Slow and intense.

Very intense version in a bluesy second set.

It's funny, I love this show but not this Throwing Stones. Bobby's guitar is too high in the mix on this and it's grating at times. This show opens with a great Wang Dang Doodle > Jack Straw and has my favorite versions of Brown-Eyed Women, Minglewood, and Big RxR.

In the 3+ night runs in 89 a lot of the first nights were mailed in. Both NJ & Philly in the fall were like that.

I won't compare this to the accoustic versions, but it is definitely the best of the revival versions. The Truckin>Speedway>UJB>Jam that starts with a long Dark Star tease and has DS weaved throughout is definitely my favorite Bruce-era moment.

I don't think this was ever an official release, but the Hampton Dark Star show is probably the most widely circulated Fall 89. It is a great show, although I won't quibble over your assessment of Throwing - that's not what made it great.

First, the matrix version using the FOB where the dude is yelling "America's favorite song, Truckin'" before Scarlet is the best copy of Cornell, way better than the official release. In fact, that recording unmatrixed is probably the most stunning audience recording I've ever come across in it's context in terms of history and equipment and whatnot (the 8/6/71 recording is the only one close I can think of). Second, the "Cornell bump" and the backlash among old heads is mostly due to the fact that it is more widely known than any other show (a function of the quality of both the show and the various recordings of it), so that adds to it's votes. If you look at favorite show polls (going back to Relix in the 90s), it's always so far ahead of everything else you'd think there's no way any other show touches it. While it may actually be the best show (or at least in the conversation), it's not THAT far ahead of every other one, it's just that the poll results are a function of familiarity as much as quality and everyone has had that one since the first month they started collecting shows. One of my favorite shows is 10/19/81. Every song in the second set is brilliant and one of my favorites for that song. But none of those are close to the top of the rankings here, not because that show isn't as good as 5/8/77 but because about 5% as many people have heard it. Listen to the matrix copy of Sailor>Saint (of all things) from 10/19/81. That's one of the most jaw-dropping moments of Dead music in my whole collection, and it's not even the best Sailor>Saint on this site, just because of circulation.