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Tennessee Jed
March 12, 1981
Boston Garden

Great execution and wow, what great peaks in this one! Listen to the crowd go nuts throughout this AUD. Gotta love '81! :)
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They Love Each Other
Oct. 8, 1981
Forum Theater

I just can't get enough of '81 audience tapes, and shows like this are exactly why. This TLEO really smokes! Everyone is on fire!!
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Estimated Prophet
Feb. 25, 1990
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

At the end of this one, Jerry's adding a generous portion of MIDI ingredients to a tasty Estimated Prophet sauce.
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Take A Step Back
April 17, 1984
Niagara Falls Convention Center

A dark, echoey recommendation to step back before dropping into Help>Slipknot>Franklin's
3
Its All Over Now
April 3, 1987
The Centrum

Blistering, high speed ENERGY! Almost feels like a different song with this tempo, but by far my favorite version. This whole show is insane.
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Brown Eyed Women
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

I think THIS is the highlight of this show, along with Jack Straw, Deal, TLEO and Minglewood. Scarlet/Fire and Morning Dew are pretty good as well, but THIS BEW TAKES THE CAKE. Jerry's vocals are PERFECT. And his solo after the first chorus is, musically, probably the best solo I have ever heard him do. I mean, it's really interesting - listen closely to the "doubling over" theme he does at the beginning of each phrasing. Mention the best tone ever, with that aluminum-necked Travis Bean.
Jack Straw
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

I think this is the most perfect that this song could get, while being very "inspired". The vocal harmonies are FLAWLESS. The only version that could be more perfectly executed is from Europe '72. But to me, this one is way more musically interesting than that one. Even some slight accelerando and decelerando. The only thing I don't like is the "fourth day of juLYYYY" part. But that's quickly redeemed by the amazing harmonies that follow
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 13, 1977
Auditorium Theatre

you can hear that it's Jerry who says "Go ahead, Phil!" to kick off Fire
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 5, 1978
Uni Dome, U of Northern Iowa

Jer's high note intro to start of the soloing at the beginning - so cool. Super WAPPY
The Music Never Stopped
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

The perfect version. Also, there's a particular note Jerry hits in his first solo (after Donna's first vocal solo) that rings out and announces itself to the world - and that first solo as a whole being the best and most musically concise in any TMNS I have ever heard. The outtro is just insane.
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