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Phish - November 23rd, 1985

Goddard College · Plainfield · VT

Saturday1985 Tour1985-11-23
Songs played
5
2 sets · longest: Set 2 (4)
Average gap
6.0
rarer than 50% of 1985 shows
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
1
Wild Thing
Rotation40% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1985-11-14
Mike's Groove1/3

1 First known Phish performance.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
44:53 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song.

27:2713:43SET 2Mike's Song - 4:37 (Set 2)Whipping Post - 27:27 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 9:06 (Set 2)Dave's Energy Guide - 3:43 (Set 2)
Longest: Whipping Post 27:27 · 4 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

Tonight's unique songs by the era Phish first played them.

  • '83-'895
Album representation

The studio home of each song, from phish.net. Covers count as one slice.

  • The White Tape1
  • Covers2
  • No studio album2
Gap since last played

Shows since each song's previous appearance. A big number is a bustout.

  • 3-53
  • 6-151
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original3
  • The Allman Brothers Band1
  • The Wild Ones1
Rarity board

Gap = shows since the song was last played, at the moment it was played.

Jam chart entries
Whipping Post

Labeled "Whipping Post Jam" in the Setlist, little of this 27 minute open-ended improv session sounds anything like the song. It's more of an early example of the band's inherent improvisational nature. Even if not superb music, it's worth the journey back in time to hear where it all came from.

Versions phish.net's jam charts single out as noteworthy.

Setlist notes

This list for Set II is likely incomplete, as the only recording that circulates fades in and out at points. The “Whipping Post Jam” fades in after Mike’s Song on the recording that circulates. This “Jam” contained a jam reminiscent of Dark Star. It also featured Norwegian Wood teases from Mike, a Slave to the Traffic Light tease from Trey, and a jam reminiscent of the early intro to Harry Hood. Antelope fades in after the “Whipping Post Jam” fades out. The complete lists for Sets I (featuring the first known Phish performance of Wild Thing) and II are not known, although Mike has referenced the first set Wild Thing in interviews and in The Phish Book.

Setlist, gaps, jam charts, and notes from phish.net, a project of the non-profit Mockingbird Foundation.

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