An ordinary Fall '96 Phish show in every way; nothing wrong but nothing essential. This was my second concert - headed up to Buffalo with a handful of friends and managed to win some converts, as I recall. The band wasn't pushing the envelope at this point, though a major creative breakthrough...

Offering a different take on this show, I found it to be fairly inspiring for an early '96 Fall Tour show. As tour developed, this show stands out with some very high moments. The entire first set is a keeper, and at the time left me pretty excited. Although we get a standard (at the time)...

Something has been compelling me lately to go back and listen to some of the older shows that I was at and in doing so, of course (in most cases) a flood of memories roll in… Thanks to the keeper’s of the music and the tapers – I had a really bad copy of the show, but the one I pulled off of the...

A minor hiccup in Fluff's Travels is redeemed with a super tight The Chase, and Mike and Fish are especially strong. Page and Trey fire up the crowd with spirited playing in Who Do? We Do!, while funky keyboards, Fish, and a fantastic Page piano solo make for a great Clod. Serious tension building in Bundle of Joy resolves with sweet payoff - a glorious Arrival that delivers the goods in the appropriately celebratory manner, reflecting the satisfaction of a job well done.