@Capt_Tweezerpants said:

@jahroy said:

Strong work, OP.

Thanks, but not much heavy lifting going on here. Just hitting play and melting into the couch.

@jahroy said:

I'd love to hear a couple off the radar summer '89 shows, if you have any in mind.

I don't have any off the radar shows in mind, I probably stick with the usual suspects and just assume the whole tour was fire.

This was summer after senior year HS and I had a few tickets for july. I ordered the pay per view for the Summer Solstice Shoreline show and recorded it on the VCR...
https://www.setlists.net/?show_id=1888

I kept and rewatched that VHS many times for years. The night of the show, Dad comes down to the basement where I was watching it on the big ol' rear projection tv @troutbumnh probably there, too?) and he asks, "Now isn't this better than going to the actual show?"

No, Dad, I'm going to the damn shows. He didn't like crowds, though, and he never forgave Mom for dragging him to The Stones at MSG in '69.

I also made it to Foxboro, JFK (arguably the highest rated show I attended) and at least 1 of the Giants shows, so those are on my list for relisten.

Probably Buffalo, RFK and Alpine too, but I'm guessing you really can't go wrong with anything from that summer.

I was not there, as that was the night of our HS Prom, which I actually went to... that said, my date came to my first show @ Foxborough on 7/2 and we crashed at someone's condo with you guys after the show.

The Foxborough show is widely available and pretty damned good (at that point I had no idea how rare a Playin' opener was)... Also, the Shakedown>Jack Straw from 7/9/89 is great, as is the China>Rider second set opener...

fun fact: if you listen to an audience of 7/9/89, you'll hear the crowd acknowledge the China Cat riff, and then a few moments later the crowd goes nuts for no apparent reason... well, I was way up front, and the reason is that it was insanely hot and humid that July day, and a few guys from the East Rutherford NJ fire department appeared on either side of the stage and started hosing down the crowd. It felt good.

I like stories.