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Stella Blue
April 21, 1978
Rupp Arena

Powerful version.
5
Not Fade Away
March 28, 1972
Academy of Music

This NFA motors and the GDTRFB is a solid outing, save for some significant caterwauling from Donna Jean
36
Loose Lucy
Feb. 26, 1973
Pershing Municipal Auditorium

The filthy marriage of stank and swagger for this one - hot ish
21
Samson and Delilah
Sept. 28, 1976
Onondaga County War Memorial

Great god almighty now - this is a mad percussive version that leads into a beautiful open jam. Very unique
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Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

Airy, beautiful, flowing rendition

Comments

Playin' In The Band
May 26, 1993
Cal Expo

This one gets a bit noisy and grating for my tastes, but good to see that the boys could still get weird in the later years.
Dark Star
June 24, 1970
Capitol Theatre

Man, this one is beyond words. Perfect weaving of Dark Star throughout the set. The tighten up jam is nothing short of miraculous. Pity there is no SBD, but the AUD copies are decent enough. This one sparkles, from end to end
Eyes Of The World
March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum

This may be deemed 'blasphemy,' but to my humble ears, the Branford sits ins always bordered dangerously on dad rock/Kenny G dentist office waiting room music. Still, the core of the band is completely on point for this - Jerry's solos shine brightly, like a spotlight shown on a diamond. Phil's contributions on the low end are tasty brilliance. Branford weaves in perfectly with the tapestry of music, though the tone is a little vanilla to my ears. The jam is at its best when Jerry is going off and Branford is playing the simple back and forth background chord changes. All and all, this is brilliant, no doubt. A top shelf version, regardless of guest appearance luster. It is nice to have a point of comparison to see what the boys sound like with a variable in play. 50 minutes of incredible music with Eyes > Estimated > Dark Star. Best ever? Likely not, but incredible, no doubt
Estimated Prophet
March 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum

I hear you cgarces, but Branford does torch the early part of the jam before Jerry takes over. Very great version
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
April 1, 1990
The Omni

Jerry tugging at the old heart strings with some impassioned playing