My names Bob, Im 21 and go to school in boston. I got into phish around 2005 when my sisters boyfriend at the time (husband now) introduced them to me. Started with Stash and Free and a lot of hoist and billy breathes. With the transition to junta and live stuff following around 2007 it took me a while to dive in but I was glad i finally did. When they reunited in 09 i was only able to get a ticket to 1 show the night before my high school graduation, it was amazing. For the following years i was dating a girl who was very anti phish so the amount of shows i went to was hindered by her. Luckily that didn't work out and in 2012 i made sure i would start making up for it, 7 shows in 2012 since my pocket wasn't deep enough for more. But i made the trek from boston to charlotte for that show in august since my current girlfriend goes to school in Virginia and loves phish it worked out really well.
I've been really getting into the earliest stuff i can find. Ian's farm-'92 has been really interesting to me lately. Any thing else that are must hears please let me know.
also this is a great place to get essentially every circulating show in Mp3: https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p8WKkpP-TKpO1VnQgcff6EQ&gid=7
Must hears: Go to the remasters section of the spreadsheet and download 1997-02-17 | First ever Carini - the show is incredible and the remaster sounds beautiful
Good to have you.
For your listening pleasure, I would recommend 2/28/03 and 6/20/04 -- two of my faves from my preferred era of Phish.
For your listening pleasure, I would recommend 2/28/03 and 6/20/04 -- two of my faves from my preferred era of Phish.
Night 1
http://archive.org/details/1999-04-15.paf.sbd.unknown.4151.sbeok.flacf
Night 2
http://archive.org/details/1999-04-16.paf.sbd.unknown.10169.sbeok.flacf
Night 3
http://archive.org/details/1999-04-17.paf.sbd.miller.25297.sbeok.flacf
Possibly the best chunk of free music any group of artists has ever released.
I would definitely suggest picking up Colorado 88 from livephish.com if you're into early stuff. You should also check out the Whipping Post Jam" from 1985-11-23, which is available on the spreadsheet. Quality is very low, but it's still worth the listen and, IMO, is a must hear.
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