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Times Played104
First Played3/25/83
Last Played10/3/87
Typical Length5:09
Longest7:32 (4/20/84)
#1 Consensus PickOct. 17, 1983
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#1 Oct. 17, 1983 · Olympic Center - Lake Placid, NY SBD
Length: 5:40 · #1 of 1983 · Archive: 4.54/5 (172 reviews, 506,420 dl)
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#2 June 24, 1985 · River Bend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH SBD
Length: 5:51 · #1 of 1985 · Archive: 4.56/5 (131 reviews, 257,322 dl)
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89
#3 Apr. 20, 1984 · Philadelphia Civic Arena - Philadelphia, PA SBD
Length: 7:32 · #1 of 1984 · Archive: 4.56/5 (58 reviews, 244,636 dl)
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87
#4 July 1, 1985 · Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD SBD
Length: 5:25 · #2 of 1985 · Archive: 4.60/5 (86 reviews, 215,931 dl)
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86
#5 Apr. 13, 1983 · Patrick Field House, U. of Vermont - Burlington, VT SBD
Length: 6:26 · #2 of 1983 · Archive: 4.46/5 (79 reviews, 219,731 dl)
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85
#6 Nov. 2, 1985 · Richmond Coliseum - Richmond, VA SBD
Length: 5:26 · #3 of 1985 · Archive: 4.56/5 (85 reviews, 137,269 dl)
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85
#7 June 20, 1983 · Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD
Length: 5:31 · #3 of 1983 · Archive: 4.57/5 (78 reviews, 244,993 dl)
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81
#8 July 10, 1987 · John F Kennedy Stadium - Philadelphia, PA SBD
Length: 6:26 · #1 of 1987 · Archive: 4.39/5 (51 reviews, 210,524 dl)
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80
#9 Oct. 21, 1983 · The Centrum - Worcester, MA SBD
Length: 5:15 · Archive: 4.39/5 (93 reviews, 178,774 dl)
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80
#10 Sept. 7, 1985 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO SBD
Length: 4:48 · Archive: 4.58/5 (77 reviews, 214,093 dl)
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79
#11 Dec. 15, 1986 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA SBD
Length: 5:23 · #1 of 1986 · Archive: 4.38/5 (78 reviews, 377,211 dl)
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79
#12 Apr. 27, 1985 · Frost Amphitheatre - Palo Alto, CA SBD
Length: 4:48 · Archive: 4.61/5 (74 reviews, 213,576 dl)
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#13 June 27, 1984 · Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD SBD
#2 of 1984 · Archive: 4.52/5 (65 reviews, 162,799 dl)
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76
#14 Apr. 15, 1983 · Community War Memorial Auditorium - Rochester, NY SBD
Length: 7:03 · Archive: 4.39/5 (45 reviews, 168,271 dl)
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76
#15 July 22, 1984 · Ventura County Fairgrounds - Ventura, CA SBD
Length: 5:18 · #3 of 1984 · Archive: 4.59/5 (77 reviews, 148,036 dl)
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75
#16 Apr. 16, 1983 · Meadowlands Arena - East Rutherford, NJ SBD
Length: 7:03 · Archive: 4.42/5 (36 reviews, 145,603 dl)
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74
#17 Oct. 28, 1985 · Fox Theater - Atlanta, GA SBD
Archive: 4.36/5 (58 reviews, 159,440 dl)
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74
#18 July 15, 1984 · Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA SBD
Archive: 4.45/5 (66 reviews, 182,981 dl)
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72
#19 Sept. 10, 1983 · Santa Fe Downs - Santa Fe, NM SBD
Length: 5:09 · Archive: 4.61/5 (38 reviews, 129,230 dl)
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72
#20 Oct. 31, 1983 · Marin County Veterans Auditorium - San Rafael, CA SBD
Length: 5:33 · Archive: 4.20/5 (55 reviews, 182,277 dl)
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#21 Apr. 17, 1984 · Niagara Falls Convention Center - Niagara Falls, NY SBD
Archive: 4.42/5 (42 reviews, 160,439 dl)
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#22 Apr. 1, 1984 · Marin County Veterans Auditorium - San Rafael, CA SBD
Length: 4:29 · Archive: 4.53/5 (47 reviews, 168,838 dl)
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#23 Apr. 9, 1983 · Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA SBD
Length: 7:06 · Archive: 4.20/5 (46 reviews, 166,777 dl)
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70
#24 Mar. 26, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT SBD
Length: 4:34 · #2 of 1987 · Archive: 4.40/5 (54 reviews, 178,666 dl)
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70
#25 Sept. 4, 1983 · Park West Ski Resort - Park City, UT SBD
Length: 5:10 · Archive: 4.41/5 (50 reviews, 124,979 dl)
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#26 Oct. 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse U. - Syracuse, NY SBD
Archive: 4.21/5 (84 reviews, 187,780 dl)
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#27 Oct. 12, 1983 · Madison Square Garden - New York, NY SBD
Archive: 4.41/5 (43 reviews, 136,938 dl)
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#28 Apr. 14, 1984 · Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA SBD
Archive: 4.35/5 (39 reviews, 124,146 dl)
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#29 June 16, 1985 · Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA SBD
Length: 4:51 · Archive: 4.32/5 (57 reviews, 169,173 dl)
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#30 Apr. 26, 1983 · The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA SBD
Length: 5:12 · Archive: 4.31/5 (42 reviews, 155,365 dl)
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#31 Oct. 3, 1987 · Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA SBD
Length: 4:13 · #3 of 1987 · Archive: 4.39/5 (38 reviews, 135,482 dl)
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#32 Sept. 16, 1987 · Madison Square Garden - New York, NY SBD
Length: 5:13 · Archive: 4.18/5 (38 reviews, 134,377 dl)
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59
#33 Apr. 4, 1985 · Providence Civic Center - Providence, RI SBD
Archive: 4.19/5 (53 reviews, 134,583 dl)
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#34 Apr. 17, 1983 · Meadowlands Arena - East Rutherford, NJ SBD
Archive: 4.07/5 (70 reviews, 140,700 dl)
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58
#35 Nov. 8, 1985 · Community War Memorial Auditorium - Rochester, NY SBD
Length: 4:54 · Archive: 4.20/5 (36 reviews, 110,743 dl)
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57
#36 July 14, 1985 · Ventura County Fairgrounds - Ventura, CA SBD
Archive: 4.44/5 (27 reviews, 84,896 dl)
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#37 Dec. 31, 1983 · S.F Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA SBD
Archive: 4.13/5 (46 reviews, 147,863 dl)
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56
#38 Oct. 14, 1984 · Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT SBD
Length: 4:42 · Archive: 4.21/5 (45 reviews, 110,660 dl)
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#39 Dec. 30, 1986 · Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center - Oakland, CA SBD
Length: 4:15 · #2 of 1986 · Archive: 4.39/5 (45 reviews, 108,678 dl)
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#40 July 24, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - Oakland, CA SBD
Length: 5:03 · Archive: 4.09/5 (35 reviews, 203,654 dl)
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Best Version of My Brother Esau for Every Year (1983–1987)
YearPlayedVote#1 Version of YearVenueLengthScoreTape
1983 34× Oct. 17, 1983 SBD Olympic Center - Lake Placid, NY 5:40 92 Archive.org ↗
1984 26× Apr. 20, 1984 SBD Philadelphia Civic Arena - Philadelphia, PA 7:32 89 Archive.org ↗
1985 17× June 24, 1985 SBD River Bend Music Center - Cincinnati, OH 5:51 89 Archive.org ↗
1986 8× Dec. 15, 1986 SBD Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA 5:23 79 Archive.org ↗
1987 19× July 10, 1987 SBD John F Kennedy Stadium - Philadelphia, PA 6:26 81 Archive.org ↗