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Nectar's

Burlington, VT

30
Songs
3
Sets
62:05
Timed
Whipping Post
Longest
2
Sandwiches
5
Notes
Set 112 songs
  1. Fire,Cover · Jimi Hendrix Experience
  2. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters,
  3. Shaggy Dog,Cover · Sam Hopkins
  4. Golgi Apparatus >
  5. Alumni Blues >
  6. Letter to Jimmy Page >
  7. Alumni Blues,
  8. Peaches en Regalia,Cover · Frank Zappa
  9. Phase Dance¹,Cover · Pat Metheny Group💎 Rare · 4 plays ever
  10. Dear Mrs. Reagan,
  11. I Didn't Know²,
  12. David Bowie
Set 29 songs · 62:05 timed
  1. Happy Birthday to You,💬 BanterCover · Traditional2:49
  2. AC/DC Bag >7:04
  3. Timber (Jerry the Mule),JamchartsCover · Josh White and Sam Gary7:49
  4. Flat Fee,2:35
  5. Fee,5:40
  6. Possum,5:41
  7. The Lizards,Tease10:14
  8. Fly Famous Mockingbird³,Debut7:26
  9. Whipping Post💬 BanterCover · The Allman Brothers Band12:47
Set 39 songs
  1. Suzy Greenberg⁴ >
  2. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday >
  3. Avenu Malkenu >Cover · Traditional
  4. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday,
  5. Clod >
  6. Bundle of Joy,💎 Rare · 10 plays ever
  7. The Curtain With,
  8. The Ballad of Curtis Loew,Cover · Lynyrd Skynyrd
  9. Good Times Bad TimesCover · Led Zeppelin

¹ First known performance.

² Fish on trombone.

³ Debut.

⁴ Stopped in the intro as Trey jokingly said "Good night" to the crowd and restarted.

Sandwiches & fests2 shapes
🥪 Alumni Blues sandwich
Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues · Set 1
🥪 The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday sandwich
The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday · Set 3
From the stage2 moments
Happy Birthday to You · Dedicated to Trey's sister Kristy, who was running lights for the show, "Roz," and "Meg." Trey brought Kristy, "Roz," and Del Martin (because "Meg" was not there) on stage.
transcript: phish.in
Whipping Post · Trey introduced Lizards as "Where Have All the Lizards Gone?"
transcript: phish.in

After Dear Mrs. Reagan, Trey introduced "Alex," a new waitress at Nectar's. I Didn't know featured Fish on trombone. Happy Birthday was dedicated to Trey's sister Kristy, who was running lights for the show, "Roz," and "Meg." He brought Kristy, "Roz," and Del Martin (because "Meg" was not there) on stage. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Phase Dance. Mockingbird also made its debut at this show and was played without Forbin’s. Before Whipping Post, Trey introduced Lizards as "Where Have All the Lizards Gone?" Page teased the theme from I Dream of Jeannie in Lizards. Suzy was stopped in its intro with Trey jokingly saying "good night" before restarting the song. Trey teased DEG in Good Times Bad Times.

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Noteworthy
DebutsAlumni Blues first time played · Phase Dance first time played · Fly Famous Mockingbird first time played · The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday first time played
Top 5 versionHappy Birthday to You #4 of 14
RaritiesPhase Dance 4 plays ever · debuted February 7, 1988 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · Bundle of Joy 10 plays ever · debuted May 11, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Hot this yearAlumni Blues 50× in 1988 · Alumni Blues 50× in 1988 · The Lizards 33× in 1988 · Golgi Apparatus 32× in 1988 · Possum 27× in 1988 · Good Times Bad Times 26× in 1988
CoversFire The Jimi Hendrix Experience · Shaggy Dog Sam Hopkins · Peaches en Regalia Frank Zappa · Phase Dance Pat Metheny Group · Happy Birthday to You Traditional · Timber (Jerry the Mule) Josh White and Sam Gary · Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band · Avenu Malkenu Traditional · The Ballad of Curtis Loew Lynyrd Skynyrd · Good Times Bad Times Led Zeppelin
On the recordingTimber (Jerry the Mule) Jamcharts · The Lizards 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
  • Whipping Post · Set 212:47
  • The Lizards · Set 210:14
  • Timber (Jerry the Mule) · Set 27:49
  • Fly Famous Mockingbird · Set 27:26
  • AC/DC Bag · Set 27:04
  • Possum · Set 25:41

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 — 2828SONGS
  • ’83–’8928

Album representation

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

Covers — 10Not in the song file yet — 8No studio album — 4Junta — 3TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 328SONGS
  • Covers10
  • Not in the song file yet8
  • No studio album4
  • Junta3
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)3

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 156–15 — 816–50 — 528SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation15
  • 6–158
  • 16–505

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 18Traditional — 2Frank Zappa — 1Josh White and Sam Gary — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Lynyrd Skynyrd — 1Pat Metheny Group — 1Sam Hopkins — 1The Allman Brothers Band — 1The Jimi Hendrix Experience — 128SONGS
  • Phish original18
  • Traditional2
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Josh White and Sam Gary1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd1
  • +4 more

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 10Not in the song file yet — 8Anastasio solo — 5Anastasio + friends — 2Anastasio / Marshall — 1Holdsworth — 127SONGS
  • Cover10
  • Not in the song file yet8
  • Anastasio solo5
  • Anastasio + friends2
  • Anastasio / Marshall1
  • Holdsworth1

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 8With Tom Marshall — 210ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall8
  • With Tom Marshall2

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

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