The correct date for this show is actually 7/10/70 ...

There is a Capt Skipper re-master of this show in trading circles, and that is the one that you want ... I would consider it Grade "A" (not A+ but better than B+) ...

If you are being offered another version incorrectly labelled as 7/26/70, then that will not be as good ... probably "B" quality.

07/10/70 (aka 07/26/70) @ SUNY Gym, Stony Brook (1 disc)
{CaptSkipper Remaster available}

Whilst 07/26/70 is the date that this show has always been traded under, the correct date is actually 07/10/70.

The first piece of evidence regarding the correct date for the show was provided by Don (dzobo) Sobocinski, who was attending S.U.N.Y. at the time. He wrote the following:

I'd like to clear up the date regarding the band's performance at Stony Brook in July (1970). During that summer, Stony Brook ran a special summer concert series that as an SB student on Long Island I had a particular interest in. The Allman Brothers only performed once (that summer), and that was as an opener for Mountain. I was at that show. Based on the work I was doing that summer, I could not have attended a Sunday show. I was working at Jones Beach and management requested that you work on weekends (especially Sundays, by far the busiest day) and take your off days Monday through Friday. 7/10/70 was a Friday and 7/26/70 a Sunday, so the show that actually occurred has to be 7/10/70. I know all the tape copies continue to list 7/26/70, and I believe that the set list and locale are correct, but the date is 7/10/70. Specifically I remember the show I attended opened with "Don't Keep Me Wonderin" which was a pretty rare event. I also recall "Stormy Monday" and "Mountain Jam".

The second set of clues come from the ABB database. It has S.U.N.Y. shows listed under both dates, however, for the 7/10/70 show, the database states that the date has been verified by a ticket stub, whereas for the 7/26/70 show, it states that according to the archivist for Mountain they were in Jacksonville on this night playing with Jethro Tull, and so could not have played at SUNY with the ABB this night.

The final verification came from Skip (captskipper) Littlewood, who wrote:

To further comment on the verification of the 7/10/70 date, I contacted a fellow about a year ago who was on the StonyBrook sound and light crew who actually helped put that tape together. Just for everyone's info & records, the circulating material is in fact a compilation of the early and late shows from 7/10/70 and not one show.

It is therefore confirmed that 07/10/70 is the correct date for the show.

Harvey, Thanks again for the great information here. I sent you a pm.