Memorial Auditorium Basement
Burlington, VT
- Slave to the Traffic Light¹,
- Hurricane²,Cover · Bob Dylan💎 Rare · 1 play ever
- Makisupa Policeman³ >
- Piggies² ->Cover · The Beatles💎 Rare · 2 plays ever
- Makisupa Policeman³ ->
- Drums⁴ >Cover · Traditional
- Alumni Blues³ >
- Dear Mrs. Reagan⁵
¹ Acoustic. Possible female vocalist accompaniment.
² First known Phish version; acoustic.
³ Acoustic.
⁴ Possible guest appearance by Marc Daubert, at least one member of The Joneses, and possibly others.
⁵ First known version; acoustic.
This show was an acoustic benefit that also featured performances by The Joneses and The Visions. Fish played percussion instead of a drumkit. Slave appeared to have a female vocalist accompanying Trey. This show also featured the first known version of Dear Mrs. Reagan and the first known Phish versions of Hurricane and Piggies. Makisupa included additional impromptu verses regarding Mike, Fish and their "new friend, Page." Piggies was dedicated to Harry Mitiguy, then president of the Howard Bank (referred to by Trey as "Howard Mitiguy"). The drum jam out of Makisupa may have included Marc Daubert, at least one member of The Joneses, and possibly others. Phish's archivist, Kevin Shapiro, played the Makisupa > Piggies -> Makisupa portion of this show on From the Archives on 10/30/09 at Festival 8. The date of this show may be 11/19/85.
It’s so stupendous, living in this tube
Bustouts and debuts are Phish.net’s gap on the row. Version rankings and “hot this year” are counted over the shows in THIS archive — not all of history until the backfill finishes — and lengths are phish.in’s timings. Rarities use Phish.net’s all-time play count; long odds are shows played since the song’s debut divided by its plays (see the rarity index on LizardStats).
No verified lengths yet — phish.in’s recording lands the morning after, and the list fills in then.
When it debuted
Tonight’s songs by the era Phish first played them.
- ’83–’897
Album representation
The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.
- Covers3
- Not in the song file yet2
- The White Tape2
Gap since last played
Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.
- 1–2 · rotation5
- 3–51
- 16–501
Originals vs covers
Whose songbook tonight drew from.
- Phish original4
- Bob Dylan1
- The Beatles1
- Traditional1
Who wrote it
Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.
- Cover3
- Not in the song file yet2
- Anastasio + friends1
- Anastasio solo1
The Marshall factor
Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.
- Without Marshall2
5 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.
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