Phish

Achilles Rink - Union College

Schenectady, NY

May 17, 1992

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- On May 17, 1992 Phish played at Achilles Rink – the Union College hockey arena opened in 1975 with a capacity of about 2,500. Schenectady was the second-to-last date on a 53-show spring tour that hit 24 states and the District of Columbia with five shows in Colorado, six in California and seven in New York before wrapping up in the band’s hometown Burlington, Vermont.  Phish’s third studio album and Elektra debut, A Picture of Nectar, had dropped in February.  Fans benevolently plastered promo stickers depicting Nectar’s face from the album cover on toll booths and highway rest areas from coast to coast.  Spring ’92 featured the new Minkin Lexan backdrops, a big batch of new songs that would form the basis for Rift, and the band inviting the audience to share in the Secret Language.  Phish.net (and the Internet in general) was just starting to catch on, there was no official taper’s section yet, and word of mouth was key.  The Schenectady show – with a ticket price of $5 - was a prime example as it was not listed in the Phish newsletter or hotline.  It was a Sunday night, Page’s birthday, and the band was almost home after more than two months on the road.

Highlights of the Schenectady ’92 show included The Landlady > Llama opener, Stash, and Chalk Dust Torture from set I.  The Curtain > Possum kicked off set II with a concentrated barrage of Secret Language and teases of everything from Rocky Mountain Way to China Grove to It's Ice and Divided Sky during one of the all-time far-out Possums.  Brother went completely unhinged and led appropriately...perhaps inevitably to Sanity, before Fish took over vocal and vacuum duties for Syd Barrett’s Love You.  A standout Harry Hood rounded out set II and continued the show’s Outward thrust.  The Schenectady ’92 release includes filler selected from the tour-closing show the following night - 5/18/92 at The Flynn Theatre in Burlington.

5/17/92 Schenectady was recorded by Paul Languedoc to 2-track soundboard cassette and mastered by Fred Kevorkian.

- Recorded by Paul Languedoc
- Post-Production by Kevin Shapiro
- Technical Assistance by Jared Slomoff and Ben Collette
- Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering

  • The Landlady (Anastasio)
  • Llama (Anastasio)
  • Colonel Forbin's Ascent (Anastasio)
  • Fly Famous Mockingbird (Anastasio)
  • My Sweet One (Fishman)
  • Reba (Anastasio)
  • I Didn't Know (Wright)
  • Stash (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • The Mango Song (Anastasio)
  • Poor Heart (Gordon)
  • Chalk Dust Torture  (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • The Curtain (Anastasio/Daubert)
  • Possum (Holdsworth)
  • Guelah Papyrus (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • The Squirming Coil (Anastasio/Herman/Marshall)
  • All Things Reconsidered (Anastasio)
  • Brother (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell)
  • Sanity (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell/Pollak)
  • Cold As Ice (Gramm/Jones*)
  • Love You (Barrett#)
  • Hold Your Head Up (Argent/White^)
  • Sparkle (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • Harry Hood (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/Long/McConnell)
  • Cavern (Anastasio/Herman/Marshall)
  • Lawn Boy (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • Good Times, Bad Times (Bonham/Jones//Page/Plant**)
  • Suzy Greenberg (Pollak)
  • Maze (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • Divided Sky (Anastasio)
  • Horn (Anastasio/Marshall)
  • Mike's Song (Gordon)
  • I Am Hydrogen (Anastasio/Daubert/Marshall)
  • Weekapaug Groove (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell)
  • Runaway Jim (Abrahams/Anastasio)

All songs copyright Who Is She? Music Inc (BMI) except for: *WB Music Corp (ASCAP) & Somerset Songs Publishing Inc (ASCAP), #Lupus Music Co Ltd (BMI), ^Marquis Songs USA (BMI), **Flames of Albion Music (ASCAP)

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Setlist at Achilles Rink - Union College, Schenectady, NY on May 17, 1992

Set One

The Landlady 234

345913-TRACK

Llama 281

345914-TRACK

Colonel Forbin's Ascent 330

345915-TRACK

Fly Famous Mockingbird 751

345916-TRACK

My Sweet One 161

345917-TRACK

Reba 699

345918-TRACK

I Didn't Know 203

345919-TRACK

Stash 627

345920-TRACK

The Mango Song 462

345921-TRACK

Poor Heart 170

345922-TRACK

Chalk Dust Torture 410

345923-TRACK

Set Two

The Curtain 413

345924-TRACK

Possum 835

345925-TRACK

Guelah Papyrus 332

345926-TRACK

The Squirming Coil 442

345927-TRACK

All Things Reconsidered 184

345928-TRACK

Brother 378

345929-TRACK

Sanity 330

345930-TRACK

Cold As Ice 67

345931-TRACK

Love You 492

345932-TRACK

Hold Your Head Up 39

345933-TRACK

Sparkle 240

345934-TRACK

Harry Hood 801

345935-TRACK

Cavern 349

345936-TRACK

Encore

Lawn Boy 145

345937-TRACK

Good Times, Bad Times 364

345938-TRACK

Filler

Suzy Greenberg 349

345939-TRACK

Maze 546

345940-TRACK

Divided Sky 867

345941-TRACK

Horn 222

345942-TRACK

Mike's Song 519

345943-TRACK

I Am Hydrogen 194

345944-TRACK

Weekapaug Groove 460

345945-TRACK

Runaway Jim 500

345946-TRACK

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