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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
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Ship of Fools
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

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

Different types of solos at each turn: straightaway, Listen-to-the-music-play, spacey, bluegrassy
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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.
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The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1978
Golden Hall, Community Concourse

40th anniversary of this top notch MNS. I will die on the hill of this underrated version. The Franklin’s is a great standalone too.
Darkness Jam
Nov. 2, 1979
Nassau Coliseum

This was a great get, darkstar. I remember when you found this one, however long ago that was. At any rate, I had listened to this NFA, loved the version and never would have thought Darkness given how out of ordinary it was at this end of the seventies. He's a listener, children!
Wharf Rat
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

Btw, this jam at the end of wharf rat is one of two extemporaneous jams in this show (might as well has one too). ’76 has a bunch of these jams, well collected in this article at deadessays: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-1976-out-of-nowhere-jams.html?m=1cted
Wharf Rat
Aug. 2, 1976
Colt Park

You think you'll be able to make it to the New Year's show by next week, carrion crow? That fall tour is dense and I see that there are more than a dozen shows left. Whatever happens, you're doing yeoman's work. Any ideas on next year?
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 14, 1977
Hofheinz Pavilion

This one is decent and can hang with the spring 77s, but it doesn’t match the others from the fall of 77: 9/3, 11/5 and 11/6, stuck in between them though it is. There was another fall half step that year on 10/7, but the tape of that portion of the show is nowhere to be found. Tantalizing.
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