This was a go to tape for me back in the day. Not that it is a great show although it does have an all timer (Simple). I guess the sound quality of the tape and great setlist construction/flow always tripped my trigger. Anyway, on to the show…

SET 1: Julius: Great start, ripped pretty well.

Cars Trucks Buses: Standard.

Wolfman's Brother: Fish doing James Brown screeches, showing off for his cousin perhaps that was in attendance this night. The band still does not know quite what to do with this one, this was very short.

Reba: Solid yet unspectacular. Trey actually hits a few sour notes towards the peak.

Train Song: Standard.

Character Zero: Seems to have a little something extra.

It's Ice: Super creepy and Page is the leader of all that evil on the baby grand, awesome jam.

Theme From the Bottom, Sample in a Jar

First set summary: It’s Ice is sick, tons of replay value.

SET 2: Down with Disease: Absolute face melter, LOOK OUT! >

You Enjoy Myself: This one has it all, the funk and the shred. This YEM absolutely smokes, replay value for days.

Sparkle: This thing smokes and the crowd goes nuts for it. >

Simple: Live Bait vol. 8. This version is just nuts; Trey goes to the kit and Page lights it up on the baby grand. But all the crazy effects that follow that are mind-blowing, especially for this era. Whole different sound for this band. Page has a beautiful outro on the baby… ->

McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Waste, Run Like an Antelope ENCORE: Fire --- Felt like all of this as I just completed a re-listen was fairly run of the mill, standard playing. In my mind I remember appreciating the Antelope more than the re-listen provided me.

Second set summary: YEM and Simple are fantastic. YEM seems underrated and I am going to try and remember this one when it comes time to recommend dark horse versions of YEM. I would rate this show as a 3.8 out of 5.