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1996-08-16

PLATTSBURGH AIR FORCE BASE · Plattsburgh, NY · The Clifford Ball Era 1.0

Set 1: Chalk Dust Torture [7:05], Bathtub Gin [10:31], Ya Mar [8:50], AC/DC Bag [9:10] > Esther [9:08] notes ↗ > Divided Sky [16:45], Halley's Comet [6:38] > David Bowie [12:51]
Set 1 total: 1:20:58

Set 2: Split Open and Melt [13:22], Sparkle [3:51] > Free [8:46], The Squirming Coil [10:46], Waste [5:07], Talk [3:51], Train Song [3:04], Strange Design [4:01], Hello My Baby [1:27], Mike's Song [16:02] notes ↗ -> Simple [6:02] -> Contact [6:08] > Weekapaug Groove [9:54] notes ↗
Set 2 total: 1:32:21

Set 3: Makisupa Policeman [8:06] > Also Sprach Zarathustra [6:28] > Down with Disease [15:18] notes ↗ -> NICU [5:20], Life on Mars? [3:20] > Harry Hood notes ↗ -> Jam notes ↗
Set 3 total: 38:32 5 of 7 timed

Set 4: Flatbed Truck Jam [13:39] notes ↗
Set 4 total: 13:39

Encore: Amazing Grace [1:59]
Encore total: 1:59

Timed portion: 3:47:29 across 28 of 30 songs — a floor, not the show's length.

Times come from phish.in and are shown only where one track maps to exactly one song. Segued songs are often released as a single bundled track carrying one duration for several songs, and a song played twice in a set can't be told apart — those get no time rather than a made-up one. 2 of 30 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Soundcheck

Jam, Theme from Shaft, I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome, Blues Jam

A soundcheck isn't part of the show and counts toward no song's play total or gap.

Notes

This was the first show of The Clifford Ball festival. Bathtub Gin contained a brief DEG tease from Trey. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Disease was unfinished. The second set was preceded by a Mary Had a Little Lamb tease. The jam at the end of Harry Hood accompanied a fireworks display. The band took to the back of a flatbed truck at around 3:30 in the morning and drove through the crowd. The performance was one long open-ended jam.

Teases

brief DEG — Trey

Gap chart

How long each of tonight's songs had been on the shelf, across all Phish shows. The gap is always as of this date.

SongTimes playedLast played (overall) Last played before this showGap
Chalk Dust Torture 530 2026-09-05 1996-08-12 2
Bathtub Gin 321 2026-07-24 1996-08-10 3
Ya Mar 240 2026-09-04 1996-08-12 2
AC/DC Bag 344 2026-07-22 1996-08-13 1
Esther 138 2026-07-29 1996-08-12 2
Divided Sky 448 2026-07-24 1996-08-13 1
Halley's Comet 161 2026-07-27 1996-08-05 6
David Bowie 481 2026-07-22 1996-08-13 1
Split Open and Melt 356 2026-09-06 1996-08-12 2
Sparkle 336 2026-07-22 1996-08-12 2
Free 244 2026-09-05 1996-08-10 3
The Squirming Coil 378 2026-07-25 1996-08-05 6
Waste 111 2026-09-06 1996-08-13 1
Talk 16 2026-07-29 1996-08-05 6
Train Song 59 2024-08-06 1996-08-13 1
Strange Design 70 2026-07-27 1996-08-13 1
Hello My Baby 56 2019-12-03 1996-08-14 0
Mike's Song 550 2026-08-01 1996-08-13 1
Simple 212 2026-07-25 1996-08-12 2
Contact 177 2026-07-18 1996-08-10 3
Weekapaug Groove 523 2026-08-01 1996-08-13 1
Makisupa Policeman 109 2026-07-24 1996-08-06 5
Also Sprach Zarathustra 279 2026-07-24 1996-08-05 6
Down with Disease 327 2026-09-04 1996-08-14 0
NICU 163 2026-07-27 1996-07-12 19
Life on Mars? 23 2012-06-29 1996-08-07 4
Harry Hood 445 2026-09-04 1996-08-10 3
Jam 78 2014-07-27 1996-08-14 0
Amazing Grace 109 1998-10-03 1996-08-05 6
Flatbed Truck Jam 1 1996-08-16 debut

gold = bustout (long gap) · red = jam chart · [m:ss] = phish.in duration (click it to listen) · hover a song for its gap.

Jam-chart marks are curated by hand and lag the shows — the most recent months are sparsely marked because nobody has written them up yet, not because the jams were weak. See coverage →