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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
9
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.
3
Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
7
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.
2
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 Music Never Stopped
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U

This one is good. There is plenty of tension in the midsection before the flip to the outro as in every truly good MNS. Not my absolute favorite, but a top 10.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
June 7, 1991
Deer Creek Music Center

Sharleena - I just took a look at your google doc and I wanted to say that your insanity is right up my alley. Thanks for sharing! I will have to check out 8/27/81.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Feb. 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium

I'm surprised that this is as high as it is. The Slipknot is certainly where most of the action takes place - it is dark and exploratory. The last three minutes of Franklin's Tower are great too. But this triptych thrives on tightness and tightness is conspicuously lacking in a number of places. I'm not going to upvote this because I think that we have a real conversation about what belongs in 4th place now, with four tied for that spot.
Pretty Peggy O
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

This version is tight. *yawn* But it's 1977...
Estimated Prophet
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

It's early and they are still working this out. This and the day before are interesting for their historical import, but there are more than a dozen from the first half of '77 to put squarely in front of these two.
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