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1997-12-12

PEPSI ARENA · Albany, NY · Fall Tour 1997 Era 1.0

Set 1: Funky Bitch [6:55] -> Also Sprach Zarathustra [10:51] > Camel Walk [5:16], Taste [11:10] notes ↗ > Bouncing Around the Room [4:36], Tweezer [15:55] notes ↗ > Train Song [2:58] > Character Zero [7:20]
Set 1 total: 1:05:01

Set 2: Saw It Again [12:00] notes ↗ -> Piper [19:36] notes ↗ > Swept Away [1:15] > Steep [2:18] > Prince Caspian notes ↗ > Jam notes ↗ -> Izabella [5:22] > Tweezer Reprise [3:35]
Set 2 total: 44:06 6 of 8 timed

Encore: Guyute [10:41], Run Like an Antelope [14:25]
Encore total: 25:06

Timed portion: 2:14:13 across 16 of 18 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 18 songs here are untimed for that reason (or because the show isn't on phish.in at all).

Soundcheck

Blues Jam, Dog Log, The Old Home Place, Esther tune up, Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, Soundcheck Tear

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

Notes

Trey teased Super Bad in 2001. Saw It Again contained an extended jam. Antelope contained a Buried Alive tease from Trey. The Dog Log soundcheck was mashed up with the preceding blues jam, the Born Under Punches was a partial rendition played to the Ya Mar rhythm, and Soundcheck Tear lamented life off tour (without soundchecks).The opening act was J. Willis Pratt & We're Bionic.

Teases

extended jam. Antelope contained a Buried Alive — 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.

Song	Times played	Last played (overall)	Last played before this show	Gap
Funky Bitch	238	2026-07-27	1997-12-05	4
Also Sprach Zarathustra	279	2026-07-24	1997-12-03	5
Camel Walk	66	2025-07-15	1997-08-14	23
Taste	156	2026-09-06	1997-12-02	6
Bouncing Around the Room	499	2026-07-22	1997-12-05	4
Tweezer	420	2026-09-05	1997-12-06	3
Train Song	59	2024-08-06	1997-12-06	3
Character Zero	269	2026-09-04	1997-12-05	4
Saw It Again	51	2026-05-01	1997-11-29	9
Piper	212	2026-07-14	1997-12-06	3
Swept Away	33	2021-08-28	1997-12-07	2
Steep	33	2021-08-28	1997-12-07	2
Prince Caspian	189	2026-09-04	1997-12-03	5
Jam	78	2014-07-27	1997-12-07	2
Izabella	23	2026-07-17	1997-12-06	3
Tweezer Reprise	333	2026-09-06	1997-12-06	3
Guyute	137	2026-07-29	1997-12-07	2
Run Like an Antelope	497	2026-09-04	1997-12-06	3

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 →