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The Beach Boys with Ray Charles playing "Sail On, Sailor." Ray slows it down gives it some soul. It takes half a verse for The Beach Boys to adjust, but still sounds great. This might be my favorite Beach Boys tune (also covered by Los Lobos). Such wonderful harmonies.
The Band playing "Willie and the Hand Jive" with Levon Helm on vocals. Video is a bit spotty, but the performance is solid.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers playing "Swingin'" live in Germany 1999. Petty has so many good songs that this one gets lost in the shuffle.
Junior Murvin singing "Polive & Theives." Great song. So many good versions, but I like the the reggae dub versions best. There are some videos from a concert with the full band, but this is the best vocal version. Clash version is great too.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones with John Cowan on Vocals play one of my favorite cover versions of "Oh! Darling." Great vocals. Wish there was an actaul video...but this is the Live Art version. So great.