, attached to 1996-10-25

Review by spreaditround

spreaditround SET 1: Ha Ha Ha > Taste: Nice one, two punch coming out of the gate. Nice little bustout for HHH as it had not been played since 12.15.95, a 45 show gap. Taste has a nice jam.

Makisupa Policeman -> Maze: Makisupa has good breathing room for an ethereal jam and melts perfectly into an ominous Maze. This Maze reaches incredible heights and is almost as good at 10.18.96. Seriously, if you are a Maze fan this is must listen material. Trey makes this one sounds like airplanes are taking off inside the mothership. Tons of replay value here.

Billy Breathes, Mound, Guelah Papyrus, I Didn't Know: Standard first set fare – somewhere in here Trey comments how this is one of his favorite rooms to play, everyone is free to move around as they wish…

Stash: Pretty good version, has some extreme tension and release – the ending where you think it would go screaming into instead sort of melts into it very quietly. Would relisten.

The Squirming Coil: Trey forgets how to play a bunch of his parts in the 1 + minute range. Pretty bad.

First set summary: Really solid set of Phish right there. They are solid out of the gate, give us three jams that have stood the test of time and then a beautiful Coil to take us into the break. This all bodes well for a killer second set!

SET 2: Tube: Awesome! >

Prince Caspian: Momentum halted.

Timber (Jerry the Mule) A little sloppy in parts but this one gets intense. Replay value for sure. >

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday: Good stuff but need a banger after this.

NICU: Oof, not a good spot for this tune. Middle of set II? >

Free, Strange Design: Standard.

Harry Hood: Solid yet unspectacular >

Cavern, The Star Spangled Banner, ENCORE: Johnny B. Goode: Standard.

Second set summary: Not much to sink your teeth into here unfortunately outside of Timber. First set is better than the second set and it’s not close. I would rate this a good bit lower than what is on .net (3.829). I would give this a 3.6/5. Check out Makisupa, Maze, Stash, Timber.


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