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Phish 02/20/88
ATO Fraternity House, St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, NY
Set I
Soundcheck: Golgi Apparatus

SET 1: Funky Bitch, Golgi Apparatus, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train > Possum, Phase Dance, Good Times Bad Times, Skin It Back, David Bowie
Set II
Wilson, I Didn't Know, Fluffhead, Fire, Fee, You Enjoy Myself > Divided Sky, AC/DC Bag > Whipping Post, Slave to the Traffic Light

ENCORE: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Set III
BBFCM
Comment
This show was an ATO Pledge Party and previously circulated as September 27, 1987. Trey teased Who Knows in Fire and DEG in Whipping Post. There was a third set to this show but copies do not circulate and no list is known. Some copies of this show in circulation are incomplete and out of order. These copies are usually mislabeled as “Pledge Party, Burlington, VT.” Other copies circulate with the complete recording (except for BBFCFM) but have Slave before Bowie; this order is incorrect. Good Times Bad Times, Slave to the Traffic Light, and Big Black Furry Creature From Mars were shot from a video by (or for) Mike. It is unclear whether BBFCFM closed the set or was the encore because a recording of it does not circulate.

Setlist incomplete. A third set was played.

Notes from Scott Judd, a member of the ATO Fraternity House where this show was performed:

This performance has circulated dated 09/27/87. Charlie Dirksen from Phish.net suggested that various musical elements of this show, along with the presence of a few videos in the band's archive, almost certainly dated this show to Feb 20, 1988. With this information, along with input from several friends who were also in attendance, we concluded with a high degree of certainty that 2/20/88 is the correct date, replacing the originally listed date of 9/27/87.

The presence of Phase Dance (Pat Metheny) was a key distinguishing factor in correcting the date, as this song was only performed by Phish four times, all in Feb. 1988. Charlie also noted that this particular arrangement of Fluffhead is consistent with the revised date, and would NOT have been consistent with Sept. '87 renditions.

Given the corrected date of 2/20/88, prior notes about this tape containing the first ever version of I Didn't Know have been removed.

Charlie Dirksen tells me the band's archive contains as-yet-unseen video of Good Times Bad Times, Slave to the Traffic Light, and BBFCM from this show, presumably shot with Mike Gordon's personal video camera. BBFCM does not appear on any circulating recordings, but is vaguely recollected to have come from a short third set on this date.

This was one of Phish's first shows outside of Vermont. Our fraternity (ATO), having completely exhausted the limited stock of quality area bands at prior events, hired Phish with no prior knowledge of their music, not even so much as a demo, based on a recommendation from a friend-of-a-friend in Burlington, VT. I had the good fortune of assisting the band with load-in and setup, which resulted in a private performance of Golgi Aparatus during soundcheck. Needless to say I was mightily impressed, and spent much of my evening spreading the word to friends about the upcoming show.
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(4508) View Source   
SBD > Cass/0 > NAD 6300 > midiman > WAV > Soundforge NR > CDWav > SHN
(117736) View Source   
flac16; SBD > Cassette/2; Tascam 122 MK III (playback) > ProTools HD3 (capture: 44.1kHz/16bit) > SSL AWS 900+ Analogue Work Station > Noise Reduction > EQ > Playback Level Correction > WAV > FLAC; Transferred by Adam Yoffe
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Jud (5/5) SHN / 2 A- View 4508 cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
Notes: SHNs Available
Jonathan (5/0) / 2 View 4508
Notes: Fileset in Archive.
PhishJY (5/5) CD / 2 View 4508
Notes: 32
PhishJY (5/5) CD / 2 View 117736
John Champion (5/5) / 2 9 View   cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
MrSteve (5/0) cd / 2 A- View 4508
Notes: sbd>c>dat>cd
Holden Caulfield (5/5) shn / 2 View 4508
Holden Caulfield (5/5) flac / 0 View 117736
Keith Deshane (5/0) / 0 View 117736
cutter317 (5/0) CDR / 2 A A View 4508
Notes: A rare slice of Phish history from outside VT, before they toured regularly. ATO was a very partying deadhead frat, famous for good parties with an emphasis on music. This show (an ATO Pledge Party) includes the first known performance of "I Didn’t Know" and the first known Phish performance of "Phase Dance." There was a third set to this show but copies do not circulate and no list is known. Some copies of this show in circulation are incomplete and out of order. These copies are usually mislabeled as “Pledge Party, Burlington, VT.” Other copies circulate with the complete recording but have "Slave" before "Bowie;" this order is incorrect.
Marc Dreilinger (5/2.3) SHN / 2 View 4508 SBD > Cass/0 > NAD 6300 > midiman > WAV > Soundforge NR > CDWav > SHN
Notes: Archived Box 3 Disc 2
Jack (5/4.3) CDR / 2 A A View  
Brian (5/5) Shn / 2 View  
keith scherer (5/5) SHN / 2 A View 4508 cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
Notes: HEY, Its a great frat party!
michael webster (5/5) cdr / 2 A View  
Notes: SBD
Ifthir (5/0) .shn / 0 View 4508
Ryan Boone (5/5) shn / 2 View 4508 csbd
Notes: cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
Brandon Johnston (5/4.9) SHN,CDR / 2 View 4508 Sbd>cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
Jeff Mitchell (5/0) / 0 View 4508
Jeff Mitchell (5/0) / 0 View 117736
Waz (5/5) SHN / 2 A A- View 4508 SBD > Cass/0 > NAD 6300 > midiman > WAV > Soundforge NR > CDWav > SHN
Notes: (4508) SBD > Cass/0 > NAD 6300 > midiman > WAV > Soundforge NR > CDWav > SHN
Jon Pavuk (5/4.3) SHN / 2 A A View 4508 cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
mirkman (5/1) / 0 View  
Notes: sbd
Ben Mohr (5/5) SHN / 2 View 4508 SBD > Cass/0 > Nak 6300 tape deck > Midiman > wav > Soundforge NR > CDWav > SHN
Jordan Jacobs (5/3) SHN / 0 View   AUD
Notes: cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise reduction>cdwav>shn
ytowndan (5/0) / 0 View 4508 cass>NAD 6300 tape deck>midiman p.c. card>wav>soundforge noise...
ed (5/0) wav,shn / 2 a a View   sbd
wedsong1 (5/4.9) CDR / 2 A View  
GBL (5/0) / 0 View 4508
Ben Wirth (5/5) SHN / 0 View 4508