@dscott said:

@RobPJohnson3 said:

The music at Coventry was better than the Great Went?

Oswego was better musically than the Cilfford Ball?

Everybody has a right to their opinion, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Those are two of the most laughably incorrect opinions about Phish I have ever encountered.

While I disagree with the rankings that @cglushko has proposed, at least I can see where he is coming from. He likes big jams, and he can not lie. Also, I like the tiering system that he uses.
While I can understand leaving out the soundchecks...and possibly the Flatbed Truck Jam, the other "bonus" sets are integral parts of their respective festivals' musical experience. Can't justify excluding them in the ranking process.

I would shuffle the deck thusly: (within a given tier, it's basically splitting hairs)

Transcendent
1. Big Cypress

Epic
2. Great Went
3. Magnaball
4. Lemonwheel

Awesome
5. Clifford Ball
6. Superball
7. IT

Very Good
8. Oswego
9. Festival 8

Rough (with a handful of diamonds)
10. Coventry

Again, I am not really expert (really any of this) but especially Great Went and Clifford Ball, I've listened to both more than once and it's been a while.
That said, I love your tiers and I'll agree with almost all of your rankings. Did I say I hate rankings, hehehehe!

transcendent!!!
1. Big Cypress

Epic:
Magnaball (closer to transcendent than I thought was possible.)
Great Went
Lemonwheel

Awesome:
IT
Clifford Ball

Very Good (VG):
Camp Oswego
Superball
Festival 8

Rough (Several transcendent moments (TM), arguably more TM than some festivals in VG or awesome tiers.) But the roughness ruled the festival in a way that's not even comparable top any of the fests.
10. Coventry
Good Phun! Thanks!