Summer 96 Setlists

8/2/96

Wolf Mountain, Park City, UT

I:   Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Ya Mar, Down With Disease, Guelah Papyrus,
     Poor Heart, Foam, Theme from The Bottom, Golgi Apparatus, Tweezer,
     Ragtime Gal, Possum

II:  Runaway Jim, Simple, Taste, Free, Fluffhead, Prince Caspian**,
     The Horse > Silent in the Morning, Run Like An Antelope

E:   Punch You In the Eye


* Page, solo on Theremin
** New arrangement



8/4/96

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO

I:   Chalk Dust Torture, Funky Bitch, Guyute, Fee, Split Open and Melt,
     The Mango Song, The Sloth, Maze, Loving Cup

II:  AC/DC Bag > Reba > Scent of a Mule, Sample in a Jar, David Bowie,
     Sweet Adeline*, Slave to the Traffic Light

E:   Theme to Star Trek: The Original Series**, Rockytop

* Acapella, w/ mics
** Page solo on Theremin



8/5/96

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO

I:   Wilson, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Divided Sky*, The Wolfman's Brother,
     Foam, If I Could, Julius, The Squirming Coil

II:  Also Sprach Zarathustra, Down with Disease >It's Ice, Halley's Comet >
     Somewhere Over the Rainbow*, Waste#, Talk***#, Trainsong#,
     Strange Design#, Amazing Grace****, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen >
     Weekapaug Groove

E:   Cavern

* During the silent part everyone sat down by instruction of the Group
  Crowd Ideas at Red Rocks flier.
** Theremin
# Page on a smaller piano, Trey on acoustic, Mike on acoustic bass, and
  Fishman on a smaller drumset.
*** 1st time played
**** Acapella, w/ mics



8/6/96

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO

I:   Makisupa Policeman, Rift#, Suzie Greenberg, Simple, Theme from the Bottom,
    Lizards, Dinner and a Movie, Horn, Run Like An Antelope##

II:  The Curtain > Tweezer*, Prince Caspian, A Day in the Life,
     Big Black Furry Creatures from Mars**, Purple Rain, Harry Hood >
     Tweezer Reprise

E:   Johnny B. Goode

# "This is Red Rocks, This is the Edge" from Trey during the break in Rift
## "21 year old Phish Fan Marcus Esquandolius" substituted for "Marco
Esquandolas" (in reference to a quoted fan in a newspaper article on the
disturbance in Morrison on 8/5)
* Norwegian Wood jam
** Thunder, lightning and rain starting in Creature and continuing through
the end of the set.


8/7/96

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison CO

I:   Punch You in the Eye, Sparkle, Stash, Ya Mar*, Gumbo, Taste, Lawn Boy,
     99 Years**, Ode to a Dream**, Doin' My Time**

II:  Runaway Jim***, Free, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > narration**** >
     Famous Mockingbird, Possum, Life on Mars, You Enjoy Myself,
     Ragtime Gal#

E:   Bouncing Around the Room, Golgi Apparatus

*  Trey thanks the audience, salutes a Colorado swimmer who won two gold
medals at the Olympics and announces that a special guest will come out
later in the set.
**  With Tim O'Brien on mandolin, acoustic guitar and lead vocal
*** Gypsy Queen jam
**** Giant Iguana takes us to Mars (to check out the Life on Mars :-))
# acapella, with mics




8/10/96

Alpine Valley, East Troy WI

I:   My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, AC/DC Bag, Fee, Reba, I Didn't Know,
     The Horse, Silent In the Morning, Rift, Bathtub Gin*, Cavern

II:  Wilson, Down With Disease, Scent of a Mule, Free, Fluffhead, Hold Your
     Head Up**, Whipping Post, Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, A Day in
the Life

E:   Contact, Fire


* Soul Sacrifice jam
** extended



8/12/96

Deer Creek Amphitheatre, Noblesville IN

I:   Ya Mar, Split Open and Melt, Esther, Chalk Dust Torture, Weigh,
     It's Ice, Dog Faced Boy, Taste, Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > Suzie Greenberg

II:  Timber Ho!, Sparkle, Simple, Prince Caspian > McGrupp and the Watchful
     Hosemasters, Run Like An Antelope, Ragtime Gal, Golgi Apparatus,
     Possum*

E:   Sample in a Jar

*  Language, All Fall Down & Simpson's


8/13/96

Deer Creek Amphitheatre, Nobelsville IN

I:   Divided Sky, Tube, Tela, Maze, Fast Enough For You, My Old Home Place,
     Punch You in the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light

II:  AC/DC Bag*, Lizards, Mike's Song > Lifeboy,  Weekapaug Groove >
     Somewhere Over the Rainbow**, Waste***, Trainsong***, Strange Design***,
     Sweet Adeline#, David Bowie

E:   Sleeping Monkey, Rockytop

* "Cool little groove" before AC/DC Bag
** Page solo on Theremin
*** acoustic mini-stage
# acapella



8/14/96

Hershey Park Arena, Hershey PA

I:   Wilson > Jam > Down With Disease, Fee > Poor Heart, Reba,
     The Mango Song, Gumbo, Stash, Ragtime Gal*

II:  Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, The Horse > Silent in the Morning,
     Cars Trucks and Buses, Tweezer, Theme from the Bottom, Hold Your
     Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Sample In a Jar >
     Tweezer Reprise

E:   Julius**

* acapella
** Dedicated to Brad Sands' brother Matty



8/16/96
The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh NY

I:    Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther,
      Divided Sky#, Halley's Comet, David Bowie

II:   Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste*, Talk*,
      Trainsong*, Strange Design*, Ragtime Gal**, Mike's Song > Simple >
      Contact > Weekapaug Groove

III:  Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Down With Disease > NICU,
      Life on Mars, Harry Hood*** > Fireworks Jam***

E:    Amazing Grace**


# with pause for Fishman
* acoustic mini-set
** acapella
*** with fireworks

After the show, Phish played a mini-set of mellow songs/jams on a flatbed
truck that toured the campground.  This lasted 30-45 min.


8/17/96

The Clifford Ball, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Plattsburgh, NY

I:    My Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Reba, Cars Trucks and Buses,
      Lizards, Sample In a Jar, Taste, Fee, Maze, Suzie Greenberg

Orchestral set:  The Clifford Ball Orchestra (which did not include Phish)
played:
     Debussy: Nocturnes (2 movements), Ravel: Pavane Pour une Enfante
Defunte, Debussy: Claire de Lune, Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin (2 movements),
Chavrier: Joyeux Muse, Faure: Pelleas et Mellisandre (2 movements),
Stravinsky: The Firebird (2 movements)

II:   %, The Curtain, Runaway Jim, It's Ice, Brother*, Fluffhead,
      Run Like an Antelope**, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light

III:  Wilson, Frankenstein, Scent of a Mule***, Tweezer#, A Day in the Life,
      Possum, Tweezer Reprise##

E:    Harpua###

% Before the second set, Trey paid tribute to Aaron Stein (of Syracuse), who
was sitting front row center every show of the tour.
* With Ben & Jerry on guest vocals
** A woman acrobat twirling in the rigging, or some circus-like thing similar.
*** Page/Fishman duel instead of the typical Page/Trey duel
# With big trampolines on either side of the stage and more circus stuff
## A stunt plane circles around
### Also with the stunt plane, a short Harpua missing the "Oom Pah Pah" opening
and cut short, someone jumped onstage.

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