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2
All New Minglewood Blues
Dec. 28, 1991
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

X-Factor, Phil-Zone, Over the center field wall
3
Queen Jane Approximately
Sept. 19, 1988
Madison Square Garden

Yuppers!
21
Alabama Getaway
May 15, 1980
Nassau Coliseum

Rippin' getaway, Phil Bomb-punctuated jam. 43rd version to be listed? C'mon! Go to Nassau and check it out.
4
Franklin's Tower
Oct. 1, 1976
Market Square Arena

Inventive and unique
19
Help on the Way
Oct. 9, 1976
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium

Let's go to the audio tape...
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Comments

Dancin' in the Streets
June 22, 1969
Central Park

Home run of a version right here
The Other One
June 17, 1991
Giants Stadium

Got 2nd row center from mail order and haven't been the same since... again.
Jack Straw
Aug. 4, 1974
Philadelphia Civic Center

Interesting observation (applies to other songs/ works both ways, e.g. jam extended, jam shortened). Often occurs gradually, but not necessarily. The kite string definitely runs out aways on 7/31 too, but this period seems to be a turning point. So many previous versions you wonder why it gets 'cut down' so quickly. In any case, yeah, Jer's solos scale a chain of high peaks here.
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin's Tower
Oct. 1, 1976
Market Square Arena

This one's 43 yo today and still my favorite. So many reasons... but Jerry's leads are just so inventive, creative, and varied.
Not Fade Away
Feb. 13, 1970
Fillmore East

No longer off my radar! +1
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