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1987, 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 48 shows in this scope happened.

611+
miles, as the crow flies
9
cities
2
states & countries
15
venues

Every city, 1987

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

Johnson, VT — 1 showHebron, NY — 1 showShelburne, VT — 1 showPlainfield, VT — 2 showsBurlington, VT — 14 showsBurlington ×14Plainfield ×2Johnson ×1Hebron ×1Shelburne ×1

1987 Tour

9 stops · 42 shows

Burlington, VT — 29 nights (1987-01-19, 1987-01-21, 1987-02-01, 1987-02-02, 1987-02-21, 1987-03-22, 1987-03-23, 1987-04-24, 1987-04-28, 1987-04-29, 1987-05-10, 1987-05-11, 1987-05-12, 1987-08-09, 1987-08-10, 1987-09-02, 1987-09-03, 1987-09-20, 1987-09-21, 1987-10-14, 1987-10-18, 1987-10-19, 1987-10-23, 1987-10-24, 1987-11-18, 1987-11-19, 1987-11-21, 1987-11-22, 1987-11-23)1Burlington ×29Monkton, VT — 1 night (1987-02-07)2MonktonJohnson, VT — 1 night (1987-02-13)3JohnsonPlainfield, VT — 5 nights (1987-03-06, 1987-05-16, 1987-09-04, 1987-09-19, 1987-10-31)4Plainfield ×5Hebron, NY — 1 night (1987-08-21)5HebronVergennes, VT — 1 night (1987-08-22)6VergennesCanton, NY — 1 night (1987-09-27)7CantonShelburne, VT — 1 night (1987-10-10)8
  1. 1Burlington, VT29 nights
  2. 2Monkton, VT1 night
  3. 3Johnson, VT1 night
  4. 4Plainfield, VT5 nights
  5. •South Burlington, VT2 nights
  6. 5Hebron, NY1 night
  7. 6Vergennes, VT1 night
  8. 7Canton, NY1 night
  9. 8Shelburne, VT1 night

Miles are straight lines between city points in date order, so this is a floor, not an odometer. Longest hop: Monkton, VT → Johnson, VT, roughly 126 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.

21
Shows
420
Song performances
87
Different songs
10
Venues
21
Sandwiches
2 of 21
Shows timed
20.0
Songs per show
39
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 Blues23 · 113 all time
  2. Fluffhead15 · 294 all time
  3. Possum14 · 585 all time
  4. Golgi Apparatus13 · 486 all time
  5. Letter to Jimmy Page12 · 98 all time
  6. You Enjoy Myself12 · 628 all time
  7. Divided Sky12 · 448 all time
  8. Peaches en Regalia11 · 89 all time
  9. Slave to the Traffic Light11 · 301 all time
  10. Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley10 · 86 all time
  11. AC/DC Bag10 · 344 all time
  12. The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday10 · 87 all time

Show openers

First song of the night.

  1. Wilson2
  2. Funky Bitch2
  3. Golgi Apparatus2
  4. Peaches en Regalia2
  5. Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley1
  6. Why Don't You Love Me?1
  7. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride1
  8. You Enjoy Myself1
  9. Dog Log1
  10. Alumni Blues1

Second-set openers

What they came back out with.

  1. Fluffhead2
  2. Fire2
  3. I Am Hydrogen1
  4. Wilson1
  5. Free Bird1
  6. Dog Log1
  7. Divided Sky1
  8. The Curtain With1
  9. Mike's Song1
  10. Clod1

Set closers

Last song of a set, encores excluded.

  1. Good Times Bad Times4
  2. Alumni Blues4
  3. Possum3
  4. Wilson2
  5. Fluffhead2
  6. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot2
  7. Slave to the Traffic Light2
  8. AC/DC Bag2
  9. Fire2
  10. Harry Hood1

Encores

Every song played in an encore slot.

  1. Slave to the Traffic Light1
  2. Fuck Your Face1
  3. Golgi Apparatus1
  4. Corinna1
  5. Letter to Jimmy Page1
  6. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride1

Rare and new

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

Biggest bustouts

Songs that came back after the longest absence. The gap is Phish.net’s, counted in shows.

  1. Happy Birthday to You · 1987-03-0659 shows

First times

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

  1. Suzy Greenberg · February 13, 1987 · Johnson State College
  2. Why Don't You Love Me? · February 21, 1987 · Slade Hall, University of Vermont
  3. Blue Monk · February 21, 1987 · Slade Hall, University of Vermont
  4. Boogie On Reggae Woman · February 21, 1987 · Slade Hall, University of Vermont
  5. Ya Mar · February 21, 1987 · Slade Hall, University of Vermont
  6. Corinna · February 21, 1987 · Slade Hall, University of Vermont
  7. Free Bird · March 6, 1987 · Goddard College
  8. Tell Me Something Good · March 6, 1987 · Goddard College
  9. Freeworld · March 6, 1987 · Goddard College
  10. Sparks · March 23, 1987 · Nectar's
  11. Ride Captain Ride · March 23, 1987 · Nectar's
  12. Punch Me in the Eye · April 24, 1987 · Billings Lounge, University of Vermont

+27 more

Rarities

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

  1. Tell Me Something Good debuted March 6, 1987 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT1 ever
  2. Freeworld debuted March 6, 1987 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT1 ever
  3. Punch Me in the Eye debuted April 24, 1987 at Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT1 ever
  4. Come On (Part One) debuted April 29, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT1 ever
  5. Stir It Up debuted August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY1 ever
  6. Why Don't You Love Me? debuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT2 ever
  7. Blue Monk debuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT2 ever
  8. Tush debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT2 ever
  9. I Know a Little debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT5 ever
  10. Melt the Guns debuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT6 ever
  11. She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride debuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT6 ever
  12. Prep School Hippie debuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT6 ever

The jams

Lengths come from phish.in’s recordings — 12 of 21 shows here are timed.

Longest performances

Timed from phish.in’s recordings.

  1. David Bowie · 1987-08-2116:34
  2. David Bowie · 1987-08-2916:20
  3. David Bowie · 1987-08-1015:57
  4. The Curtain With · 1987-08-2115:52
  5. Fluffhead · 1987-11-1814:57
  6. Harry Hood · 1987-08-2114:50
  7. You Enjoy Myself · 1987-08-1014:43
  8. Harry Hood · 1987-08-2914:20
  9. Whipping Post · 1987-11-1914:13
  10. You Enjoy Myself · 1987-11-1813:31
  11. Mike's Song · 1987-08-2113:17
  12. Skin It Back · 1987-08-2112:58

Longest on average

Mean length, songs with three or more timed versions in scope.

  1. David Bowie · 4 versions15:07
  2. You Enjoy Myself · 3 versions13:11
  3. The Curtain With · 4 versions12:31
  4. Harry Hood · 4 versions11:55
  5. Fluffhead · 7 versions9:56
  6. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters · 4 versions7:22
  7. Makisupa Policeman · 3 versions7:17
  8. Possum · 5 versions7:13
  9. Slave to the Traffic Light · 4 versions6:16
  10. Clod · 3 versions5:52
  11. AC/DC Bag · 5 versions5:16
  12. Camel Walk · 3 versions5:06

Show lengths

Every fully-timed show, in order. Hover for the night, click for the setlist. Untimed shows are absent, not zero.

1h2h3h4h1987-08-21 · Ian McLean's Farm — 3:42:381987-10-14 · Hunt's — 1:19:49

The covers

Whose songs they borrowed.

Originals vs covers

144 of 420 performances were covers.

Originals — 276Covers — 144420PERFORMANCES
  • Originals276
  • Covers144

Most covered

Counted per performance.

  1. Traditional13
  2. Frank Zappa11
  3. Lee Dorsey10
  4. Taj Mahal9
  5. Led Zeppelin8
  6. ZZ Top8
  7. Son Seals7
  8. The Jimi Hendrix Experience6
  9. Lynyrd Skynyrd6
  10. Josh White and Sam Gary6
  11. Duke Ellington5
  12. Little Feat4

Shapes of a night

How the songs were stitched together.

6.1
segues per show
21
sandwiches
0
fests

Longest segue runs

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

  1. Take the 'A' Train → Possum · 1987-10-14 · Set 18 songs
  2. Harpua → Sparks · 1987-08-21 · Set 25 songs
  3. AC/DC Bag → Makisupa Policeman · 1987-10-14 · Set 25 songs
  4. Fee → Clod · 1987-10-31 · Set 25 songs
  5. Golgi Apparatus → Alumni Blues · 1987-11-18 · Set 15 songs
  6. Mike's Song → Alumni Blues · 1987-03-23 · Set 14 songs
  7. Punch Me in the Eye → Alumni Blues · 1987-04-24 · Set 14 songs
  8. Slave to the Traffic Light → The Ballad of Curtis Loew · 1987-04-29 · Set 34 songs
  9. Peaches en Regalia → The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday · 1987-05-11 · Set 14 songs
  10. Harpua → Fluffhead · 1987-05-11 · Set 24 songs

Deeper cuts

For the reader who scrolled this far on purpose.

Where songs land

Performances by set.

Set 1 — 186Set 2 — 155Set 3 — 73Encore — 6420PERFORMANCES
  • Set 1186
  • Set 2155
  • Set 373
  • Encore6

Where the time goes

Timed minutes by set.

Set 2 — 531Set 3 — 307Set 1 — 131Encore — 5974MINUTES
  • Set 2531
  • Set 3307
  • Set 1131
  • Encore5

Gap since last played

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

  1. 1–2 · rotation179
  2. 3–5110
  3. 6–15101
  4. 16–5029
  5. 51+ · bustout1

When it debuted

Performances by the era Phish first played the song.

  1. ’83–’89420

What they played, by album

Hand-curated album membership per performance.

  1. Cover144
  2. Not in the song file yet107
  3. Junta67
  4. Unreleased52
  5. TMWSIY (Gamehendge)28
  6. The White Tape19
  7. Lawn Boy3

What the recording was tagged

phish.in’s editorial tags across recorded performances.

  1. SBD90
  2. Jamcharts29
  3. Tease8
  4. Guest5
  5. Debut4
  6. Alt Lyric3
  7. Unfinished3
  8. A Cappella2
  9. Narration2

Day of the week

Shows by weekday.

  1. Monday4
  2. Wednesday6
  3. Thursday1
  4. Friday4
  5. Saturday5
  6. Sunday1

Rooms played

Shows per venue, every show in scope.

  1. Nectar's21
  2. Hunt's8
  3. Goddard College3
  4. The Ranch3
  5. Slade Hall, University of Vermont2
  6. Cork's2
  7. Mad Maggie's Farm1
  8. Johnson State College1
  9. Billings Lounge, University of Vermont1
  10. Haybarn Theater, Goddard College1
  11. Ian McLean's Farm1
  12. Vergennes Day1

The odd stuff

Outlandish, and here because somebody will ask.

Songwriters, by credits

Over 161 original performances with a known credit; a co-write counts once per writer.

  1. Anastasio141
  2. Marshall37
  3. Pollak37
  4. Woolf22
  5. Holdsworth14
  6. Szuter13
  7. Gordon13
  8. Abrahams11
  9. Fishman7
  10. McConnell7
  11. Long7
  12. Daubert5

The Marshall factor

Originals co-written with Tom Marshall vs the rest.

Without Marshall — 132With Tom Marshall — 37169ORIGINALS
  • Without Marshall132
  • With Tom Marshall37

Who wrote it

Originals by writing-credit bucket.

  1. Cover144
  2. Anastasio + friends64
  3. Anastasio solo63
  4. Holdsworth14
  5. Anastasio / Marshall7
  6. Full band7
  7. Gordon6

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. 💎💎💎💎💎Tell Me Something Gooddebuted March 6, 1987 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT · last played March 6, 19871 in 21861 plays in 2,186 shows
  2. 💎💎💎💎💎Freeworlddebuted March 6, 1987 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT · last played March 6, 19871 in 21861 plays in 2,186 shows
  3. 💎💎💎💎💎Punch Me in the Eyedebuted April 24, 1987 at Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played April 24, 19871 in 21831 plays in 2,183 shows
  4. 💎💎💎💎💎Come On (Part One)debuted April 29, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played April 29, 19871 in 21811 plays in 2,181 shows
  5. 💎💎💎💎💎Stir It Updebuted August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY · last played August 21, 19871 in 21731 plays in 2,173 shows
  6. 💎💎💎💎💎Tushdebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played August 10, 19871 in 10982 plays in 2,195 shows
  7. 💎💎💎💎💎Why Don't You Love Me?debuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played March 23, 19871 in 10942 plays in 2,188 shows
  8. 💎💎💎💎💎Blue Monkdebuted February 21, 1987 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played August 12, 19891 in 10942 plays in 2,188 shows
  9. 💎💎💎💎💎I Know a Littledebuted December 6, 1986 at The Ranch, Shelburne, VT · last played August 3, 19881 in 4395 plays in 2,195 shows
  10. 💎💎💎💎💎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
  11. 💎💎💎💎💎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
  12. 💎💎💎💎💎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
  13. 💎💎💎💎💎Low Riderdebuted September 27, 1985 at Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played July 15, 20031 in 3187 plays in 2,227 shows
  14. 💎💎💎💎💎The Chasedebuted October 14, 1987 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played June 7, 19901 in 3097 plays in 2,161 shows
  15. 💎💎💎💎💎Lushingtondebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played September 2, 19871 in 2758 plays in 2,201 shows
  16. 💎💎💎💎💎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
  17. 💎💎💎💎💎Mustang Sallydebuted October 15, 1986 at Hunt's, Burlington, VT · last played June 14, 20091 in 2459 plays in 2,201 shows
  18. 💎💎💎💎💎Bundle of Joydebuted May 11, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played November 3, 19891 in 21810 plays in 2,179 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. 💎💎💎💎💎Sparksdebuted March 23, 1987 at Nectar's, Burlington, VT · last played July 24, 20261 in 14615 plays in 2,184 shows
  25. 💎💎💎💎💎Who Do? We Do!debuted April 24, 1987 at Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT · last played March 10, 19901 in 14615 plays in 2,183 shows
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