I have no idea what this is, but boy is it great!

Great choice.

No idea as well but maybe Europe 97? Hints of Tweezer Reprise in there. Tweezer 2-16-97

Simple or Caspian. I don't know the date.

Yeah, I have no idea but it is GOOD!

gumbo 8/15/98

Theme From the Bottom circa '96. Shot in the dark: 8/14/96

theme

let's stick with my guess from last week-

theme from the bottom, 9/17/00, merriweather

i know i recognize this one, and i never did double check my work last week. it does sound theme'ish though.

i wish i had head phones at work...

theme 7/29/97

8/12/98 Simple

Whats the use, 7-7-99

2.28.03:Tweezer

not sure, but i know i'll be downloading once i know the answer!!

This jam makes we wanna be like Mike!

I'll guess 7/26/99 Theme...although it sounds like an open-air venue vs. a shed.

Desert Sky '97 is a good guess, Forbin1. Especially with those Trey loopies.

7.20.99 Ghost

08.01.98 Tweezer

Black Eyed Katy....11-23-97.......Not sure of the date, but it is definitely BEK (or MOMA)..it is the jam leading right up to the end of the song

@ISleepLengthwise I agree. I think it is BEK Nov. 23 97. The only other could be TFTB but I don't think it would have been Merriweather 2011. The sound quality is a little off. Sems a tad older quality and '97 would be about right. Don't think it's Tweezer, it just doesn't have the correct time 4/4 beats the 2/2 that tweezer usually has. Gumbo 8-15-98 also hits it sound quality and timing wise. If I was submitting an entry, I would have to go with BEK 97 or Gumbo 98. Nice jam though.

Piper - SPAC - 6-19-04

Theme, 11-19-97

@ocelotvswilson said:

@ISleepLengthwise I agree. I think it is BEK Nov. 23 97. The only other could be TFTB but I don't think it would have been Merriweather 2011. The sound quality is a little off. Sems a tad older quality and '97 would be about right. Don't think it's Tweezer, it just doesn't have the correct time 4/4 beats the 2/4 that tweezer usually has. Gumbo 8-15-98 also hits it sound quality and timing wise. If I was submitting an entry, I would have to go with BEK 97 or Gumbo 98. Nice jam though.

Sorry, I meant 2/4 timing. I needs some brush up on my music studies.

definitely not this Black Eyed Katy....11-23-97

11-3-1996 theme from the bottom

Definitely Theme.

theme 8/13/97

@jbirdy1995 said:

theme 8/13/97

actually it might be theme from 7/3/00

theme from the bottom 7/9/98

Gin 7/30/98

7/26/99 Gin
might be theme same show... but someone already guessed that...

Theme 7/3/00

I think our dear moderator has come up with a good one, in several respects

well, that hint really narrows it down.

Drowned - 12-11-1997

@Guyute76 said:

Drowned - 12-11-1997

I am changing my answer to this:

BDNTL - Saratoga 8-16-2009

I agree with Guyute76, but I'm going to say Cities 8/6/2010.

Piper 11/4/98

7.8.99 Fee

Cities - 12/3/2009

Light - 5/31/09

Crosseyed and Painless 6-21-09

Considering I've already guessed, I'll share my thinking here. Given the hint, either this jam is in the song Cities from 3.0 (though they haven't played the song 53 times in 3.0) or in a city they have played in 3.0, but the jam is likely from 1.0 or 2.0. And it's not Theme

Gumbo 8/3/98

Oh yeah, first time through I thought it meant it was a 3.0 jam...but it could be any of the CITIES played in 3.0?

That doesn't really narrow it down!

Rock and Roll 8-8-09

I feel like the use of the term "cities' has to be a hint somehow. They could have said "venues" or something.

Well, Phish has played more venue than cities, so I don't think the two are interchangeable.

Holy shit, I run a little late to a mystery jam and there are all of a sudden 48 comments! At least it's still out there for anyone to grab...if I only had some free time now...
Good job blog for making another day2!

1997.11.26 -- Cities (I took a wild guess. I'm at work and have never even heard this Cities, just took advantage of the hint).

2/17/97 Taste. Another wild guess.

I dont think "cities" is a play on word. The hint is clear that this jam occurred in one of the 53 cities Phish has played in 3.0.

I can definitely say that I have never heard this jam before.

@He_looks_too_much_like_Dave said:

I dont think "cities" is a play on word. The hint is clear that this jam occurred in one of the 53 cities Phish has played in 3.0.

I can definitely say that I have never heard this jam before.

I now think it's both. I think its a jam out of the song Cities. I think it occurred before 3.0, in a city they have played both before and during 3.0.

In hindsight, my thought is that since they used "cities" instead of "venues", this is probably a 1.0 or 2.0 song in which they played in a different venue but same city as was played in 3.0. Thus, we need to figure all the venues they have played in 3.0 where they also played in the same city, different venue prior to 3.0.

(And I need to figure out what the heck song this is)

@wattznext said:

@He_looks_too_much_like_Dave said:

I dont think "cities" is a play on word. The hint is clear that this jam occurred in one of the 53 cities Phish has played in 3.0. I can definitely say that I have never heard this jam before.

I now think it's both. I think its a jam out of the song Cities. I think it occurred before 3.0, in a city they have played both before and during 3.0.

that's what I'm thinking...my guess 8/10/97 cities...deer creek

ABBA ABBA!

Cities 11/26/97

While I'm not making a guess, I just wanted to say that Phish has only played more than one venue in the same city since the return: Cincinnati. So 54 venues and 53 cities.

Got it.
9.24.99 Wolfmans Brother
I worked for this one

Damn good job that was my next show to look into

@gperk said:

Got it. 9.24.99 Wolfmans Brother I worked for this one

Wow! Nice man. I couldnt do my research but thought of a Wolfmans and maybe Sand and they played both at this show!! I was definetly thinking '99 and knew it wasn't summer!!! I love this game.
Good call blog & nice try w/ this good pick but you'll have to wait for next week.

ah, thanks for the special "hint," just for me. i had a feeling it was not theme. more importantly, i knew i was wrong about an hour after guessing.

as for this 9/24/99 wolfman's, good call. the delay loop had me thinking, '99-'00. i'll have to pop that one in today. it's been SO long since i've listened to that show from start to finish. if i go to that one, i usually go straight to the sand> misty mtn hop combo.

congrats, mainegabe! job well done!

also, mystery jam folk, i think we can maybe chalk that one up in the win column. kudos, and good pick! as always, thanks for steering me toward a show i may not have popped in today! as much bad mouthing as i do about december '99, i freaking love that september/october tour. tons of good stuff in there...

I too love this game and have been unsuccessful thus far. This time I went deep to retrieve this one. I went through numerous songs I thought would have that open air, 99 sound and even threw myself a few curves. I went from the 9.18.99 Boogie, 7.8.99 Fee, Cities from 8.10.97, 9.24.00, Zero from 11.26.97, the 12.16.99 & 6.24.00 Tweezers, the Meatstick and Melt from 7.15.99 and even listened to the "jam" track on phishows.com before deciding to give the 9.24.99 Wolfmans proper a spin and...found it. Phew. I used to have a cdr TAO (how awful those 2 second gaps were) of this show back in the dizzy and I'm so happy for the spreadsheet and the Mystery Jam Monday in this modern era. Any show with Peaches is worth listening all the way through. Thanks.

Is it wolfman's from Greenville, SC 1998-11-18?

If you listen to 1998-11-18 it sounds very similar also. but 9/24/99 got it. nyce work!

I'm surprised noone has mentioned the.Dancing Queen tease ...we need to update the tease chart!

Another tease that isn't in the chart is Them Changes from Wooster Ghost 2003

Cities 8/10/97

i would love yo know how this game woulda played out, if we had no access to every show on the internet!

@pauly said:

i would love yo know how this game woulda played out, if we had no access to every show on the internet!

the mj would certainly have more victories under their belt. not to mention, the woman would be pissed because a whole wall of my living room would be filled with maxell xl 2's!

@MiguelSanchez said:

@pauly said:

i would love yo know how this game woulda played out, if we had no access to every show on the internet!

the mj would certainly have more victories under their belt. not to mention, the woman would be pissed because a whole wall of my living room would be filled with maxell xl 2's!

LOL! I still have all my tapes and probably will never give them up, never.

I think the blog would definetly have more wins under their belt but for me personally if I know the jam it's bc I knew them already from years of listening and not bc of searching for it. When I start searching I know that I'm most prob not gonna win bc there has got to be a phishhead who already knows it and loves phish as much as I do.
Life is good and phish helps...a lot.

BTW, give it up to the blog who made it for another Day2. Nice "moral" victory...

^yep, all my tapes are still stowed away up stairs. i usually keep about 10-15 in rotation down stairs. i too will never part with them!!

as for hunting down the mystery jam, i'm in the same boat. a couple weeks ago, i was certain we were dealing with a '99-'00 piper. i listened to about 15 pipers, got pissed, and quit! hunting usually equals doom...

cities 8/6/10