PHISH

The Paradise

Boston, MA — January 26, 1989

Set 1

  • I Didn't Know
    4:03
  • Golgi Apparatus
    4:55
  • Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues
    6:10
  • You Enjoy Myself
    16:36
  • The Lizards
    10:08
  • Take the 'A' Train
    5:38
  • Sanity
    3:56
  • Divided Sky
    12:45
  • Fee
    6:08
  • Good Times Bad Times
    6:04

Set 2

  • Suzy Greenberg
    No audio
  • Icculus
    No audio
  • Colonel Forbin's Ascent
    No audio
  • Fly Famous Mockingbird
    No audio
  • The Sloth
    No audio
  • Possum
    No audio
  • Contact
    No audio
  • Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
    No audio
  • Foam
    No audio
  • David Bowie
    No audio

Other

  • AC/DC Bag
    No audio
  • Fire
    No audio

Show Notes

This was the band’s first major gig in Boston. The Paradise held around 650 people, they didn’t think the band could come close to selling out the room and so refused to book Phish. John Paluska and Ben Hunter, who were managing Phish at the time, therefore rented the room for the evening. John and Ben promoted the gig heavily, including via radio. Tickets were only $5. Tom Baggott, a fan of the band, helped get Burlington fans to the show by Greyhound bus. Not only did the gig sell out, but there were some 200 people shut out (mostly Boston University and Boston College students). I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. Alumni contained additional lyrics. Prior to YEM, Trey welcomed his mom, who had come "all the way from Ireland." After YEM, Trey said that they had a special guest that night for the person in the front row that kept requesting that they play Minkin. Trey mentioned that there was a Minkin hanging behind the band and that Minkin was also there that night. There was a subsequent brief Minkin vocal tease prior to Lizards. This version of Sanity was the fast version.