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West L.A. Fadeaway
March 1, 1984
Studio

the FADED version! sick brent synths and groovy phil/drums/bobby behind Jerry's stoned-sounding vocals. Best one I ever heard.
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The Music Never Stopped
Dec. 27, 1991
Oakland Coliseum Arena

Crazy this wasn't submitted yet. Awesome slam back out of space into the end jam. Vince plays his fucking heart out
4
Foolish Heart
Aug. 3, 1994
Giants Stadium

The outro is lovely, flowing and beautiful
1
Cassidy
March 29, 1995
The Omni

Truly awesome version, for any year. Shows how spacey they were in 95, in a good way. The jam floats forever with beautiful spidery playing from Jer.
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Estimated Prophet
March 26, 1995
The Omni

Strong version especially for the time. Jerry tears the mid solo to shreds! Definitely worth a listen.
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Cold Rain and Snow
Sept. 16, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Should have more votes. Charges right out of the gate with the drummers letting Jerry run once through the intro before coming in. Perfectly executed, acoustic tone as always sounds amazing - really on a Fall 93 kick right now. Rain>Shakedown>Wang Dang>Cold Rain probably blew the Garden up. Opening night.
Terrapin Station
Sept. 29, 1993
Boston Garden

25(!) minute version with a mellow and well explored outro jam. Fall 93 needs more love!!!
Feel Like A Stranger
Dec. 13, 1993
San Diego International Sports Arena

Winter tour 93 needs more love. spicy and well jammed. I do wish vince would have played more than block chords on some songs, though - and I'm a big vince fan.
Stella Blue
March 14, 1993
Richfield Coliseum

Great one, and ripping solos, but no way can it compete with 3/21/94.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Absolutely ripping version. Fall 93 is notable because Jerry had really this fantastic new acoustic sounding tone AND he was still playing very competently. This is one of my favorite slipknots because Jerry switches over to the clean acoustic tone for a VERY interesting and fast-paced jam in the middle. Wish he'd done that more in some of these traditionally distortion filled jams in the 90s. Help>Slip is unreal, kind of coked up, and HOT, while Franklins is definitely the weakest part of the trifecta, but still very enjoyable.
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