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Submissions

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Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Sept. 19, 1972
Roosevelt Stadium

Terrific 72 version w/ Across the Rio Grandee-o
2
Wharf Rat
Oct. 30, 1980
Radio City Music Hall

It's Quite an Honor...
4
Tennessee Jed
Oct. 18, 1974
Winterland Arena

Slowest of the fast versions?
2
El Paso
Oct. 18, 1974
Winterland Arena

This is an incredible, unique, fast-paced version. Bob's singing is superb and Phil's bass playing is lickety-split in the best possible way.
1
Don't Ease Me In
June 30, 1985
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Incredibly high-octane version from a great show!

Comments

Lost Sailor -> Saint of Circumstance
May 1, 1981
Hampton Coliseum

I didn't really like Lost Sailor>Saint ... until I heard this version! Very dramatic playing.
Aiko Aiko
Sept. 16, 1978
Sphinx Theatre

As isles says, "slow, funky, druggy." Just so. Extraordinary version of the song.
Jack A Roe
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

It's not that they make time stand still--it's that they transport past time (this is an old song) into the present without sacrificing anything of its original character. Kinda miraculous!
Jack Straw
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

Wow--like so many other songs from this night, this is a perfect balance of all the elements that make the song great.
El Paso
May 17, 1977
Memorial Coliseum

This is just one example of how this show accomplishes what they were trying to do in May 77 better than any other show. Incredible professionalism without any loss of energy or organic flexibility (Cornell is sometimes a bit stiff, no?)
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