Harris-Millis Cafeteria - University of Vermont·Burlington, VT
8 SONGS17m
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AUDIO ANALYSIS QUEUEDLIBROSA · WAVEFORM ANALYSIS PENDINGSCORE WILL APPEAR HERE WHEN READY
SHOW ID#2
Setlist8 SONGS · 1 SEGUES
SET 10:006 songs
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
01
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Proud Mary
02
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In the Midnight Hour
03
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Squeeze Box
04
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Roadhouse Blues
05
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Happy Birthday to You
06
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SET 20:172 songs
Scarlet Begonias
07·9:18·>
47SCORE
Fire on the Mountain
08·7:53
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Trey, Mike, Fish, and Jeff Holdsworth performed what is believed to be their first public gig together as Phish on this night. The band was short on equipment, so a hockey stick was used as a microphone stand. Between sets, the DJ spun some Michael Jackson and Trey drummed along to the album. The house music (which included more Michael Jackson) was presumably turned up after Fire on the Mountain to drown out the band. The setlist may be incomplete, though, as the master recording contains nothing after Treyâs sarcastic comments about Michael Jackson following Fire on the Mountain. All songs were, of course, Phish debuts. Back in Black was teased before Scarlet Begonias. While this show is often billed as an ROTC Halloween Dance that took place on October 30, 1983, this is incorrect. The master copy of the recording of this show, as unearthed by Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro, contains a handwritten note that pegs the date as December 2, 1983. In discussions with Kevin, band members confirmed that they recall rehearsing for this show over the Thanksgiving Break, and that the show was a Christmas semi-formal. Also, it was not an ROTC-sponsored event; it was a dorm dance in a predominantly ROTC dorm (Mikeâs dorm at the time). It was long believed that the band's name for this show was "Blackwood Convention" but Trey advised in a 2019 radio interview that "we were never fucking called 'Blackwood Convention.'"
By the numbers8 STATS
RUNTIME17mwith break
LONGEST9:18SCARLET BEGONIAS
SHORTEST7:53FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
AVG SONG8:35across 2
JAM CHRT0none
SEGUES10.13 per song
DEBUTS0no firsts
JAM TIME50%of 17 min
SONG DURATIONS · 8 IN ORDER0–10 MIN
SCARLET BEGONIAS 9:18
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