Sunday, May 23, 1982

Had the cut-up, hissy-high-gen SBD of Set 1 and the S>F for years. Despite all its flaws, I kept going back to it, b/c it's just a great performance all-around. Bobby's guitar is way in front in the mix, but (imho) it doesn't distract too much from the music, and, in fact, provides a prime example of how critical his guitar was to the boys' sound. Even on a tune like TLEO, his guitar work is compelling (check out the harmonics).

I've looked for this show for years and I finally found it here in a much better format than I've ever had it before. So much for the old Dead Hour copy that got Sublime recorderd over the 2nd set :-(. Could never seem to find it anywhere on the the Internet or among any of my friends. The guys are rocking it the whole show and pour more emotion into the music than I've ever heard. The scarlet fire is amazing and the finish with Satisfaction into Brokedown Palace is moving.