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2
Big Railroad Blues
Dec. 7, 1979
Indiana Convention Center

Absolutely dirty version right here.
1
Loose Lucy
July 4, 1990
Sandstone Amphitheatre

Funky version. There is an excellent audience tape of this show on the archive.
3
Wharf Rat
May 27, 1993
Cal Expo

Solid version from that great Cal Expo run.
4
Playin' In The Band
Oct. 31, 1985
Carolina Coliseum - University of South Carolina

Cool split version from Halloween.
2
Not Fade Away
Oct. 27, 1990
The Zenith

Hot version in gay Paris.

Comments

Standing On The Moon
Dec. 28, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Beautifully sung and played.
Loser
Dec. 28, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Sung and played with authority.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Oct. 22, 1989
Charlotte Coliseum

The post-"Franklin's" jam is absolutely terrifying and has many of the same elements of the 10/26 "Dark Star." That it comes out of "Franklin's" of all songs makes it even weirder and more interesting. Their happiest, bounciest sounding song becomes this hellish soundscape.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Sept. 11, 1982
West Palm Beach Auditorium

I'm in West Palm Beach on vacation now and decided to blast this one on the boat. It is cemented as a Top 5-er for me. Whole band is nutzo. Fast and furious but also tight. Let's bump this way up.
Big Railroad Blues
Sept. 2, 1983
Boise Pavilion - Boise State University

This song really came back with a vengeance in the early 1980s'. This one is the pinnacle but every version from 1980-85 just rips.