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The Music Never Stopped
April 14, 1978
Cassell Coliseum - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bob blows some lyrics, but the midsection and outro are fluent and soaring. Lot on the list not as good as this one.
2
Uncle John's Band
Dec. 31, 1979
Oakland Auditorium

Excellent rendition with available A video and sound on youtube through music vault.
2
The Music Never Stopped
Oct. 29, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

Honorable mention on the old dead clubhouse page, but not on here. There's a youtube video with great sound. See for yourself.
4
Cassidy
Oct. 16, 1981
Melkweg

A unique sounding Cassidy. Parts of this almost sound like a studio release of a different band playing like the dead.
11
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 20, 1982
Madison Square Garden

MSG Scarlet Fire from the Fall of '82 - great transition.
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Comments

Deal
Aug. 27, 1983
Seattle Center Coliseum

Testify! A speedy, fluent outro eventually hits a great peak.
Sugaree
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

The first solo is unreal, a slow burn to a thunderous conclusion. I put this one on the top of '77, which I can see is not the way most others rank it. It is nevertheless clearly on par with the spring '77 Sugarees which most would agree was a consistently excellent period for the song.
Not Fade Away
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

The aud for this one might as well be a different song. The sounds that are most prevalent to the listener here evoke all the things to go with the feeling of being in the crowd and that sense is not there with the board. A good call, as usual.
Not Fade Away
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

Hampton must have been a great place to tape. I know you like that Jim Wise 5/1/81 AUD and I do too - it's a great tape. That is one example where the AUD is clearly better than the corresponding SBD. I'll dig deep into this Cobo AUD tomorrow.
Not Fade Away
Oct. 3, 1976
Cobo Arena

I missed this the couple of other times you posted on it. The tease is excellent - clear as a bell, but they never leave NFA. I listened to the FM Sbd (https://archive.org/details/gd1976-10-03.fmsbd.jerugim.248.shnf/gd76-10-03iipt07.shn), but I will give this another listen tomorrow on a run and I'll try that aud.
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