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Passenger
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Huge + screaming + stunning ‘81 version!!!
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Drums -> Space
Aug. 12, 1981
Salt Palace

Spanish Space: “Estimated Prophet>Eyes of the World>Drums>Space>Spanish Jam>Truckin’>Morning Dew>Around and Around>Good Lovin’”!!!
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Good Lovin'
Jan. 31, 1978
Uptown Theater

Super-fun + life-affirming closer to a blast of a show!
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El Paso
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Powerful version from another under-appreciated spring ‘78 show.
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Tennessee Jed
May 7, 1978
Field House - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

RPI ‘78! The best show you’ve never heard!

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Friend of the Devil
Sept. 4, 1983
Park West Ski Resort

Stunning rendition. Boys in full voice + Brent going off + all instruments on the Matrix sound incredible. What a beauty.
Me and My Uncle
June 17, 1975
Winterland Arena

So perfectly ‘75!
Little Red Rooster
Feb. 26, 1981
Uptown Theater

Absolutely smokin’. Hit that Matrix for full crowd effect…
Althea
May 16, 1980
Nassau Coliseum

I’ve always wanted to prove Franken wrong about this one, so I’ve searched and searched…but he ain’t wrong. This one just stratospherically shimmers + gleams + evolves into a beautiful bonfire of electric light beams, firing + exploding. It’s the one. (Honorable mention: do yourself a favor and check out 2/26/81. Crispy + beautiful + slinkily groovin’ all at once, before rising up to interwoven magical tenderness).
Althea
March 14, 1981
Hartford Civic Center

This is def an all-timer, but there’s just no stopping 5/16/80. I’ve tried to convince myself there are better versions, but it just freakin’ shines too brightly. I’ve got 2/26/81 second (whole show is incredibly underknown) and this one 3rd.
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