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Something worth revisiting during all of these shows

7/16/09
12/29/09
1/22/09
2/13 or 2/14/09
5/30/09
8/27/09
10/3/09
10/10/09
11/12/09
11/18/09

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I’ve definitely heard a good amount of these but I haven’t dove back into old UM in awhile. Those soundcaressed SBD’s just sound like absolute @ass which is another reason why I prefer newer UM

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how many fireworks did they shoot off during the second set? No pyro, no party.

during this show there were fireworks going off during the Tribute Jam and a few other times during set two.

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1/21/18 is the best show

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Not controversial enough for this thread because we are all in agreement #embracetheevent

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10/31/14 is comparable

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I was in attendance for both and I’d give the nod to 10/31/14 as the worst. At least I got 1 minute of ATN and shut down nitrous alley with the crew for 1/21/18. 10/31 was just a disaster all around.

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1/21 was almost funny once we realized what was happening. 10/31 was just a nonstop kick in the balls

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7/10/09
9/04/09
10/07/09 - SOTY as far as I’m concerned

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The sound even went out for a couple mins too lol. Show was a joke. At least the next night was awesome

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That is the most falsely advertised 29 AIT. There’s about 14 mins of improv and the rest is composition. Give me ATL N2S2 over this S2 any day.

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That R2B segment is stellar!

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10/3/09

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That’s the beauty with UM. They have so much diversity in their sets that their fans can’t even agree on what the best shows are. Speaks volumes for them IMO.

11/2/11 would be a top 10 for me. But I can understand why that show isn’t everybody’s cup of tea.

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Phish on their best night still has a pedo on bass. Never catching my dollars.

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Great take for this thread. “Only” a 14 min jam, which is still longer than 99.8% of all UM jams.

That said, yeah that show was absolute fire for the first ~hour. Rest of it was definitely a bit of a letdown.

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First set rips, one the best Ninjas

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I think “only” is more a reference to the track time being over 29 minutes and it only being about 45% improv. They’ve definitely put longer jams in shorter All in Times.

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Yeah I went straight to the AIT when it was mentioned. I definitely listened to this show before and the first set is great but 14 mins of improv in a whole second set just doesn’t do it for me.

There is also a slight divisions tease so you know we have to knock a bit off that improv clock :wink:

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Yeah I mean back in the day a “standard” All in Time was much longer since they drew out the second half much more.

Honestly getting very nostalgic for the days when you would go to a show hoping for a standard AIT.