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15
Loser
April 7, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

Perfect version.
15
Black Throated Wind
April 7, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

This one should not take a back seat to the higher ranked one from the next night!
15
Chinatown Shuffle
April 7, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

Super tight all tour...this is the first one!
14
Sugaree
April 7, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

Not 1977, but has that 1972 goodness to it!
36
Greatest Story Ever Told
April 7, 1972
Wembley Empire Pool

Excellent high energy to start this tour. It is another killed version in 1972.

Comments

Playin' In The Band
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Grendel, I respect your thoughts bigtime. I guess it does depend on how you like your Playins. I know we both don't dig nonsense noise in DS's and Playin's. I will listen to 2/26 again and and evaluate it on an elegance level. With that being said, I did say it was the highlight of Set 1. Thanks for your analysis.
The Wheel
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Love this Playin'>Wheel>Playin
Playin' In The Band
Feb. 3, 1978
Dane County Coliseum

Different beast than 2/26/77, but 39 minutes of goodness. The 6 minute build up to the reprise is golden and then just pounded home with not just power chords, but some cool playing by Jer. I can't believe Grendel hasn't commented...he is usually like don't forget the reprise. I will await his thoughts on this one after just commenting on 2/26/77.
Morning Dew
Feb. 27, 1977
Robertson Gym, UC Santa Barbara

Its a nice version, but just a warm up to the May/June versions.
Stander On The Mountain
Oct. 28, 1990
Zenith

Super tight for first time played. Great quality sound from the link. Pretty hard not to really dig this tune.