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Deal
Oct. 10, 1981
Stadt Halle

Incendiary second solo becomes delicate and beautiful before they build the final refrain.
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Deal
Oct. 4, 1981
Rainbow Theater

You can't compare 70s Deals w/ late 1980 onward. There's a four minute shredded 2nd solo on this one that wasn't a part of Deal in its 1st decade.
3
Deal
Sept. 25, 1980
Warfield Theater

This is the first one with the second solo, revamped for the 15th anniversary.
8
Mississippi Halfstep Uptown Toodeloo
Jan. 8, 1979
Madison Square Garden

Pre rio grandeo is good, but there are two peaks post rio grandeo, one built off the other and the latter crashes into Franklin's Tower.
4
Stella Blue
May 13, 1981
Civic Center

A fluttery and lyrical solo after the bridge and then an autobiography of an outro. There is a video on YouTube.
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Comments

Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
May 5, 1981
Glens Falls Civic Center

Thanks for this Sharleena. This one is excellent, better than 6/18/83 for sure, even though it has less than half the votes.
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Feb. 3, 1979
Market Square Arena

This is the best SF that I know of for which only an audience recording is available. June 18, 1983 is another good one - and it has a similar number of votes - but it's not in this league. Anyone know of any good AUD only SFs?
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
March 27, 1989
The Omni

I listened to the whole sequence, one of my favorites, which in turn goes into the familiar sequence of drums>space>wheel. The Scarlet solo and transition are absolutely worth the time and the Fire is pretty good. You're right, the Fire, Fire, Fire before the outro is some nice late 80s enthusiasm from someone who didn't always have it.
Cold Rain and Snow
July 4, 1986
Rich Stadium

I love it.
The Music Never Stopped
Jan. 10, 1978
Shrine Auditorium

deadhoe69 - I've seen your other posts on the MNS mid jam and I agree that this song is best judged by the spacey section that comes at the end of the lyrics. You are right - this one is good. Try 6/23/84 for another winner in that section.
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