From Dick’s Picks Volume 1 to Dave’s Picks Volume 58, Curtis Hixon Hall is front and center once again as we shed a little lovelight on the complete, unreleased show from December 18, 1973. On this one, you’ll find the band coastin’ off that Europe ’72 sound (“Tennessee Jed,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” a not-to-be-missed mix of “China>Rider”), testing the tempo of the newly debuted (12/12/73) pretty little “Peggy-O,” and morphing Wake of the Flood tracks (“Weather Report Suite,” “Row Jimmy,” and “Eyes of the World”) into live form. “Dark Star,” increasingly rare, drifts into the second set, clocking in at nearly 22 minutes, and dare we say this just might be Dave’s favorite “Wharf Rat”? — dead.net

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