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Many, many thanks to however made this available and to whoever upped it.



Great show, excellent fidelity for a 1970 show. There are some glitches and a couple of patched songs, but still very, very listenable by anyone's standards who has listened to a decent number of shows from this era.



I love the funky percussion at the start of China Cat --> Rider -- I would have loved to have heard them do stuff like that more often. (For all the clever commenters, probably the reason that it is marked as "China Cat --> Jam --> I know you Rider" is that those used to be stand along songs that were not played together until not too long before this show -- late 1969, I think -- and I am sure whoever upped it just followed the very early, and in my book very esteemed, taper's notations. Anyone who was taping shows back in 1970 gets to make fun of it but everyone else: Don't do it--it makes you look silly.) Anyway, it is still a pretty raw transition at this point--not the totally fluid stuff you would get later --like Providence 9/4/80, or even PNE Coliseum in 1973.)



Having only a partial of the Easy Wind is kind of a bummer, especially how good the ending of it sounds-- oh well, Pigpen sounds in good form for what little there is of it.



And in my book, anytime you have a full Cryptical suite it is a very good thing (the drummers were having a seriously good time this show -- and are high in the mix -- an interesting mix compared to most). Plus, out of that into Cosmic Charlie -- a huge start to Cosmic Charlie -- it fires all my little overloaded neurons. Actually, I think this is one of the all-time Cosmic Charlies -- the vocals have a couple of rough points (Cosmic Charlie is a freakin hard song to play and sing--doesn't seem like it would be but it is -- try it sometime), but it starts out perfect, and the couple of glitches in the middle are quite short, and by the end they have the vocals working freakin great--like the best I've heard -- and the short jam towards the end is restrained, yet exudes massive raw power-- the aural equivalent of Bruce Lee after he realizes that the guy who just hit him in the face with a cream pie also killed his sister -- but just before he starts kicking butt . . . .



Overall, it is just HUGE -- and I really, really like Cosmic Charlie a lot -- a hugely unique song musically -- and who hasn't known a few Cosmic Charlies?



Then the drums to start Good Lovin ("Sock it to em" someone says-- and they got it RIGHT -- the drummers were smoking on this night) -- and Pigpen -- with his vibe and power -- and a LONG Phil solo in Good Lovin -- yeah, yeah, yet another Phil Solo . . . . Right. What are there -- like 10 total? Unfortunately a NASTY cut in Good Lovin right after everyone starts working back in with Phil, but at least we do have about a minute and a half of Phil soloing.



And I love the drums in Uncle John's band -- the drummers were truly on during this show-- I love what they were doing. And by happy coincidence, they were not only on, but high in the mix.



I highly recommend this one. Now, go on home, your Mama's calling you . . . . But first listen to this show really, really, really loud . . . .

- June 27, 2014Yes. You want this one. For sure.