I'm just trying to get different shows from different eras and was wondering which bootleg is the best one to get from the 81 - 82 tour?

Hampton by far: one of their best performances ever and luckily the best sounding boot from that era as well.

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Yeah Greg, I've heard many good things about the Hampton one. Thanks!

Yeah Hampton is a must have. The DVD is awesome too.

Hampton 81
We hate you (taken from Hampton 81)
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My vote goes to Phoenix! That's my favorite show sound-wise and performance-wise.

The best one I heard is Hampton.
Others spoke about Milan, but I didn't hear that one.
Hampton was posted in excellent quality over at Buy/Sell/Trade.
I still have the mp3's. If you want me to post a few I can do so.

Beside Hampton "King of Drugs" is also very good. "Beasy of Bourbon" too.
My fave is "Seattle Supersonik" by Sister Morphine.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

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> Others spoke about Milan, but I didn't hear that one.

"Shattered In Europe" recorded in Napoli is probably the one you mean. Very nice soundboard recording, but unfortunately not a complete show.
A personal favourite from 1982 is Frankfurt (June 30th).

The 2nd Seattle show is also top-notch. It's in stereo instead of mono, as most shows from 81. Available on DVD too, in great (not perfect) quality.
It's kind of different than the Nov/Dec shows, in several ways. Mick sings "Now we need you - need you - more than eveeeer" at the end of LSTNT as he did in 67.
This is my favourite, of course After Hampton.

Seatte II gets my vote as well. Hampton's good, but the audience is overmodulated, IMO. Hartford is another very strong candidate for best of the tour.

Hey, I feel honoured for being agreed with, by you! Thanks T&A. Usually I'm just wrong.

well, i'm probably partial to it a bit, as it was my second ever Stones show (first if you don't count the day before....)

Yes, the Seattle II show is the one I mean by SM.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

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Hampton and Louisville.

Jersey Devils isn't bad either.

I like the Halloween show from Dallas 1981. It was my first show so I am a little biased but I listened to it again after all these years and was pretty impressed. The Hampton show is awesome as well.

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From 1982 theres many great audience recordings.This is my 2nd favorite tour
with 1981.
82,my favorite summer tour.

I think the opening show at JFK. What's out there? I heard some new dvd's and cd's?

I've always found the 3-LP box set "American Tour '81" (Hampton 18 Dec 1981) an excellent boot & performance.

Many 81-82 shows have soundboard tapes that have surfaced in recent years/months.

The best sounding Hampton boot is the LP Grande Finale IMHO. That was the first one from the '81 Tour that was available here in Europe. Spring 1982 if I remember correctly. Unfortunately just a single LP. The best choice for a CD-set from that concert is the 2CD Twenty Flight Rock VGP-270. It's sounding better than all previous CD releases including the famous TSP set. Sounds really like a different source.

Phoenix 81
Napoli 82