IMHO...
If you listen to the O.L.D. of 2009-11-08, the first time they played the album in it's entirety... at the end of Track 1 The Wrecking Ball Bruce speaks from the heart about what The river meant to him and some tidbit on why he wrote it and what was going on. If you tacked that piece of Spoken work before Track 12, The River, well... for my money that's the most emotional River I ever saw or heard.
I didn't see this one as I was at LOD. For the best pure sound with the band playing tight and sounding most like the album, 2016-01-16, Night 1 of The River tour at Pittsburgh is spot on.