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SET 1: Walk Away, Golgi Apparatus, Funky Bitch, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Bold As Love
SET 2: Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Fluffhead, La Grange, The Lizards, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, On Your Way Down, Cities, David Bowie
SET 3: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Peaches en Regalia, Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1] -> Run Like an Antelope
Mike teased Moby Dick before On Your Way Down. McGrupp featured Fish on trombone.
SET 1: The Curtain With, Funky Bitch, Possum, Golgi Apparatus, La Grange, Suzy Greenberg, Big Leg Emma, You Enjoy Myself[1]
SET 2: Good Times Bad Times, Cities, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Contact, Run Like an Antelope
SET 3: I Know a Little > Mike's Song, Corinna, Rocky Top, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
ENCORE: Jesus Just Left Chicago
By request, extensive teasing of Iron Man preceded La Grange. The YEM vocal jam was based on the word “down” and contained teases of When the Levee Breaks. BBFCFM contained teases of the Flintstones theme and London Bridge Is Falling Down. This show is full of stage banter throughout, focused on the Dance Contest that took place during BBFCFM and Swing Low, “Art Funk” and “Foul, Reek and Fecal.” “Spunky Billington” (Ninja Mike) & Magoo from Ninja Custodian won the seemingly rigged dance contest and received the grand prize of Phish T-Shirts and a $20 bill. The listing for the third set may be incomplete. Some copies of this show in circulation are mislabeled as 6/18/88.
SET 1: Funky Bitch, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page[1] > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, St. Thomas[2], Golgi Apparatus, Fire
SET 2: La Grange, Possum, The Lizards, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Tela, Happy Birthday to You, Fluffhead, Bike[3], Good Times Bad Times
SET 3: Big Leg Emma, Rocky Top, Cities, Take the 'A' Train, The Curtain With, Suzy Greenberg
This show included the first known Phish performance of St. Thomas. Sneakin' Sally contained DEG teases. Prior to Letter to Jimmy Page, Trey announced that per "Del's" request, they were going to play Letter to Jimmy Page as a band, and then Fish would play it by himself (telling the crowd that Fish didn't know it). YEM was dedicated to Del and La Grange was dedicated to Mike. Bike featured a Fish trombone solo. The date for this show may be incorrect; note that Trey referred to Tela as a debut at this show, though it actually debuted on 3/12/88.
SET 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, You Enjoy Myself, Suzy Greenberg, Good Times Bad Times, Fluffhead, Shaggy Dog, The Lizards, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, AC/DC Bag -> Possum
SET 2: Icculus, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1], The Curtain With > Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train, Jesus Just Left Chicago, I Didn't Know[1], Flat Fee > Whipping Post, Harpua
ENCORE: Fire
"Vermont Farm Festival." HYHU was briefly played before Alumni. Harpua was preceded by a Rocky Top tease. McGrupp and I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. After JJLC, Fish borrowed a snare drum from the Dirch Brothers. Fans of stage banter will want to seek out this show, as the band was particularly chatty.
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This show may have taken place on the previous night or another night this week instead of the date listed. No other information is available about this gig or venue. This information came from Phish.com.
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There was a show on this date, but recordings do not circulate. However, mislabeled recordings circulate with this date are actually the Junta release party from 5/9/89.
SET 1: Fire, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Shaggy Dog, Golgi Apparatus > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Peaches en Regalia, Phase Dance[1], Dear Mrs. Reagan, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie
SET 2: Happy Birthday to You, AC/DC Bag > Timber (Jerry the Mule), Flat Fee, Fee, Possum, The Lizards, Fly Famous Mockingbird[3], Whipping Post
SET 3: Suzy Greenberg[4] > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Clod > Bundle of Joy, The Curtain With, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Good Times Bad Times
After Dear Mrs. Reagan, Trey introduced "Alex," a new waitress at Nectar's. I Didn't know featured Fish on trombone. Happy Birthday was dedicated to Trey's sister Kristy, who was running lights for the show, "Roz," and "Meg." He brought Kristy, "Roz," and Del Martin (because "Meg" was not there) on stage. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Phase Dance. Mockingbird also made its debut at this show and was played without Forbin’s. Before Whipping Post, Trey introduced Lizards as "Where Have All the Lizards Gone?" Page teased the theme from I Dream of Jeannie in Lizards. Suzy was stopped in its intro with Trey jokingly saying "good night" before restarting the song. Trey teased DEG in Good Times Bad Times.
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There was no show on this date. The show that circulated for many years as "9/27/87" has been determined to have occurred instead on February 20, 1988.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light, La Grange[1], Lushington[2] -> Possum, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Good Times Bad Times, AC/DC Bag, Shaggy Dog, Funky Bitch
SET 2: The Curtain With[3], Halley's Comet > The Sloth[3], Light Up Or Leave Me Alone -> Skin It Back, Peaches en Regalia, Fluffhead, Fee[3], Harry Hood, Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
SET 3: David Bowie, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Flat Fee[3], McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Corinna
This show marked the first known performances of The Curtain With, The Sloth, Fee, and Flat Fee, as well as the first known Phish performance of La Grange. Lushington did not contain any lyrics.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus[1] > Slave to the Traffic Light, Wilson[1], Halley's Comet -> Possum, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Makisupa Policeman
This show featured the first known performances of Golgi Apparatus and Wilson.
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This show was performed on a boat in Boston Harbor as part of the Cambridge School graduation festivities. Mike’s brother assisted Phish in securing the gig.
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Throughout most of Phish history this was understood to have been the date of the first Phish show. The band believed this to be true as late as 1998, when on October 30 they celebrated their “15th anniversary.” Later research, however, revealed this to be incorrect, and that the correct date of this first show – commonly referred to as the “Thriller” show or a “Halloween Dance” – is December 2, 1983.
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