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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
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Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

You can't compare 70s Deals w/ late 1980 onward. There's a four minute shredded 2nd solo on this one that wasn't a part of Deal in its 1st decade.
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Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Pre rio grandeo is good, but there are two peaks post rio grandeo, one built off the other and the latter crashes into Franklin's Tower.
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Stella Blue
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

A fluttery and lyrical solo after the bridge and then an autobiography of an outro. There is a video on YouTube.
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Comments

The Other One
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Before this one gets into a Jerry led spring 77 style space, there is some beautiful spring-like jazzy playing. These 77 OOs aren’t for everyone, I know, but I love this kind of thing at this time of year.
Deal
Sept. 11, 1981
Greek Theater

Yes Darkstar, this is a good one, more like that 5/1 Deal than some other 81s. It’s high gain shredding and he’s up in the mix. Later on, and I mean 83 and 84, as well as the last years, he wasn’t so out in front of the other instruments in the Deal outro and you can hear what I’m talking about in this version especially in the clarity of his playing in the first half minute of the outro.
Crazy Fingers
July 13, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

This one is a journey. The song itself is typical of the year: sweet, earnest, and with the SQ of the linked source, a bit tinny. Like all 76ers, the beginning of the outro is just beautiful, summer day music. But after the shift to the minor, they almost reach space, and by the end, you could be listening to playin' or the other one.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Aug. 17, 1980
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena

Not as big as others, but tight and interesting. The beginning of the outro is strong. And similar to 11/30/79, there are two Scarlet solos, the second of which is better and appears to be an attempt to make up for the mistake. I liked this pair.
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 29, 1977
Paramount Theatre

This one is a little off. It's better than dozens above it on the list - it's still a 77 half step - but it really doesn't stack up against almost all of 77 and particularly the fall versions.
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