I'm horribly lacking shows from 95. reccommend some

callmethesloth 12/05/12 3:36 am

Besides the obvious ones, I'm talking about the shows that got the Live Phish treatment and got released. Heard all those and cleared up my hard drive to upload a bunch of 90's shows I haven't heard. I am lacking 95 big time, realizing I don't have a single show from that year anymore! Thanks for any recommendations guys. Only 23 more days till we'll all be ragin at the Garden!

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westbrook 12/05/12 3:43 am

June 15, 1995

Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend > Sparkle > AC/DC Bag, The Old Home Place, Taste, The Wedge, Stash^[1] -> I Didn't Know^[2], Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: My Sweet One, Ha Ha Ha > David Bowie^[3], Strange Design > Theme From the Bottom, Scent of a Mule, Acoustic Army, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein

[1] Unfinished.
[2] Slower fashion; Fishman on trombone, Mike on electric drill, and Trey on megaphone.
[3] Chanting of "Send me on my way."

Notes: Stash was unfinished and melted into I Didn’t Know, which was performed in an eerie, slower fashion and featured Fishman on trombone, Mike on electric drill, and Trey on megaphone. Bowie included some odd chanting, including the phrase “Send me on my way” (although not in a manner similar to the Rusted Root song of the same name).

June 25, 1995

The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag > Taste > Theme From the Bottom, If I Could > Sparkle > Divided Sky, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Maze^[1] > Sample in a Jar, Scent of a Mule, Mike's Song -> Why Don't We Do It in the Road? > Hold Your Head Up > Jam -> Weekapaug Groove^[2], Amazing Grace, Cavern

Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Slave to the Traffic Light

[1] Taps teases from Trey.
[2] Mainstreet and Dreaming (Blondie) teases.

Notes: During I Didn’t Know, Trey introduced Fishman as “Cedric Harris.” The Maze intro included Taps teases from Trey and Weekapaug contained teases of Mainstreet and Dreaming (Blondie).

June 26, 1995

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Don't You Want To Go?, Bathtub Gin, NICU > The Sloth, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, It's Ice > Dog Faced Boy > Tela > Possum^[1]

Set 2: Down with Disease^[2] -> Free > Poor Heart > You Enjoy Myself^[3], Strange Design > Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Sleeping Monkey > Rocky Top

[1] Heartbreaker tease.
[2] Unfinished.
[3] Immigrant Song teases from Trey.

Notes: Possum contained a Heartbreaker tease and YEM contained Immigrant Song teases from Trey. Down with Disease was unfinished.

October 24, 1995

Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Paul and Silas, Taste That Surrounds^[1], Fee^[2] -> Llama, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Demand > Maze, Wolfman's Brother, Acoustic Army, Prince Caspian, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Julius, Theme From the Bottom, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself -> Sleeping Monkey^[3] > Run Like an Antelope, Contact > Cavern

Encore: A Day in the Life

[1] Debut.
[2] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[3] Started a cappella.

Notes: Taste That Surrounds made its debut. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. Sleeping Monkey segued out of the YEM vocal jam and was started a cappella.

November 12, 1995

O'Connell Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, Guelah Papyrus, Reba^[1], I Didn't Know, Taste That Surrounds, If I Could, Split Open and Melt, Hello My Baby

Set 2: The Curtain > Tweezer > Keyboard Army, Sample in a Jar > Slave to the Traffic Light, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Possum^[2] > Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Fire

[1] No whistling.
[2] Simpsons signal and Dixie, Woody Woodpecker theme, and Johnny B. Goode teases.

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Possum contained a Simpsons signal as well as Dixie, Woody Woodpecker theme, and Johnny B. Goode teases.

December 07, 1995

Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY

Set 1: The Old Home Place > The Curtain > AC/DC Bag, Demand > Rift, Slave to the Traffic Light, Guyute, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum, Hello My Baby

Set 2: Split Open and Melt^[1], Strange Design > Taste That Surrounds, Reba^[2], Julius, Sleeping Monkey > Sparkle > Mike's Song -> Weekapaug Groove^[3] -> Digital Delay Loop Jam, Amazing Grace

Encore: Uncle Pen

[1] In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida tease.
[2] Pop Goes the Weasel tease; no whistling.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: The Melt jam included a tease of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Reba included a Pop Goes the Weasel tease and did not contain the whistling ending. Weekapaug was unfinished.

December 09, 1995

Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY

Set 1: Maze, Theme From the Bottom > NICU > The Sloth > Rift, Bouncing Around the Room, Free, Billy Breathes, Dog Faced Boy, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Timber (Jerry), Wilson^[1] > Gumbo, You Enjoy Myself^[2], Lawn Boy, Slave to the Traffic Light > Crossroads, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Loving Cup

[1] Quotes from talking Beavis and Butthead doll.
[2] Silent jam and theme from Shaft quote. Vocal jam featured quotes from talking Beavis and Butthead doll.

Notes: Wilson and the YEM vocal jam featured quotes from a talking Beavis and Butthead doll. YEM also included a silent jam and a quote of the theme from Shaft.

December 29, 1995

Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > Down with Disease > Taste That Surrounds > NICU > Stash, Fluffhead, Llama, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman > Cars Trucks Buses, Bathtub Gin -> The Real Me -> Bathtub Gin -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Jam^[1] -> La Grange, Bouncing Around the Room, Fire

Encore: Golgi Apparatus

[1] Bass duet with Jim Stinnett and Mike. Keep It Greasy and Bach's 6th Brandenburg Concerto teases.

Notes: The Jam was a bass duet featuring Mike and his bass instructor, Jim Stinnett, as well as teases of Keep it Greasy and Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto (better known as the theme to Masterpiece Theatre). La Grange made its first appearance since August 14, 1993 (216 shows).

That aught to get you started...

Score: 3

bostonron 12/05/12 5:01 am

December '95 is one of the strongest months in Phishtory. Arguably, the hottest month ever. Up there with August '93, Nov/Dec '97, April '92, Feb. '03, July '91, Dec. '99 and Feb. '97. Some say, this is the month Phish really took that leap to super stardom. While making the climb from theaters to arenas, full time, '93 to New Years '95, the band was learning how to play large arenas. Dec. '95 could be when everything really clicked and Phish developed the full, larger then life sound they are so well known for. Every show has major highlights (aside from literally, only one or two). Phish shows were becoming full on sonic assaults. Masterful tight playing. Melodic improvisation and tight compositions were woven into each set, making shows full, deep works of art. It really seemed like they clicked in terms of finding their stage niche. Their popularity was really beginning to become a "thing" (with the passing of Jerry that summer, the scene was booming), Trey was arguably at his peak. Mastering his soulful, melodic playing with exploratory improv and risk taking. He was clean, sharp, on point but relaxed, comfortable and energized. He rarely had an off night and the rest of the band had no problem letting him run the show. Page wasn't just a "filler". Becoming a stand out in his own right. Fish was a fucking beast, playing tighter then just about ever before. And Mike seemed to always be locked in. All of these factors play into why MSG '9d is hailed as one of the best shows ever. December chronicles their climb to that peak. Classics such as Hood, Reba, Slave and YEM all are at their very best. But to be fair, every song is played with high energy and a spirit that hasn't been seen for sustained stretches of time before and not many times after. I highly suggest listening to every show this month as each day passes. I did this Dec. '11, and it was so fun. You're not even a week into December now and could easily catch up with a few off days. Enjoy diving in. Experiencing new Phish shows, during their hottest time periods is a real joy and treat.

Score: 4

callmethesloth 12/05/12 5:22 am

@westbrook thanks for those reccomendations man, downloading Lakewood now(downloaded Mud Island just before it to check out that Tweezer especially). I knew I could count on you for some h3tty shows. @bostonron that does sound like a good idea, but I don't think I'd be able to do it. I explore era to era too often to listen to a whole tour at home I think. In a car on tour doing a road trip on the other hand.... maybe then. However I'll download that 12/11 and 12/2 show. I've heard good things about the 12/2 Tweezer. How was 12/11 @bostonron?

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MiguelSanchez 12/05/12 7:13 am

This will get you churning...

June 10, 1995

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman -> Llama, Prince Caspian > It's Ice > Free, Rift, You Enjoy Myself -> Hold Your Head Up^[1] > Lonesome Cowboy Bill > Hold Your Head Up, Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Maze, Fee^[2] > Uncle Pen, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Amazing Grace, Sample in a Jar

Encore: A Day in the Life^[3]

[1] Vocal jam.
[2] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[3] Phish debut.

Notes: This show marked the first Phish performance of A Day in the Life. YEM segued into a HYHU vocal jam. Page teased Fanfare for the Common Man several times before Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.

July 03, 1995

Summer Stage at Sugarbush, North Fayston, VT

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend^[1] > Poor Heart > Run Like an Antelope, Loving Cup, Sparkle > It's Ice, If I Could, Maze, Strange Design, Free > Cavern

Set 2: Timber (Jerry) > David Bowie^[2] -> Johnny B. Goode -> David Bowie^[3], AC/DC Bag > The Lizards^[4] > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, A Day in the Life > Possum^[5], The Squirming Coil

Encore: Simple, Amazing Grace

[1] Trey using his microphone stand as a slide.
[2] Timber teases and lyrics in intro. God of Thunder (Kiss), Bathtub Gin and Soul Sacrifice teases.
[3] Johnny B. Goode teases from Trey.
[4] Aborted.
[5] Bathtub Gin and Johnny B. Goode teases.

Notes: My Friend featured Trey using his microphone stand as a slide. During If I Could, a large inflatable moose was tossed around the crowd. It landed in perfect sitting position, facing the audience, on Page’s side of the stage. The Bowie intro contained Timber teases and lyrics. Bowie later contained God of Thunder (Kiss), Bathtub Gin and Soul Sacrifice teases before segueing into Johnny B. Goode and Johnny B. Goode teases from Trey at the end of Bowie. Possum also contained Bathtub Gin and Johnny B. Goode teases. Lizards was aborted after Trey lost track of the lyrics. Fish teased him about needing a teleprompter and Trey started up Big Black Furry Creature from Mars. Plenty of stage antics preceded Amazing Grace; Page threw the pitch pipe into the crowd and Trey pretended to throw Fishman’s goggles and, eventually, Fishman himself. Trey also picked up a Hacky Sack from the stage and impressed the crowd with his athleticism. Timber returned for its first performance since December 30, 1992 (258 shows) and it was the first complete version since December 1989.

December 29, 1995

Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > Down with Disease > Taste That Surrounds > NICU > Stash, Fluffhead, Llama, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman > Cars Trucks Buses, Bathtub Gin -> The Real Me -> Bathtub Gin -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars > Jam^[1] -> La Grange, Bouncing Around the Room, Fire

Encore: Golgi Apparatus

[1] Bass duet with Jim Stinnett and Mike. Keep It Greasy and Bach's 6th Brandenburg Concerto teases.

Notes: The Jam was a bass duet featuring Mike and his bass instructor, Jim Stinnett, as well as teases of Keep it Greasy and Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto (better known as the theme to Masterpiece Theatre). La Grange made its first appearance since August 14, 1993 (216 shows).

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Issiah 12/05/12 7:15 am

Lake Placid Dec 17th, 1995

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TIMBO 12/05/12 7:46 am

For practical purposes, one of the Mann music center shows from June 95 circulates as a free soundboard. The Hershey show on Livephish is great too.

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callmethesloth 12/05/12 1:15 pm

@MiguelSanchez I've been meaning to check out that night of Red Rocks, and I'm gonna grab a copy of the Woostah show that has the Gin-> Real Me-> Gin which people on here praise very heavily. Never heard it, so looking forward to it. Gonna have to download those Mann Music center shows as well.

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DanceTheJig728 12/05/12 1:17 pm

I've really been digging on this one lately, crazy second set

December 08, 1995

CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH

Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart > Simple > Runaway Jim, Fluffhead, It's Ice, Acoustic Army, Prince Caspian, Good Times Bad Times

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Tweezer -> Kung -> Tweezer, Love You > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil, Tweezer Reprise > Run Like an Antelope^[1]

Encore: Come Together^[2] > A Day in the Life

[1] Brady Bunch theme tease.
[2] Phish debut.

Notes: Good Times Bad Times was dedicated to “the man in the dragon pants,” a.k.a. Jimmy Page. Antelope included a Brady Bunch theme tease. The encore, which included the first ever Phish performance of Come Together, was played in remembrance of John Lennon’s death on December 8, 1980.

And these two

December 16, 1995

Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY

Set 1: Buried Alive, AC/DC Bag > Taste That Surrounds, Ya Mar, The Sloth, Divided Sky, Dog Faced Boy, Julius > Suzy Greenberg

Set 2: Sample in a Jar, Reba^[1], Scent of a Mule, Cavern > Mike's Song > Simple -> Weekapaug Groove^[2] > The Squirming Coil

Encore: Fire

[1] No whistling.
[2] Unfinished.

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Weekapaug was unfinished.

December 17, 1995

Olympic Center, Lake Placid, NY

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend > Poor Heart > A Day in the Life > Run Like an Antelope, The Mango Song > Tube > Stash, The Lizards, Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Bouncing Around the Room > Maze, Free > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Harry Hood > Sparkle > Tweezer^[1] -> Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Hello My Baby, Runaway Jim

[1] Transition from Tweezer to Tweezer Reprise included a Page solo.

Notes: The transition from Tweezer to Tweezer Reprise included a Page solo.

Score: 1

GrooveHolmes 12/05/12 1:24 pm

The whole month of December.

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MrJones 12/05/12 1:30 pm

Gotta check out this classic...

May 16, 1995

Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA

Set 1: Don't You Want To Go?^[1], Ha Ha Ha^[2] > Spock's Brain^[2], Strange Design^[2], Reba^[3], Theme From the Bottom^[2], Hold Your Head Up > Lonesome Cowboy Bill^[1] > Hold Your Head Up, Free^[2], Glide II^[2], You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Sample in a Jar

Encore: I'll Come Running^[1] -> Gloria^[1]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.
[3] No whistling.

Notes: This was a Voters for Choice benefit concert that also featured Jennifer Trynin and Emergency Broadcast Network. During the pre-show introduction, host Gloria Steinem promised Phish fans more new music in one night than ever before. The band proceeded to deliver the first public performances of Ha Ha Ha, Spock's Brain, Strange Design, Theme From the Bottom, Free, and Glide II. Don’t You Want To Go?, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I’ll Come Running, and Gloria also made their first Phish public performances at this show. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Fish introduced the new songs that had been played before Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Fish explained that they didn't really have a name for the song after Ha Ha Ha and Trey added that since it was a Voters For Choice Benefit, they'd give the crowd four choices and let it vote on the title: The Plane, The First Signal, Israel, and Spock's Brain. Page subsequently teased the theme from Star Trek as the crowd voted for Spock's with Trey subsequently explaining the song's origin. Prior to Adeline, the crowd sang Happy Birthday to Page.

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jerryguscia 12/05/12 4:52 pm

NYE 95 is pretty good. So's Madison Square Garden '95. Oh! And 12/31/95. All AWESOME concerts!

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Harry__Hood95 12/05/12 5:17 pm

I just listened to 5.2.95 from Chicago today. Forben's-> Icculus-> Mockingbird, 5* versions of Reba, Maze & Stash in the 1st set. Mind-blowing Bowie & YEM in the 2nd set. Also the craziest version of BBFCFM as the encore.

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dscott 12/05/12 8:48 pm

A couple that few people will mention as favorites, but you'd be crazy to miss:

November 10, 1995

The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, Taste That Surrounds, The Old Home Place, It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Maze, Guyute, Cavern

Set 2: Free, Scent of a Mule, You Enjoy Myself -> Crossroads -> You Enjoy Myself, Strange Design, Sparkle > AC/DC Bag, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Harry Hood

December 15, 1995

CoreStates Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture > Harry Hood > Wilson > Maze > Ha Ha Ha > Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up > Cars Trucks Buses, Bouncing Around the Room, Free > Possum^[1]

Set 2: Tweezer Reprise > Runaway Jim > It's Ice > Bathtub Gin -> Rotation Jam -> Mallory^[2] > Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Sweet Adeline

Encore: Good Times Bad Times -> Tweezer Reprise

[1] Oom Pa Pa, Simpsons and All Fall Down signals; Voodoo Child tease from Trey.
[2] Debut.

Notes: Possum included Oom Pa Pa, Simpsons and All Fall Down signals and a Voodoo Child tease from Trey. Trey mentioned that he saw his first concert (Jethro Tull) in this very venue. Mallory debuted at this show.

11/10 is a top 5 Hood, for sure.

Score: 1

Roofless_Sheds 12/05/12 9:04 pm

do you have a decent, large-form sound system?

if so, you NEED to check out this AUD. the one on the spreadsheet sounds outstanding. combine it with the fact that the entire show is magical, and that there is a point during the Hood jam that Trey turns ALL THE WAY DOWN and is playing straight-up ACOUSTICALLY in the acoustically-perfect Spokane Opera House... and you've got yourself a phenomenal evening, my friend.

October 07, 1995

Spokane Opera House, Spokane, WA

Set 1: Julius, Gumbo > The Fog That Surrounds > Mound, Possum, The Mango Song, Acoustic Army, Wilson > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman, Cars Trucks Buses, Split Open and Melt, Strange Design, It's Ice > Contact > Frankenstein, Harry Hood^[1], Sweet Adeline

Encore: Fire

[1] Trey briefly played unamplified. Unfinished.

Notes: Trey briefly played unamplified during Harry Hood, which was unfinished.

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dsanbensoff 12/05/12 9:18 pm

don't skimp on october either.

check out 10/11/95 stash opener (whole show is great)

10/25/95 mike's > breathe jam

the two MMW sit-ins are must-hears in my opinion, as well

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JNap05 12/05/12 9:24 pm

All of December

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MiguelSanchez 12/05/12 9:28 pm

@callmethesloth said:

@MiguelSanchez I've been meaning to check out that night of Red Rocks, and I'm gonna grab a copy of the Woostah show that has the Gin-> Real Me-> Gin which people on here praise very heavily. Never heard it, so looking forward to it. Gonna have to download those Mann Music center shows as well.

6/10/95 is a fine show. I've said it many times on this forum, it's my all time favorite mikes-> hydro-> groove and I'm a mid 90's mikes groove freak. Ah, that mikes song...

12/29/95 is definitely in my all time top 3. I can't explain it. It doesn't have the best version of anything. Fluff head, taste, llama, and stash SHINE in the 1st set. Gin-> real me-> gin-> mcgrupp sends me to my special place everytime... even after keeping this in the regular rotation for 16 years.

Don't sleep on that '95 sugarbush run. I like it better than sugarbush '94 run. That Bowie is the real deal Holyfield, complete w/ a timber bustout and some wicked gin teases.

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MiguelSanchez 12/05/12 9:31 pm

Oh yeah, @callmethesloth, grab the Mann shows. If you like them and the red rocks show, hit the Blossum '95 show. Quality wise, I'd say that mikes lives somewhere between the 2. God, I live mikes song circa 1995...

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conradjohansen 12/05/12 9:34 pm

October 25, 1995

Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN

Set 1: Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar > Divided Sky, The Wedge, Scent of a Mule, Free, Strange Design, My Long Journey Home^[1], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome^[1], Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Reba^[2], Life on Mars?, Cars Trucks Buses, Mike's Song -> Breathe Jam -> Sparkle > Weekapaug Groove, Suzy Greenberg^[3] > Crossroads

Encore: Fire

[1] Acoustic.
[2] No whistling.
[3] Unfinished.

Notes: My Long Journey Home and I’m Blue I’m Lonesome were performed acoustic. Reba did not have the whistling ending and Suzy was unfinished.

May 16, 1995

Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA

Set 1: Don't You Want To Go?^[1], Ha Ha Ha^[2] > Spock's Brain^[2], Strange Design^[2], Reba^[3], Theme From the Bottom^[2], Hold Your Head Up > Lonesome Cowboy Bill^[1] > Hold Your Head Up, Free^[2], Glide II^[2], You Enjoy Myself, Sweet Adeline, Sample in a Jar

Encore: I'll Come Running^[1] -> Gloria^[1]

[1] Phish debut.
[2] Debut.
[3] No whistling.

Notes: This was a Voters for Choice benefit concert that also featured Jennifer Trynin and Emergency Broadcast Network. During the pre-show introduction, host Gloria Steinem promised Phish fans more new music in one night than ever before. The band proceeded to deliver the first public performances of Ha Ha Ha, Spock's Brain, Strange Design, Theme From the Bottom, Free, and Glide II. Don’t You Want To Go?, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I’ll Come Running, and Gloria also made their first Phish public performances at this show. Reba did not have the whistling ending. Fish introduced the new songs that had been played before Lonesome Cowboy Bill. Fish explained that they didn't really have a name for the song after Ha Ha Ha and Trey added that since it was a Voters For Choice Benefit, they'd give the crowd four choices and let it vote on the title: The Plane, The First Signal, Israel, and Spock's Brain. Page subsequently teased the theme from Star Trek as the crowd voted for Spock's with Trey subsequently explaining the song's origin. Prior to Adeline, the crowd sang Happy Birthday to Page.

And for @ADAWGWYO...

October 07, 1995

Spokane Opera House, Spokane, WA

Set 1: Julius, Gumbo > The Fog That Surrounds > Mound, Possum, The Mango Song, Acoustic Army, Wilson > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman, Cars Trucks Buses, Split Open and Melt, Strange Design, It's Ice > Contact > Frankenstein, Harry Hood^[1], Sweet Adeline

Encore: Fire

[1] Trey briefly played unamplified. Unfinished.

Notes: Trey briefly played unamplified during Harry Hood, which was unfinished.

Score: 0

MiguelSanchez 12/05/12 9:35 pm

@MiguelSanchez said:

@callmethesloth said:
@MiguelSanchez I've been meaning to check out that night of Red Rocks, and I'm gonna grab a copy of the Woostah show that has the Gin-> Real Me-> Gin which people on here praise very heavily. Never heard it, so looking forward to it. Gonna have to download those Mann Music center shows as well.
6/10/95 is a fine show. I've said it many times on this forum, it's my all time favorite mikes-> hydro-> groove and I'm a mid 90's mikes groove freak. Ah, that mikes song...

12/29/95 is definitely in my all time top 3. I can't explain it. It doesn't have the best version of anything. Fluff head, taste, llama, and stash SHINE in the 1st set. Gin-> real me-> gin-> mcgrupp sends me to my special place everytime... even after keeping this in the regular rotation for 16 years.

Don't sleep on that '95 sugarbush run. I like it better both shows better than sugarbush '94. That Bowie is the real deal Holyfield, complete w/ a timber bustout and some wicked gin teases.

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Babyrattlesnakes 12/05/12 9:37 pm

I feel I have to speak up for

June 20, 1995

Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Set 1: Llama, Spock's Brain, Ginseng Sullivan > Foam, Bathtub Gin, If I Could, Taste, I Didn't Know, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Halley's Comet > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian, Uncle Pen, Mike's Song -> Contact > Weekapaug Groove > Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Highway to Hell

Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light, Amazing Grace

Notes: This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

This was my first show, so I'm biased, but it stands up ridiculously good on tape. A great first set with a definitive version of Spock's Brain, a sweet Gin, an early Taste, and then set 2 features a full-tilt Mike's. Beautiful Slave encore that was acknowledged (whether consciously or not) in '11 on the same hallowed ground. Pales in comparison to some of the Fall tour shows, but east of the Mississippi in the summer of '95, it didn't get much better.

Score: 1

callmethesloth 12/06/12 12:12 am

@MiguelSanchez I just finished downloading that Red Rocks show, I'll check out the rest of the Blossom show because I remember that wicked Mikes> Contact> Weekapaug on the livebait release for early summer 2011. I am in the process of downloading 12/29 now, I think I'm gonna go to that one first and then hit up the summer and fall shows. Also, those Mann shows are up next after this 12/29 show finishes downloading.

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callmethesloth 12/06/12 12:14 am

@conradjohansen said:

1995-10-25
1995-05-16

And for @ADAWGWYO...
1995-10-07

Holy shit man that 2nd set of the St. Paul show looks f***in sick! Never even heard of that show before, that one is up after I finish downloading 12/29 and the Mann Center shows

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DriedupGoliath 12/06/12 8:43 am

October 21, 1995

Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE

Set 1: Tweezer Reprise, Chalk Dust Torture, Guelah Papyrus, Reba^[1], Wilson > Cars Trucks Buses, Kung > The Lizards, Strange Design, Acoustic Army, Good Times Bad Times -> Tweezer Reprise

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Lifeboy, Sparkle > You Enjoy Myself > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood^[2], Suzy Greenberg^[3]

Encore: Highway to Hell

[1] No whistling.
[2] Beat It tease.
[3] Beat It, Stairway to Heaven and Tweezer Reprise teases.

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending. Perhaps responding to fan predictions of a Michael Jackson cover album on Halloween, the band teased Black or White before GTBT as well as Beat It before and in Hood and in Suzy Greenberg. Suzy also included Stairway to Heaven and Tweezer Reprise teases. The soundcheck's Dog Log contained YEM lyrics (Wash Uffizi and drive me to Firenze). This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

November 30, 1995

Ervin J. Nutter Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Set 1: Sample in a Jar > The Curtain > Ha Ha Ha > Julius, NICU -> Bathtub Gin, Rift > Fast Enough for You, The Lizards, Fire

Set 2: Cars Trucks Buses > Tweezer -> Makisupa Policeman -> Run Like an Antelope > Scent of a Mule, Free, Strange Design, Amazing Grace

Encore: Harry Hood

October 29, 1995

Louisville Gardens, Louisville, KY

Set 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Julius, Punch You In the Eye > Cars Trucks Buses > The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Split Open and Melt, NICU > Gumbo, Slave to the Traffic Light, Sweet Adeline

Set 2: Makisupa Policeman -> David Bowie, The Mango Song > It's Ice -> Kung -> It's Ice > Shaggy Dog -> Possum^[1], Lifeboy, Amazing Grace

Encore: Funky Bitch

[1] Beat It teases.

Notes: Beat It was teased prior to the start of the first set and in Possum. Shaggy Dog was performed for the first time since May 6, 1992 (359 shows).

November 11, 1995

The Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Cars Trucks Buses > Mike's Song > A Day in the Life > Poor Heart > Weekapaug Groove, The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Ya Mar^[1], Stash, Amazing Grace^[2], Fee^[3] > Chalk Dust Torture

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > David Bowie, Suzy Greenberg > Uncle Pen, Fluffhead, Sleeping Monkey > Frankenstein -> Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope

Encore: Acoustic Army, Good Times Bad Times^[4]

[1] Lizards teases from Trey.
[2] Without microphones.
[3] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[4] Heartbreaker teases.

Notes: Ya Mar contained Lizards teases from Trey. Amazing Grace was performed without microphones. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. GTBT was preceded by a Black or White tease from Trey and subsequently included Heartbreaker teases.

November 14, 1995

University of Central Florida Arena, Orlando, FL

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Foam, Billy Breathes, Divided Sky, Esther > Free, Julius, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome^[1], Cavern

Set 2: Maze, Gumbo, Stash^[2] -> Manteca -> Stash^[3] -> Dog Faced Boy^[4] -> Stash^[5], Strange Design, You Enjoy Myself -> Immigrant Song Jam -> You Enjoy Myself^[6]

Encore: The Wedge, Rocky Top

[1] Acoustic.
[2] 25 or 6 to 4 tease.
[3] Esther tease.
[4] Performed over a different arrangement than usual.
[5] Ya Mar tease.
[6] Low Rider teases.

Notes: I'm Blue I'm Lonesome was performed acoustic. This fantastic Stash included 25 or 6 to 4, Esther, and Ya Mar teases. Dog Faced Boy was performed over a different arrangement than usual. YEM included Low Rider teases. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.

November 18, 1995

North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC

Set 1: Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room > Reba, Lawn Boy, Punch You In the Eye > Slave to the Traffic Light, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome^[1], Sample in a Jar

Set 2: AC/DC Bag, Sparkle > Free, I'm So Tired, You Enjoy Myself^[2], Contact > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Acoustic Army, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Cavern

Encore: Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?^[3]

[1] Acoustic.
[2] Brick House jam.
[3] Dr. Jack McConnell on vocals.

Notes: I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic. YEM included a Brick House jam. The first Bill Bailey since April 24, 1994 (164 shows) featured accompaniment from Page’s father, Dr. Jack McConnell.

November 21, 1995

Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC

Set 1: Fee^[1] > Chalk Dust Torture, Prince Caspian, Divided Sky, My Long Journey Home^[2], I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome^[2], Guyute, My Friend, My Friend^[3] > Dog Faced Boy, Runaway Jim

Set 2: Simple^[4] > David Bowie -> Take Me to the River^[5] -> David Bowie, Glide > Ya Mar, Mike's Song -> Keyboard Army > Hold Your Head Up > Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Carolina, A Day in the Life

Encore: Good Times Bad Times

[1] Trey sang verses through megaphone.
[2] Acoustic.
[3] No "Myfe" ending.
[4] With teases of Maze, Bowie, Possum, Day in the Life, and Bowie again.
[5] Phish debut; incomplete.

Notes: Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone. My Long Journey Home and I’m Blue I’m Lonesome were performed acoustic. My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Take Me to the River, which was incomplete, made its Phish debut in the second set. Simple included teases of Maze, Bowie, Possum, Day in the Life, and Bowie again.

December 02, 1995

New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT

Set 1: Prince Caspian, Runaway Jim, Mound > Guelah Papyrus, Reba^[1], My Sweet One, Free, Taste That Surrounds, Bouncing Around the Room, Possum^[2]

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Maze > Simple -> Faht^[3], Tweezer^[4] > A Day in the Life > Golgi Apparatus, The Squirming Coil^[5], Tweezer Reprise

Encore: Bold As Love

[1] No whistling.
[2] All Fall Down signal.
[3] Fishman on acoustic guitar.
[4] Take Me to the River teases.
[5] Carol of the Bells tease from Page.

Notes: Reba did not have the whistling ending and Possum included an All Fall Down signal. Faht featured Fishman on acoustic guitar. Tweezer contained Take Me to the River teases and Squirming Coil contained a Carol of the Bells tease from Page.

December 05, 1995

Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Set 1: Horn > Chalk Dust Torture, Taste That Surrounds, The Lizards, Free, Esther > David Bowie, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome^[1]

Set 2: Poor Heart > Bathtub Gin^[2] -> Keyboard Army, Scent of a Mule > Jam > Lifeboy, Harry Hood^[3], Cavern

Encore: Theme From the Bottom, Sweet Adeline

[1] Acoustic.
[2] DEG tease from Trey.
[3] The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) tease from Trey.

Notes: Lizards was dedicated to college basketball commentator Dick Vitale. I’m Blue I’m Lonesome was performed acoustic. Bathtub Gin contained a DEG tease by Trey. Hood contained a tease of The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) from Trey.

December 11, 1995

Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME

Set 1: My Friend, My Friend^[1] > Ha Ha Ha, Stash, Prince Caspian, Reba^[2], Dog Log, Llama, Dog Log, Tube, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Julius > Cavern

Set 2: The Curtain > David Bowie, The Mango Song > Taste That Surrounds, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Suspicious Minds > Hold Your Head Up, Funky Bitch^[3]

Encore: While My Guitar Gently Weeps^[3]

[1] No "Myfe" ending.
[2] No whistling.
[3] Warren Haynes on guitar.

Notes: My Friend did not contain the "Myfe" ending. Prince Caspian was preceded by Trey discussing how Portland was supposed to be Elvis’ last show so this song was for his kid, the prince. Reba did not have the whistling ending. The Dog Logs were part of Trey’s announced “Dog Log” album and were preceded by Trey coaching the audience’s reaction. Dog Log had not been played since August 2, 1993 (218 shows). Tube was played as a thank-you for helping out with the “album.” Funky Bitch and WMGGW featured Warren Haynes on guitar.

highlights abound in these shows, it would honestly take too long to list them all.

Score: 2

RoverPhish 12/06/12 10:15 am

just jumped on the december 95 re-listen by-date bandwagon.

Score: 2

SaltyDog 12/06/12 12:58 pm

@RoverPhish said:

just jumped on the december 95 re-listen by-date bandwagon.

I've been doing this myself. Sometimes I'll miss a day, sometimes I'll listen to more than one show per day. Sometimes the show is so good I go back and listen to parts or the whole thing again, before moving onto the next show.

Last night, I listened back to most of the 2nd set of 12/5/95.

Then I listened to 12/7/95. I will prob listen to that show again (or at least it's higlights) before moving on to 12/8/95.

Score: 1

callmethesloth 12/06/12 4:06 pm

@MiguelSanchez Wow, just finishing up the Gin-> real me-> gin... Almost at a loss of words... easily a top 5 bathtub gin IMHO. Great stuff and great segued out of and back into it. What's in the middle is absolutely amazing. I'm almost tempted to listen to all of December 95 now.

Score: 0

MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 8:31 pm

@callmethesloth said:

@MiguelSanchez Wow, just finishing up the Gin-> real me-> gin... Almost at a loss of words... easily a top 5 bathtub gin IMHO. Great stuff and great segued out of and back into it. What's in the middle is absolutely amazing. I'm almost tempted to listen to all of December 95 now.

Yeah. It's silly good. If you haven't listened to all of dec '95, I would highly recommend it. Every show has at least one outlandish jam. Most have more.

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MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 8:34 pm

@DriedupGoliath said:

1995-10-21 1995-11-30 1995-10-29 1995-11-11 1995-11-14 1995-11-18 1995-11-21 1995-12-02 1995-12-05 1995-12-11

highlights abound in these shows, it would honestly take too long to list them all.

Agreed. Every one of these are pretty much must hear! Winston-Salem, charleston, and Dayton are all victims of the shadow cast by the next month's shows.

Score: 0

Sprachtor 12/06/12 8:41 pm

@benhatley95

Score: 1

MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 8:46 pm

@Sprachtor said:

@benhatley95

I love '95 phish. Love.

Score: 1

Sprachtor 12/06/12 8:47 pm

@MiguelSanchez said:

@Sprachtor said:
@benhatley95
I love '95 phish. Love.

So do I. It's the best.

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MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 8:56 pm

@Sprachtor said:

@MiguelSanchez said:
@Sprachtor said:
@benhatley95
I love '95 phish. Love.
So do I. It's the best.

Yeah. '95 is burly. Chime in... what are your go to '95 shows?

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Sprachtor 12/06/12 9:15 pm

My go to shows are all the December shows unquestionably. My favorite stuff they ever played

But almost every single show has big stuff. 11-14, 7-1, Red Rocks, Dayton, Sick Tweezers Mud Island and Canadaigua etc etc

If you are listening you can't really go wrong with any 95 choice.

Really all shows have highlights.

But I grew up on the Deer Creek, Sugarbush, Great Woods, Philly, and Orlando shows.

Score: 0

MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 9:23 pm

@tebowie

I agree. December '95 is my favorite month of phish. 8/93 and 11/97 give it a run for the money, but those mikes songs and tweezer from 12/95... unbeatable

Score: 0

Sprachtor 12/06/12 9:45 pm

@MiguelSanchez said:

@tebowie

I agree. December '95 is my favorite month of phish. 8/93 and 11/97 give it a run for the money, but those mikes songs and tweezer from 12/95... unbeatable

The Binghamton show was supposed to be my first. I had about 20 friends go and I was supposed to go with them and skipped it. Big mistake.

Score: 0

MiguelSanchez 12/06/12 9:59 pm

@Sprachtor said:

@MiguelSanchez said:
@tebowie

I agree. December '95 is my favorite month of phish. 8/93 and 11/97 give it a run for the money, but those mikes songs and tweezer from 12/95... unbeatable
The Binghamton show was supposed to be my first. I had about 20 friends go and I was supposed to go with them and skipped it. Big mistake.

Oh...ouch

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dsanbensoff 12/08/12 7:23 am

October 28, 1995

The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI

Set 1: AC/DC Bag > Mound, Timber (Jerry), Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, The Lizards, Billy Breathes, Acoustic Army, Prince Caspian, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Maze, Theme From the Bottom > Scent of a Mule, You Enjoy Myself, Strange Design > Frankenstein > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

set II is insane as well!!!! dark, dark shit. there are some good reviews on here for it too.

It seems like eventually someone will post ever show from this year...

Score: 0

callmethesloth 12/10/12 11:37 am

@MiguelSanchez my 95 kick has been going good, also been exploring a lot of 94 and Europe 97 shows I never heard before. Killlller stuff. Still, in my recent findings, nothing touches the 12/29 gin> real me> gin jam that shits on another planet. However, I really liked the set w/ Del McCroury Band at Oswego. Also downloaded the Antioch, TN 2000 show to hear that awesome looking 2nd set, mainly the Hood> Dog Faced Boy> Hood sandwich

Score: 0

callmethesloth 12/10/12 11:41 am

@MiguelSanchez said: [quote]@tebowie

I agree. December '95 is my favorite month of phish. 8/93 and 11/97 give it a run for the money, but those mikes songs and tweezer from 12/95... unbea ltable[quote]
Speaking of those huge 95 mikes grooves, the mikes song from 12/7/95 is arguably my all time favorite. Such an.interesting piece of music

Score: 0