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Ventura County Fairgrounds

Ventura, CA

19
Songs
2
Sets
142:58
Timed
Bathtub Gin
Longest
0
Sandwiches
4
Notes
Soundcheck Jam
Set 110 songs · 77:57 timed
  1. Bathtub Gin,RMSTRJamchartsTease21:30
  2. Dirt >RMSTRCover · New York!4:00
  3. Poor Heart¹,RMSTRTease3:59
  4. Lawn Boy,RMSTR3:05
  5. My Sweet One,RMSTR3:30
  6. Birds of a Feather,RMSTR6:01
  7. Theme from the Bottom,RMSTR9:31
  8. Water in the Sky,RMSTR2:47
  9. The Moma Dance,RMSTR10:01
  10. Split Open and MeltRMSTR13:33
Set 26 songs · 65:01 timed
  1. Drowned ->RMSTRCover · The Who13:33
  2. Makisupa Policeman² >RMSTRAlt LyricJamcharts9:01
  3. Maze,RMSTR12:14
  4. Sea and Sand,RMSTRBustout · 166-show gapCover · The Who💎 Rare · 4 plays ever3:17
  5. Prince Caspian >RMSTRJamcharts12:08
  6. Harry HoodRMSTR14:48
Encore3 songs
  1. Sexual Healing³ >Cover · Marvin Gaye💎 Rare · 4 plays ever
  2. Hold Your Head Up,Bustout · 66-show gapCover · Argent
  3. Halley's Comet

¹ Several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending.

² Long, atypical jam.

³ Phish debut.

Mike teased Low Rider in Bathtub Gin. Poor Heart featured several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending. Makisupa included a long, atypical jam. Sea and Sand (first since NYE 1995, or 166 shows) was an appropriate choice, given the venue’s location near the beach. Sexual Healing made its Phish debut at this show with Fish reading the lyrics off the back of a show poster. As delay loops built to end Halley’s Comet, the band left the stage one by one. The soundcheck's jam contained several quotes of Venus (Shocking Blue). This show was released as part of the Ventura box set.

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Noteworthy
DebutsSexual Healing first time played
BustoutsSea and Sand first in 166 shows · debuted October 31, 1995 at Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL · Hold Your Head Up first in 66 shows · debuted August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY
Top 5 versionMakisupa Policeman #4 of 82
Top 10 versionPoor Heart #6 of 245
RaritiesSea and Sand 4 plays ever · debuted October 31, 1995 at Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL · Sexual Healing 4 plays ever · debuted July 20, 1998 at Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA
Long oddsSea and Sand 💎💎💎💎 1 in 52 shows
Hot this yearBirds of a Feather 28× in 1998 · The Moma Dance 26× in 1998 · Harry Hood 16× in 1998 · Hold Your Head Up 14× in 1998 · Water in the Sky 11× in 1998 · Prince Caspian 11× in 1998
CoversDirt New York! · Drowned The Who · Sea and Sand The Who · Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye · Hold Your Head Up Argent
On the recordingBathtub Gin Jamcharts, Tease · Poor Heart Tease · Makisupa Policeman Jamcharts · Prince Caspian 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
  • Bathtub Gin · Set 121:30
  • Harry Hood · Set 214:48
  • Split Open and Melt · Set 113:33
  • Drowned · Set 213:33
  • Maze · Set 212:14
  • Prince Caspian · Set 212:08

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 — 9’90–’94 — 1’95–’00 — 919SONGS
  • ’83–’899
  • ’90–’941
  • ’95–’009

Album representation

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

Covers — 5Not in the song file yet — 4The Story of the Ghost — 3Billy Breathes — 2Lawn Boy — 2No studio album — 1Rift — 1The White Tape — 119SONGS
  • Covers5
  • Not in the song file yet4
  • The Story of the Ghost3
  • Billy Breathes2
  • Lawn Boy2
  • No studio album1
  • +2 more

Gap since last played

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

1–2 · rotation — 33–5 — 46–15 — 916–50 — 151+ · bustout — 219SONGS
  • 1–2 · rotation3
  • 3–54
  • 6–159
  • 16–501
  • 51+ · bustout2

Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

Phish original — 14The Who — 2Argent — 1Marvin Gaye — 1New York! — 119SONGS
  • Phish original14
  • The Who2
  • Argent1
  • Marvin Gaye1
  • New York!1

Who wrote it

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

Cover — 5Full band — 4Not in the song file yet — 4Anastasio / Marshall — 3Anastasio solo — 2Anastasio + friends — 119SONGS
  • Cover5
  • Full band4
  • Not in the song file yet4
  • Anastasio / Marshall3
  • Anastasio solo2
  • Anastasio + friends1

The Marshall factor

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

With Tom Marshall — 6Without Marshall — 410ORIGINALS
  • With Tom Marshall6
  • Without Marshall4

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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