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Three from the Vault
Readied in the early '90s (but not released until the summer of 2007) this multi-tracked document of a strong twenty-song, two-hour set by the Dead from February 1971 in Port Chester, NY brims with subtle pleasures and myriad rave-ups. The sound is immaculate throughout, thanks to the group's adoption of radical technology for the time. The band was at a creative peak at the start of '71; both Workingman's Dead and American Beauty had been released the previous year. There are a few points where the group seems a tad lead-footed, but this is understandable as second drummer Mickey Hart had left the previous day for a several year hiatus after it was discovered that his father had ripped off the group while acting as their manager. Overall, the band 's clearly moving towards a more mean and stripped-down sound. And the rocking numbers like "Bertha"--debuted at this gig, along with a handful of other numbers--do benefit from this. To top it all off, the songs sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan here are among the strongest the blues interpretations ever recorded. There are a lot of Dead shows out there, and some have historic value, while others just sound great in terms of the performance and fidelity. This show has the full trifecta; it's not to be missed by even the casual 'head. --Mike McGonigal
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Tracks| 1 | Two Ditties [Disc 1] | | 2 | The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down [Disc 1] | | 3 | Spring Song [Disc 1] | | 4 | Truckin' [Disc 1] | | 5 | Loser [Disc 1] | | 6 | Cumberland Blues [Disc 1] | | 7 | Hurts Me Too [Disc 1] | | 8 | Bertha [Disc 1] | | 9 | Playing In The Band [Disc 1] | | 10 | Deal [Disc 1] | | 11 | Dark Hollow [Disc 1] | | 12 | Smokestack Lightnin' [Disc 1] | | 13 | China Cat Sunflower [Disc 1] | | 14 | I Know You Rider [Disc 1] | | 15 | Greatest Story Ever Told [Disc 2] | | 16 | Johnny B. Goode [Disc 2] | | 17 | Bird Song [Disc 2] | | 18 | Easy Wind [Disc 2] | | 19 | Deal [Disc 2] | | 20 | That's It For The Other One [Disc 2] | | 21 | I. Cryptical Envelopment [Disc 2] | | 22 | II. Drums [Disc 2] | | 23 | III. The Other One [Disc 2] | | 24 | Wharf Rat [Disc 2] | | 25 | Good Lovin' [Disc 2] | | 26 | Casey Jones [Disc 2] |
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