1. Use only NEW Maxell XLii ..if not, specify which you're using
2. Always use padded envelopes
3. Include setlists
4. Specify whether you want cases
5. "Stretch" out a tape before you record...(fastforward and rewind the entire tape)
6. Try to get out ASAP...I'll do the same
7. No high-speed dubbing or noise reduction.
8. And last...but not least, BE HONEST!!! Nobody likes a dishonest person

Here�s an explanation for my ratings:
A+ The Best-Comparable to A Live One
A Great to Good-Always sounds good
A- Decent-I'll listen to it if it's a GREAT show
B+ Not bad (some portions might not be too good)
B Listen to it on the stereo, not in your cars

8.21.87 Ian McClains Farm, NY (set I)
B Quality (90 Min)

I: Dog Log, Peaches en Regalia, The Divided Sky, Funky Bitch, Harry Hood, Clod, The Curtain, Light Up or Leave Me Alone, Shaggy Dog, Wilson, Camel Walk

10.26.89 Wetland Presereves, NY (set II)
B Quality (90 Min)

II: Who Knows Jam-> Dinner and a Movie-> Clod-> AC/DC Bag-> Reba-> Walk Away, Bathtub Gin-> The Sloth-> Fluff's Travels-> Possum, Punch You in the Eye, In a Hole, Sea Gull Swirl Poem, No Dogs Allowed, David Bowie

3.6.92 Portsmouth, NH (set II)
B Quality (90 Min)

II: My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, "Secret Language" Explanation, Stash, Mound, Llama, Bouncing Around the Room, NICU, Possum E: Sleeping Monkey

3.13.92 Providence, RI (set I)
A Quality (CD) (90 Min)

I: The Curtain, Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart, Guelah Papyrus, Maze, Dinner and a Movie, The Divided Sky, Mound, Fluffhead, Run Like an Antelope-> Big Black Furry Creature From Mars-> Run Like an Antelope

3.21.92 Chestnut Cabaret, Philadelphia, PA (sets 1/2)
A Quality (Ist generation tape off CD) (180 Min)

I: The Landlady, Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Split Open and Melt, Silent in the Morning, Dinner and a Movie, The Squirming Coil, My Sweet One, Stash, Golgi Apparatus

II: Buried Alive, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony-> Suzy Greenberg, Take the A-Train, My Friend My Friend, Poor Heart, All Things Reconsidered, David Bowie,Weigh, Cracklin' Rosie, You Enjoy Myself E: Bouncing Around the Room

03.24.92 The Flood Zone, Richmond, VA (sets I/II)
A Quality (Daud/3) (180 Min)

I: Stash, Poor Heart, Foam, Eliza, Rift, Golgi Apparatus, Silent in the Morning, Llama, Colonel Forbin's Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, The Landlady, David Bowie

II: The Curtain, Mike's Song-> I Am Hydrogen-> Weekapaug Groove, Guelah Papyrus, The Mango Song, Brother*, Uncle Pen, I Didn't Know, Oh Kee Pa Ceremony-> Suzy Greenberg, Harry Hood, Cavern*

E: Lawn Boy, Fire
*With Carl Gearhard on trumpet.

7.25.92 Stowe Performing Arts Center, Stowe, VT W/Carlos Santanna
A Quality (Ist generation tape off CD) (90 Min)

Runaway Jim, Foam, Sparkle, Stash, Rift, You Enjoy Myself*, Llama*, Funky Bitch*, David Bowie

Opened for Santana. *With Carlos Santana, Raul Rekov, and Karl Perazzo (all from Santana).

7.16.93 Mann Music Ctr., Philly (set II)
B+ Quality (90 Min)

II: Also Sprach Zarathustra*-> Split Open and Melt, Glide, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself->Y-Rushalayim Schel Zahav*-> You Enjoy Myself, Poor Heart, Purple Rain*-> HYHU, Harry Hood, Cavern E: Llama, Freebird

*First time played.

12.31.93 Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (sets I, and parts of II,III)
A Quality (2 - 90 Min)

I: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Stash, Ginseng Sullivan, Reba -> Peaches en Regalia, I Didn't Know, Run Like an Antelope

II: Halley's Comet-> Poor Heart, It's Ice, Fee, Lawn Boy, You Enjoy Myself

III: Auld Lang Syne-> Down With Disease Jam, Split Open and Melt, Lizards, Sparkle, Suzy Greenberg, HYHU-> Cracklin' Rosie-> HYHU

E: Golgi Apparatus

7.16.94 Summer Stage at Sugarbush North, Fayston, VT (sets I, II)
B+ Quality (180 Min)

I: Golgi Apparatus, Down With Disease, N2O, Stash, Lizards, Cavern, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Maze-> Sparkle, Sample in a Jar

II: Run Like an Antelope-> Catapult-> Run Like an Antelope, Harpua-> Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Harpua, AC/DC Bag, Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Contact, Chalk Dust Torture

12-30-94 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (sets I/II)
A Quality (Daud/1) (180 Min)

I: Wilson-> Rift, AC/DC Bag, Sparkle, Simple, Stash, Fee-> Scent of a Mule, Cavern

II: Sample in a Jar, Poor Heart-> Tweezer, Blue and Lonesome*, You Enjoy Myself, Purple Rain-> HYHU, Harry Hood, Tweezer Reprise

E: Frankenstein

*Acoustic.

10.31.95 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL (set II)
A Quality (1st generation tape off of a CD) (90 Min)

II: I Am the Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk Meets the Godfather, I'm One, The Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It in My Head, I've Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O'er Me

Set 2 is Phish's annual musical costume: The Who's "Quadrophenia", performed with The Giant Country Horns (Dave Grippo, Don Glasco and one other).

12.12.95 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (sets I,II)
A Quality (Daud) (2 - 90 Min)

I: Ya Mar, Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Lifeboy, Punch You in theEye, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Run Like an Antelope, I'm Blue I'm Lonesome, The Squirming Coil

II: Free, Sparkle, Down With Disease-> Lizards-> Simple, Runaway Jim

E: Fire

12.31.95 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (set II)
A Quality (Daud) (90 Min)

II: Drowned-> Lizards, Axilla [Part II], Runaway Jim, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song

8.16.96 "The Clifford Ball," Plattsburgh, NY (sets I, II, III)
A-/A Quality (SBD) (270 Min)

I (Quality A-): Chalk Dust Torture, Bathtub Gin, Ya Mar, AC/DC Bag, Esther, The Divided Sky, Halley's Comet, David Bowie

II (Quality A): Split Open and Melt, Sparkle, Free, The Squirming Coil, Waste, Talk, Train Song, Strange Design, Hello My Baby, Mike's Song-> Simple-> Contact-> Weekapaug Groove

III (Quality A-): Makisupa Policeman, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> DWD, NICU, Life on Mars, Harry Hood

E: Amazing Grace

10.31.96 The Omni, Atlanta, GA (sets I, II)
A Quality (180 Min)

I: Sanity, Highway to Hell, Down With Disease-> You Enjoy Myself-> Prince Caspian, Reba, Colonel Forbin's Ascent-> Famous Mockingbird, Character Zero, The Star Spangled Banner*

II: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Crosseyed and Painless, Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, Overload

Set 2 was Phish's annual "musical costume": Talking Heads "Remain in Light"

11.2.96 Coral Sky Ampitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL (set II)
A Quality (1st generation tape from CD) (90 Min)

II: Ya Mar (from set I), Crosseyed and Painless-> Run Like an Antelope, Waste, Harry Hood, A Day in the Life

Karl Perazzo (percussionist from Santana) played the entire show.

11.22.96 Spokane, WA (sets I, II)
B+ Quality (180 Min)

I: It's Ice, Runaway Jim, Wolfman's Brother, Taste, Ginseng Sullivan, Sample in a Jar, Fast Enough For You, Train Song, Stash, Cavern

II: Down With Disease, Prince Caspian, Maze, Billy Breathes, Swept Away, Steep, Character Zero, Theme From the Bottom, Slave to the Traffic Light, Hello My Baby

E: Julius

12.4.96 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA (sets I, II)
A Quality (180 Min)

I: My Friend My Friend, Chalk Dust Torture, Horn, Uncle Pen, Timber (Jerry), Sample in a Jar, Train Song, Guyute, Character Zero, Lizards, David Bowie

II: Ha Ha Ha, Mike's Song-> Prince Caspian-> Sparkle-> Punch You in the Eye, Life on Mars, Reba, Lawn Boy*, Weekapaug Groove E: Jesus Just Left Chicago

12.31.96 Fleet Ctr., Boston, MA...(sets I, II, III)
A Quality (FM) (180 Min)

I: Axilla, Peaches en Regalia, Punch You in the Eye, Cars Trucks Buses, Stash, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, Divided Sky, Sample in a Jar, Tweezer Reprise

II: Chalk Dust Torture, Wilson, Sparkle, Simple-> Swept Away-> Steep-> Harry Hood-> Prince Caspian, Character Zero

III: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Auld Lang Syne-> Down With Disease, Suzy Greenberg, Run Like an Antelope, Bohemian Rhapsody, Julius

E: Amazing Grace

2.16.97 Cologne, Germany (sets I, II)
A+ Quality (1st generation tape off CD) (180 Min)

I: Beauty of My Dreams, Split Open and Melt, Bouncin', Crosseyed and Painless, Guelah Papyrus, Ginseng Sullivan, Tweezer, Waste, Cavern, Chalk Dust Torture

II: Sample in a Jar, Cars Trucks Buses, Free, Sparkle, Simple-> When the Circus Comes, Swept Away-> Steep-> David Bowie, Loving Cup, Tweezer Reprise

E: Theme From the Bottom, Johnny B. Goode

2.22.97 Teatro Olimpico, Rome, Italy (set I, II)
A Quality (180 Min)

I: Walfredo, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Funky Bitch, Theme From the Bottom, NICU, When the Circus Comes, Talk, Split Open and Melt, I Didn't Know*, Character Zero

II: Chalk Dust Torture*, Bathtub Gin-> Sparkle, Simple#-> Jesus Just Left Chicago, Harry Hood, Free, Hello My Baby E: Johnny B. Goode *With "David Bowie" teases. #With Page solo.

3.18.97 Flynn Theatre, Burlington, VT (sets I, II)
A Quality (FM) (180 Min)

I) Cinnamon Girl > NICU > Sample in a Jar > PYITE > My Soul > Beauty of my Dreams > Harry Hood > Cars, Trucks, Buses* > Suzie Greenberg* > Character Zero*

II) Taste > Drowned > Prince Caspian > David Bowie > Treat me like a fool (crying over you) > I told you so** > Love me like a man** > Waste > Chalk Dust Torture > Slave

E: Ragtime Gal > Funky Bitch*

* w/Dave Grippo and James Harvey on horns
** w/Tammy Fletcher

7.21.97 Virginia Beach Ampitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA (set I)
A Quality (Daud) (90 Min)

I: Ghost, Dogs Stole Things, Piper, Dirt, Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin, Character Zero

7.23.97 Lakewood Ampitheatre, Atlanta, GA (set II)
A Quality (Daud) (90 Min)

II: Punch You in the Eye, Ghost-> Sample in a Jar, You Enjoy Myself*-> Rocky Mountain Way^-> Chalk Dust Torture

E: Frankenstein

*With Russian folk jam, similar to the Muel Duel; fast vocal jam.
^Joe Walsh cover (first time played).

8.16.97 "The Great Went," Limestone, ME (sets I, II, III)
A- Quality (SBD) (270 Min)

I: Makisupa Policeman-> Harpua, Chalk Dust Torture, Theme From the Bottom, Punch You in the Eye-> Ghost, Ginseng Sullivan, You Enjoy Myself, Train Song, Character Zero, The Squirming Coil

II: Wolfman's Brother-> Simple, My Soul> Slave to the Traffic Light> Rocky Top-> Julius

III: Halley's Comet-> Cities-> Llama-> Lawn Boy, Limb By Limb-> Funky Bitch

E: Contact-> Loving Cup

8.17.97 "The Great Went," Limestone, ME (sets I, II, III)
A- Quality (SBD) (270 Min)

I: The Wedge, Beauty of My Dreams, Dogs Stole Things, Vultures, Water in the Sky-> Maze, Bouncing Around the Room-> Tweezer*-> Taste, Carolina

II: Down With Disease-> Bathtub Gin-> Uncle Pen, Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Art Jam-> Harry Hood

III: Buffalo Bill-> NICU-> Weigh-> Gyute, Dirt, Scent of a Mule-> Prince Caspian E: When the Circus Comes-> Tweezer Reprise

11.28.97 Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (sets I, II)
B+ Quality (Daud) (180 min)

I: The Curtain, You Enjoy Myself-> I Didn't Know, Maze, Farmhouse, Black-Eyed Katy, Theme From the Bottom-> Rocky Top

II: Timber (Jerry), Limb By Limb, Slave to the Traffic Light-> Ghost-> Johnny B. Goode E: My Soul

11.30.97 Worcester Centrum, Worcester, MA (Sets I/II)
A Quality (Daud/4) (180 Min)

I: Guyute, Funky Bitch, Wolfman's Brother-> Sanity Hard Jam*-> Love Me, The Squirming Coil, Loving Cup

II: NICU, Stash** > Free, #Piper, When The Circus Comes, Run Like an Antelope

E: Them Changes##

*Hard rock jam: Mike quotes "Heartbreaker" going into the jam, and Trey says a few lines from "Sanity" and then one line from "Esther." Trey asks Chris to turn off the lights, and they jam in the dark.
#Preceded by space jam that started out of nothing.
**Unfinished.
##Buddy Miles cover.

12.2.97 Spectrum, Philadelphia (sets I, II)
A- Quality (180 Min)

I) Buried Alive > DWD > Makisupa Policeman > Chalkdust Torture > Ghost > Divided Sky > Dirt > Taste > Star Spangled Banner

II) Mike's Song > Simple...Simple Jam > Dog Faced Boy > Ya Mar > Weekapaug Groove > Bouncin' > Charcter ZeroE: Ginseng Sullivan > Sample in a Jar

12.3.97 Spectrum, Philadelphia (sets I, II)
A- Quality (180 Min)

I) PYITE > My Soul > Drowned > Old Home Place > Gumbo > Also Sprach Zarathustra > YEM

II) Pre Bowie (Take me out to the ballgame)...David Bowie > Possum...Jam (Latin Beat) > Prince Caspian > Frankenstein > Harry Hood

E: Crossroads

12.29.97 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (sets I, II)
A Quality (180 Min)

I: NICU-> Golgi Apparatus-> Crossroads, Cars Trucks Buses, Train Song, Theme From the Bottom-> Fluffhead, Dirt, Run Like an Antelope

II: Down With Disease-> David Bowie-> Possum-> I Can't Turn You Loose-> Possum, Tube, You Enjoy Myself E: Good Times Bad Times

12.30.97 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (sets I, II)
A Quality (200 Min)

I: Sneaking Sally Through the Alley-> Taste, Water in the Sky, Punch You in the Eye, Stash, Chalk Dust Torture, A Day in the Life

II: AC/DC Bag-> McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Harpua-> I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)-> Harpua-> Izabella->Harry Hood-> My Soul, Sleeping Monkey, Gyute

E: Carini Had a Lumpy Head-> Black-Eyed Katy-> Sneaking Sally Through the Alley-> Frankenstein w/vacume

12.31.97 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (sets I,II,III)
A Quality (3 - 90 Min)

I: Emotional Rescue, Ya Mar, My Sweet One, Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother, Limb By Limb, The Horse-> Silent in the Morning, The Sloth, Fire

II: Timber (Jerry), Mike's Song, Piper > When the Circus Comes > Roses Are Free, Weekapaug Groove

III: Also Sprach Zarathustra-> Tweezer-> Maze-> Prince Caspian-> Loving Cup

E: New York New York-> Tweezer Reprise

4.2.98 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale (Long Island), NY (Set II)
A Quality (1st generaltion tape from CD) (90 Min)

II: Punch You in the Eye, Simple, Birds of a Feather**, Wolfman's Brother > Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley > Frankie Says*** > Twist+, Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top

**First time played (original).
***First time played (original); with Mind Left Body intro jam.
+With a crazy "aliens-are-coming" jam.

4.4.98 Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI (Set I/II)
A Quality (Daud/4) (180 Min)

I: Tweezer > Taste, Bouncing Around the Room, Funky Bitch, Ginseng Sullivan, Limb by Limb, Lawn Boy, Character Zero

II: Birds of a Feather > Also Sprach Zarathustra* > Brother^, Ghost^^ -> Lizards, David Bowie E: Harry Hood

*Unfinished (only one "verse").
^After the song, Trey said, "we're going to play that again", and they played a one-minute instrumental version of "Brother". Then Trey said, roughly, "That was the single-edit radio-friendly version. This next song is radio-unfriendly; it's long and slow."
^^With tease/jam of "I Can't Turn You Loose" (originally by Otis Redding, but associated with The Blues Brothers; see also 12-29-97)

07.06.98 Lucerna Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic (Sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud?) (180 min)

I: Buried Alive > AC/DC Bag -> Ghost -> Cities, Limb by Limb, Train Song, Roggae, Maze, Golgi Apparatus

II: Julius > Meat, Piper > Makisupa Policeman, David Bowie > Loving Cup

E: Possum

7.17.98 Gorge Amphitheatre - George, WA (set I)
A Quality (Daud3) (90 Min)

I: Makisupa Policeman, Ya Mar, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Waste, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own, My Soul

8.14.98 "The Lemonwheel," Limestone, ME (Soundcheck)
A+ Quality (FM) (90 Min)

8.15.98 "The Lemonwheel," Limestone, ME (Set IV) (Ambient Jam)
A+ Quality (FM) (90 Min)Ambient Jam

8.16.98 "The Lemonwheel," Limestone, ME (Sets I, II, III)
A Quality (FM) (300 Min)

I: Ginseng Sullivan, Bathtub Gin > Rift, Punch You In The Eye, Lawn Boy, Ya Mar > AC/DC Bag, Relax, Birds of a Feather, Guyute, Possum (98 min)

II: Down With Disease > Piper > Story of the Ghost > Fluffhead, When the Circus Comes, Wading in a Velvet Sea, Hold Your Head Up > Sexual Healing > Hold Your Head Up, Run Like an Antelope (101 min)

III: Sabotage > Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001), Wilson, Mango Song, Character Zero, Bittersweet Motel, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (55 min)

E: Harry Hood > The Baby Elephant Walk (25 min)

10.29.98 Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, California (Sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud) (180 Min)

I (73 min): Julius, Roggae, Llama, Limb by Limb, Driver, Sleep, Frankie Says, Birds of a Feather, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Character Zero

II (80 min): Possum -> Moma Dance, Reba -> Walk Away -> Simple, Albuquerque -> David Bowie

E: Something (4 min)

10.30.98 Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas, Nevada (sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud) (180 Min)

I (68 min): Wilson, Meat -> Scent of a Mule -> Back at the Chicken Shack -> Scent of a Mule, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress, Run Like an Antelope, Guelah Papyrus, Lizards, Cavern

II (52 min): Stash -> Manteca -> Jam -> Tweezer -> Delay Loop Jam -> NICU -> Prince Caspian, Golgi Apparatus

E: Driver, Freebird (9 min)

10.31.98 Thomas & Mack Center - Las Vegas, Nevada (sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud) (180 Min)

I (75 min): Axilla (I), Punch You In The Eye, Roggae, Birds of a Feather, Sneaking Sally Through the Alley -> Chalk Dust Torture -> Lawn Boy, Mike's Song -> Frankie Says -> Weekapaug Groove

II (80 min): The Velvet Underground "Loaded": Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll, Cool it Down, New Age, Head Held High, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend, Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

11.02.98 E Centre - West Valley City, Utah (sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud) (190 Min)

I:(90 min tape) Tube -> Drowned -> Jam -> Jesus Left Chicago, Driver, Bittersweet Motel, Limb By Limb, Wading In Velvet Sea, Sample In A Jar

II: (100 min tape)Down with Disease, Mango Song, Moma Dance, You Enjoy Myself, Harpua ->Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon": Speak to Me, Breathe in the Air, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse -> Harpua

E: Smells Like Teen Spirit

11.13.98 Cleveland State UniversityConvocation Center, Cleveland, OH (Sets I, II)
A Quality (Daud?) (180 min)

I: Chalk Dust Torture, Wolfman's Brother, Roggae, Ginseng Sullivan, It's Ice, Cars Trucks Buses, Farmhouse, Water in the Sky, Sloth, Run Like an Antelope (1:18)

II: Down with Disease, Sample in a Jar, Dirt, Birds of a Feather, Meat (with delay loop > Space jam), Harry Hood(1:05)

E: Good Times Bad Times (0:05)

12.31.98 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (sets I,II,III)
A Quality (Daud) (3 - 90 Min)

I: 1999 > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost > Ha Ha Ha, Cavern (1:00)

II: NICU > Character Zero > Tweezer > Cities > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope, Frankenstein (1:03)

III: Runaway Jim -> Auld Lang Syne > Simple > Harry Hood> Tweezer Reprise, Llama (0:58)

E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (0:07)