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(Note that this setlist document derives from an old version of our book;
the most up-to-date data can be found in the Second Edition of The Phish Companion.)

Thursday, January 1, 1987
Private Party "
" "Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of August 21, 1987, set III.

Monday, January 19, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT

Wednesday, January 21, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT

Sunday, February 1, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, February 2, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Saturday, February 7, 1987
Mad Maggie's Farm, Monkton, VT

Friday, February 13, 1987
Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Possum, Golgi Apparatus > Slave to the Traffic Light > Quinn the Eskimo, Alumni Blues, Suzy Greenberg, Sanity, Good Times Bad Times, Wilson, Melt the Guns -> Dave's Energy Guide, Fluffhead, Harry Hood
Show Notes: The Dude of Life made a guest appearance on vocals during Suzy (first known version), Sanity, Fluffhead, and Hood.

Saturday, February 21, 1987
Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Set II: Fluffhead, Fire, Suzy Greenberg, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Camel Walk, Back Porch Boogie Blues, Clod, Lushington, Peaches en Regalia, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot), Boogie On Reggae Woman, Ya Mar, Corrine Corrina, Dog Gone Dog, Alumni Blues
Show Notes: While this show may have taken place six nights later, this date is believed to be correct. It contained the first known Ya Mar and Boogie On.

Friday, February 27, 1987
Slade Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: It is not believed that a show was played on this night. Tapes circulate but they are actually from the Slade Hall show six nights earlier.

Friday, March 6, 1987
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Set I: Funky Bitch, Good Times Bad Times, Corrine Corrina, Golgi Apparatus, Quinn the Eskimo > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
Set II: Freebird, Happy Birthday > Harry Hood, Tell Me Something Good -> Possum, Freeworld, Wilson
Encore: Slave to the Traffic Light
Show Notes: Freeworld was sung by an audience member. Happy Birthday was sung to Sue and Debra and was a long, reggafied version. This version of Freebird was an actual attempt at the song and not an a cappella version, but it was performed quite mockingly and not in its entirety. It did, however, feature Ninja Mike on vocals. Also, Tell Me Something Good featured a female lead vocalist.

Sunday, March 22, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, March 23, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: Funky Bitch, Mike's Song, Alumni Blues, You Enjoy Myself -> Sparks
Set II: Fluffhead, Peaches en Regalia, Ride Captain Ride -> Dave's Energy Guide, Corrine Corrina, Why Don't You Love Me -> Camel Walk, Golgi Apparatus, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)
Show Notes: Based on comments made by the band during the show, it appears that there may have been a third set. Tapes of it, though, are not in circulation.

Monday, April 20, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are the second set of October 15, 1986.

Friday, April 24, 1987
Billings Lounge, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Golgi Apparatus, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, Fluffhead, You Enjoy Myself -> Dave's Energy Guide, Punch Me in the Eye, Alumni Blues, I Am Hydrogen, David Bowie, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Slave to the Traffic Light
Show Notes: Phish played this show at the conclusion of "Earth Week."

Tuesday, April 28, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Wednesday, April 29, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot), Fire, Skin it Back -> Cities, Fuck Your Face, Lushington
Set II: Dog Gone Dog, Melt the Guns -> Dave's Energy Guide, Take the 'A' Train, Halley's Comet, Quinn the Eskimo, AC/DC Bag
Set III: Peaches en Regalia, Fluffhead, Good Times Bad Times, Anarchy, Makisupa Policeman > Run Like an Antelope, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Timber (Jerry), Slave to the Traffic Light -> Sparks, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Come On (Let the Good Times Roll), I Am Hydrogen
Show Notes: Highlights included a great segue from Skin it Back into Cities, a long, intricate jam at the beginning of McGrupp, and the Melt the Guns / DEG combo. Some debate whether Fuck Your Face (the only known live version) is from this show, due to tape cuts before the song. It may be filler from another date but circulates on all known copies of this tape.

Saturday, May 9, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Show Notes: Tapes that circulate under this date are mislabeled copies of May 9, 1989.

Sunday, May 10, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, May 11, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: You Enjoy Myself, The Chase -> Lushington -> Possum, Slave to the Traffic Light, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Clod, Peaches en Regalia > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Makisupa Policeman, Ya Mar
Encore: Golgi Apparatus, Corrine Corrina, Letter to Jimmy Page
Show Notes: This show included some funny stage banter, including Trey's announcement after TMWSIY: "That was called 'The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday...and I'm going to get my head sharpened." A set break was announced after Ya Mar, so this is the complete first set. The list for the second set, though, is not known.

Tuesday, May 12, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Saturday, May 16, 1987
Goddard SpringFest, Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

Wednesday, May 20, 1987
The Ranch, South Burlington, VT
Wilson, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus > Back Porch Boogie Blues > Lushington -> Possum, Harry Hood, You Enjoy Myself, Alumni Blues
Show Notes: This setlist may be incomplete. It was taken from a video that circulates. Alumni featured guests on rhythm guitar and saxophone. These guests were members of local bands The Joneses and Mental Floss. The show was a co-bill with The Joneses and was played for forty or fifty people in front of a big red barn-like house, with the band playing on an actual stage.

Sunday, August 9, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, La Grange, The Chase -> Possum, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Timber (Jerry), Good Times Bad Times, AC/DC Bag, Shaggy Dog, Funky Bitch
Set II: The Curtain With, Halley's Comet, The Sloth, Light Up or Leave Me Alone -> Skin it Back, Peaches en Regalia, Fluffhead, Fee, Harry Hood, Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
Set III: David Bowie, You Enjoy Myself, Ya Mar, Divided Sky, Flat Fee, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Corrine Corrina
Show Notes: This show marked the first known appearances of La Grange, The Curtain With, Divided Sky, Fee, Harpua, and The Sloth.

Monday, August 10, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: Peaches en Regalia, Alumni Blues, Golgi Apparatus, Wilson, Quinn the Eskimo, Divided Sky, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: Fire, AC/DC Bag -> Possum, Fluffhead, Fee, The Curtain With, I Know a Little, Mustang Sally, You Enjoy Myself, La Grange
Set III: Icculus, David Bowie, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Whipping Post, Anarchy, Tush, Dear Mrs. Reagan
Show Notes: Icculus was dedicated to Paul Languedoc's mother on her birthday.

Sunday, August 16, 1987
Trey Anastasio's Basement "
" "Show Notes: The tapes that circulate under this date are actually the first set of the July 23, 1988 show.

Wednesday, August 19, 1987
Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are actually from August 19, 1989.

Friday, August 21, 1987
Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY
Set I: Dog Gone Dog, Peaches en Regalia, Divided Sky, Funky Bitch, Harry Hood, Clod, The Curtain With, Light Up or Leave Me Alone, Shaggy Dog, Wilson, Camel Walk
Set II: Mike's Song, Harpua -> Bundle of Joy -> Harpua -> Golgi Apparatus > Sparks, Flat Fee > Fee, Skin it Back -> Low Rider Jam -> Back Porch Boogie Blues -> The Sloth
Set III: Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters -> Stir it Up Jam -> Makisupa Policeman Jam -> David Bowie Jam > Sanity, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot)
Show Notes: This show, one of the most commonly circulated from this era, is mislabeled on many tapes as 8/27/87. Teases of other songs were everywhere, including La Bamba lyrics in Low Rider and HYHU teases during Mike's Song and before McGrupp. Also, before Mike's, Trey teased I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle. Sections of Fluff's Travels were also teased before McGrupp. The third set was heavy on jamming and light on lyrics. Harpua was played by request and was re-started after the opening lyric, which was repeated. The intro to Sparks was extended while Fishman relieved himself. Trey delivered some freestyle reggae-rapping before and during the Makisupa Jam that some fans have labeled the "Mouse House Rap." This show contained the first known BBFCFM.

Saturday, August 22, 1987
"Vergennes Day," Vergennes, VT

Monday, August 24, 1987
Burlington, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are the third set of the August 29, 1987 show.

Friday, August 27, 1987
Show Notes: There was no show on this date. Tapes that circulate are actually August 21, 1987.

Saturday, August 29, 1987
The Ranch, South Burlington, VT
Set I: Clod, Slave to the Traffic Light, Swing Low (Sweet Chariot), The Curtain With, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Possum, Harry Hood, Timber (Jerry), AC/DC Bag, Divided Sky, Harpua -> Bundle of Joy -> Harpua
Set II: Alumni Blues, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Makisupa Policeman, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Flat Fee, Lushington, Suzy Greenberg, Mustang Sally, Ya Mar, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
Set III: La Grange, Corrine Corrina, Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Shaggy Dog, David Bowie, Jesus Just Left Chicago, She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
Show Notes: This show was played for Eric Larson, who took care of Trey's dog Marley over the summer.

Wednesday, September 2, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT
AC/DC Bag, Fluffhead, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Divided Sky, Wilson, David Bowie, The Chase -> Possum, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Makisupa Policeman, Timber (Jerry), Shaggy Dog, You Enjoy Myself
Show Notes: Check out this early Makisupa to hear the band play with a lot of crazy effects!

Thursday, September 3, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT

Friday, September 4, 1987
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

Monday, September 7, 1987
The Living Room, Providence, RI
Show Notes: Tapes that circulate under this date are actually the second set of November 9, 1989.

Saturday, September 19, 1987
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Show Notes: This show was a birthday party.

Sunday, September 20, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, September 21, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT
Set I: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Clod > Slave to the Traffic Light, Funky Bitch, Wilson, Dear Mrs. Reagan, Golgi Apparatus > AC/DC Bag -> Possum
Set II: You Enjoy Myself, The Curtain With, Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Suzy Greenberg, Alumni Blues
Set III: The Birthday Dub, Good Times Bad Times, Rocky Top, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Fee, Divided Sky, Dog Gone Dog, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Run Like an Antelope, Makisupa Policeman, Flat Fee, Fire, Terrapin, La Grange, Fluffhead
Show Notes: The listed setbreaks are uncertain and may be incorrect. The Birthday Dub was dedicated to "Spup." This show marked the first known performance of Rocky Top.

Sunday, September 27, 1987
Pledge Party, Burlington, VT
Set I: David Bowie, Funky Bitch, Golgi Apparatus, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train > Possum, Phase Dance, Good Times Bad Times, Skin It Back
Set II: Wilson, I Didn't Know, Fluffhead, Fire, Fee
Show Notes: This setlist is incomplete. This show includes the first known version of I Didn't Know.

Saturday, October 10, 1987
The Ranch, Shelburne, VT

Wednesday, October 14, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train, You Enjoy Myself, Golgi Apparatus, Slave to the Traffic Light, Fluffhead, Possum, David Bowie > AC/DC Bag > Divided Sky -> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Makisupa Policeman

Sunday, October 18, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, October 19, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Friday, October 23, 1987
Cork's, Burlington, VT

Saturday, October 24, 1987
Cork's, Burlington, VT

Thursday, October 29, 1987
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Show Notes: There was no show on this date; tapes that circulate are mislabeled copies of Halloween, 1988.

Saturday, October 31, 1987
Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Set I: Jam -> Whipping Post, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley -> Back Porch Boogie Blues -> Halley's Comet -> Light Up or Leave Me Alone, Love You, AC/DC Bag, Possum, You Enjoy Myself > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Set II: The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train, Timber (Jerry) > Fluff's Travels -> I Am Hydrogen -> The Chase, Fee, Divided Sky > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Who Do? We Do! -> Clod, Alumni Blues > Fluffhead, David Bowie
Show Notes: The jam before Whipping Post included Low Rider teases. This show was a double bill with The Joneses, whom Trey referenced several times. It has been reported that Fishman shaved his entire body for this show!

Wednesday, November 18, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Set I: Slave to the Traffic Light, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday Reprise, Flat Fee, Wilson > Peaches en Regalia, Take the 'A' Train, Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, Alumni Blues, Good Times Bad Times
Set II: I Didn't Know, You Enjoy Myself, Fluffhead, AC/DC Bag
Show Notes: The second set listing is incomplete, as the tapes that circulate cut during Bag. I Didn't Know was dedicated to Brian Long.

Thursday, November 19, 1987
Hunt's, Burlington, VT
Set I: McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Sparks, Funky Bitch, You Enjoy Myself, Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Harry Hood, Fire
Set II: Timber (Jerry), Fluffhead, I Didn't Know, Fee, Corrine Corrina, Alumni Blues
Set III: Jam, Suzy Greenberg, Possum, Divided Sky > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars, Dinner and a Movie, The Ballad of Curtis Loew, Whipping Post, Letter to Jimmy Page, Take the 'A' Train, Camel Walk, La Grange, Bike, Slave to the Traffic Light
Show Notes: Divided Sky was botched badly, leading Trey to launch humorously into BBFCFM. This show contained the first known Dinner and a Movie and was the last known show at Hunt's.

Sunday, November 22, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Monday, November 23, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

Tuesday, November 24, 1987
Nectar's, Burlington, VT

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