Earlier in the day, the Colorado Buffaloes football team had played the biggest game of the season against arch-rival Nebraska in Lincoln. Colorado running back Eric Bieniemy (despite fumbling 3 times) scored four 4th-quarter touchdowns and the Buffaloes won 27-12, setting them up for a chance at a national championship (which they won). Boulder was buzzing from the big win, and the excitement made its way into the show that evening. Trey dedicated Run Like an Antelope to Eric Bieniemy, and Fire to "Ralph the buffalo" (actually "Ralphie", the CU live buffalo mascot).

The Fall 1990 Colorado run seems to be much better received than the rest of 1990 for a lot of Phish.net. What does this mean? Well, I have a feeling it means that much of Phish.net that are scoring these shows have not listened to most of the rest of 1990!

While there are some good things to be found here (including a fantastic AUD recording that is cleaner than just about anything else you could hear from this era), this is mostly just another 1990 Phish show. Apart from an early, well-played Llama, and tight performances of just about every Phish standard (see: Possum), there's just not a lot to sink your teeth into. Give it a shot, as usual, if you're looking for an example of what the band was like during those years where mega jams didn't grow on trees. Well played songs by the greatest band ever, but not much else. 3 stars.

The acoustics of the Boulder Theater make for a fantastic Multi-Track Recording. Every instrument is mixed perfectly.

The set starts off with an MC introducing the band and letting the audience know that the band has sold out their first four shows in Colorado and will continue to keep selling out shows. How did he know?? lol A standard DaaM>Bouncin’ pairing kicks off the evening. Llama rips. The set overall is pretty standard fair for Fall ‘90. Highlighted by a nice Jim and YEM.

The second half starts out with a nice Landlady/Mike’s Groove combo. Groove was the highlight per usual. It’s kind of funny that Trey is still singing Haul and Silas this far into the tour. I’m curious when he finds out it’s actually Paul & Silas. Stash is short and sweet. Decent versions of Reba and Possum. Fish must’ve forgotten to wear his Zero Man costume again like he did in Crested Butte because Trey introduces him as Henrietta tonight. Antelope is dedicated to Eric the Enemy. Trey introduces the song as “Run Like an Antelope Out of Control”
Pretty straightforward version to wrap up set 2. A Fluffhead/Fire double encore ends the show on a high note.