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Neil Young, "After Berlin," Berlin, 1982

This is apparently the only time this song was ever performed live and as far as I can tell, it was never recorded for an album either.

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Prince, "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" 01/30/82 Capitol Theatre

Magic.

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Bob Dylan, Late Night, 1984

Amazingly raw rendition. Band also doesn't skip a beat when someone hands Dylan a harmonica in the wrong key and he wanders around for a full minute looking for the right one.

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Funkadelic, "Maggot Brain", Cap Centre, MD, 1983

I think this performance is what was inside the Ark in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Curtis Mayfield, Move On Up, 1987

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Run DMC, Hit It Run, Soul Train 1986

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Gil Scott-Heron and the Amnesia Express

“The Bottle”, 1983.

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The Cure

“Jumping Someone Else’s Train” & “Grinding Halt”. Amsterdam, 10/17/1980. Pre-Scissorhands Robert Smith.

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Dire Straits

“Down by the Waterline”. Dortmund, 1980. Your patience during the first 2 minutes will be rewarded sevenfold.

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The Who

“Eminence Front,” Toronto, December 1982.

For the longest time, I thought this was a Genesis song.

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Willie Nelson & Bob Dylan

Covering Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho & Lefty.” Pretty sure it’s from the first Farm Aid in 1985.

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Tom Verlaine

“Marquee Moon,” Live at TVE studios, Madrid, broadcast live by La Edad de Oro on September 25, 1984.

via kigonjiro

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The Time

The-Time performing 777-9311 in Bloomington 1983 by qoolSkip

If I could spend just 15 minutes of my life being this cool, I’d die a happy man.

“777-9311”, 1983.

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Neil Young

Quite possibly the best version of “Down by the River” I’ve ever found. Anyone have any info on this show?

Answered by @eastvanhalen & @HeyTweed: it’s from Austin City Limits, 1984. Thanks guys!

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Prince, Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) session. Unknown year, but probably early 1980s.

Raw. Like, seriously fucking raw. Also, I miss the days when Prince used to shred.

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Bryan Ferry

I think Nic Cage based his entire career on Bryan Ferry’s performance here.