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Samson and Delilah
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

These early ones have such brilliant swagger, you can really hear the gospel power to them
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The Wheel
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Such floating beauty, you can feel the tires humming down the highway. Part of a magic Playin' sammy too. Everything about this is brilliant.
3
Cassidy
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Just exactly perfect here. Bobby and Donna were perfection in '76, The little AUD patch doesn't hurt at all. Jerry and the Devils tear it up.
2
Looks Like Rain
June 22, 1976
Tower Theatre

Donna and Bobby in perfect sync, beautifully harmonizing, and backed up with brilliant Jerry fretwork. '76 was Donna's best year by far.
4
The Music Never Stopped
June 21, 1976
Tower Theater

Short set opener, but if there's one where Donna saves it all with breathy ahhhs and mmmms, it's this one. Gentle whispers around 03:30.
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Comments

The Music Never Stopped
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Insane rager. The sound quality is muffled, so this beast should be best heard on headphones. This one might be even more fun than the brilliant one just before this 04/27. They keep taking it higher and higher, stepping up intensity until the crowd sounds like they're in an ecstasy. Spring '77... it really is just that good.
Loser
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Agreed that this would really benefit from a SBD or matrix. I'm no AUD-phobe and love the warm sense of being there you can get only from the tapers, but hearing that crowd roar at the vocal peaks, hearing the harmonies Donna sneaks in behind Jerry, getting a better mix together for Bobby, or a less compressed sound and this one goes to the very top.
Cassidy
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Upvoting Freedomhaul's perfect comment. This is Barlow and Bobby's crowning achievement.
They Love Each Other
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Keith has a moment of brilliancy here, exploring his MOOG or whatever rig he was working on at this point in a killer solo. He's working on a steam-powered calliope sound just like a merry-go-round befitting the eye-rolling, tongue-in-cheek story being told in the song. Form... meet content.
Tennessee Jed
April 29, 1977
The Palladium

Jerry's lyricism and melodic poetry are just on point. Note-by-note his solos here are just exactly perfect. The crowd enthusiasm is palpable and they erupt with joy over this one.
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