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1988-10-291988-11-04

Phish - November 3rd, 1988

Molly's Cafe · Boston · MA

Thursday1988 Tour1988-11-03
Songs played
24
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (9)
Average gap
2.5
rarer than 5% of all shows, 10% of 1988
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
0
8 covers played
Rotation8% fresh vs previous 5 shows19 repeats from 1988-10-29 - Fire, Golgi Apparatus, Fluffhead, Fee, Alumni Blues, Letter to Jimmy Page, Alumni Blues, Time Loves a Hero, Walk Away, The Lizards, Whipping Post, Contact, Bold As Love, Take the 'A' Train, Run Like an Antelope, Suzy Greenberg, Foam, I Didn't Know, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:33:57
Set 1
Fire4:24,Golgi Apparatus6:04,Fluffhead15:08 > Possum7:21,Fee5:36,🍞Alumni Blues26:07 > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues🍞,Good Times Bad Times5:30
Set 2
Time Loves a Hero4:18,Walk Away4:44,The Lizards10:47,Shaggy Dog,Whipping Post10:00,Contact7:58,Bold As Love6:16,Take the 'A' Train4:41,Run Like an Antelope10:00
Set 3
Suzy Greenberg5:41,Foam7:09,I Didn't Know14:48,Big Black Furry Creature from Mars3:02,Harpua11:15,David Bowie9:22
HarpualegendaryGamehendge2/9Related to Gamehendge1/11

1 Fish on trombone.

2 Alumni Blues Sandwich: Alumni Blues bookended Letter to Jimmy Page in Set 1 - the 38th on record, the first since October 29th, 1988.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:33:57 of music

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

15:087:34SET 1SET 2SET 3Fire - 4:24 (Set 1)Golgi Apparatus - 6:04 (Set 1)Fluffhead - 15:08 (Set 1)Possum - 7:21 (Set 1)Fee - 5:36 (Set 1)Alumni Blues - 6:07 (Set 1)Good Times Bad Times - 5:30 (Set 1)Time Loves a Hero - 4:18 (Set 2)Walk Away - 4:44 (Set 2)The Lizards - 10:47 (Set 2)Whipping Post - 10:00 (Set 2)Contact - 7:58 (Set 2)Bold As Love - 6:16 (Set 2)Take the 'A' Train - 4:41 (Set 2)Run Like an Antelope - 10:00 (Set 2)Suzy Greenberg - 5:41 (Set 3)Foam - 7:09 (Set 3)I Didn't Know - 4:48 (Set 3)Big Black Furry Creature from Mars - 3:02 (Set 3)Harpua - 11:15 (Set 3)David Bowie - 9:22 (Set 3)
Longest: Fluffhead 15:08 · 21 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'8923
Album representation

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

  • Junta6
  • The White Tape3
  • Covers8
  • No studio album6
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-219
  • 3-52
  • 6-151
  • 16-501
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original15
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience2
  • Duke Ellington1
  • Led Zeppelin1
  • Little Feat1
  • Sam Hopkins1
  • The Allman Brothers Band1
  • The James Gang1
Rarity board

About as chalky as it gets - nothing shelved more than 50 shows.

Harpuagap 24
Shaggy Doggap 7
Good Times Bad Timesgap 3
David Bowiegap 3
Possumgap 2
Firegap 1
Golgi Apparatusgap 1
Fluffheadgap 1

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

Jam chart entries
Possum

> in from "Fluffhead." Solid early version with great playing by Trey, especially near the conclusion of the jam.

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

Soundcheck

Shaggy Dog, Foam

Setlist notes

Lizards was dedicated to Celia for cooking the band spaghetti before the show. Whipping Post included DEG teases and BBFCFM featured a Sailor's Hornpipe tease. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone.

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

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