Joel, what you might want depends also on what sound quality you're interested in. Most of the '67-'70 bootlegs are audience recordings of varying quality. The 4 Jan. 1970 Fillmore West show is excellent sound quality (and it's a must-have IMHO), and the shows from the Warehouse in New Orleans are great sound quality too (one of these features a very nice version of "Before the Beginning"). Another one with excellent sound is the 2-disc set from 6/68 at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco, with a terrific performance of "Worried Dream", plus a few numbers with Paul Butterfield. The 1/17/70 (sometimes listed as 1/7/70) Eagle Auditorium show from Seattle has very good sound, but has a similar set to the 1/4/70 Fillmore show, which I think is a better show. If you're not so particular about the sound quality, then there are more choices. If you're not as interested in the long jams, you may be better concentrating more on the pre-1970 shows, although there's a lot of great stuff from 1970 too.
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