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Link Friday, 12/08/1995
CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

Soundcheck: Poor Heart (slow)

Set 1: SampleSample in a Jar, Poor Heart > Simple > Runaway Jim, Fluffhead, It's Ice, Acoustic Army, CaspianPrince Caspian, GTBTGood Times Bad Times

Set 2: 2001Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Kung -> Tweezer, Love You > HYHUHold Your Head Up, CoilThe Squirming Coil, TweepriseTweezer Reprise > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope[1]

Encore: Come Together[2] > ADITLA Day in the Life

[1] Brady Bunch theme tease.
[2] Phish debut.

Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon

Notes: Good Times Bad Times was dedicated to “the man in the dragon pants,” a.k.a. Jimmy Page. Antelope included a Brady Bunch theme tease. The encore, which included the first ever Phish performance of Come Together, was played in remembrance of John Lennon’s death on December 8, 1980.

This show was part of the "1995 Fall Tour."

docj7 , attached to 1995-12-08 Permalink
My first Phish show! I had heard some songs from the band, thought ok I'll go check em out. What a surprise I was in for. At that time,still kind of young, thought I was a jam band conouiser. I had seen the Grateful Dead 13 times and after that was searching for something to get me to that musical high. Saw some really good regional jam bands a lot but was still searching. That night I found what I was looking for. Not knowing a lot of phish tunes I could not believe how good this band was. When I looked around during tweezer and saw everyone tuned in, no loud crowd chatter, and jaws dropped.I knew I stumbled upon something great. A lot of people think that the best setlist is the best show. It's not phish is about the moment and how that moment is treating you. This show treated me well,broke my cherry and have been a phan ever since.
Score: 3
mmbyem , attached to 1995-12-08 Permalink
This too was my first show and what a night. I was a life changing thing and has cost me many of thousands of $$$$$$$$$$ since! Thank You Phish!
Score: 2
markah , attached to 1995-12-08 Permalink
I'm listening to this show now for (I think) the first time. Impressive Jim in set I!

But the Tweezer is really where it's at. I love Mike's sustained high-pitched singing over the groove during the verses. This thing really feels too funky to be Dec '95. I know they really had the "permagroove" thing going on that Fall, but this is..well, just beyond good! They bring it way down during the middle of the jam, and the sound of Trey's unaccompanied soloing (or, punctuatedly accompanied soloing) echoing around the hall is pretty cool to hear on these FOBs. Then they really start to wail again. It takes the rest of the boys a minute or to to ratchet up their steam to Trey's level, but when they all reach the peak and then tear into the last 4 1/2 mins of this jam, there's no doubt that this Tweezer is a (typically awesome) true Dec '95 rager!!! There's a hint (not quite a tease) of "Sunshine of your Love" toward the end of this, too. It almost sounds like it could wind down into a YEM vocal jam...they toy with some of the sparse jamming that was maybe more prevalent on the Fall '94 tour, and then all merge into a nice ebb & flow jam...and Trey's leslie brings us back in for a landing. Great Tweezer overall, but my favorite parts were probably more toward the beginning.

But wait! It's Kung!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I'm hearing this. I can't believe I spoke to soon. This mysterious & almost creepy Kung is probably the most a-typical I've ever heard (now that's saying something). Mid-Eastern harmonies from Fishman, sounds like. Then the Tweezer just rages face for another 4 mins. Fishman is screaming (always a good sign) while Trey is wailing to conjure the demonic powers of Cleveland. Short jam after Kung, but firey & intense. And I, for one, have always appreciated the sloooow old school wind down like this one has. This is one of the longest. Nice.

Go listen to this show. Then all of Dec '95. Right now.
Score: 1
FesslerPHan , attached to 1995-12-08 Permalink
Was my first Phish show .Seen the Dead a few times and had no clue what to think !Wow was this show phun as the paper was clean !I am on my 30 plus show no and i will never look back !!Thank u phish !Anyone els see that sick JOSH glass saxaphon bubbler in the lot ? it was like 300$ and some hells angle was selling it ! lol ,have PHUN KIDS!!
Score: 0

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