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3
Jack Straw
June 18, 1983
Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Great guitar work highlights this version, Jerry is dialed in from the get-go. Great show.
1
Not Fade Away
Dec. 29, 1984
San Francisco Civic Center

Posted the wrong date before; anyway, this is a scorcher.
3
The Other One
Dec. 30, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena

Don't sleep on this one - super dark and intense version.
3
Playin' In The Band
March 27, 1985
Nassau Coliseum

Great version that gets really spooky towards the end. Very nice exploratory passages with Jerry, Brent and the Devils especially shining.
1
The Other One
May 27, 1989
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

An utterly whacked out version. Healy's vocal effects are just plain weird.

Comments

Hell in a Bucket
June 22, 1991
Soldier Field

This should be higher as well. The whole band absolutely attacks the song. It has a punch few others do.
Shakedown Street
June 22, 1991
Soldier Field

MASSIVE jam here. Jerry and Bruce destroy this one. Top 5.
Dark Star
Sept. 10, 1974
Alexandra Palace

This should have 100+ votes. It's an absolutely massive version. So quiet and pretty most of the time than just frightens the shit out of you unrelentingly. Incredible version; Billy is on fire here.
They Love Each Other
June 20, 1983
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Love this version a lot. Jerry's on fire every second of the first set.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

One of the very best post-Brent performances of any song. Jerry is as good as he's ever been here.