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Student Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA

25
Songs
2
Sets
146:36
Timed
David Bowie
Longest
1
Sandwiches
4
Notes
Set 113 songs · 71:02 timed
  1. Buried Alive,2:32
  2. My Sweet One >2:18
  3. Divided Sky,13:08
  4. Tela >6:26
  5. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony >1:48
  6. Suzy Greenberg,Tease5:16
  7. Magilla >TeaseJamcharts5:47
  8. Wilson >4:39
  9. The Landlady,5:40
  10. I Didn't Know¹,A CappellaAlt Rig3:48
  11. David Bowie ->Tease0:58
  12. Mo' Better Blues² ->Cover · Terence Blanchard💎 Rare · 2 plays ever0:31
  13. David Bowie³TeaseSignal18:11
Set 210 songs · 67:04 timed
  1. The Squirming Coil >5:53
  2. Tweezer,11:12
  3. Destiny Unbound,5:36
  4. Fee,5:25
  5. Uncle Pen >Cover · Bill Monroe4:11
  6. Bouncing Around the Room,4:04
  7. Stash,8:56
  8. The Lizards,10:18
  9. Lawn Boy >2:14
  10. PossumTease9:15
Encore2 songs · 8:30 timed
  1. The Asse Festival,3:46
  2. Golgi ApparatusTease4:44

¹ Fish on trombone.

² First known Phish performance.

³ Five Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, two Random Laugh signals (one from Trey and one from Mike), a How High The Moon signal, and a Tritone Down signal.

Sandwiches & fests2 shapes
🥪 David Bowie sandwich
David Bowie > Mo' Better Blues > David Bowie · Set 1
⁉ Tweezer, no Reprise
Tweezer tonight, no Tweezer Reprise. The Reprise came 46 shows later, February 1, 1991 at Alumnae Hall, Brown University.

Suzy Greenberg, Magilla, Possum, and Golgi all contained Chariots of Fire teases. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. David Bowie featured multiple Chariots of Fire teases, both in the intro, which featured the first known Phish performance of Mo' Better Blues, and in the main song itself. Bowie also contained five  Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, two Random Laugh signals (one from Trey and one from Mike), a How High The Moon signal, and a Tritone Down signal. Bowie later contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease and another brief attempt at How High The Moon from Trey.  Possum also contained a Destiny Unbound tease.

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Noteworthy
DebutsMo' Better Blues first time played · David Bowie first time played
Longest versionThe Asse Festival 4 min — longest of 17 archived
RaritiesMo' Better Blues 2 plays ever · debuted September 22, 1990 at Student Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Hot this yearBouncing Around the Room 91× in 1990 · Possum 89× in 1990 · The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony 78× in 1990 · Suzy Greenberg 67× in 1990 · Divided Sky 62× in 1990 · Uncle Pen 52× in 1990
CoversMo' Better Blues Terence Blanchard · Uncle Pen Bill Monroe
On the recordingSuzy Greenberg Tease · Magilla Tease, Jamcharts · David Bowie Tease · David Bowie Tease · Possum Tease · Golgi Apparatus 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
  • David Bowie · Set 118:11
  • Divided Sky · Set 113:08
  • Tweezer · Set 211:12
  • The Lizards · Set 210:18
  • Possum · Set 29:15
  • Stash · Set 28:56

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 — 13’90–’94 — 1124SONGS
  • ’83–’8913
  • ’90–’9411

Album representation

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

Not in the song file yet — 7Junta — 4No studio album — 4TMWSIY (Gamehendge) — 3A Picture of Nectar — 2Covers — 2Lawn Boy — 224SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet7
  • Junta4
  • No studio album4
  • TMWSIY (Gamehendge)3
  • A Picture of Nectar2
  • Covers2
  • +1 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 186–15 — 516–50 — 124SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation18
  • 6–155
  • 16–501

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 22Bill Monroe — 1Terence Blanchard — 124SONGS
  • Phish original22
  • Bill Monroe1
  • Terence Blanchard1

Who wrote it

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

Not in the song file yet — 7Anastasio solo — 6Anastasio + friends — 3Anastasio / Marshall — 3Cover — 2Full band — 1Holdsworth — 123SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet7
  • Anastasio solo6
  • Anastasio + friends3
  • Anastasio / Marshall3
  • Cover2
  • Full band1
  • +1 more

The Marshall factor

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

Without Marshall — 10With Tom Marshall — 515ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall10
  • With Tom Marshall5

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