10-03-1976

Cobo Arena

Detroit, Michigan

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The most comprehensive of the recordings start off a bit into Sugaree. And, although these recordings are a little rough, there is no missing the righteousness of the band’s playing on the tune. After nearly four minutes of tuning and a Minglewood, a solid Ramble On Rose arrives. Then there is another lengthy bout of tuning before a charming and elegant LL Rain. But the highlight of the early going is still the stand-alone Scarlet that comes out two songs later. And that is followed up by a cool Music Never Stopped set-closer that includes the Mind Left Body bridge.

Recording info
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Identifier:
gd76-10-03.sbd-aud.cotsman.12832.sbeok.shnf
Source:
Soundboard and Audience composite
Notes:
complete; 1st set: AUD> ?> CD> EAC> SHN; 2nd set: SBD> MR> D> CD> EAC> SHN; with patches in second set from the audience recording as well as an FM SBD; Thanks to Jeff Cook, Doug Moog; edits/encoding by JCotsman
Description:
Sugaree, Minglewood Blues, Ramble on Rose, Looks Like Rain, Loser, El Paso, Scarlet Begonias, The Music Never Stopped Samson & Delilah, It Must Have Been the Roses, Playin’ in the Band> Drums> The Wheel> Good Lovin’> Jam> Comes a Time> Dancin in the Street> Not Fade Away (with China Cat tease)> Dancin in the Street > Around & Around
Lineage:
1st set: AUD> ?> CD> EAC> SHN; 2nd set: SBD> MR> D> CD> EAC> SHN
Transferrer:
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00:00
1
Sugaree
06:16
2
tuning
03:44
3
New Minglewood Blues
05:00
4
Ramble On Rose
07:12
5
tuning
03:08
6
Looks Like Rain
07:56
7
Loser
07:37
8
El Paso
04:28
9
Scarlet Begonias
13:00
10
The Music Never Stopped
07:23
11
Samson & Delilah
08:00
12
It Must Have Been The Roses
06:58
13
Playin’ In The Band–>
13:59
14
Drums–>
03:16
15
The Wheel–>
05:34
16
Jam–>
05:06
17
Good Lovin’–>
04:29
18
Jam–>
03:45
19
Comes A Time–>
09:51
20
Dancin’ In The Streets–>
08:22
21
Not Fade Away–>
14:01
22
Dancin’ In The Streets–>
04:05
23
Around & Around
07:12
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For the second set, we recommend switching over to another, crisper recording, preferably the Charlie Miller soundboard. And the boys open the action there with a tight Samson before a good little Must Have Been the Roses, which we still associate with Jerry Band, even though the boys played it over 150 times. And then the Dead roll out a monster Playin’. It quickly descends into some heady space that mesmerizes all the way through to the point at which the drummers take over. A lovely Wheel builds out of the tail end of that short percussive interlude. And there is an unusual and so sweet extended jam in The Wheel, drawing it out for eleven minutes before a turn into Good Lovin’. The Good Lovin’ is a top-notch Bobby version with some incredible licks by Jerry. And then Jerry takes center stage with a magical Comes A Time. An interesting noodling jam at the end of Comes A Time takes it into a blockbuster Dancing in the Street> NFA> Dancing> Around and Around for a forty minute non-stop bender to cap the show.

While Charlie Miller does a great job with the second set, for the best quality, get ahold of the official release of this show from Thirty Trips Around the Sun. While the complete boxed set is difficult to come by, the Scarlet also made it on to The Definitive Live Story release.

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