You can tell this was a great rendition but this AUD is just way too muddy. An aggressive EQ might do this one some good

No SBD but this AUD is actually quite fantastic. This is a superb version, totally worth your time

Words to describe this one: gentle, tranquil, just beautiful. Criminally underrated. Talkin 25 to life criminally underrated.

There's some intentional stutters in the solo that the whole band picks up on and its magical. On fire, not sure how this wasn't already here

Very abrupt out of mama tried-- Jerry takes a longer solo and totally kills it. 100% worth a listen

This one is being slept on a little. The second solo is really pretty, and the outro jamming is relatively coordinated compared to a lot of the renditions sitting above this one. It doesn't quite have the fire and cohesion of say, 8/6, but I really just can't see why a somewhat disjointed performance like 6/16 has close to 100 votes while this one sits here gathering dust at a measly 6.

Bill is going absolutely nuts here.

See if you can spot Phil hitting what sounds like fire on the mountain tones at around 8:40 on the miller source. Goes on for about a minute. Not surprised at its showing up given that it also makes a prophetic cameo in the 6/22/73 playin, but I am surprised that nobody else has mentioned it. Overall a beautiful, dreamy, jazzed out playin.

You're trippin Joe. The first post-chorus solo is untouchable, maybe the greatest solo Jerry ever threw down. Yes, there are points in this version where it isn't perfect and Jer flubs a few notes or has to gather himself - see the entry to the second post-chorus solo - but that doesn't detract from the omnipotent magic that possesses this version. Your diatribe against this performance makes me think you only listened to it once and with over-heightened expectations, so come back with an open mind and give it a second chance, and make 100% sure you're listening to the matrix so you don't have that god awful cut ruining the peak of the first solo. The slow tempo here allows for more spaced-out, emotional phrasing as opposed to the speedy clustering and sequencing that usually make up eyes solos, and you really feel it; this is one of those solos that you genuinely feel in your bones.

Great commentary guys. I am generally a staunch defender of "overrated" dead shows but I will acknowledge that 5/8 definitely shouldn't be so far and away #1. It's totally fair to me that it sits at the top, but it is without a doubt a little ridiculous that is has more than double the votes of the runner up. It's important to be objective and compensate for the hype with Cornell, but it's also important to compensate equally for the naysayers and bring yourself back down to earth sometimes. This truly is an incredible show despite the widespread contrarian polemic that likes to say otherwise.