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Hunt's

Burlington, VT, USA

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Top Rated Shows

Highest rated shows at this venue by Phish.net users:

Date Rating
1985-03-02 3 votes 5.0000/5
1987-01-19 3 votes 5.0000/5
1986-09-03 2 votes 5.0000/5
1986-10-15 49 votes 4.3061/5
1987-01-21 8 votes 4.2500/5
1985-04-19 5 votes 4.2000/5
1987-11-19 24 votes 4.0833/5
1986-04-01 43 votes 3.5814/5
1985-10-30 36 votes 3.3333/5
1986-05-24 8 votes 3.2500/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1985-10-30 by SlavePhan 16
10/30/1985 Hunt's, Burlington, VT This is a commonly traffic-ed early show from Hunt's. The show contains both Jeff and Page during a rare period in the band. It's important to point out that at this stage, Page had recently joined the band (first sit-in performance 5/3/85 at UVM's last day...
1986-10-15 by DollarBill 10
For Paul's sake listen to this one! The recording is good enough to sit through and even though Jeff had just left months ago, they show great chemistry as a four piece. With Paul taking over on sound and lots of new material presented here, you can feel it gelling. Skin it Back is great....
1987-11-19 by moose1 9
This was my first Phish show. I was 21. A friend who'd been seeing the band for a couple of years took me to see them. I had no clue what to expect and was totally, totally floored. Not just by their sheer, seemingly effortless musicianship, but by their choice of covers and how they just...
1987-11-19 by SlavePhan 9
Hunt's, a staple venue of the very early days in Burlington, was a fairly small bar, and by late 1987, Phish had out-grown it. This is the last known shown that the band played at Hunt's and it is three solid sets. Sound quality is pretty good for this show off the spreadsheet - much better than...
1986-10-15 by User_15475_ 5
I just want to echo what the other reviewers have said. The SBD recording that circulates of this show is probably the best SBD I have heard from the 83' to mid-88' period. Also, Page is clearly playing a baby grand, which I personally MUCH prefer to his electric piano he played in the other 80's...
1987-10-14 by DollarBill 4
Another incomplete piece of history from Hunt's. Lots of tape hiss on this one makes it a little hard to listed to, but it's still worth it for all the crazy segways between songs. Check it out if you need to hear everything from 1987.
1986-02-03 by TheEmu 4
Sound quality is pretty terrible, although the show on the whole is average to slightly below average. I guess the highlights for me would be a decent jam in Antelope and Prep School Hippie, which I haven't heard in ages. I also noticed that the beginning to Umphrey's McGee's "Divisions" sounds...
1986-10-15 by kipmat 3
I haven't heard every Phish recording from the 80's, but this is *certainly* one of the better sounding shows from this era of the band. The White Tape must have been recorded around this time, because the versions of Alumni, AC/DC Bag, Slave, and Antelope/Cantaloupe from this show sound very...
1986-04-01 by conradjohansen 3
Great Have Mercy into a very strong Hood, Trey tears it apart. I really enjoyed The Pendulum, it was a lot of fun and a great DEG. Short Icculus and a raging YEM to close. Help > Slip has some good jamming and they drop into Bag quite nicely. McGrupp is a lot of fun with Trey doing his Dylan...
1985-03-04 by RunawayJim4180 3
This is a great early show to listen to, mainly for the quality of the recording relative to the timeframe. Most other tapes of 1985 shows are of terrible quality, so the early music really shines through here. Onto the setlist: Anarchy-Not much to say here, other than it got a few laughs from...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1987-11-19 • Harry Hood (11:30) Set 1 Noteworthy
Exceptionally powerful early version with excellent Trey/Page interplay and a huge peak. A very moving "Hood."
1987-09-02 • Timber (Jerry the Mule) (8:22) Set 1 Noteworthy
Fierce playing by Trey on this intense version. Don't be fooled by the early date - this is an awesome version.
Jeff has left the band at this point, and his departure is noticeable as Page plays a prominent role throughout (great recording too). The jam has an upbeat, Grateful Dead-like tone, and includes the whole band despite Page's leading role.
First "McGrupp" to feature Page on the keyboards following the composed sections, rather than a whole band jam. Page's solo is dark and somewhat ominous, with nice background support from the others. Rather than return to close "McGrupp" formally, the jam continues and -> to "Sparks."
Soaring guitar soloing by Trey. Recording quality is quite good for the period.
1987-11-19 • Jam (1:13) Set 3
Fun little bluesy jam opens Set III and precedes "Suzy." Includes Trey banter referencing the "Mike Gordon Band."
Trey deploys some cool, spacey, Duane-like tecniques (almost like he is playing with a bow) in the more open-ended second jam section.
1987-11-18 • Wilson (4:24) Set 1
In the first of what would become a frequent pairing in the years 1988-89, Trey uses the "blat" here as a sort of vocal segue into the opening drum fill of the classic Zappa cover "Peaches en Regalia".
1987-11-18 • Fluffhead (14:57) Set 2
Although primal iterations of some of the constituent parts had been performed as early as 1984, this performance marks the first known recording of the full, seven-part modern "Fluffhead." Even from this early date, the joyous, trill-filled Arrival section suggests the band's satisfaction that it had safely and successfully navigated the trap-filled, harrowing musical obstacle course that is "Fluffhead."
This version is slower than 8/29/87, with crashing percussion throughout most of the jam; it remains pretty spacey throughout. Around 6:20, an ethereal jam develops, built around a Trey solo and some lovely accompaniment by Page. Much of this version sounds like screwing around, but the best part has some real power.
Very melodic, Grateful Dead-like vibe to the jam. Trey is great, nicely complimented by Page. Fish becomes increasingly prominent as the energy builds. A brief percussive section precedes the closing chords, followed by a short lyrical outro.
1986-04-01 • AC/DC Bag (5:09) Set 2
Debut -> in from "Slipknot" and includes a short intro section that continued through 1988.
Trey speaks the lyrics in a "Dylan-esque" manner, while the jam portion features a soaring Trey guitar solo.
Revolutionary poet ZENZILE on violin.
1985-10-30 • Harry Hood (10:52) Set 1
First known performance. Song structure today is remarkably similar to this initial version, but this one also has some added jamming before and during the "Mr. Minor" section. The main jam segment has the same melodic flow as today.


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