How did I never hear this before today, wow.

You should try it if somehow you hadn't either.

That is all.

Every sound check that I've heard has been a great bonus to go along with the shows. There haven't been that many, but I do remember a few from 1992 and 93. Definitely check them out.

just posted this yesterday... i just threw this together this weekend to have a CD for the car, but upon repeated listening, it accidentally turned out to be one of the best Phish compilations i've ever made!

it's a CD-length collection of my favorite NON-FESTIVAL soundchecks, recorded between 1993 and 2000. the tracklist:

1) Glen Falls Jam (10/31/94, with Star Wars 'Luke & Leia Theme' tease from Trey)
2) Arcata Jam >
3) Dog Log > Jam (3/28/93, with full-band 'Beverly Hills Cop' theme tease)
4) Miss You >
5) Take Me To The River (4/9/93, with Can't You Hear Me Knocking ending)
6) Vancouver Jam >
7) Leprechaun >
8) The Wedge (8/24/93, original Wedge arrangement... the jam sounds like a proto-Meat)
9) The Buffalo Soundcheck Song! (9/14/00)

Download my Soundcheck Mix HERE!

Glen Falls Jam is my shit.

@jerryguscia said:

@Roofless_Sheds said:

6) Vancouver Jam >
7) Leprechaun >
8) The Wedge (8/24/93, original Wedge arrangement... the jam sounds like a proto-Meat)

I listened to that Leprechaun check for a little bit and noticed that the opening riff sounds a like Free, is that possibly why they stopped playing Leprechaun/where the Free riff came from?

You got it. I think Leprechaun was written along with Guyute and My Friend, My Friend after Trey was inspired by a trip to Ireland (I think that's where his mother lives now, actually). I could be wrong, but I always thought that after they killed the song, the riff was salvaged, then tweaked into more of a rock anthem-type riff.

Back in the dark days of the breakup, Trey and 70 Volt Parade played a show in Philly that was broadcasted on the radio and streamed online. During that tour, Trey would play a mini-acoustic set featuring all sorts of Phish songs. He started playing what sounded like that opening Leprechaun run, and I remember getting incredibly excited, and then realized it was Free. Don't get me wrong -- I love Free, despite its relative staleness over the last decade -- but Leprechaun would easily be my choice for Phish bustout.

Anyway, yeah, that 8/24/93 Vancouver soundcheck is one of my favorites. Wedge has the same jazzy arrangement as the more-famous version in Red Rocks four days prior. And the opening soundcheck jam belongs on the list of top August '93 moments, for sure.

^ BC Jam rocks.

buffalo soundcheck is straight nasty!

no prob.

still looking for a recording of the Camp Oswego soundcheck, if any of you alert listeners are aware of such a thing existing...