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Phish - October 17th, 1996

Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State University · State College · PA

Thursday1996 Fall Tour1996-10-17
Songs played
19
3 sets · longest: Set 1 (10)
Average gap
2.8
rarer than 8% of all shows, 4% of 1996
Biggest bustout
-
no 50+ gap songs
Debuts
1
The Star-Spangled Banner
Rotation11% fresh vs previous 5 shows1 repeat from 1996-10-16 - Character Zero
Setlist
🎧 Listen on phish.in2:15:02
Set 1
Also Sprach Zarathustra4:45 > Funky Bitch5:50,Sparkle3:49 > Tweezer9:11 > Theme from the Bottom8:14,Talk3:49,Punch You in the Eye7:58,Character Zero5:36,A Day in the Life4:29,Tweezer Reprise3:08
Set 2
Ya Mar7:54,Chalk Dust Torture6:52,Bathtub Gin9:34,Scent of a Mule12:20,Free7:48,The Lizards10:48,The Star-Spangled Bannerdebut11:55,David Bowie16:00
Encore
Golgi Apparatus4:59
Gamehendge1/9Related to Gamehendge1/11

1 Phish debut.

(Surrender to the) Flow of the night
2:15:02 of music

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

16:008:00SET 1SET 2ENCOREAlso Sprach Zarathustra - 4:45 (Set 1)Funky Bitch - 5:50 (Set 1)Sparkle - 3:49 (Set 1)Tweezer - 9:11 (Set 1)Theme from the Bottom - 8:14 (Set 1)Talk - 3:49 (Set 1)Punch You in the Eye - 7:58 (Set 1)Character Zero - 5:36 (Set 1)A Day in the Life - 4:29 (Set 1)Tweezer Reprise - 3:08 (Set 1)Ya Mar - 7:54 (Set 2)Chalk Dust Torture - 6:52 (Set 2)Bathtub Gin - 9:34 (Set 2)Scent of a Mule - 12:20 (Set 2)Free - 7:48 (Set 2)The Lizards - 10:48 (Set 2)The Star-Spangled Banner - 1:55 (Set 2)David Bowie - 16:00 (Set 2)Golgi Apparatus - 4:59 (Encore)
Longest: David Bowie 16:00 · 19 songs with recorded lengths
When it debuted

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

  • '83-'897
  • '90-'946
  • '95-'006
Album representation

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

  • Billy Breathes4
  • A Picture of Nectar3
  • Junta2
  • Hoist1
  • Lawn Boy1
  • Rift1
  • Covers5
  • No studio album2
Gap since last played

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

  • 1-28
  • 3-59
  • 6-151
Originals vs covers

Whose songbook tonight drew from.

  • Phish original14
  • Cyril Ferguson1
  • Francis Scott Key1
  • Son Seals1
  • Strauss, as interpreted by Deodato1
  • The Beatles1
Rarity board

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

Funky Bitchgap 11
Also Sprach Zarathustragap 3
Sparklegap 3
Theme from the Bottomgap 3
Talkgap 3
Ya Margap 3
Chalk Dust Torturegap 3
Bathtub Gingap 3

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

Jam chart entries
Scent of a Mule

Guitar/vocal response by Trey. "DEG" -like jamming in Page's second solo by Page and Trey > klezmer and chanting.

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

Soundcheck

Funky Bitch, The Wedge, Talk, Billy Breathes, work on Billy Breathes

Setlist notes

The Star-Spangled Banner made its Phish debut at this show.

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

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