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This recording is very good but I think our's was crisper because the Nakamichi shotguns cut down on the extremely excited crowd noise. The other recording which is soundboard is great, but it's only the 2 nd.set This show reminds me or a true story:Our 1st time in Portland Maine, we arrived the night before and checked into the Sonesta Hotel. The next morning we were thrown-out and the manager said he would call every hotel in the city and tell them to deny us a room.No problem. I had a back-up reservation at the Sheraton Towers where the band was staying.We checked-in, rode down the elevator before soundcheck with Billy, saw Bob out front and headed back into Portland.Inside we found a Nakamichi patch for our group's D6 and then headed to the back of the floor.Just before "Music" started playing things started turning plaid. The "Candyman" and "Loser" sent chills thru me.The energy level inside this small arena was so high it was scary. So much in fact that my friend "Jack Straw" was getting a bit too high. So during intermission I walked him to some upper level seats behind Brent to chill out.The "Aiko/Samson" was a barn-burner. The He's Gone was very upbeat which then went into "I Need a Mirrorful" which was a bomb-dropping thumper.Then Jerry went into "China Doll" which sounded like nobody but Jerry wanted to play this. Talk about a buzz-kill! Then it was just Jerry and drumz for a jam.Anywho, the party was back on again when they cranked-up "The Wheel". Then the April Fool's jokes: Back-wards "Playing In The Band" into "Day Tripper". My friend Jack was back to normal. What a mind-blower.After the "U.S. Blues" we exited the venue and went straight back to the Sheraton because it had started snowing, heavy.Things were unusually quiet in the lobby area. We repaired up to our room and started listening to the show and playing acoustics.Around 2am the phone rings. It was a person with a California accent who was looking for someone who had previously occupied our room. He sounded like he was looking for some people who were up. We were up so Tully invited him down for a visit. He accepted.My friend "Tully" hung up the phone and said "I think Brents on his way down". A few seconds later Brent was in our room, drinking Bud cans (which he loved) and telling us the funniest stories of how he would beg Phil to sing.He also said that he and his wife were expecting a baby soon and he gave her a call on our phone.At one point during the 2 hours I told him that I thought the show was historic except for the "China Doll" which I thought it was the worst one I ever heard. He agreed and called it weak. He said "I don't know why Jerry played that".After he left we were all in disbelief. Did this whole day really happen to us? Was "Playin" backwards, did Bobby sing prick teaser or big teaser. Were we mass hallucinating?Thank you Sonesta Hotel for kicking us out. You made our trip unforgetable.