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Phish - September 8th, 1988

The Front · Burlington · VT

Thursday1988 Tour1988-09-08
Songs played
16
2 sets · longest: Set 1 (8)
Average gap
17.3
rarer than 77% of all shows, 94% of 1988
Biggest bustout
149
Wild Child - shows since last played
Debuts
0
9 covers played
Rotation50% fresh vs previous 5 shows0 repeats from 1988-08-30
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in1:46:27
Set 1
Peaches en Regalia2:47 > Walk Away3:50,Slave to the Traffic Light9:28,Wild Child6:00,AC/DC Bag6:26,Colonel Forbin's Ascent6:48 > Fly Famous Mockingbird7:28,Bold As Love6:42
Set 2
Possum8:21,You Enjoy Myself17:55,🍞Cities17:11 -> Dave's Energy Guide > Cities🍞,Good Times Bad Times5:29,On Your Way Down4:05 > Whipping Post13:56
Gamehendge4/9bustout50+ show gap

1 Cities Sandwich: Cities bookended Dave's Energy Guide in Set 2 - the 3rd on record, the first since August 22nd, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
1:46:27 of music

Song length in play order. Tap a point for that song. Swipe the chart to see the rest.

17:558:58SET 1SET 2Peaches en Regalia - 2:47 (Set 1)Walk Away - 3:50 (Set 1)Slave to the Traffic Light - 9:28 (Set 1)Wild Child - 6:00 (Set 1)AC/DC Bag - 6:26 (Set 1)Colonel Forbin's Ascent - 6:48 (Set 1)Fly Famous Mockingbird - 7:28 (Set 1)Bold As Love - 6:42 (Set 1)Possum - 8:21 (Set 2)You Enjoy Myself - 17:55 (Set 2)Cities - 7:11 (Set 2)Good Times Bad Times - 5:29 (Set 2)On Your Way Down - 4:05 (Set 2)Whipping Post - 13:56 (Set 2)
Longest: You Enjoy Myself 17:55 · 14 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8915
Album representation

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

  • The White Tape3
  • Covers8
  • No studio album4
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-21
  • 3-56
  • 6-155
  • 16-502
  • 51+ · bustout1
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original7
  • Allen Toussaint1
  • Frank Zappa1
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Lou Reed1
  • Talking Heads1
  • The Allman Brothers Band1
  • The James Gang1
Rarity board

Rarer than most - 1 song shelved 50+ shows.

Wild Childgap 149
Bold As Lovegap 18
On Your Way Downgap 16
Slave to the Traffic Lightgap 14
Peaches en Regaliagap 9
Whipping Postgap 9
AC/DC Baggap 8
Possumgap 8

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

Jam chart entries
Whipping Post

The second jam has some great strumming action from Trey, B-3 and keyboard musings from Page, a near stoppage, then Trey sounds like a demon possessed as they bring the jam back to "Whipping Post" to conclude.

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

Setlist notes

This was definitely a three-set show, although a setlist for the third set is not known. Apparently, the lone taper’s ride home from the show had to leave early! Wild Child was played for the first time since September 27, 1985 (149 shows).

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

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