Grateful Dead

Our first stop this week is on 11/14/72 at the Oklahoma City Music Hall, where we have the big second set jam consisting of He'sGone>Truckin'>Jam>Other One>Sing Me Back Home, Sugar Magnolia, Casey Jones, Uncle John's, OMSN. There are a couple of tape cuts due to reel flips, but it's mostly all here, and really good. It's hard to argue with the statement that 1972 was the Grateful Dead's most consistently great year, from the March run in New York and, of course, the Europe '72 tour, through the sporadic summer shows, into the excellent of August through December. This is truly music we never tire of here at the Tapers' Section.

In fact, we like 1972 so much, we now have a nice batch of tunes from a few days later, consisting of Ditty, Tomorrow is Forever, Big River, China>Rider, Playing, Casey Jones, SET 2- Promised, Ramble On, El Paso, Stella, Jack Straw recorded on 11/19/72 in Houston.

Lastly this week, from a year later on 11/23/73 also in Texas, this time in El Paso, we have Jack Straw, China>Rider, El Paso, Tennessee Jed. This is part of a terrific tour that ran 10/19/73 through 12/19/73 with a few short breaks between legs of the tour.

Be sure to check back next week, and as always, we encourage you to write to us with questions or comments.

David Lemieux
vault@dead.net