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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 14, 1976
Shrine Auditorium

The last halfstep of '76. After Rio Grandeo everyone including the crowd gets into it. The source is a B+ AUD.
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U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Topical
3
Ship of Fools
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Timely
1
Franklin's Tower
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

Different types of solos at each turn: straightaway, Listen-to-the-music-play, spacey, bluegrassy
2
Brown Eyed Women
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

This one is fiery, especially the solo, in the vein of 8/24/80, including a hint of a Delilah Jones growl.

Comments

Not Fade Away
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

I missed this the couple of other times you posted on it. The tease is excellent - clear as a bell, but they never leave NFA. I listened to the FM Sbd (https://archive.org/details/gd1976-10-03.fmsbd.jerugim.248.shnf/gd76-10-03iipt07.shn), but I will give this another listen tomorrow on a run and I'll try that aud.
Not Fade Away
June 4, 1978
Campus Stadium - University Of California

Darkstar67 heard that Darkness Jam (a good get!) in the 11/2/79 NFA and that got me looking around for others with unique sections. This one quotes Nobody's Fault But Mine from 5:00-6:00 on the linked source. The whole version is short, but it smokes and Donna sounds lively too.
Not Fade Away
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

Funky and played at full volume by everyone, albeit short. Brent and Phil are out front for much of the first half. Definitely unique.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 4, 1977
The Palladium

Typical May 77 precision and fluency before rio grandeo and then decidedly different afterwards: sweet, quiet, subtle - a little weird to be so understated at the end of a show opener, but I like it. The actual singing of rio grandeo is excellent, even if the SQ of this board doesn't stack up against the rest of the month.
The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 17, 1978
Fox Theatre

Here: https://archive.org/details/gd78-12-17.sbd.wiley.13408.sbeok.shnf