These two shows were taped by a legendary local taper who taped every major and minor act through the Milwaukee area in the late 60's & 70's. He taped everything on BASF 120's and was very professional, seldom ever cutting songs. I was fortunate to aquire copies of the masters. The sound on these uncirculated copies is quite good, suffering a bit from the acoustical properties of the PAC, the Dead never quite figured out the room, which was designed for the Milwaukee Symphony Orch. Both nights featured lots of banter from the band between songs, quite amusing. The Playin' from the 24th may be one of first 20+ minute versions (Actually, 8-27-72 was)
MC>Nak Dragon>cd
Set one;
tuning
3:16
Don't Ease
4:06
patter
2:13
BT Wind
6:29
tuning
1:04
Bird Song
10:42
patter
2:09
Mexicali
3:24
tuning :24
Box Of Rain
5:11
tuning
1:20
Big RR
3:39
tuning
2:17
Jack Straw
4:43
(fresh side)
tuning :43
China>Rider
11:33
tuning
1:26
Big River
4:30
tuning
1:30
FOTD
3:32
tuning
1:19
BIODTL
3:17 (16 bts)
tuning :43
Sugaree
7:12
tuning
3:12
Playin'
25:02 (tape flip at
19:38 little lost- flip before tape got to leader)
set 2;
tuning
3:23
Promised
3:00
tuning:29
Ramble On
6:03
tuning
2:06
El Paso
4:24
tuning
1:00
Deal
4:28
tuning
2:12
Truckin' 11:20>
Drums 3:00>
Other One
9:49 (flip at 6:00)>
Philo Stomp 6:00>
Tiger Jam 8:06>
He's Gone 12:37>
Other One
1:15
short break for equipment repair @5:00
Casey Jones
6:00
JB Goode
3:37
total time 3:29.04
I have the first three hours of the 23rd,same source. The taper may have not brought enough tape with him on the first night, which cuts about 20 minutes into Dark Star. Since this guy didn't label or date anything, there's still a chance it will show up in one of the hundreds of tapes he had as we continue to go through them. The 23rd features an 18 minute Playin'
These are much better quality than circulating copies, I'll try to post these some day.
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