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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Portland Memorial Coliseum on 1973-06-24 (June 24, 1973)

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Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: June 24, 1973 (check for other copies)
Venue: Portland Memorial Coliseum
Location: Portland, OR

Source: Soundboard
Lineage: set 1: SBD> ?>C> CD> EAC> SHN; set 2: SBD> MR> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN
Keywords: Live concert

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Mississippi Half Step, You Ain't Woman Enough, El Paso, Stella Blue, Greatest Story Ever Told-> Bertha, Row Jimmy, Beat It On Down The Line, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Around & Around Not Fade Away-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Not Fade Away, E: Johnny B. Goode

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Reviewer: Chris U. - - September 30, 2007
Subject: Our Bodies Close Together
The Dark Star in this show comprises what may be the best recorded and lengthiest extended dual guitar interplay in the database. There is a long stretch where Bobby and Jerry are just friggling away on top of Bill and Phil's percolating rhythms ... Keith comes in towards the end of the jam and does just enough to spill a few drops of spiked coffee over the edge of the cup. Then a very brief Billy solo and an unambiguous restart, directly into the first verse of the song! Following that there is some extended ugliness of the "let's all take a bad trip together" variety at which the Dead excelled (I think this time it was intentional, at least) ...

Another review said the EYES was sloppy ... I don't think so.

And bedides it transitions into a CHINA DOLL that is among the most confidently played versions ever (includes Billy's high hat, Weirs juicy phased effects, and -- above all -- Garcia's one-in-a-trillion vocal chords ... god fxkin damn...

The China Cat explodes just like you'd expect, including a muffed up 'Downward Jam' (curse it not worth it, who came up that garbage in the first place?!?!) but it it's all redeemed when Jerry sings his headlight verses Rider.

Reviewer: mgags - - September 27, 2007
Subject: Killer Dark Star!
1973 is such a great year......This Dark Star is one of my favs. Jerry gets this quick little diddy jam going around the 5 min mark and it soars with energy. Many themes are explored and finally around the 16 min mark Jerry decides he'll sing. I always imagine the feeling of seeing Jerry sing "Dark Star Crashes" and I usually get goosebumps. The Eyes is a little sloppy, but the risks are worth it. Certainly worth the D/L (stream).

Reviewer: tbrad - - October 11, 2006
Subject: DS > Eyes
Must admit, i tend to listen to DS first before I check out the rest of any show.
This one is off...the...hook!
Kreutzmann is a freaking genius! Jerry and Phil aren't bad either.
Now to listen to the rest of the show....

Reviewer: Tampa Red - - March 21, 2005
Subject: Yeah, this show deserves more attention
Agree with Dax King; this show gets short shrift and shouldn't. Excellent long and involved Dark Star; nearly as epic as 4/29/72 (my current favorite) and maybe even top 5 of the year? Flows into a somewhat herky-jerky yet very high energy Eyes. With so much competition out there from 72-74, it's no suprise that something gets overlooked. Download it before it gets taken off of here to permit you to get gouged by the Dead for a pay download.

Reviewer: brendanmcauley - - September 10, 2004
Subject: show incomplete
this is most of the first set then a big space of a missing mexicalli, tleo, llrain, box- which all should come between half step and around + around.

dark star >eyes> chinadoll is actually set two material and is preceeded by an opener of promised abnd the set ends wiht sugar mags sat nite.

3 for quality and missed points for incomplete archival- that being said, I downloaded it: thanks!

Reviewer: dax king - - July 11, 2004
Subject: fantastic dark star
This show is not well known, however that should change. This to me is the second true highlight of the year up to this point,2/19/73 being the first. Get this show!!!!

Notes

partials of both sets; set 1: SBD> ?>C> CD> EAC> SHN (unknown analog generations); set 2: SBD> MR> C> D> CD> EAC> SHN, edited from previous shn set; the first set is a degraded SBD; Thanks to S. Milewski, G. Hamilton; edits/encoding by JCotsman