Soundcheck: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, The Asse Festival, Eliza
SET 1: The Landlady, Possum[1], The Lizards, Foam, Uncle Pen, Llama, The Squirming Coil, The Asse Festival, I Didn't Know, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove
SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > Divided Sky, Tweezer > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony, Dinner and a Movie > Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself[2] > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars[3]
ENCORE: Jesus Just Left Chicago[3], Fire[3]
The Eliza played during soundcheck was twice the normal tempo. The Possum intro contained Charlie Chan and Oom Pa Pa signals. Rocky Mountain Way was teased prior to the start of the second set and in Tweezer. Suzy contained a Woody Woodpecker theme tease from Trey. Oh Kee Pa was teased before and during Tweezer. YEM through the end of the show featured John Popper on harmonica; Popper also scat sang during YEM. This was the first Phish performance to be booked by Jason Colton. Some recordings that circulate with this date mislabel the venue as the Barrymore Theatre.
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Theme from Woody Woodpecker tease in Suzy Greenberg, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony and Rocky Mountain Way teases in Tweezer
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, attached to 1990-11-08
The sound check here is kind of interesting with its Eliza that appears to have been crossed with Foam, and a bass intro from Mike the 2nd time through taboot. But enough of the soundcheck, it's time for ENGLISH BEAT WITH THE SPECIALS!!!! What? Oh, that's next week. Sorry. The Phish from Vermont! First set is fairly average. Some flubbage in Possum (which finishes strong) and Foam. A slowed-down version of Llama, which I kind of like, but it doesn't have the typical "taboot" ending, just the chorus repeated several times. Also, there is an extended drum intro to Asse Festival, which is interesting.
Second set is fun. Suzy is decent and has a nice > into Divided Sky, and the Tweezer is pretty good, too. I don't know that I've ever heard Oh Kee Pa standing alone before, seems weird not to have it lead into Suzy or AC/DC or YEM. Anyhoo, we do get a YEM a couple songs later, and though Page struggles a bit at the start, it's a pretty darn good YEM due to John Popper absolutely tearing it up on the harmonica. I really don't like Blues Traveler at all, but man, Popper can play that thing. And a set-closing Big Black Furry Popper From Mars is interesting, too.
One drawback of this recording is that, while it's a soundboard, the levels are kind of all over the place. Trey is way high for most of it, but when Popper comes in he drowns everything out. And Mike is faint, as usual. Despite that, though, I wouldn't feel right calling this an "average" show given the YEM with Popper and a few other nice moments, so I will go 4 Stars. That's probably inflated a bit, but oh well. Enjoy!
Review by TheEmu
The sound check here is kind of interesting with its Eliza that appears to have been crossed with Foam, and a bass intro from Mike the 2nd time through taboot. But enough of the soundcheck, it's time for ENGLISH BEAT WITH THE SPECIALS!!!! What? Oh, that's next week. Sorry. The Phish from Vermont! First set is fairly average. Some flubbage in Possum (which finishes strong) and Foam. A slowed-down version of Llama, which I kind of like, but it doesn't have the typical "taboot" ending, just the chorus repeated several times. Also, there is an extended drum intro to Asse Festival, which is interesting.Second set is fun. Suzy is decent and has a nice > into Divided Sky, and the Tweezer is pretty good, too. I don't know that I've ever heard Oh Kee Pa standing alone before, seems weird not to have it lead into Suzy or AC/DC or YEM. Anyhoo, we do get a YEM a couple songs later, and though Page struggles a bit at the start, it's a pretty darn good YEM due to John Popper absolutely tearing it up on the harmonica. I really don't like Blues Traveler at all, but man, Popper can play that thing. And a set-closing Big Black Furry Popper From Mars is interesting, too.
One drawback of this recording is that, while it's a soundboard, the levels are kind of all over the place. Trey is way high for most of it, but when Popper comes in he drowns everything out. And Mike is faint, as usual. Despite that, though, I wouldn't feel right calling this an "average" show given the YEM with Popper and a few other nice moments, so I will go 4 Stars. That's probably inflated a bit, but oh well. Enjoy!
, attached to 1990-11-08
The last seven digital sources that preceded this show were such a treat!
Although this is a SBD source it leaves a lot to be desired given how degraded the tapes were. Still an enjoyable listen nonetheless. Art did a great job with what he had to work with here.
The recording kicks off with a nice soundcheck. Kevin featured this Eliza on his FTA show at the Great Went. Really cool uptempo version of Eliza.
Nice Landlady to open the show.
The Possum that follows absolutely rips! You can tell Trey is pumped up by the enthusiastic audience. Another really nice Llama. The levels gradually drop during Trey’s solo. The Asse Festival starts with another drum solo from Fish similar to 10/1 & 10/5. Trey introduces Henrietta for I Didn’t Know. Did Fish retire his Zero Man costume? Strong Mike’s Groove to close the first half. Groove was the highlight per usual.
The set starts off with Trey teasing Rocky Mountain Way. Solid versions of Suzy and Sky to open the set. They start up Oh Kee Pa but abort it and head into Tweezer teasing Oh Kee Pa again briefly. Strong Tweezer with a brief Rocky Mountain Way tease. A standalone Oh Kee Pa is up next. DaaM predictably transitions into Bouncin’. Popper joins Phish onstage for a great YEM and even participates during the vocal jam. He adds a unique twist to the BBFCFM set closer. For the encore I thought for sure they’d play Don’t Get Me Wrong, but instead they go with well played versions of Jesus Left and Fire. The interplay between Trey and Popper during Fire is fantastic!
Review by thelot
The last seven digital sources that preceded this show were such a treat!Although this is a SBD source it leaves a lot to be desired given how degraded the tapes were. Still an enjoyable listen nonetheless. Art did a great job with what he had to work with here.
The recording kicks off with a nice soundcheck. Kevin featured this Eliza on his FTA show at the Great Went. Really cool uptempo version of Eliza.
Nice Landlady to open the show.
The Possum that follows absolutely rips! You can tell Trey is pumped up by the enthusiastic audience. Another really nice Llama. The levels gradually drop during Trey’s solo. The Asse Festival starts with another drum solo from Fish similar to 10/1 & 10/5. Trey introduces Henrietta for I Didn’t Know. Did Fish retire his Zero Man costume? Strong Mike’s Groove to close the first half. Groove was the highlight per usual.
The set starts off with Trey teasing Rocky Mountain Way. Solid versions of Suzy and Sky to open the set. They start up Oh Kee Pa but abort it and head into Tweezer teasing Oh Kee Pa again briefly. Strong Tweezer with a brief Rocky Mountain Way tease. A standalone Oh Kee Pa is up next. DaaM predictably transitions into Bouncin’. Popper joins Phish onstage for a great YEM and even participates during the vocal jam. He adds a unique twist to the BBFCFM set closer. For the encore I thought for sure they’d play Don’t Get Me Wrong, but instead they go with well played versions of Jesus Left and Fire. The interplay between Trey and Popper during Fire is fantastic!
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