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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Oct. 14, 1976
Shrine Auditorium

The last halfstep of '76. After Rio Grandeo everyone including the crowd gets into it. The source is a B+ AUD.
1
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Topical
3
Ship of Fools
Dec. 30, 1977
Winterland Arena

Timely
1
Franklin's Tower
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

Different types of solos at each turn: straightaway, Listen-to-the-music-play, spacey, bluegrassy
2
Brown Eyed Women
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center

This one is fiery, especially the solo, in the vein of 8/24/80, including a hint of a Delilah Jones growl.
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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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