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Pearl Street Ballroom

Northampton, MA, USA

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Top Rated Shows

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

Date Rating
1989-06-30 24 votes 4.0417/5
1989-05-01 53 votes 3.6415/5
1990-05-10 13 votes 3.6154/5
1989-09-21 15 votes 3.3333/5
1989-04-01 4 votes 3.0000/5
1989-11-16 14 votes 2.5000/5

Top Reviews

Highest-rated reviews from shows at this venue:

1989-09-21 by DollarBill 3
This is actually a pretty good recording right off of the soundboard, you can hear all the crazy reverbs and delays that Paul was adding to the mix, but the playing is definitely five-star tonight. They were just not very tight on this show. Lots of cuts on the recording make it sound suspect...
1989-06-30 by TheEmu 3
This is a really solid show. It kicks into high gear right out of the gate with Mike having a lot of fun in Funky Bitch, and they follow that up with probably the highlight of the show, a totally smokin' YEM. Very hot! Both Page and Trey are on fire there! There's a decent McGrupp, a strong...
1989-06-30 by AbeVigoda555 3
Phish had played some great shows prior to this one, but this is the first one that combines spot-on performances with a super-crispy soundboard. This is the best-sounding old show I've yet heard. The energy is through the roof, and they manage to nail pretty much every song in their set. Highly...
1990-05-10 by TheEmu 2
Like most '90-'91 gigs, this one is solid through and through, well-played, but without a lot of exploratory jamming. I would have to say, though, that many tunes go a little above and beyond what I would normally classify as "solid." The first set is mostly of the average-solid variety, with...
1990-05-10 by theghost 2
This Hood is one of my favorite nuggets I've found while mining the lesser known shows. It looks like the jam chart folks found it too. I think this one may surpass 4/22 and 11/4 for the best of the year. Beautiful early Hood with a soaring peak. The show is available in high quality SBD as well.
1989-06-30 by Mr_Incompletely 2
This is a great show.Mike and Trey come out hot with a Funky Bitch opener.Trey states that this one of the last shows before the band takes a break for six weeks. He says we are getting a little ancy and don't want to stop.An excellent version of You Enjoy Myself is one of the highlights of a...
1989-05-01 by Dino_Stomp 2
Dinner and a Movie starts this show off sort of slowly. Sloppy at parts, doesn't seem to do much. Meh. YEM is next, starting off slow with a couple flubs in the beginning, the jam is awesome. It starts off as a typical jam until Trey just goes crazy and rips the ending apart. Riding the energy,...
1989-11-16 by rasoup 1
I believe this show was stopped due to someone throwing a bottle through a window. I do remember full on pyrotechnics being used during the Frankenstein first set closer. Good stuff!!!
1989-09-21 by TheEmu 1
Very little about this show stood out for me. On the upside, My Sweet One is unusually interesting with some nice bluegrassy licks from Trey. On the downside, the Bowie strikes me as rather unpleasant in an atonal mish-mash sort of way. Pretty much everything else strikes me as average, so...
1989-06-30 by thelot 1
Amazing sound on this source! The 1st set sounds like a multi-track recording. Set 2 still sounds great but isn’t quite as bright sounding as the first half. The show itself is solid overall but a bit straightforward for the time. Highlights: Bitch, YEM (w/ Fishman adding percussion to the...

Notable Jam Chart Performances

Individual jam chart entries from this venue:

1990-05-10 • Harry Hood (11:56) Set 2
Big Red lulls us with some beautiful soloing, before training the machine gun at the audience and firing at will.
1989-11-16 • Reba (10:33) Set 1
First version without "Don't Get Me Wrong" segment.
1989-06-30 • Possum (7:46) Set 1
Cool twangy playing by Trey early on, then he just rips. Great recording quality.
1989-06-30 • Fluffhead (13:36) Set 1
A strong, rocking Fluff's Travels sets the table, and while Trey gets slightly tripped up in The Chase, he makes a strong comeback. This recording is a good one if you want focus on Fish, who, more than anyone, is the key to holding this complex composition together. Awesome Mike bass action during Page's solo in Clod - Check It Out! Mike's pronouncement, "Come On Fluffy!" launches a full-power, Fish and Trey-driven Arrival.


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