16075 No reviews of this show? Well you can't pick 5 shows from 1972 without including 2 Europe shows. Although there are some strong new contenders from Europe like 5/25 Lyceum and the release Rhinehall 4/24, this remains my favorite. Maybe it's the rare Jerry pedal steel on LL Rain, or the great BE Women that appears on Europe 72, or the blazing Good Lovin>Caution? And then there's the long spacy Dark Star, one of the best from this tour. Good quality SBD as well. A timeless show. Dr. Flashback ;-) Top 5! dr. flashback 2004-07-07 02:05:57 2004-07-07 02:05:57 5 18158 This is a kick-ass show. The Dark Star has one of the better Feelin' Groovy jams I've ever heard. Also, great Pigpen stuff on the Good Lovin's > Caution etc. extravaganza. One Warning though, this show is very psychedlic. Not for the faint of heart. Feelin' Groovy redbones 2004-08-04 13:30:10 2004-08-04 13:30:10 5 18275 I am sitting at my desk with this show playing through my pc enabling me to joyfully conduct business. This show; this set-list is Prime-Time. The boys were ON. Jerry and Dark Star were made for each other. Pigpen rose to the occasion on what would be his swan song tour. This show is a keeper!! Well Done Boys! East29th 2004-08-06 07:42:34 2004-08-06 07:42:34 5 18280 I am sitting at my desk with this show playing through my pc enabling me to joyfully conduct business. This show; this set-list is Prime-Time. The boys were ON. Jerry and Dark Star were made for each other. Pigpen rose to the occasion on what would be his swan song tour. This show is a keeper!! Well Done Boys! East29th 2004-08-06 08:57:53 2004-08-06 08:57:53 5 19534 this is some sick euro 72', probably one of my favorite shows of 72! check out the spacey dark star, and the nfa>china cat tease>gdtrfb is pretty amazing!!! just solid all around and you can't ask for better sound quality. a lot of shows get 5 stars, but this is really one euro 72' that is deserving of a dicks pick.... god bless the grateful dead!!!! WoW! GD @ IT's Finest! swinnies 2004-08-25 16:36:38 2004-08-25 16:36:38 5 20981 during LL Rain. It's much higher in the audience recording but the overall sound is so much better in this one. Are we sure it's Garcia and not one of the NRPS? Steel guitar is a little low in the mix Ox Fall Down 2004-09-16 10:33:58 2004-09-16 10:33:58 4 21379 With the audience leading the band!!!! Steel on Looks like rain is gorgeous. Smokin' Cumberland DeadDave 2004-09-22 08:51:31 2004-09-22 08:14:06 5 21914 Pig owns set II and makes this show - great sugar mag, saturday night as well... less trippy and more musical than some of the others from this tour. Pig in the house sheikyerbouti 2004-09-30 08:57:36 2004-09-30 08:57:36 5 21638 I am positive this is jerry on steel.....what quality...oh god these were some smokin shows over the sea anyone else notice when jerry disappears from the mix during cumberland {his guitar i mean} steel man dirty jev-o 2004-12-18 19:06:33 2004-09-26 08:11:11 5 27311 31 songs. Probally worth the 5 dollar ticket price? A little different than a 14 song'93 show. Where is that time machine? This is a peak for the band. songs borndead 2004-12-28 10:49:15 2004-12-18 18:13:38 5 29478 You need this one for a fantasic sample of Europe 1972! Brown-Eyed Women is on the band's Europe 72 release. Every song is played well. Ramble On Rose does not belong here however. It is from another show. 4-14-1972 RedWingDeadHead 2005-01-19 08:48:52 2005-01-19 08:41:56 5 30438 Fantastic show from the unique European Tour of 72. Listen to the Looks Like Rain! Jerry's steel is beautiful and Phil contributes some really sweet harmony vocals, PigPen's organ adds some soulfulness, a truly magnificient version. Thanks to all who made these downloads on the Achive possible!!! Beautiful LLRain Uffel 2005-01-30 07:38:20 2005-01-30 07:38:20 5 31004 I can't understand why there seem to be so many official releases and Dick's Picks that simply don't sound anywhere close to this show... Excellent Dead thetaalpha970 2005-02-04 11:29:15 2005-02-04 11:29:15 5 31299 Sounds Great...Listen for feelin groovy jam(in dark star)...insane, jerry is high out of this world. Who ever said Ramble on Rose is from a different show is incorrect they played it (The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Volumn 1) Sick Show CCsunflower InoUrdr 2005-02-07 21:32:24 2005-02-07 21:32:24 5 31468 The music is all about keith tonight. And Keith is all about the music. The sound quality is great and the playing is so exceptional it is almost unreviewable. Let the music speak for itself. Unreal AugustNine 2005-02-09 09:44:03 2005-02-09 09:44:03 5 31656 Was there ever a more consistantly hot tour in the Dead's 30 year career? Besides Spring '77, this is as good as the boys ever got and this show is just one of many Europe '72 that flat out kicks ass. The quality here is pristine. The Dark Star will take you on a serious journey. Wear your seatbelts for this show. awesome show jeffsetz 2005-02-11 07:31:21 2005-02-11 07:31:21 5 Great Bertha opener, just pops with energy from the first notes. Before jumping into me and my uncle Phil and Bobby joke around saying, with playful southern accents, “We play all kind of music.” Pretty tight Mr Charlie keeps things moving nicely. You win again is played well, nothing special though. A strong Black Throated Wind comes next. For my ears this is one of Bobby’s best songs, and along with Lazy Lightnin>Supp ranks as his most underrated and undervalued tune. This one isn’t one of the best, but it is very well played by all. Standard Europe 72 versions of Chinatown Shuffle, Loser, and Bobby McGee. The sq fails a bit and Cumberland sounds very flat, it isn’t one of the better versions from this period, one of the few forgettable parts from this show. Playin’ is up next, still not fully developed at this time in 72, lets see what this one offers. Strong Playin’ they drive hard through a short jam, nothing like the versions to come over the next few years, but a nice listen. Tenn Jed, El Paso, Big Boss Man, BIODTL are all well played but standard for E72. All worth the listen though. They close up the first set with a nice Casey Jones. The second set open with Truckin. This truckin has a balsy jam, very aggressive playing throughout. They pack a big wallop into just 10:40 here, def worth the listen for all. A very emotional performance from pigpen sparkles during It Hurts Me Too. A spectacular early version of Brown Eye Women comes next.(No surprise it was picked for the Europe 72 release.) The song suffered a bit imo in the next few years before evolving into the perfect Garcia song we know and love today. This is a standout early version though, really a joy to listen to. I love the pedal steel playing from Jerry on this Looks Like Rain. Jerry’s solo here is heartbreakingly beautiful. I should say, up to this point, this show has been great. The songs have been very well executed, and the LLRain, BE Women, and It Hurts Me Too are highlights. The Truckin is excellent and the playin is a nice warmup version. But you can basically throw all of that out the window once you get to the dark star. This show is a 5 star show if you start it at the dark star and end it there too. Things start to take off just before the 4th minute. And by 4:40 they have already grabbed my attention, with Keith really clicking with Jerry and Billy. Keith is the leader at this point. Just before the 6 minute mark there is a very slight hint of an impending feeling groovy jam, but seconds later they have pulled back the reigns and are hanging on a repeated note from keith. They spend the next few minutes testing the waters in a few directions. After a brief moment when the only sound being made is a single note from Garcia they find their direction. At the 10:40 mark, Phil teases a Feeling Groovy jam. This time it is a much more direct allusion, he does so again a few seconds later. At 11:55 there is one second of silence, impeccably placed I might add. Thus far the real star of this Dark Star is definitely Keith. Some quiet moments and some frenetic moments highlight the next 5 minutes, including at least one more feeling groovy tease. The 17th-18th minute are primarily the first verse. Jerry rips some dynamic riffs in the following minutes. And by the end of the 19th minute they seem poised to drop into the aforementioned FG Jam, and by 20:20 Weir is dropping in partial chord progressions for it. At about 20:40 Jerry manages to play about 10 separate notes within a second. At 21:35 Jerry begins a build to the jam and at 21:58 Phil officially kicks into it full speed ahead, with weir and billy quickly following. Jerry and Keith drop in from the outer reaches thereafter. The jam is split into two nice sections, with the end finally coming around 24:35. A few teases are tossed in over the next 40 seconds before a total change of direction occurs. The last 4 minutes aren’t really describable, if you’ve made it that far, you can just listen for yourself. They segue the apocalyptic ending into sugar magnolia highlighted by a very powerful bend and thrust from Garcia. Its really amazing to hear some of these shows from the 65-74 era. They are still playing at full capacity 21 songs deep, and one of those songs was 29 minutes and change, and they still have 11 more to go. So much energy is still pouring out during this sugar magnolia. They go strait into Good Lovin following the Sugar Magnolia. Don’t step on the tracks I guess. This is Pig’s time to shine. These Europe 72 Good Lovin’ are peak Grateful Dead on all fronts. Pig’s front man role shines, the improvisation going on behind his raps is one of a kind in the dead catalogue. Here, they have ripped this version apart within the first 8 minutes. Stellar playing and Pig is flying high. Then they go on for 10 more minutes of top shelf playing before melting down into a short but blistering Caution, which quickly drops into a 22 second Who Do You Love before going right back into Caution. That heads back into Good Lovin for a strong finish to the segment. A very nice Ramble on Rose comes next. Deadbase doesn’t list Ramble on Rose for this show, but it is from this date, just overlooked by Deadbase. Setlist program shows it as well as the tapers compendium. Jerry is very into it, as the song is really starting to shine around this time, having only debuted 6 months earlier. A great NFA comes next, and at the end they do something you’d never expect. The setlist should really read NFA>China Cat Jam>GDTRFB>NFA. It is short, but distinct and clearly China Cat. Then onwards into GDTRFB. Oh Donna, her inclusion here is regrettable, but it doesn’t sour anything for me. If you want to know how Jerry is feeling late in the show, just listen to him sing the water tastes like wine verse. A nice cap to the set as they come back to NFA. Then the expected Saturday Night encore. A nice light ending to one of the heaviest shows the boys ever performed. Oh and for a sound review. With the exception of Cumberland coming off a bit flat, this sbd sparkles just right. I guess the pedal steel was a little low in LL Rain, but only while Bobby was singing, when its just instruments, its fine. Sound: 4.5/5 Playing: 5/5 Show: 9.5/10 One Of The Best direwolf600 2008-03-28 00:33:55 2008-03-28 00:33:55 5 I'm not sure if this is the best of the Europe 72 run, but it is certainly up there. It's a solid show from front to back with hardly a clunker in its midst. The Playin' is juicy and sweet and the Dark Star is...well another excellent 72 DARK STAR!!! Good Lovin', Caution, etc. are a wonderful reminder of the older days with plenty of juicy jamming and Pig raps. The second set here is absolutely fantastic - a must have for sure. The first set ain't bad either. 5 star sound, 4.5 star show. It loses a half a star because the first set has a few too many songs in it. It's fine if there's plenty of jamming but most of the first set is just pretty by the book (but still good! 4 star first set, 5 star second set). The best of Europe? JamminJerome 2008-04-15 15:01:59 2008-04-15 15:01:59 5 I dig the overall clarity of the sound, the youthful force and passion of the performance, and Keith is an articulate monster throughout, just a whirlwind. But let's get down to it--Pig induces a funky trance in himself, the band, and no doubt the audience when he hits his stride with Good Lovin'; he is just a force of nature and it's goddamn beautiful to hear. Having climbed on the bus in '78, I never had the pleasure of seeing him perform, but this brings me closer than ever. It's inspiring. Pig on a Roll Loaf Loofler 2008-04-22 02:33:16 2008-04-22 02:33:16 5 wowee, this is why keith was magical...what a lovely voice he brings from that ol' pianer. is it just that he's so much more present in the mix for this show? i don't know, but this show is all keith all the time...and it's amazing! holy keith!!! lemon lime partridge 2008-04-22 20:20:27 2008-04-22 20:20:27 5 5 star performance. 5 star mix 5 star recording Thank you AI and The GRATEFUL DEAD. Well you can't really tell someone what a GRATEFUL DEAD show is like but you can let them hear this show and they'll get the idea... In 1972 I was a Junior in HS in Bklyn, NY, this is the music we listened to, The GRATEFUL DEAD. Get it while you can, get while it's free. Get it now or you'll be sorry. Eat, drink be merry and listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD. Thanks for the love. You're gonna want this show... oh_uh_um_ah 2008-05-13 22:44:12 2008-05-13 22:44:12 5 In 1985 I was a junior in high school and this is what we listened to. It's been in the top ten from the first time I ever heard it. The Dead manage to out-Stones the Stones at several moments, with Bobby and Jerry battling it out to see who can sound most like Keith Richards. I have listened to this version so many times I can name it blind after hearing any random ten seconds. And yes the Dark Star is also one for the history books. Hall of Fame show. File next to Kresge Plaza. Your cherry pie smells too good Chris U. 2008-05-14 05:27:12 2008-05-14 05:27:12 5 Someone is always better than you Someone is always worse... But gosh darn...this show holds its own against the flood...fo sure. If there had to be a knock on this recording...it's that archive is only streamin it - hehe --- DANES...in the houz! If you disbelieve the qualitaet - play your tape again! Download it here... or buy it (only from a Bobby and Phil sanctioned source, of course!) Dont care --- Just make sure you experience part or all of this show...before you call it quits...and judge fr yourself... fun times 1st set ...especially good = Bertha, Charlie and Big Boss Man... you can tell they're alitte (a little??) tired (aka worn out) by the end of 1st set... FYI: the audio/ recording quality dramatically changes from Bobby > Cumberland and back again to the Playin) 2nd set Truckin = not the bestist -- but way fun &&& crisp. Always love a gr8 hurts me too Brown Eyed is close to purrfect...How did Jerry sound so clear back then again??? MAGIC! DANES!!! and Keith...Phil..shoot..Bobby is on! Bobby...LLR = drama... DS = solid...nothing super but a way dazzling end...worthy LOVE the drop into Sugar Mags... Pig rides the GLovin right on thru...Keith gives it back...JG's SHORT take on it all is good -- and Bobby plays...but at this point the crowd seems to be a third wheel...not helpin --- pig's not sweatin it --- Energyless crowd --- the boyz sure are tryin... Caution > Whoo do you love > Caution > Good Lovin, short but goooooooood....Pig/ bobby's doin it - its a little (a lot??) antiseptic compared to something like Berkley in August, same year...anyway...very fun... FYI2: the audio/ recording quality dramatically changes during Who do you love ---> Caution BRIEFLY...dont freak... Ramble's solid...god, they played so well back then... NFA - great blend...better are out there...but Jerry saves it...who rah!! Love the China tease... GDTRFB...happy NFA reprise to end ---> Sat Night --- seals the deal on a wacky night in europe WELL! --- Overall, anything less than a four is redickulous!! Anyone in the crowd on this night care to share? "Yea yea we know youre there.." - so says JG... --- glad youre here, archive, many thanks --- turn it up! 4 fourteen -- seventy-2.0 gruUbic 2008-06-10 05:59:16 2008-06-10 05:50:43 4 A rollicking, mindblowing show. The piano is outstanding. Pig just blows the place up at the end. lastpollackstaggering lastpollackstaggering 2008-11-08 21:47:49 2008-11-08 21:47:49 4 24 4.88