As were began planning for what would be come The Phish Companion, one of the stumbling blocks was a title. Personally, I wanted something a little more encyclopedic-sounding than what we ended up with, but here is a list of other 134 other titles considered...

• A Comprehensive Companion to the Music of Phish
• A Family Aphair
• A Highway Encyclopedia: The Travelers of a Nation
• A Lizard's Tale
• A Mockingbook of Phishtory
• A Phamily Affair
• A Phan's Notes

A Simple Guide for You who Enjoy Myself A Simple Guide to the Music of Phish A Simple Guide to the Music of Phish Amongst The Divided Sky An Encyclopedic Companion to the Music of Phish An Encyclopedic Phishtory Can of Worms Can You Still Have Fun Come Waste Your Time With Me Control for Smilers Dig These Phossils Diggin Phossils Esther's Leather Sack Fly Famous Book Friendly Help for Phish Fans Full Phare Gearshifts, Hose, and Foam Guysers: The History of Phish as Told by Its Fans Helping Friendly Book Henrietta's Band Hook, Line, and Sinker Index Phossils Index Phossils: a Guide to the Evolution of Phish It's Hard To Hear The Music With Your Mind Closed Just the Phacts, Man. Let's Go: Gamehendge Lizard Chronicles Lizards' Stash My Band's Got a Mind of Its Own Pages from Phishtory Phamily Album Phan Fare Phandonia Phandonia's Fossils Phandora's Loupe Phandora's Lure Phandora's Tome Phandora's Box Phandora's Encyclopedia Phandora's Legend Phedora Pheeling the Groove Phinding Finding the Right Groove Phish Addiction -- The Phixx Phish Bytes Phish for Dummies Phish from the Net Phish Market Stew Phish: 1900-1997 Phishin and Fusion Phishin Cyclopedia Phishing for Dummies Phishozoic Traveller Phishtorical Musings Phishtory Phistorical Phacts and Phigures Phor You Phossil's Index: a Guide to the Evolution of Phish Posters' Nutbag Pull Some Dirt Out Of Your Pocket To Eat Reach (carrying on the verb focus of titles like Hoist, Rift, BBreathes, Surrender) Reprise Runaway Jams Samples in a Book Seeing Through The Lights Shared Grooves Sharin in the Groove Sharing in the Groove Ship of Phools Spawning Grounds Steal This Bphook Steal This Hook Swimming Through the Wind Tackle Box The Armchair Aquarian The Armchair Aquarium THE Book The Book of Facts The Book of Icculus The Book of Phacts The Book of Phishtory The Book of Phriends The Book: A Prescription for Phish Addiction The Bphook The Bphook of Phacts The Bucking Phook The Colonel's Fans The Encyclopedia Phandonia The Encyclopedia Phandora The Gamehendge Phonebook The Glide Book The Glide Encyclopedia The Glide Guide The Glidin' 'Cyclopedia The Mighty Legend The Mockingbook The Mockingbphook The One That Got Away The Ones That Got Away The Phbook The Phinance Box The Phirst 100 Years The Phish Encyclopedia The Phish Gatherum Vol. I The Phishin' Cyclopedia The Phishing Companion The Phishing Compendium The Phishtorical Companion. The Phook The Phunbook: Let Your Phingers do the Walkin The Sacred Creed The Scuba Tank The Underwater Compendium The Wandering Whirled Of Phish This Book, It Really Sucks Tonight This Bphook is Physterical Trophy Hook Washa Uffitze Water your team in a bee hive, I'm-a sent you WATSIYEM We've Got a Book We've Got a Title We've Got It Simple We've Got the Book What's It All About? You'll Never Get Out of This Maze Zonticuddy

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