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Penny Post

Old Town, ME

23
Songs
2
Sets
110:01
Timed
You Enjoy Myself
Longest
0
Sandwiches
1
Notes
Set 113 songs · 62:46 timed
  1. Mike's Song >RMSTR5:14
  2. I Am Hydrogen >RMSTR2:15
  3. Weekapaug Groove,RMSTR6:04
  4. Carolina,RMSTRCover · Traditional1:38
  5. The Squirming Coil,RMSTR5:33
  6. Caravan,RMSTRCUTCover · Duke Ellington4:29
  7. Bouncing Around the Room,RMSTR4:33
  8. Split Open and Melt,RMSTR7:21
  9. Tela,RMSTR6:51
  10. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony >RMSTR1:29
  11. AC/DC Bag,RMSTR6:29
  12. Fee >RMSTR5:11
  13. La GrangeRMSTRCover · ZZ Top5:39
Set 28 songs · 38:39 timed
  1. Slave to the Traffic Light,RMSTR5:36
  2. Possum,RMSTR6:42
  3. The Ballad of Curtis Loew,RMSTRCUTCover · Lynyrd Skynyrd4:25
  4. You Enjoy Myself,RMSTRCUT9:17
  5. Fluffhead,
  6. Walk Away,RMSTRCUT💬 BanterCover · The James Gang1:04
  7. Lawn Boy,RMSTR2:26
  8. Whipping PostBustout · 78-show gapRMSTRCover · The Allman Brothers Band9:09
Encore2 songs · 8:36 timed
  1. Suzy Greenberg,RMSTRTease5:12
  2. Communication BreakdownRMSTRCover · Led Zeppelin💎 Rare · 7 plays ever3:24

Although the January/February 1990 Phish Update listed the venue as U. of Maine at Orono and some sources placed this show at other venues (or even dated it a year earlier on 1/25/89), a flyer for the show, and tapes, confirm this date and Penny Post as the venue. A recording of the Fluffhead does not circulate, but early fan reports of the show confirm that it was performed. This setlist may be incomplete, and some songs may be out of order. This show featured the first known Phish performance of Communication Breakdown. Trey teased Purple Haze in Suzy.

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Noteworthy
DebutsCommunication Breakdown first time played
BustoutsWhipping Post first in 78 shows · debuted November 3, 1984 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
RaritiesCommunication Breakdown 7 plays ever · debuted January 25, 1990 at Penny Post, Old Town, ME
Hot this yearBouncing Around the Room 91× in 1990 · Possum 89× in 1990 · You Enjoy Myself 84× in 1990 · Weekapaug Groove 83× in 1990 · Mike's Song 83× in 1990 · I Am Hydrogen 83× in 1990
CoversCarolina Traditional · Caravan Duke Ellington · La Grange ZZ Top · The Ballad of Curtis Loew Lynyrd Skynyrd · Walk Away James Gang · Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band · Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin
On the recordingSuzy Greenberg 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 29:17
  • Whipping Post · Set 29:09
  • Split Open and Melt · Set 17:21
  • Tela · Set 16:51
  • Possum · Set 26:42
  • AC/DC Bag · Set 16:29

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 — 18’90–’94 — 523SONGS
  • ’83–’8918
  • ’90–’945

Album representation

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

Covers — 7No studio album — 4Not in the song file yet — 4Junta — 3Lawn Boy — 3TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 1The White Tape — 123SONGS
  • Covers7
  • No studio album4
  • Not in the song file yet4
  • Junta3
  • Lawn Boy3
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)1
  • +1 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 143–5 — 36–15 — 416–50 — 151+ · bustout — 123SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation14
  • 3–53
  • 6–154
  • 16–501
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 16Duke Ellington — 1James Gang — 1Led Zeppelin — 1Lynyrd Skynyrd — 1The Allman Brothers Band — 1Traditional — 1ZZ Top — 123SONGS
  • Phish original16
  • Duke Ellington1
  • James Gang1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd1
  • The Allman Brothers Band1
  • +2 more

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 7Anastasio + friends — 4Anastasio solo — 4Not in the song file yet — 4Anastasio / Marshall — 2Full band — 1Holdsworth — 123SONGS
  • Cover7
  • Anastasio + friends4
  • Anastasio solo4
  • Not in the song file yet4
  • Anastasio / Marshall2
  • Full band1
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 9With Tom Marshall — 312ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall9
  • With Tom Marshall3

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

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Data: Phish.net · Lengths: phish.in · What’s new