Personally I would prefer a shorter set list without all the solos.  If I compare it to the UYI days, I would happily take the godfather theme and that's about it.  You could stick Sorum's drum solo up his ass and on a good night I might want to listen to Gilby's Wild Horses.

All the solo spots make the show longer but not in a good way.  IMO they break the momentum up and it's really stop/start.  Plus your tired from standing and waiting, you want a piss etc.  Now if it was long because they were pulling out rare songs and shit non stop then I could stand there and listen to it all night.

That said, I saw STP a year or so ago  (can't recall).  I thought they sounded awesome. Sonically they sounded just like their CD's, BUT I did kinda feel ripped off that they only played for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Yeah maybe he has been getting liquored up a bit before the shows.

I just emailed you that Mr Brownstone remix Russ in mp3.

That was the one mixed by Michael Lardie and Alan Niven.  It was the B-side on the first single It's So Easy.

The background to that was after a couple of weeks in the studio and getting nothing down on tape, Geffen was starting to get worried.  Apparently Niv cleared the decks and he and Lardie did a quick and dirty mix of Mr Brownstone which they then sent on to Geffen.  This had the desired effect of placating Geffen so they could get on with the job.

I don't mind that mix either.  It also shows how it would be cool to hear some of that album remixed etc.  Same with UYI, I remember Slash saying he had versions of the UYI album that were all stripped back and raw (before all the shit was added) would be cool to hear those.  Although I vaguely recall reading Slash lost those DAT's??

Yeah if you lived nearby so you didn't have to worry about shipping costs it would be pretty cool to pick on up.  Use it as a chest or a funky coffee table etc.