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Might As Well
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Barnburning storm burster so strong it blows out speakers around 03:30 in. Kicks off the party with Jerry in full form, vox and guitar.
3
New Minglewood Blues
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Maybe not everyone's favorite song (or anyone's), but this is the ballsiest most swaggering one since they busted it out. Great mix helps, too.
7
Cassidy
July 18, 1976
Orpheum Theater

Note for note perfection. Cassidy was a blazing glory during this whole Summer tour.
3
Johnny B. Goode
July 17, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

Keith could play a piano just like ringing a bell. Jeez, but he just slays it here. Show this to your kid learning the keyboard, damn.
5
Mama Tried
July 17, 1976
Orpheum Theatre

It's got everything nice about the '76 sound: Crisp and clean while laid back. Perfect execution.
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Comments

Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Glad you like it darkstar67!
Playin' In The Band
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Hard to hear Jerry, but a brilliant deconstruction of Playin' here. It telegraphs the move into Dancin' a few times before definitively landing there. A fun if not obscure version. The whole show could use a serious re-mix and re-mastering to get Jerry's contribution at proper levels.
Friend of the Devil
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

A Keith master class here: With Jerry really low in the mix you can get a different sense of what the rest of the band was doing. What they were doing was spectacular (you knew that), but Keith really shines here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Try the Tobin matrix or get the copy that circulated on nugs.net for a clearer Jerry sound. He is indeed too low for most of the Betty Board re-mix.
Mission in the Rain
June 10, 1976
Boston Music Hall

Like nearly everyone it seems, I love every (only five) GD version of this song. Back in tape-trading days this version was one of my first indications that there were 15 or so whole years of great music to tune in and turn on to before I got on the bus. That said... I've always felt that JGB was in fact the better vehicle for it. There's something so personal about the lyrics, and there always seemed something more restrained and delicate with the JGB versions. If you haven't groked them yet, check 'em out.
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