, attached to 1989-05-26

Review by thelot

thelot The SBD source for this one sounds fantastic! I wonder if this is an “On Stage” recording as the overall sound is a lot brighter than what you’d expect from a straight board recording. Unfortunately there is a cut on the backside of Mango and picks up halfway through Melt.

Great banter among the band throughout the show. This source picks up their on stage conversations nicely. There’s also lots of great banter with the audience as well,
most notably during the hi hat hijinks intro to Lazy Lester.

This show is pretty darn good, but the 3rd set is perfection! Check out Mike’s bass tone during Slave and Funky Bitch! The Curtis Lowe is beautiful and the Possum brings back some of the silliness we heard the other night on Spear Street. Incredible version of Possum! The band had to wrap it up after that due to the venue shutting things down, but ended with the second and final version of the short little ditty, The Practical Song. The version here is much better quality than the debut on 9/12/88.

Set 1 had a smokin’ YEM with Trey and Fishman teaming up in the jam section while Mike and Page take a breather. Definitely a must hear version!

Mango in set 2 sounds different than previous versions. Unfortunately it cuts out prematurely.

Highlights: Weekapaug, Sanity, YEM!!!, Bowie!!, Antelope, Slave!!! and Possum!!!


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