Phish Releases Union College 1992 Recording On LivePhish

Phish has opened the vault to issue a recording of a show that took place nearly 25 years to the day prior to its release. The latest installment of the band’s LivePhish live archival series features a complete recording of Phish’s May 17, 1992 performance at Union College in Schenectady, New York with a filler from one night later at the Flynn in Burlington, Vermont.

Phish’s lone visit to Union College came as the penultimate stop on a 53-show spring tour. The band played the 2,500-capacity Achilles Rink on the campus of the small college. Among the highlights of a show that took place on keyboardist Page McConnell’s birthday are an all-time “Possum” featuring plenty of teases, a wild “Brother”/”Sanity” sequence and a euphoric “Harry Hood.” The standout “Mike’s Song” > “I Am Hydrogen” > “Weekapaug Groove” Phish laid down for their hometown fans in Burlington on the 18th is included as part of the filler.

5/17/92 Schenectady is available for purchase via LivePhish.com and for streaming through the LivePhish+ App.

5/17/92 Setlist (via Phish.net)

Set One: The Landlady, Llama, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > My Sweet One > Reba, I Didn’t Know[1], Stash, The Mango Song > Poor Heart > Chalk Dust Torture

Set Two: The Curtain > Possum [2], Guelah Papyrus, The Squirming Coil[3], All Things Reconsidered, Brother , Sanity > Cold as Ice > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, Sparkle > Harry Hood , Cavern

Encore: Lawn Boy > Good Times Bad Times

[1] Fish on trombone.

[2] Simpsons, All Fall Down, Random Note, and Aw Fuck! signals.

[3] Happy Birthday dedication to Page.

I Didn’t Know featured Fish on trombone. Possum included Simpsons, All Fall Down, and Aw Fuck! signals, as well as teases of Rocky Mountain Way, L.A. Woman, China Grove, It’s Ice, and Divided Sky. Coil included a Happy Birthday dedication to Page, who subsequently teased Happy Birthday twice, “Charge!,” and Call to the Post in the Love You intro as Fish announced birthdays in the band and introduced the crew. Love You also contained Lonesome Cowboy Bill teases from Page.

Filler From 5/18/92

Suzy Greenberg, Maze, Divided Sky, Horn, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Runaway Jim