I like the "cleaning lady" recording the best probably---it's really similar to the final edit/mix of the album, but it also has a little more of that raw quality that makes it more immediate. As for "Sara" live, I love some Mirage Tour performances of it, especially the US Festival, Oakland, Irvine, Baton Rouge & Detroit.
Maybe Irvine is my favorite of all of those---Irvine continues to be my favorite from many angles. I always thought it was a shame that the concert video they filmed was the ordinary L.A. shows instead of this amazing & scary Irvine show.
I'm not super-crazy about Stevie Nicks solo performances of "Sara" in general, but if I had to choose, I would pick 1983 performances like Tempe, Los Angeles & Bristol.
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