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The Music Hall

Portsmouth, NH

21
Songs
2
Sets
149:38
Timed
David Bowie
Longest
0
Sandwiches
10
Notes
Set 111 songs · 84:16 timed
  1. Rift¹,SBDDebutBustout · 202-show gap8:45
  2. Cavern,SBD4:26
  3. Sparkle >SBD4:07
  4. It's Ice >SBDJamcharts9:10
  5. The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony >SBD1:45
  6. Divided Sky,SBD12:40
  7. Guelah Papyrus,SBD5:39
  8. Maze²,SBDDebutJamcharts7:57
  9. Reba,SBD11:28
  10. All Things Reconsidered,Bustout · 50-show gapSBD3:16
  11. David Bowie³SBDTeaseSignal15:03
Set 29 songs · 59:16 timed
  1. My Friend, My Friend²,SBDJamchartsDebutAlt Lyric5:53
  2. Poor Heart,SBD2:47
  3. Secret Language Instructions⁴,SBDTease💬 BanterSignal💎 Rare · 10 plays ever9:51
  4. Stash,SBDJamcharts8:36
  5. Mound²,SBDDebut5:54
  6. Llama,SBD4:37
  7. Bouncing Around the Room,SBD3:21
  8. NICU²,SBDDebutAlt Lyric8:45
  9. Possum⁵SBDJamchartsSignal9:32
Encore1 song · 6:06 timed
  1. Sleeping Monkey²SBDDebut6:06

¹ Debut of the "fast" Rift.

² Debut.

³ Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signal, two Get Back signals, Star Trek, Aw Fuck!, Up Up and Away, Tritone Down, and Me and My Arrow signals, two Complete Stop signals, and It Don't Mean A Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing and Simpsons signals.

⁴ First instructions: Charlie Chan, Simpsons, Me and My Arrow (Asshole in the Front Row), It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing, Random Note, All Fall Down, and Turn Turn Turn signals introduced with Bowie being played in the background.

⁵ Simpsons, Turn Turn Turn, Aw Fuck!, and All Fall Down signals.

Many debuts were played, including Maze, My Friend, Mound, NICU, and Sleeping Monkey. This show also marked the first performance of the “new” revised Rift (the last “old” Rift was May 19, 1990, or 202 shows previous) and presented the formal introduction of the Secret Language Instructions. With the band playing Bowie in the background, Trey introduced the Charlie Chan, Simpsons, Me and My Arrow (Asshole in the Front Row), It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing, Random Note, All Fall Down, and Turn Turn Turn signals. Mike also teased How High the Moon during the Instructions. Trey referred to NICU as “In an Intensive Care Unit,” though that title was later changed, and referred to My Friend as “Knife.” Bowie contained a Milestones and Jeopardy! teases from Page and a Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signal, two Get Back signals, Star Trek , Aw Fuck!, Up Up and Away, Tritone Down, and Me and My Arrow signals, two Complete Stop signals, and It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing and Simpsons signals. Possum included Simpsons, Turn Turn Turn, Aw Fuck!, and All Fall Down signals.

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Noteworthy
DebutsMaze first time played · My Friend, My Friend first time played · Secret Language Instructions first time played · Mound first time played · NICU first time played · Sleeping Monkey first time played
BustoutsRift first in 202 shows · debuted February 25, 1990 at 8x10 Club, Baltimore, MD · All Things Reconsidered first in 50 shows · debuted September 25, 1991 at The Colonial Theatre, Keene, NH
Longest versionRift 9 min — longest of 260 archived · Secret Language Instructions 10 min — longest of 7 archived
Top 5 versionNICU #4 of 144
Top 10 versionAll Things Reconsidered #10 of 59
RaritiesSecret Language Instructions 10 plays ever · debuted March 6, 1992 at The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH
Hot this yearSparkle 67× in 1992 · Llama 65× in 1992 · Cavern 63× in 1992 · Maze 57× in 1992 · Rift 56× in 1992 · Bouncing Around the Room 56× in 1992
On the recordingIt's Ice Jamcharts · Maze Jamcharts · David Bowie Tease · My Friend, My Friend Jamcharts · Secret Language Instructions Tease · Stash Jamcharts · Possum Jamcharts

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 115:03
  • Divided Sky · Set 112:40
  • Reba · Set 111:28
  • Secret Language Instructions · Set 29:51
  • Possum · Set 29:32
  • It's Ice · Set 19:10

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 — 6’90–’94 — 1521SONGS
  • ’83–’896
  • ’90–’9415

Album representation

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

Not in the song file yet — 6Rift — 5A Picture of Nectar — 4Junta — 2Lawn Boy — 2Hoist — 1No studio album — 121SONGS
  • Not in the song file yet6
  • Rift5
  • A Picture of Nectar4
  • Junta2
  • Lawn Boy2
  • Hoist1
  • +1 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 153–5 — 316–50 — 251+ · bustout — 121SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation15
  • 3–53
  • 16–502
  • 51+ · bustout1

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 2121SONGS
  • Phish original21

Who wrote it

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

Anastasio / Marshall — 8Not in the song file yet — 6Anastasio solo — 4Anastasio + friends — 1Gordon — 1Holdsworth — 121SONGS
  • Anastasio / Marshall8
  • Not in the song file yet6
  • Anastasio solo4
  • Anastasio + friends1
  • Gordon1
  • Holdsworth1

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 9Without Marshall — 615ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall9
  • Without Marshall6

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

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