Spreadsheet Updates - 2/22/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-05-06 - Tower Theater
1994-05-07 - The Bomb Factory
1994-05-08 - The Backyard
1994-05-10 - Paolo Soleri Amphitheatre
1994-05-12 - Buena Vista Theater

Listening Party: 7/24/1998

Friday, 07/24/1998 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX

Set 1: The Moma Dance > Runaway Jim, Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, My Soul, Taste, Golgi Apparatus, Loving Cup

Set 2: Wolfman's Brother > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Scent of a Mule > Ha Ha Ha -> Scent of a Mule, Slave to the Traffic Light > Chalk Dust Torture

Encore: Character Zero

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Source: Matrix—ALD SBD

Highlights: Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother

Spreadsheet Updates - 2/21/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-04-29 - Boatyard Village Pavilion
1994-04-30 - The Edge Night Club
1994-05-02 - Five Points South Music Hall
1994-05-03 - Starwood Amphitheater
1994-05-04 - State Palace Theatre

Listening Party: 7/21/1998

Tuesday, 07/21/1998 Desert Sky Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

Set 1: AC/DC Bag, Fluffhead, Roggae, Tube, Sparkle, Cavern, Frankie Says > Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Mike's Song -> Simple -> Bittersweet Motel > Weekapaug Groove, Brian and Robert, Ghost -> She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride > Funky Bitch

Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

Notes: Tube was followed by a brief reprise of the jam section. Bittersweet Motel debuted at this show. She Caught the Katy was played for the first time since July 30, 1988 (1,037 shows).

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Source: B&K 4011

Highlights: Run Like an Antelope, Mike's Song, Ghost

Listening Party: 7/20/1998

Monday, 07/20/1998 Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA

Set 1: Bathtub Gin, Dirt, Poor Heart, Lawn Boy, My Sweet One, Birds of a Feather, Theme From the Bottom, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Drowned -> Makisupa Policeman> Maze, Sea and Sand, Prince Caspian > Harry Hood

Encore: Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, Halley's Comet

Notes: Poor Heart featured several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending. Makisupa included a long, atypical jam. Sea and Sand (first since NYE 1995, or 166 shows) was an appropriate choice, given the venue’s location near the beach. Sexual Healing made its Phish debut at this show with Fishman reading the lyrics off the back of a show poster. As delay loops built to end Halley’s Comet, the band left the stage one by one.

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Source: B&K 4011

Highlights: Bathtub Gin, Drowned > Makisupa Policeman > Maze, Harry Hood

Spreadsheet Updates - 2/16/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-04-23 - The Fox Theatre
1994-04-26 - Purple Dragon Recording Studios
1994-04-28 - SunFest

Listening Party: 7/19/1998

Sunday, 07/19/1998 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Set 1: The Moma Dance, Beauty of My Dreams > Sample in a Jar, Guyute, Ghost > Limb By Limb, Roggae, You Enjoy Myself

Set 2: Llama, Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Tweezer -> Jesus Just Left Chicago, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Jam -> Down with Disease

Encore: Possum > Tweezer Reprise

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Source: Neumann KM140

Highlights: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters

Listening Party: 7/17/1998

Friday, 07/17/1998 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: Makisupa Policeman > Ya Mar, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Waste, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, My Soul

Set 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song > Weekapaug Groove > Character Zero

Encore: Punch You In the Eye > Rocky Top

Notes: Gumbo included a Manteca tease. This unfinished Weekapaug included syncopated jamming and a Who Knows tease.

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Source: B&K 4011 mics (front right corner of left taping section)

Highlights: Gumbo, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Mike's Song > Weekapaug Groove

Listening Party: 7/16/1998

Thursday, 07/16/1998 Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA

Set 1: The Squirming Coil, NICU, Stash, Reba, Fast Enough for You > When the Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope

Set 2: Julius, The Moma Dance > Piper, Axilla > David Bowie, Tube, Slave to the Traffic Light

Encore: Sample in a Jar

Notes: Stash included a Manteca tease.

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Source: DAUD B&K4021

Highlights: Reba, Run Like an Antelope, David Bowie

Spreadsheet Updates - 2/14/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-04-18 - Bob Carpenter Center, University of Delaware
1994-04-20 - Virginia Horse Center
1994-04-21 - Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
1994-04-22 - Township Auditorium

Listening Party: 7/15/1998

Wednesday, 07/15/1998 Portland Meadows, Portland, OR
Soundcheck: The Way I Feel Jam

Set 1: Wolfman's Brother, Water in the Sky, The Moma Dance, Guyute, Horn -> Jam > Chalk Dust Torture, Brian and Robert, Beauty of My Dreams, Cars Trucks Buses, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Loving Cup

Set 2: Limb By Limb -> Simple > Tweezer -> California Love Jam -> Tweezer -> Free, Meat, Harry Hood

Encore: Wilson, Tweezer Reprise

Notes: Some humor surrounded the Guyute ending; fans of stage banter will want to seek this segment out. This show was officially released as Live Phish 17.

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Source: Set I - Schoeps CMC64, Set II - Neumann KMi84

My highlights: Horn -> Jam > Chalk Dust Torture, Tweezer -> California Love Jam -> Free

Spreadsheet Updates - 2/13/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-04-06 - Concert Hall
1994-04-09 - Broome County Arena
1994-04-10 - Alumni Arena, SUNY Buffalo
1994-04-11 - Snivley Arena, University of New Hampshire
1994-04-13 - WNEW Studios
1994-04-13 - Beacon Theatre
1994-04-14 - Beacon Theatre
1994-04-15 - Beacon Theatre
1994-04-16 - Mullins Center, University of Massachusetts
1994-04-17 - Patriot Center, George Mason University

Listening Party Kickoff

As of tomorrow the first Listening Party will be officially underway. We will be starting with a 12 show run from the summer of 1998. This will include the 1998 US Summer Tour opener (7/15/1998) through the end of July (7/31/1998). Please feel free to make suggestions for future runs for us to go through.

Enjoy!

Speadsheet Updates - 2/12/2010

Now available in the new format:

1994-04-04 - The Flynn Theatre
1994-04-05 - The Metropolis
1995-07-13 - Ed Sullivan Theater

And another thing...

Now that I think about this a little more, I've come up with a secondary use for the blog, as well. A while ago, my brother and I decided to start picking entire tours or months in Phish history and listening to them straight through. We started with Fall 97 then moved to August 93 (both no-brainers). We've now just started Summer 98 (US Tour). Anyways, as we started telling friends about this, a lot of people joined the party. Now, we have a good chunk of people listening and we all shoot emails back and forth about highlights, song selection, etc. Very similar to the emails we all share as the band is on the road.

So...I thought, why not include everyone in this listening party? I thought that I could post a show per day (or every other day) and have everyone able to join in and post comments about their thoughts.

Let me know what you think?

Welcome to THE SPREADSHEET blog!

I thought it might be time for me to create a blog for THE SPREADSHEET. I will be posting the updates here, as well as making random comments about shows/jams I have been listening to recently. Please feel free to use this a a forum to comment about anything relating to the spreadsheet, including better sources available, soundboards that have not been posted, etc.

Hope you enjoy!