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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.
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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

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Oct. 11, 1977
Lloyd Noble Center - University of Oklahoma

I don't hear the tightness. Yes, it's a '77 HSF, so it's awesome, but during the segue from Help to Slipknot I always think, "That's why they stopped playing this." It's sloppy. But yeah, ok. That section requires synchronicity like some in St. Stephen - another one that would fall out for long periods of time.
Eyes Of The World
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

Jerry goes back and forth between rapid sequences of notes and then what I would describe as unsatisfying fanning. It seems like he wants the band to play at a different tempo, tries to make it happen and never gets it where he wants. This happens in the intro and in the first two breaks. There is a long, spacey outro that I preferred to the entire song proper.
Cassidy
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

This is gorgeous, absolutely beautiful.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
May 14, 1978
Providence Civic Center

I like the post rio grandeo break (rolling, loping) better than the pre break (bendy, not sweet enough). Still, this one comes from the end of the half step golden era, so it probably beats out about 200 others.
Comes A Time
May 16, 1978
Uptown Theater

This one deserves a look from some of those who like the May '77 versions of this song. It's a rarity at this point in the late '70s, as the poster says, and there is a Charlie Miller SBD of this part of the show on the Archive. It's not 5/9/77, but it's got its own thing.
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