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Poster: | Cliff Hucker | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 6:45am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
One week prior to today's TDIH performance marked the first ever pairing of the two beautiful themes; the Feeling Groovy and Tighten Up jams played in succession, in the fantastic 10/25/69 Dark Star. And while that dynamite Star is certainly among the best of 1969 (which is really saying a lot!), the Dark Star from one week later on 11/2/69 is even more extraordinary in my opinion.
Both of the thematic jams are even more developed than the performance from one week prior, offering another great opportunity to compare/contrast these two, which are frequently confused with on another. Both are gorgeous in this rendition, the Feeling Groovy Jam in particular is one of the very best performances of this jam ever. Perhaps eclipsed by only the performance in the Dark Star from 2/13/70.
But the 11/2/69 Dark is much more than just these two post-verse themes. The pre-verse segment is just as amazing, exploratory and emotive, not unlike the performance from 2/27/69. And it features some really cool contributions from T.C. in the form of some really eerie keyboard work, marking one of his finest ever performances with the Grateful Dead.
clementinescaboose has called this one the best Dark Star of 1969. I'm not sure it's possible to name the best Dark Star of '69, there are so many superb renditions during the year. To borrow a phrase from LIA describing the best Stars from 1972, "there are probably twenty top-ten Dark Stars in 1969." But this one is definately up there with the best of them! The rest of the show is excellent as well. Particularly The Eleven and Death Dont't Have No Mercy. Superb Charlie Miller sound quality.
So go out and vote today, but let's leave the political discussion for elsewhere...
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-11-02.sbd.miller.32350.sbeok.flac16
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Poster: | light into ashes | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 9:06am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
I feel it's kind of a twin to the 1/2/70 Dark Star...
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Poster: | rastamon | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 11:26am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
This post was modified by rastamon on 2010-11-02 18:26:41
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Poster: | jmb1 | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 11:51am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
The Saint Jam is HUGE
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Poster: | Diamondhead | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 11:44am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
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Poster: | duckpond74 | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 7:11am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
It was the rich and clean audio capture of this show that first drew me to it. The tape itself is quite good for it's vintage - crisp, clean and quiet. The mix itself also is quite good, if not excellent for The Family Dog. Nice audio spatial imaging allows for a rich and present sound with a quiet background, onstage sound and attentive audience. The way the organ, gong and cymbals underscore the early feedback and jam in Dark Star helps create this pensive, almost chilling, vibe that resonates so strongly later in the blues dirge of Death Don't. As they say about time flying by when you are having fun, the Dark Star never feels like 30 minutes - it always seems to wind up all to quickly!
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Poster: | Dudley Dead | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 7:52am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
As for the political thing , note, I have avoided the whole thing here .
Long live the Grateful Dead .
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Poster: | clementinescaboose | Date: | Nov 3, 2010 12:43am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
This post was modified by clementinescaboose on 2010-11-03 07:43:44
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Poster: | light into ashes | Date: | Nov 3, 2010 6:24pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
I haven't listened to it in a while so I could be mistaken, but I think 12/4/69 is the most "ahead-of-its-time" Dark Star of the year. It's like they make an effort NOT to play any of the familiar themes, and just do pure improvisation for a half-hour like they would a couple years later.
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Poster: | clementinescaboose | Date: | Nov 4, 2010 12:50am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
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Poster: | light into ashes | Date: | Nov 4, 2010 1:00pm |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |
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Poster: | deadmax | Date: | Nov 2, 2010 8:10am |
Forum: | GratefulDead | Subject: | Re: TDIH - Feeling Groovy Jam> Tighten Up Jam (reprise) |