I also enjoyed Jerry's reading of "You Win Again." Fairly rare tune as these things go, and nicely done. Such understated and tasteful presentation as only Jerry can do. The second set reached brilliant heights on "Truckin'," "Dark Star," (top 5 version)... but somehow, Pigpen (with some help from his friends) managed to steal the show with a Good Lovin' > Caution > Good Lovin' that was a funky, nasty, drinkin' and gamblin', howlin' beast for 30 minutes. And, as if that weren't enough, we get NFA > GDTRFB > NFA, and an encore of "One More Saturday Night" that is a real screaming ass-kicker. Honestly, I don't know how you can improve on this. But we'll see! In order, I rank the first 4 E'72 shows: 4-14-72, 4-8-72, 4-7-72, and 4-11-72.
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha! You've been bitten by the E '72 bug. There is no turning back. Once you've come down with Bozo-Bolo Fever, you'll never listen to the GD the same way again. Never! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
