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They Love Each Other
March 21, 1985
Hampton Coliseum

This is a CRAZY, trippy version! Jerry is INCREDIBLE on this one...so much so that some of the band loses it's place and somehow makes it work.
5
New Minglewood Blues
April 13, 1984
Hampton Coliseum

Particularly smoking version, everyone is firing on all cylinders, Bobby's vocal is great, Brent is fantastic, Jerry, Bob, Phil, etc...

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I Second That Emotion
April 14, 1971
Davis Gym, Bucknell University

Fun little solo from Jerry (though the band just narrowly averts a train wreck when they the band and Jerry have different ideas when the chord changes....a very fleeting moment thankfully). But nice little version.
I Second That Emotion
April 13, 1971
Catholic Youth Center

It seems like most of the versions I've heard of this song (so far) are out of tune for some reason.....this version is particularly out of tune! So I'm going to dissent. Jerry's voice isnt particularly strong on it either, Bucknell University (the next day, he sings better, and is a more together version)
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 14, 1976
Beacon Theatre

Beautiful, spacey, relaxed and confident. Not the mess it can sometimes be (understandably so.....there's alot of marks to hit!). I love '76, and I particularly love '76 Help->Slipknots. This one is distinctive, unusual....like for instance the Jerry/drummers/Phil section? The audience is going nuts....understandably so! Drummers highly creative, Phil at his funkiest and most sublime.....the vocals are together, the lyrics at about 98% I think, not bad, Jer. :D
Black Peter
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Wow. Just heard it for the first time moments ago.....rushed right here to vote. Very distinctive version. Totally "Europe '72", and I didn't realize until I saw the above comment that this was the only version on the whole tour. This could have EASILY made the album.
Easy Wind
Dec. 26, 1970
Legion Stadium

This is a perfect version, and the mix is fantastic as well. It is completely relaxed, in the pocket, every member delivering the goods. Solid. This is a solid version. How they could let this song fall out of the repertoire has always mystified me. Definitely not to be missed; if this isn't THE greatest version, it definitely is in the top three. I agree that the Port Chester version out of Not Fade Away is the greatest....but it's an audience tape, great as it is. This version has a perfect mix, a releasable mix, so that definitely has something going for it.
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