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SET 1: Suzy Greenberg, The Curtain > Wilson > Peaches en Regalia, Fee > La Grange, You Enjoy Myself
SET 2: All Blues > Sanity[1], Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus > Divided Sky, On Your Way Down, I Didn't Know
SET 3: Good Times Bad Times, Walk Away > Harry Hood, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Whipping Post, Corinna
ENCORE: David Bowie
This version of Sanity was the fast version. ‘A’ Train included a tease of the Woody Woodpecker theme and the Bowie intro contained a tease of the Batman theme.
Soundcheck: The Sloth > Possum
SET 1: I Didn't Know[1], Golgi Apparatus, Alumni Blues[2] > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, The Lizards, Take the 'A' Train, Sanity[3], Divided Sky, Fee, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg, Icculus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Sloth -> Possum, Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Foam, David Bowie
This was the band’s first major gig in Boston. The Paradise held around 650 people, they didn’t think the band could come close to selling out the room and so refused to book Phish. John Paluska and Ben Hunter, who were managing Phish at the time, therefore rented the room for the evening. John and Ben promoted the gig heavily, including via radio. Tickets were only $5. Tom Baggott, a fan of the band, helped get Burlington fans to the show by Greyhound bus. Not only did the gig sell out, but there were some 200 people shut out (mostly Boston University and Boston College students). I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Alumni contained additional lyrics. Prior to YEM, Trey welcomed his mom, who had come "all the way from Ireland." After YEM, Trey said that they had a special guest that night for the person in the front row that kept requesting that they play Minkin. Trey mentioned that there was a Minkin hanging behind the band and that Minkin was also there that night. There was a subsequent brief Minkin vocal tease prior to Lizards. This version of Sanity was the fast version.
No known setlist
There was no show on this date. The setlist previously attributed to this date is from January 25, 1990.
SET 1: Dear Mrs. Reagan
The setlist is incomplete. Dear Mrs. Reagan was played to commemorate George Bush’s impending inauguration and Nancy Reagan’s departure from the White House.
No known setlist
This show was listed on the Tree Cafe calendar and is otherwise unconfirmed. If it happened, this setlist is unknown and would have been Phish's first show in Maine (predating January 20, 1989's Bar Harbor performance).
SET 1: Divided Sky, You Enjoy Myself > Slave to the Traffic Light, Foam > Possum, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > David Bowie
This show was apparently three sets, but only the first set circulates.
SET 1: I Didn't Know[1], Golgi Apparatus, David Bowie, The Lizards, Foam, Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Wilson, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird
SET 2: Alumni Blues[2] > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself, Contact, The Sloth, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, Good Times Bad Times
ENCORE: Run Like an Antelope
I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. The Bowie intro contained Wilson and Timber (Jerry) teases. Alumni contained additional lyrics. Trey teased Curtis Loew before AC/DC Bag. Antelope included a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey. This show was a benefit for NORML.
SET 1: Take the 'A' Train
It is unknown if 'A' Train was performed in the first or second set of this show.
SET 1: The Sloth, Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, Take the 'A' Train, Divided Sky, Contact, You Enjoy Myself, I Didn't Know[1], Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Lizards, David Bowie[2], Fee, Dinner and a Movie, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Possum
I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. David Bowie's lyrics were changed to "Charlie's Birthday."
SET 1: I Didn't Know, Good Times Bad Times, You Enjoy Myself, Possum, Fluffhead, Take the 'A' Train, David Bowie
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 3: Mr. P.C.[1], Fee, Bold As Love, The Lizards, Whipping Post
Mr. P.C. featured Carl Gerhard on flugelhorn; this was his first known appearance with Phish. Mr. P.C. included a Spider-Man theme tease. Some recordings circulate with Timber in the second set and an encore including Peaches, Funky Bitch, and Donna Lee; this is actually filler from the October 29, 1988 show.
SET 1: Slave to the Traffic Light, Time Loves a Hero, Fire, You Enjoy Myself > Possum, Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus, Walk Away, Fluffhead > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, David Bowie
SET 2: Wilson > Peaches en Regalia, Bold As Love, The Lizards, AC/DC Bag -> Fee, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, I Didn't Know[1], Good Times Bad Times
SET 3: Icculus, Suzy Greenberg, Sparks > Divided Sky
Fluffhead and Suzy contained Sailor's Hornpipe teases from Trey. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. This setlist is likely incomplete.
Soundcheck: Shaggy Dog, Foam
SET 1: Fire, Golgi Apparatus, Fluffhead > Possum, Fee, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Time Loves a Hero, Walk Away, The Lizards, Shaggy Dog, Whipping Post, Contact, Bold As Love, Take the 'A' Train, Run Like an Antelope
SET 3: Suzy Greenberg, Foam, I Didn't Know[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Harpua, David Bowie
Lizards was dedicated to Celia for cooking the band spaghetti before the show. Whipping Post included DEG teases and BBFCFM featured a Sailor's Hornpipe tease. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.
SET 1: Suzy Greenberg > The Lizards, Time Loves a Hero[1], Golgi Apparatus, Bold As Love, La Grange, Contact, Costume Contest -> Harry Hood
SET 2: Halley's Comet[2] -> Whipping Post, Fee > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Walk Away > Divided Sky, The Ballad of Curtis Loew[3], Mike's Song, Take the 'A' Train > Fire
SET 3: Fluffhead > AC/DC Bag, Foam[4], Terrapin[5], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Timber (Jerry the Mule)[6], Slave to the Traffic Light[6], Donna Lee[7], Run Like an Antelope[6], I Didn't Know[8], Wilson[9], Peaches en Regalia[6], Funky Bitch[6]
Suzy and BBFCFM included Sailor's Hornpipe teases from Trey. Page, Mike, and Fish noodled around with the Hood intro while Trey conducted the costume contest. A fan dressed as Harry Hood won! Bobby Brown sat in on harmonica for Curtis Loew, Richard Wright provided vocals for Halley’s, and Russ Remington sat in on saxophone from Timber through Funky Bitch. Terrapin and I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Wilson was unfinished. This show included the first known performance of Foam and the first known Phish performances of Time Loves a Hero and Donna Lee. Page and Fish teased Terrapin Station before Terrapin.
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus, On Your Way Down, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself -> Wilson > Peaches en Regalia > La Grange, Take the 'A' Train, Divided Sky[1], Bold As Love
SET 2: David Bowie, The Lizards, Walk Away > Possum, Fee -> Sparks > Whipping Post
SET 3: Good Times Bad Times > Fluffhead, The Curtain > AC/DC Bag, Dinner and a Movie, Contact, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Humphries House had been a Zeta Upsilon ("Zu") frat house and monthly parties used to occur there that were referred to as "Full Moon at the Zoo" parties. Alumni contained a Possum tease. YEM was dedicated to Dionysian Productions co-founder John Paluska. This was the first known complete version of Divided Sky, with a large section of it having previously been performed as the back half of No Dogs Allowed. Divided, Bowie, Fluffhead, and AC/DC Bag contained Sailor's Hornpipe teases. AC/DC Bag also contained London Bridge Is Falling Down, and the Flintstones theme teases. The third set was preceded by a First Noel tease. The second set listing might be incomplete, as the recordings that circulate cut into Bowie.
SET 1: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Take the 'A' Train, Fluffhead, You Enjoy Myself, David Bowie
This setlist is incomplete, but McGrupp definitely opened the show.
SET 1: Walk Away, Funky Bitch, You Enjoy Myself, Flat Fee, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Wilson > Peaches en Regalia, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Ride Captain Ride, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Cities > Dave's Energy Guide > Cities, Run Like an Antelope, Fluffhead
SET 3: Jam, Andy's Chest[1] -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars -> Dave's Energy Guide -> Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Sanity -> Jam[2], Fire
The second set listing might be incomplete, as the recordings that circulate cut during Fluffhead. Cities contained teases of DEG (both before and after DEG was performed). The jam out of Sanity was around ten minutes long, and may have been the first time Fish used the vacuum on stage. This show also marked the only known Phish performance of Andy’s Chest. Ride Captain Ride was played for the first time since March 23, 1987 (114 shows).
SET 1: Shaggy Dog, Take the 'A' Train, Fee, Bold As Love
SET 2: Timber (Jerry the Mule), Satin Doll > The Lizards, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > Bundle of Joy > Camel Walk, The Practical Song[1], Harry Hood, Esther[1]
This show included the first known performances of The Practical Song and the old version of Esther (with different lyrics). 'A' Train contained London Bridge Is Falling Down teases. The listing for the first set is probably incomplete.
SET 1: Peaches en Regalia > Walk Away, Slave to the Traffic Light, Wild Child, AC/DC Bag, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Bold As Love
SET 2: Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Cities -> Dave's Energy Guide > Cities, Good Times Bad Times, On Your Way Down > Whipping Post
This was definitely a three-set show, although a setlist for the third set is not known. Apparently, the lone taper’s ride home from the show had to leave early! Wild Child was played for the first time since September 27, 1985 (149 shows).
SET 1: Satin Doll, You Enjoy Myself > Funky Bitch, Walk Away, Fluffhead, Mike's Song, Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus[1], Tela, Poor Heart, Good Times Bad Times
Golgi contained an extended intro. Listen for some fun references to Pennsylvania and Penn State.
No known setlist
Phish was scheduled to play an outdoor gig but inclement weather forced cancellation. Several other bands were also on the bill, and Mike was slated to run sound (which he had already set up before the rain canceled the event).
SET 1: Take the 'A' Train, Satin Doll, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Fluffhead, Cities > Dave's Energy Guide > Cities, Suzy Greenberg, The Lizards
Satin Doll was dedicated to Fish's t-shirt. McGrupp featured Fish on trombone. Mockingbird featured a "Paul Languedoc/Duct Tape Rap." Fluffhead was preceded by "Sailor in Jeopardy," which included Popeye and Jeopardy! themes. "Sailor" was then played as a jazz version. Fluffhead was introduced as “Lunkhead” and was dedicated to Mike (and his new mountain bike) and to Fish’s newly-shaved beard. The songs listed here are believed to be just one set. The setlist for set II (and set III if three sets were played) is unknown. The source of this setlist is phish.com.
SET 1: Peaches en Regalia, AC/DC Bag, Take the 'A' Train, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Suzy Greenberg > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Fire
SET 2: Wilson, Divided Sky, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Possum, Harry Hood, Corinna > Whipping Post
This setlist is possibly incomplete. Trey dedicated Corinna to audience member “Lee, who was moving away” and as a “long overdue memorial to Sheba.”
No known setlist
The date of this show may be incorrect, but is known to have taken place between the Aspen show on August 6 and the show at The Front on August 11.
No known setlist
The setlist for this show is unknown. Some circulating recordings labeled 8/6/88 contain a duplicate setlist from the first and second set of 8/5/88.
SET 1: La Grange, You Enjoy Myself > Cities -> Dave's Energy Guide > Cities, Take the 'A' Train, Funky Bitch, Dinner and a Movie, Fire
SET 2: Golgi Apparatus > AC/DC Bag, Satin Doll, Sanity[1], Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Slave to the Traffic Light > Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Lizards
SET 3: Mustang Sally, Corinna, Walk Away, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Contact, Makisupa Policeman, Whipping Post
ENCORE: Harpua
On the recordings of this show in circulation, both Dinner and a Movie and Slave are cut. Cities included Dave's Energy Guide teases before actually segueing into the song. ‘A’ Train included a London Bridge Is Falling Down tease from Trey. Funky Bitch was dedicated to The Blue Sevilles, a band playing across the street. Satin Doll was preceded by a Sailor's Hornpipe tease from Trey and a Jeopardy! theme tease from Page. The band brought light board operator Tim Rogers on stage for his birthday and presented him with a “Baked in Telluride” T-shirt. Sanity featured Fish on trombone. BBFCFM included a Flintstones theme tease.
SET 1: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Flat Fee, The Lizards, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters[1], Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, The Sloth, Take the 'A' Train, Poor Heart[2], Peaches en Regalia, David Bowie
SET 2: Camel Walk, The Curtain > Wilson, No Dogs Allowed, Dog Log, Suzy Greenberg, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Satin Doll, Possum
SET 3: Big Leg Emma, Fee > Run Like an Antelope, Rocky Top, Tela, Dear Mrs. Reagan
ENCORE: Fluffhead
This show featured the first known performance of Poor Heart. McGrupp featured Fish on trombone. Trey teased the theme to The Flintstones in Fluffhead.
SET 1: Possum, On Your Way Down, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird, Good Times Bad Times
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Light Up Or Leave Me Alone, Fee > La Grange, Take the 'A' Train, Whipping Post, The Lizards, I Know a Little, You Enjoy Myself, Jesus Just Left Chicago
SET 3: Peaches en Regalia > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen, Fluffhead, Harry Hood, Satin Doll, Funky Bitch, Walk Away
Page teased Dave's Energy Guide in Mike's Song. A birthday dedication to “Stacy” followed Fluffhead. Many recordings mislabel this venue as The Roma.
SET 1: All Blues[1], Mr. P.C.[2]
SET 2: Funky Bitch[1], Suzy Greenberg[1], She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride[1], Contact[1], Maiden Voyage[2], Corinna[1]
SET 3: La Grange, On Your Way Down, Slave to the Traffic Light, Timber (Jerry the Mule), Walk Away > Possum, Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley, Harpua
SET 4: Fluffhead, Anarchy, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Terrapin[3], Run Like an Antelope
ENCORE: Fire
This show featured the first known Phish performances of Mr. P.C. and Maiden Voyage. Fish missed the first two sets of the gig, prompting the band to play two sets of jazz and standard Phish material in his absence with Trey on drums. These opening sets are sometimes referred to as “Jazz Odyssey,” as the lone known taper labeled his master tapes as such. All Blues was played for the first time since April 25, 1986 (119 shows). Mike teased Moby Dick after All Blues. During Antelope, Trey told the story of what happened to Fish that evening and explained that Fish, who had been at the top of a mountain and, therefore, late for the gig, had to “Run like an Antelope, out of control.” Elsewhere in the set, Trey chided Fish for his tardiness. The narration in Harpua was straightforward, with no teases. Anarchy was jokingly named Whipping Post. Terrapin featured a Fish trombone solo. Many recordings of this show in circulation have the venue mislabeled as Fly Me to the Moon Saloon.
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