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Community-ranked versions of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played7

First Played6/10/73

Last Played3/16/92

Typical Length6:24

Longest8:06 (6/10/73)

#1 Consensus PickJune 10, 1973

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#1 June 10, 1973 · RFK Stadium - Washington, DC SBD

Length: 8:06 · Archive: 4.66/5 (301 reviews, 1,663,075 dl)

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#2 Sept. 10, 1991 · Madison Square Garden - New York, NY SBD

Length: 6:24 · #1 of 1991 · Archive: 4.66/5 (109 reviews, 328,185 dl)

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#3 Sept. 22, 1991 · Boston Garden - Boston, MA SBD

Length: 6:44 · #2 of 1991 · Archive: 4.72/5 (40 reviews, 129,644 dl)

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#4 June 24, 1991 · Sandstone Ampitheatre - Bonner Springs, KS SBD

#3 of 1991 · Archive: 4.31/5 (29 reviews, 94,795 dl)

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#5 Aug. 18, 1991 · Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA SBD

Length: 5:51 · Archive: 4.52/5 (28 reviews, 79,283 dl)

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#6 May 12, 1991 · Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA SBD

Length: 4:47 · Archive: 4.23/5 (43 reviews, 95,251 dl)

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#7 Mar. 16, 1992 · The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA SBD

Length: 4:44 · Archive: 3.84/5 (19 reviews, 53,502 dl)

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Best Version of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry for Every Year (1973–1992)

Year	Played	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1973	1×	June 10, 1973 SBD	RFK Stadium - Washington, DC	8:06	98	Archive.org ↗
1991	5×	Sept. 10, 1991 SBD	Madison Square Garden - New York, NY	6:24	90	Archive.org ↗
1992	1×	Mar. 16, 1992 SBD	The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA	4:44	20	Archive.org ↗