Here’s a 24-minute 1981 “Playin’ in the Band” jam to fight your favorite 1974 version.
I’ve edited the epic, unreleased, 3-part, 3/2/81, Cleveland performance into a continuous, instrumental event that includes the relevant passage from space. (“China Doll” and drums broke up the performance.) This was the first “Playin’” of the year.
A longish, spicy, instrumental edit of “Supplication” is the encore. I’d hoped to weave it into the “Playin’” sequence, but it didn’t work. Still, a logical pairing with “Playin’."
Half-hour, mp3 mix zipped up here
- Playin’ in the Band (3-parts + space instrumental edit) (23:35)
- Supplication (instrumental edit) (4:50)
Cover image: Detail of Nora Hilgart-Griff photograph