11/13/72: soldiers and sailors memorial hall, kansas city.

every once in a while i stumble onto a really special grateful dead recording. this night in kansas, definitely qualifies. what makes this particular gig really shine--aside from the beautiful playing--is the quality of the sound. there were several shows during this fall '72 run that owsley resorted to audience taping, producing really sweet room recordings. owsley experimented with the placement of the mics, and to a certain extent with kinds of mics (he was limited in the choices available and, as a result, preferred an omnidirectional type of set up). the result is a sonic wonder, filled with abstract passages, manifold chord patterns, and dynamic contrasts. and although it’s only a segment of the full show, it’s a dark star suite that’ll set your head on fire. plug in your headphones and cue this weird and beautiful thing up. https://archive.org/details/gd1972-11-13.aud.owsley.gems.105812.flac16