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Hunt's

Burlington, VT

16
Songs
2
Sets
51:38
Timed
You Enjoy Myself
Longest
1
Sandwiches
9
Notes
Set 17 songs · 49:28 timed
  1. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) >Cover · Bob Dylan6:43
  2. Have Mercy¹ >Cover · The Mighty Diamonds5:36
  3. Harry Hood,10:45
  4. The Pendulum² ->GuestCover · Zenzile💎 Rare · 2 plays ever3:57
  5. Dave's Energy Guide,Guest3:24
  6. Icculus³,Narration5:18
  7. You Enjoy Myself💬 Banter13:45
Set 28 songs
  1. Help on the Way¹ >Cover · Grateful Dead💎 Rare · 1 play ever
  2. Slipknot!¹ >Cover · Grateful Dead💎 Rare · 1 play ever
  3. AC/DC Bag³,
  4. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters⁴ >
  5. Alumni Blues >
  6. Letter to Jimmy Page >
  7. Alumni Blues >
  8. Dear Mrs. Reagan
Encore1 song · 2:10 timed
  1. Not Fade Away⁵TeaseCover · The Crickets💎 Rare · 1 play ever2:10

¹ First known Phish performance.

² With Zenzilé Madikinea. Madikinea recited revolutionary poetry.

³ First known performance.

⁴ Spoken in Dylan-esque fashion.

⁵ First known Phish performance; with The Joneses.

Sandwiches & fests1 shape
🥪 Alumni Blues sandwich
Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues · Set 2
From the stage1 moment
Icculus · In this short, early version of Icculus, Trey introduces the song as being written by the (presumably fictional) Sneeze Blood Eyeball. After a short narration in which Trey talks about how much he and the band love Icculus and are so moved by him that they wrote a song about him, we move into the composed section, which is punctuated by Trey shouting "April Fools!"

“TREY: This next song is one written by one of our favorite bands, Sneeze Blood Eyeball, ladies and gentlemen. [Music begins] No, really, though. This next one is really important to us, and I honestly hope that it'll be equally …”

transcript: phish.in

This show was billed as Hunt’s Festival of Fools. Phish and The Joneses switched off for 45-minute sets; the two bands performed the encore together. The Pendulum, which was a recital of revolutionary poetry, featured guest Zenzilé Madikinea. This gig contained the first known versions of AC/DC Bag and Icculus, the first known Phish version of Have Mercy, and the only known Phish performances of Help on the Way, Slipknot and Not Fade Away. McGrupp was spoken in a Dylan-esque fashion, in keeping with Trey’s jokes about Phish being the “Dylan Band.” Free Bird was teased before Not Fade Away.

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Noteworthy
DebutsHave Mercy first time played · Icculus first time played · Help on the Way first time played · Slipknot! first time played · AC/DC Bag first time played · Alumni Blues first time played · Not Fade Away first time played
Top 5 versionQuinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) #4 of 31 · Dave's Energy Guide #5 of 12 · Icculus #5 of 23
RaritiesThe Pendulum 2 plays ever · debuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · Help on the Way 1 play ever · debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · Slipknot! 1 play ever · debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · Not Fade Away 1 play ever · debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearAlumni Blues 8× in 1986 · Alumni Blues 8× in 1986
CoversQuinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) Bob Dylan · Have Mercy Cordae · The Pendulum Zenzile · Help on the Way Grateful Dead · Slipknot! Grateful Dead · Not Fade Away The Crickets
On the recordingNot Fade Away Tease

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).

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Longest of the night
  • You Enjoy Myself · Set 113:45
  • Harry Hood · Set 110:45
  • Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) · Set 16:43
  • Have Mercy · Set 15:36
  • Icculus · Set 15:18
  • The Pendulum · Set 13:57

Straight off the phish.in timings, longest first. What this can’t tell you yet is whether any of these is a big version — that needs each song’s own history to compare against, which is the next thing to pull in. After that: phish.in publishes a jam-start marker per track, so the composed section and the improvisation can be separated and measured properly. That’s what belongs in this tube.

When it debuted

Tonight’s songs by the era Phish first played them.

’83–’89 — 1515SONGS
  • ’83–’8915

Album representation

The studio home of each song, hand-curated. Covers are one slice.

Covers — 6Not in the song file yet — 6Junta — 1No studio album — 1TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 115SONGS
  • Covers6
  • Not in the song file yet6
  • Junta1
  • No studio album1
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)1

Gap since last played

Shows since each song’s previous appearance, per Phish.net. Far right is a bustout.

1–2 · rotation — 63–5 — 56–15 — 316–50 — 115SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation6
  • 3–55
  • 6–153
  • 16–501

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 9Grateful Dead — 2Bob Dylan — 1Cordae — 1The Crickets — 1Zenzile — 115SONGS
  • Phish original9
  • Grateful Dead2
  • Bob Dylan1
  • Cordae1
  • The Crickets1
  • Zenzile1

Who wrote it

Originals by writing credit; covers sit in their own slice.

Cover — 6Not in the song file yet — 6Anastasio / Marshall — 1Anastasio solo — 1Full band — 115SONGS
  • Cover6
  • Not in the song file yet6
  • Anastasio / Marshall1
  • Anastasio solo1
  • Full band1

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest. Covers excluded.

Without Marshall — 2With Tom Marshall — 13ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall2
  • With Tom Marshall1

12 songs not in the hand-curated file yet — counted where the data allows, named as unknown where it does not.

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