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1986, counted

Setlists from Phish.net, timings and tags from phish.in, albums and writing credits hand-curated. Numbers marked “all time” are Phish.net’s across every show ever played; everything else is counted from the shows in this scope. For official play counts and gap charts, Phish.net is the authority.

The road

Where the 24 shows in this scope happened.

399+
miles, as the crow flies
5
cities
2
states & countries
15
venues

Every city, 1986

Dot size is shows played there. Drag to turn it, pinch or + / − to zoom; hover a dot for the count.

Shelburne, VT — 1 showPlainfield, VT — 3 showsBurlington, VT — 5 showsBurlington ×5Plainfield ×3Shelburne ×1

1986 Tour

5 stops · 19 shows

Burlington, VT — 13 nights (1986-02-03, 1986-02-28, 1986-04-01, 1986-04-15, 1986-04-29, 1986-05-16, 1986-05-24, 1986-09-03, 1986-09-10, 1986-10-15, 1986-11-07, 1986-11-14, 1986-11-18)1Burlington ×13Plainfield, VT — 3 nights (1986-05-17, 1986-10-12, 1986-10-31)2Plainfield ×3Boston, MA — 1 night (1986-06-01)3BostonJohnson, VT — 1 night (1986-09-26)4JohnsonShelburne, VT — 1 night (1986-12-06)5Shelburne
  1. 1Burlington, VT13 nights
  2. 2Plainfield, VT3 nights
  3. 3Boston, MA1 night
  4. 4Johnson, VT1 night
  5. 5Shelburne, VT1 night

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Boston, MA → Johnson, VT, roughly 177 miles. Every stop is on the map; a city the map could not place is still listed under it.

The basics

Counted from every setlist in this scope.

9
Shows
139
Song performances
56
Different songs
6
Venues
6
Sandwiches
—
Shows timed
15.4
Songs per show
32
Songs debuted

The songs

What they played, what they led with, what they left you with.

Most played

Performances in this scope · the second number, where shown, is the song’s all-time count on Phish.net.

  1. Alumni Blues8 · 113 all time
  2. Slave to the Traffic Light6 · 301 all time
  3. Halley's Comet6 · 162 all time
  4. You Enjoy Myself5 · 628 all time
  5. AC/DC Bag5 · 344 all time
  6. Have Mercy4 · 18 all time
  7. Makisupa Policeman4 · 109 all time
  8. Camel Walk4 · 65 all time
  9. Back Porch Boogie Blues4 · 9 all time
  10. Golgi Apparatus4 · 486 all time
  11. Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley4 · 86 all time
  12. Mike's Song3 · 549 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. Slave to the Traffic Light1
  2. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)1
  3. AC/DC Bag1
  4. Halley's Comet1
  5. Dog Log1
  6. Golgi Apparatus1
  7. Alumni Blues1
  8. Mustang Sally1
  9. Funky Bitch1

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Exiled Shadows1
  2. Help on the Way1
  3. Peaches en Regalia1
  4. Jam1
  5. I Know a Little1

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Alumni Blues2
  2. Halley's Comet2
  3. Fluffhead2
  4. Run Like an Antelope1
  5. Soweto Revisted1
  6. You Enjoy Myself1
  7. Dear Mrs. Reagan1
  8. Makisupa Policeman1
  9. Lushington1
  10. Harry Hood1

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Not Fade Away1
  2. Clod1

Rare and new

Bustouts, debuts, and songs almost nobody has heard live.

First times

Songs played for the first time ever in this scope, per Phish.net’s gap.

  1. You Enjoy Myself · February 3, 1986 · Hunt's
  2. Exiled Shadows · February 3, 1986 · Hunt's
  3. The Pendulum · February 3, 1986 · Hunt's
  4. Babylon is Burning · February 3, 1986 · Hunt's
  5. Soweto Revisted · February 3, 1986 · Hunt's
  6. Have Mercy · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  7. Icculus · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  8. Help on the Way · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  9. Slipknot! · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  10. AC/DC Bag · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  11. Not Fade Away · April 1, 1986 · Hunt's
  12. All Blues · April 25, 1986 · University of Vermont

+20 more

Rarities

Songs with ten or fewer performances ever, per Phish.net — and they played them here.

  1. Exiled Shadows debuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  2. Babylon is Burning debuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  3. Soweto Revisted debuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  4. Help on the Way debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  5. Slipknot! debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  6. Not Fade Away debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  7. The Pendulum debuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT2 ever
  8. Tush debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT2 ever
  9. All Blues debuted April 25, 1986 at University of Vermont, Burlington, VT3 ever
  10. Roll Like a Cantaloupe debuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT4 ever
  11. The Little Drummer Boy debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT4 ever
  12. I Know a Little debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT5 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 3 of 9 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. You Enjoy Myself · 1986-04-0113:45
  2. Have Mercy · 1986-10-3111:49
  3. Harry Hood · 1986-04-0110:45
  4. You Enjoy Myself · 1986-10-1510:45
  5. David Bowie · 1986-10-3110:20
  6. Roll Like a Cantaloupe · 1986-10-159:13
  7. Harry Hood · 1986-10-319:10
  8. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters · 1986-10-158:00
  9. Alumni Blues · 1986-10-157:25
  10. Clod · 1986-10-157:19
  11. Skin It Back · 1986-10-156:48
  12. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) · 1986-04-016:43

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

51 of 139 performances were covers.

Originals — 88Covers — 51139PERFORMANCES
  • Originals88
  • Covers51

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. Zenzile4
  2. Cordae4
  3. Max Creek4
  4. Lee Dorsey4
  5. Unknown artist3
  6. Bob Dylan3
  7. Little Feat3
  8. Frank Zappa3
  9. Traditional3
  10. Sam Hopkins3
  11. Grateful Dead2
  12. Talking Heads2

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

6.0
segues per show
6
sandwiches
0
fests

Longest segue runs

Consecutive songs joined by “>” without a full stop. Four or more.

  1. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters → Dear Mrs. Reagan · 1986-04-01 · Set 25 songs
  2. Camel Walk → Alumni Blues · 1986-04-25 · Set 14 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 70Set 2 — 51Set 3 — 16Encore — 2139PERFORMANCES
  • Set 170
  • Set 251
  • Set 316
  • Encore2

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 1 — 107Set 2 — 69Set 3 — 15Encore — 9200MINUTES
  • Set 1107
  • Set 269
  • Set 315
  • Encore9

Gap since last played

Shows since each song’s previous appearance, banded. Far right is a bustout.

  1. 1–2 · rotation71
  2. 3–526
  3. 6–1533
  4. 16–509

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89139

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Cover51
  2. Not in the song file yet50
  3. Junta15
  4. The White Tape10
  5. Unreleased7
  6. TMWSIY (Gamehendge)5
  7. Lawn Boy1

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. SBD24
  2. Jamcharts4
  3. Guest3
  4. Narration2
  5. Tease2
  6. Alt Lyric1

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday1
  2. Tuesday1
  3. Wednesday1
  4. Friday2
  5. Saturday3
  6. Sunday1

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. Hunt's6
  2. University of Vermont3
  3. Slade Hall, University of Vermont2
  4. Nectar's2
  5. Memorial Auditorium1
  6. Memorial Auditorium Basement1
  7. Goddard College1
  8. Boston Harbor1
  9. Royall Tyler Theatre Piazza1
  10. Finbar's1
  11. Private Party1
  12. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College1

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 38 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio35
  2. Marshall11
  3. Pollak10
  4. Abrahams6
  5. Woolf6
  6. Szuter4
  7. Fishman3
  8. Gordon3
  9. McConnell3
  10. Long3
  11. Holdsworth3
  12. Daubert1

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

Without Marshall — 27With Tom Marshall — 1138ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall27
  • With Tom Marshall11

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Cover51
  2. Anastasio + friends17
  3. Anastasio solo12
  4. Anastasio / Marshall3
  5. Full band3
  6. Holdsworth3

The rarity index

How rare a song really is: not how many times it has been played, but how often the band reaches for it relative to how long they have had it.

Odds are shows Phish has played since the song’s debut, divided by its all-time play count — “1 in 40” means it turns up once every forty shows on average. Every input is Phish.net’s: the debut date, the play count, and the full show list since. A rotation song sits near 1 in 3; a once-a-tour song near 1 in 30; the unicorns at 1 in 200 and up. 💎💎 1 in 10 · 💎💎💎 1 in 20 · 💎💎💎💎 1 in 50 · 💎💎💎💎💎 1 in 100. Ranked over the songs played in this scope.

  1. 💎💎💎💎💎Exiled Shadowsdebuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played February 3, 19861 in 22181 plays in 2,218 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎Babylon is Burningdebuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played February 3, 19861 in 22181 plays in 2,218 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Soweto Revisteddebuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played February 3, 19861 in 22181 plays in 2,218 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Help on the Waydebuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played April 1, 19861 in 22141 plays in 2,214 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Slipknot!debuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played April 1, 19861 in 22141 plays in 2,214 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎Not Fade Awaydebuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played April 1, 19861 in 22141 plays in 2,214 shows
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎The Pendulumdebuted February 3, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played April 1, 19861 in 11092 plays in 2,218 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎Tushdebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played August 10, 19871 in 10982 plays in 2,195 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎All Bluesdebuted April 25, 1986 at University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played February 6, 19891 in 7373 plays in 2,212 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎Roll Like a Cantaloupedebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played November 14, 19911 in 5504 plays in 2,201 shows
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎The Little Drummer Boydebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played April 16, 20041 in 5494 plays in 2,195 shows
  12. 💎💎💎💎💎I Know a Littledebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played August 3, 19881 in 4395 plays in 2,195 shows
  13. 💎💎💎💎💎Prep School Hippiedebuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played October 10, 19871 in 3716 plays in 2,227 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎💎Melt the Gunsdebuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played September 6, 20261 in 3716 plays in 2,227 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎💎She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ridedebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played December 28, 20101 in 3666 plays in 2,195 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎💎Lushingtondebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played September 2, 19871 in 2758 plays in 2,201 shows
  17. 💎💎💎💎💎Back Porch Boogie Bluesdebuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played October 31, 19871 in 2479 plays in 2,227 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎💎Mustang Sallydebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played June 14, 20091 in 2459 plays in 2,201 shows
  19. 💎💎💎💎💎Anarchydebuted March 4, 1985 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 14, 19891 in 20411 plays in 2,239 shows
  20. 💎💎💎💎💎Cloddebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played November 10, 19891 in 20011 plays in 2,201 shows
  21. 💎💎💎💎💎Dear Mrs. Reagandebuted November 14, 1985 at Memorial Auditorium Basement, Burlington, VT · last played January 18, 19891 in 17113 plays in 2,221 shows
  22. 💎💎💎💎💎Swing Low, Sweet Chariotdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played November 16, 19941 in 16913 plays in 2,201 shows
  23. 💎💎💎💎💎Skin It Backdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 21, 20181 in 15714 plays in 2,201 shows
  24. 💎💎💎💎💎Shaggy Dogdebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played October 30, 20211 in 12917 plays in 2,201 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎💎Have Mercydebuted April 1, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played July 18, 20261 in 12318 plays in 2,214 shows
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