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Jack Straw
May 10, 1978
Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

From DP 25, Opens show at New Haven. Takes no prisoners. Extra shot of Jerry heading in bridge jam. Kinda surprised it's not on a list of 90+ Straws
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Samson and Delilah
April 8, 1978
Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Shame on me for not submitting this earlier. Insane ripper to open 2nd set; Phil OWNS this version. Pause for nothing-- Listen NOW. Thank me l8r ;-)
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Not Fade Away
Dec. 29, 1977
Winterland Arena

Latvala from "Grate" Beyond reminds of his Winterland pick: The Best. Jer rips holes in Universe; Drummers pummel; Listen to "drive me BACK" line!
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Samson and Delilah
Dec. 5, 1979
Uptown Theater

Possibly best-ever of the Brent era. Bob preaches fire & brimstone and Jerry shreds the living daylights out of every jam. Serious MUST listen version
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Shakedown Street
Dec. 5, 1979
Uptown Theater

A funk-laden but more laid-back, groovier vibe marks this excellent entry from Chicago. Notable for A+ vocals & harmonies and Bobby shines in end jam!
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Comments

Bertha
Nov. 14, 1971
Texas Christian University

I did. I agree. Locked in year for this tune and this is one of the best.
New Minglewood Blues
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

Top 5 '77 is crazy hard to do (limiting to 5 I mean) My list would be nearly identical to cgarces but 10/29/77 is at the top of my list for that year and any year.
New Minglewood Blues
May 8, 1977
Barton Hall - Cornell University

My 2 pennies on Cornell: it is a truly great and epic show because of the big ticket songs that it's best known for: ScarletFire, Stephen/NFA and Dew. All as good as advertised even if none of them are in my mind "best evers". What drives me bonkers about Cornell is what you've pointed out here: that so many smaller tunes are automatically given prime marks just because they're in this show. Brown Eyed Women is another perfect example along with this NMB. It's fine but there are at least a dozen others way better that are lower on the list. Some people just see Cornell and instantly vault every song to the forefront when objectively they're not worthy.
Pretty Peggy O
Nov. 13, 1978
Music Hall

Brilliant version I ignored for lack of SBD but source provided is a fantastic AUD...very warm recording and the audience reaction to Jerry's solo says it all. Nice Stagger Lee from this show...generally excellent first set.
Bertha
Feb. 24, 1974
Winterland Arena

Great uptempo version with a little extra "till it go down" Jerry vocal and a sweet bridge jam. No hesitation calling this the best of '74.
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