From: Charlie Dirksen
3/11/88  Base Lodge, Johnson State College, VT

Thanks, Marcie! ;)  This is a clean AUD tape, only this
means you can hear the noisy, typical college bar sort of
crowd really well. (in addition to the music)

YEM starts up the way she does today, akin to ??/??/87/88?
Penn State and not like the two real '86 versions above
(which start up with chords and not Trey noodling, and not
everyone coming in immediately on the same beat).  During
the Nirvana section, Page kinda fumbles around,
unfortunately.. at first.. it gets better, even though
Trey's guitar sounds like it is just barely hanging in
there (tuning-wise).  Mike's solo section is nothun
special.. the pre-charge is reasonably exciting/active,
the Notes are fine, charge is fine.  Nothing to get TOO
excited about in here.  Screaming....

"Boy" at 5:06.  (screams from the AUD! ;-)  Wait till they
hear Trey say "shiiiiiit..").  NO "SHIT"!!! TREY DOESN'T
SAY "SHIT"!! ;-)  (seriously)  WUDMTF section is otherwise
standard.. serious accent from Trey (mocking Italian
accent).  Kinda fumbled when they come in on another
WUDMTF "verse", though.. the music just stops for a
second.. kinda strange.  DOH!  They need to smooth this
out... ;)

At 7:15, it is primarily Page and Mike, with Fish keeping
a groove.  Trey is not really present.. he is sustaining a
note/chord here and there lightly in the background...
until about 7:50, when he starts rhythmically chording
along with Mike & Page's groove.  Page is improv'ing
intensely in here... but nothing remarkable, for him.

When Trey finally starts jamming, he goes nuts.. but only
for a minute or two.  He drops out around 10:50 or so (not
completely.. the jam just drops back a notch).  Very nice
jamming throughout.. at 11:40, Mike plays the first notes
of Wilson, and then they just start playing Wilson...
steadily slowing the beat down (some people are clapping..
bwaahahaha).  There's effectively a little Wilson jam in
here.. ;)  Anyway, total time for the YEM is 11:40, and it
was a below average version for damn sure.  No bass and
drums, and not much soloing from anyone period.
(D+/C- rating)

two cents