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Friend of the Devil
June 24, 1976
Tower Theatre

Absolutely stunning. Top 5 version for sure. Should be better know. Laid back with great paino from Keith.
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Deal
March 20, 1977
Winterland Arena

Great version, IMO best bit of first set
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St. Stephen
Feb. 22, 1969
Dream Bowl

Perfectly good '69 Stephen, and every other song in this concert is listed here as a top version !
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Drums
Aug. 13, 1975
Great American Music Hall

Epic, legendry drum crescendo into The Other One
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Around and Around
Nov. 17, 1972
Century II Convention Hall

Nice rocking version with good solos, and good recording, as good as many others here
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Comments

Playin' In The Band
Oct. 26, 1972
Music Hall

This is a stunner. Listened to the AUD many years ago, heard how good it was, but the recording is poor, so I forgot about it. Your post Carrion_Crow prompted me to look again. This time I took the Charlie Miller, and WOW. Great. Billy is a little high in the mix, but that is the only minor complaint. Superb version in a great second set.
The Eleven
Oct. 12, 1968
Avalon Ballroom

Agreed. Definitely one of the top three.
Morning Dew
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

Interesting in the development of the song, and heart felt vocals, but for all that probably the weakest bit of the whole concert. With the Pig nailing Next Time You See Me and It Hurts Me Too, and the boys doing Cream Puff and Golden Road, this MD is still in the making, and not there yet.
Hurts Me Too
March 18, 1967
Winterland Arena

Oh, yeah ! This needs more love.
Bertha
April 12, 1978
Cameron Indoor Stadium

Falling, falling, (yowahh, I really am falling), falling, falling. What a beautiful mini-rush ! And then the solo a bit later is out of this world.
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