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With just under two weeks before Phish kicks off a three-day party in the Bay Area, SPAC’s finale is the last show remaining from Leg I’s download series. Highlighted by a strong first set and a sublime sequence of “Drowned > Swept Away > Steep,” Phish concluded their Northeastern with a relatively tame, song-based outing.

6.20.2010 - SPAC (Hybrid Radar)

6.20.2010 SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY < Torrent

6.20.2010 SPAC, Saratoga Springs, NY < Megaupload

I: Brother, AC/DC Bag, Back on the Train, Undermind, Cities, Gotta Jibboo*, Roggae, Sleep Again, Lawn Boy, Run Like an Antelope

II: Carini > The Mango Song, Wilson, Drowned > Swept Away > Steep, Makisupa Policeman, Piper > Also Sprach Zarathustra > You Enjoy Myself

E: Frankenstein

* w/ Tony Markelis on bass, Mike on rhythm guitar

Source: (FOB) Schoeps CCM4V’S(din)>Sound Devices 722 (24/48)

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Jam of the Weekend:

“Drowned > Swept > Steep” 6.20 II

The improvisational centerpiece of SPAC’s second night.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Show of Life” – 6.19.10, SPAC (Official Release)

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Official Portsmouth Poster

Although the Tuesday night shows of tour didn’t explode like many expected, they still produced some legitimate highlights. Stellar versions of “Bathtub Gin” and “Slave” came out of Portsmouth, Virginia’s first set, while an engaging sequence of “46 Days > Idea > 2001 > Simple” provided the meat of of the second. Canandaigua saw the most significant, non-traditional “Mike’s Groove” of tour, underlined by “I Am the Walrus > Weekapaug,” and also featured a laid-back, jam-filled first set that fit the cool New York evening like a glove.

6.15.2010 nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA < Torrent

6.15.2010 nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA < Megaupload

I: Tube, Kill Devil Falls, Slave to the Traffic Light, Lawn Boy, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, The Moma Dance > My Friend, My Friend, Cold Water*, Bathtub Gin, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan

II: Wilson, Seven Below, 46 Days > Idea** > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Simple > Joy, Taste, Theme From the Bottom, A Day in the Life

E: Heavy Things, First Tube

*debut, Tom Waits, **debut

Source: (FOB) Schoeps mk4v’s (DINa)>kc5>m222> nt222>744t

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6.29.2010 CMAC Pavilion, Canandaigua, NY < Torrent

6.29.2010 CMAC Pavilion, Canandaigua, NY < Megaupload

CMAC Official Poster (Welker)

I: The Connection, Down with Disease,  Sample in a Jar, Ocelot, Reba, Horn, Funky Bitch, Undermind, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, David Bowie

II: Possum, Mike’s Song > Simple > I Am the Walrus* > Weekapaug Groove, Limb By Limb, Joy, Harry Hood, Golgi Apparatus

E: First Tube

*debut, The Beatles

Source: Schoeps MK41> KC5> CMC6> Sonosax SX-M2> Apogee Mini-me (aes out@24 bit/96khz)>COAX>Edirol R-44

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Jams of the Weekend: 1st Setters

“Bathtub Gin” 6.15 I

“GinTelos” gets my vote for the first-set jam of Leg I.

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“Timber Ho” 6.24 I

And this isn’t far behind…

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“Chalk Dust Torture” – 6.25 II Camden (official release)

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“Light Up Or Leave Me Alone” – 7.1.10 II Raleigh

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Official Alpharetta Poster

Phish celebrated July 4th with to in Atlanta’s northern suburbs with the third patriotic weekend of their career. Finishing tour with four sets of energetic music, the band created an all-out party vibe for the tour finale. Within the two shows, improvisational highlights emerged in “Bathtub Gin,” “Antelope,” “Tweezer > Slave,” “Jibboo,” and “Piper > Ghost.” Finishing Independence Day with Rage Against the Machine’s ” Killing in the Name,” sandwiched within a comical, revisionist-history “Harpua” narrative,  Phish created their own pyrotechnics for the holiday.

7.3.2010 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA < Torrent

7.3.2010 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA < Megaupload

I: Character Zero, Destiny Unbound, Rift, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Bathtub Gin, Mountains in the Mist, NICU, Gumbo, My Sweet One, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Strange Design, Sanity, Run Like an Antelope

II: Rock and Roll > Prince Caspian > Tweezer > Slave to the Traffic Light, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Backwards Down the Number Line, Harry Hood, Loving Cup

E: Sleeping Monkey, Tweezer Reprise

Source: Schoeps mk41 (DINa) > kc5 > cmc6xt > Sonosax SX-M2 > Mytek Stereo 192 ADC > Tascam HD-P2 (24/96)

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7.4.2010 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA < Torrent

7.4.2010 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA < Megaupload

7.4.10 II (W. Rogell)

I: The Star Spangled Banner, Punch You In the Eye, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Camel Walk, Ocelot, Heavy Things, My Friend, My Friend, Lawn Boy, David Bowie, Gotta Jibboo

II: Down with Disease > Piper > Ghost, Waste, Julius, Mike’s Song > Tela, Harpua > Killing in the Name* > Harpua > Weekapaug Groove

E: First Tube

Source: (FOB) Schoeps mk4v > KCY > Schoeps VMS02IB > SD 722 (@24bit/96kHz)

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Jams of the Weekend: Alpharetta 1st Sets

“Bathtub Gin” 7.3.10 I

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“Jibboo” 7.4.10 I

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VIDEOS OF THE WEEKEND: Classic Summer Moments

“Fuck Your Face” 7.2.10 II (Team Hood)

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“I Am the Walrus” 6.29.10 II (7-Cam shot)

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“Killing In the Name” 7.4.10 II (dougcurling)

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7.19.98 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA < Megaupload

Shoreline '98

I: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams, Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost, Limb By Limb, Roggae, You Enjoy Myself

II: Llama, Wolfman’s Brother, Piper, Tweezer > Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam > Down with Disease

E: Possum, Tweezer Reprise

Source: Unknown

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7.25.98 South Park Meadows, Austin, TX < Megaupload

I: Roses Are Free, Down with Disease, Roggae, Beauty of My Dreams, Ya Mar,  Guyute, Julius

II: Piper, Wilson, Frankenstein, Tweezer > When the Circus Comes, Limb By Limb, Fee, Run Like an Antelope

E: Harry Hood,  Tweezer Reprise

Source: Schoeps CMC64

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Jams of the Weekend: ’09 Highlights

“Ghost” 10.31.09 III

Halloween’s third set “Ghost,” a solid ’09 version that nobody seems to talk about.

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“Undermind” 11.29.09 I

The highlight of Portland, Maine’s eventful first set.

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“Light > Taste” 8.7.09 I

An instant classic from The Gorge.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

Camden 6.7.09 Playlist – “Sand,” “Tweezer…”

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Portland '96

Since Phish has shied away from the Pacific Northwest this time around, here are a couple shows from ’96, when Phish was a nationally touring outfit. These shows were part of an extensive west coast run that concluded Fall ’96. (This Portland show may have been posted once, but now it will be in the permanent archives as well.)

11.24.96 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR < Torrent

11.24.96 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR < Megaupload

I: Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room, Reba, Character Zero, Strange Design, Taste, I Didn’t Know, Sample in a Jar, Run Like an Antelope

II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sparkle, David Bowie, A Day in the Life, You Enjoy Myself, Loving Cup, Suzy Greenberg

E: Ginseng Sullivan, Cavern
Source: Unknown

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11.27.96 Key Arena, Seattle, WA < Torrent

11.27.96 Key Arena, Seattle, WA < Megaupload

I: Julius, My Friend, My Friend, Ya Mar, Chalk Dust Torture, The Sloth, Uncle Pen, Free, Theme From the Bottom, Bold As Love

II: Down with Disease > Jesus Just Left Chicago, Scent of a Mule, Tweezer > Sweet Emotion Jam > Down with Disease, The Star Spangled Banner, Fire

E: Waste, Tweezer Reprise

Source: Unknown

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Jam of the Weekend:

“Bathtub Gin” 11.7.96 II

A beast from Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Sneakin Sally” 10.31.98 - Las Vegas, NV

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Some early SBDs to fill-out your collections…

12.5.1991 Greenfield Armory Castle, Greenfield, MA < Megaupload

I: Golgi Apparatus, Paul and Silas, Split Open and Melt, Ya Mar, Fluffhead, Llama, Bathtub Gin, It’s Ice, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum

II: Tweezer, Sparkle, Tube, Foam, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fee, The Sloth, The Squirming Coil, I Didn’t Know, My Sweet One, Tweezer Reprise

E: Glide, Cavern

Source: SBD

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12.6.1991 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT < Megaupload

I: Memories, Foam, Reba, Uncle Pen, The Squirming Coil, Magilla, The Landlady, Guelah Papyrus^, I Didn’t Know

II: It’s Ice, Eliza, Sparkle, You Enjoy Myself, Horn, The Divided Sky, Tela, Llama, Whipping Post*, Possum > Wait* > Possum

E: Lawn Boy, Rocky Top

^ aborted due to guitar problems; * w/ Fishman on fretless guitar; **  w/  vocal quote of The Weight

Source: SBD

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Jam of the Weekend:

“Split Open and Melt” 7.1.95 II

A beast from Great Woods ’95.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Catapult > Icculus ” 8.14.09 II

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New Haven, CT

The first two nights of New Year’s Run ’92 took place in The Palace Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut – home of the best pizza in the nation. Before moving north to Springfield and Boston, Massachusetts, Phish blew up The Nutmeg State on their way to 1993. Enjoy the old school shows, and most importantly enjoy the weekend. Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers that make the world go ’round!

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12.28.92 The Palace, New Haven, CT < Megaupload

12.28.92 The Palace, New Haven, CT < Torrent

I: Maze, Sparkle, Foam, Buried Alive > Glide, It’s Ice, Bouncing Around the Room, Rift, Golgi Apparatus, Sweet Adeline, Run Like an Antelope

II: Poor Heart, Split Open and Melt, Reba, The Sloth, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Hold Your Head Up > Bike > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Cavern

E: Memories, Fire

Source: Schoeps CMC5/mk4 >Sonosax >DAP20

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12.29.92 The Palace, New Haven, CT < Megaupload

12.29.92 The Palace, New Haven, CT < Torrent

I: Funky Bitch, Runaway Jim, Guelah Papyrus, Llama, My Friend, My Friend, The Divided Sky, Wilson, Uncle Pen, Stash, Tela, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg

II: The Curtain > Tweezer, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, My Sweet One > Big Ball Jam, Fast Enough for You, All Things Reconsidered, Mike’s Song* > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove Hold Your Head Up > Terrapin > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise

E: Big Ball Jam, Carolina*, Rocky Top

Source: SBD > DAT > Cass/x, Patch Source Schoeps MK4/CMC5 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Sony D10 (FOB)
These tracks had to be patched with the FOB source due to a tape flip in Mike’s song, and the Carolina being absent from the SBD.

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Jam of the Weekend:

“Mikes > Hydrogen > Weekapaug” 6.10.95 II

Red Rocks. Mike’s Groove. 1995. Good stuff.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Light” 12.2.09, MSG – Pt .1

“Light” 12.2.09, MSG – Pt .2

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5.8.94 The Backyard, Bee Cave, TX < Megaupload

11.18.09 (M.Stein)

The night after The Bomb Factory, Phish dropped this little known show in a little known town. Significant versions of “Stash” and “Antelope” and “YEM” highlight the “night after”.

I: Runaway Jim, Foam, Axilla (Part II), Rift, Down with Disease, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Squirming Coil

II: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Run Like an Antelope, It’s Ice, Fee, Julius, Cavern, You Enjoy Myself > Halley’s Comet* > Good Times Bad Times

E: Sweet Adeline, Golgi Apparatus

*segued out of the YEM vocal jam.

Source: Unknown

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Jam of the Weekend:

“The Curtain > Free” 7.31.98 II

A classic relic of Summer ’98 on a gorgeous sunny afternoon.

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“Black-Eyed Katy” 12.5.97 – Cleveland, OH

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12.31.94 Boston Garden, Boston, MA < Torrent

12.31.94 Boston Garden, Boston, MA < Megaupload

12.31.99 (S.Halpern)

Somehow, this classic New Year’s show hasn’t ever been featured on Phish Thoughts. Now it has. Following an incredible three nights, Phish put the cherry on top in Larry Bird’s joint, The Boston Garden. With a show that brought a classic celebratory vibe, Phish had clearly left taken their deepest dives earlier in the run. The famous hot dog that re-emerged at Big Cypress now resides in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

I: Golgi Apparatus, NICU, Run Like an Antelope*, Glide, Mound, Peaches en Regalia, The Divided Sky, Funky Bitch

II: The Old Home Place, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, Mike’s Song > Buffalo Bill > Mike’s Song > Yerushalayim Shel Zahav > Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace

III: My Sweet One, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Auld Lang Syne > Tropical Hot Dog Night, Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Suzy Greenberg, Slave to the Traffic Light

E: Simple > Auld Lang Syne

*Tom Marshall on vocals

Notes: Before the lights went out for the third set, the audience “overheard” the band before the set. Fish wound up saying “I want a jumbo hot dog, large fries and shake” delivered on stage. The band came out, started up My Sweet One, and was interrupted by an announcer asking who ordered the food. The band pointed at Fishman, who looked confused as huge props of a hot dog, fries and shakes descended from the ceiling next to the drum set. The band played 2001 while the hot dog landed. The James Bond Theme was then broadcast over the PA while technicians (wearing “Rocket Scientist” jackets) prepared the hot dog, and the band climbed in with their instruments and flew out over the audience. Various music, including the Captain Beefheart song Tropical Hot Dog Night, was played over the P.A. as the hot dog space ship flew back and forth. This version of Bouncing appears on A Live One.

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Jams of the Weekend:

“Run Like An Antelope” 12.31.94 I

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“ Mike’s > Buffalo Bill > Mike’s” 12.31.94 II

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Auld Lang Syne” 12.31.94 III

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Pre-Set Festivities: 12.31.99 (Hot Dog Footage begins at 4:15)

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Alpine '03 (unk)

Here are two shows from the end of a long year of playing in 1992. Totaling 121 shows throughout the year, December culminated of a huge year of growth for Phish; a year that primed them to really take off come ’93. Enjoy!

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12.2.1992 Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH < Megaupload

12.2.1992 Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH < Torrent asap

I: Suzy Greenberg, Foam, The Divided Sky, Fast Enough for You, Poor Heart, Stash, The Lizards, Sparkle, Horn, You Enjoy Myself

II: Wilson^, Possum, Mound, Tweezer, Tela, Llama, Glide, Hold Your Head Up > Lengthwise > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, I Walk the Line, Runaway Jim

E: Golgi Apparatus, Rocky Top

Source: Schoeps CMC5/21 @105 degXY > D3

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12.7.1992 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN < Megaupload

12.7.1992 First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN < Torrent asap

First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

I: Axilla, Poor Heart, Maze, Glide, Sparkle, Foam, Fast Enough for You, All Things Reconsidered, Split Open and Melt, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself

II: Chalk Dust Torture, Reba > Llama, Horn > The Vibration of Life > My Sweet One, It’s Ice, Fee > David Bowie, Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Sweet Adeline

E: Runaway Jim

Source: Unknown

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Jam of the Weekend:

“2001 > David Bowie” 10.28.94 II

A phenomenal Fall ’94 “Bowie” with a full-on slip into “Manteca” late in the jam. Must-hear stuff!

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKEND:

“Mikes > Hydrogen >” – 3.31.92 Columbia, MO

“…Weekapaug” – 3.31.92