Another archival Phish release is available for streaming and download: 12/12/1992 @ The Spectrum in Toronto:
On December 12, 1992, Phish crossed the border to play at The Spectrum in Toronto – a dance club with a capacity of about 1,000. Anyone with a LivePhish+ subscription can stream the show right now from the LivePhish App or you can purchase from LivePhish.com and stream via the free App (in your Stash). Downloads are also available at LivePhish.com.
In the year surrounding this show, they released four albums on Elektra and their “Hey-Hole” improvisation exercises were yielding increasingly transcendent excursions onstage. This was Phish’s only performance at The Spectrum, their second Canadian gig, and the 20th show on a 21-date tour.
Set I featured Foam, Reba, Split Open And Melt, and All Things Reconsidered, which was deftly woven into both “Bouncing Around The Room” and “Run Like An Antelope”. Set II highlights included a “Maze” opener, “The Curtain” > “Tweezer”, and the Davy Crockett “You Enjoy Myself”. The Toronto “Tweezer” deserves special mention for its multiple themes – from full shred to soaring melodies and bent dissonance. The encore was a rare “Ride Captain Ride” in its only pairing with “Tweezer Reprise” until 2012.
12/12/92 was recorded to DAT by Paul Languedoc and mastered by Fred Kevorkian. To download the show or to listen via the LivePhish App, visit LivePhish.com
Setlist and notes from phish.net:
Set 1: Llama, Foam, Sparkle, Cavern > Reba, The Landlady, Split Open and Melt, Poor Heart > All Things Reconsidered, Bouncing Around the Room > Run Like an Antelope[1]
Set 2: Maze, Glide, The Curtain > Tweezer > Rift, Guelah Papyrus, You Enjoy Myself, Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up, The Squirming Coil > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: Ride Captain Ride > Tweezer Reprise
[1] Simpsons, Random Note, and All Fall Down signals.
Teases:
· All Things Reconsidered tease in Bouncing Around the Room
· All Things Reconsidered and Jean Pierre teases in Run Like an Antelope
· The Ballad of Davy Crockett tease in You Enjoy Myself
Memorable go-to jams and segues: Tweezer, The Squirming Coil > Golgi Apparatus. Also of note: this a show that recorded before Page McConnell played the baby grand.
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