HT Giveaway: Phish At The Roxy Package
Fifteen years ago, when Phish completed their epic three-night stand at the Roxy in Atlanta the shows were instantly thrust into the limelight as among the greatest ever. Apparently the band agrees with the fans, as JEMP Records will release the eight-disc Phish At The Roxy on November 18.
For those of you who haven’t pre-ordered the box set or the download package, we’ve got five box sets to give away as part of our now legendary Everybody Wins When I Plug Something And In Return They Offer Me Free Shit To Give Away program. One grand prize winner will receive a package that includes both Phish At The Roxy and a t-shirt, while the other four winners get themselves a box set. Just leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Phish show from the glorious year of 1993.
Let’s go over the rules for this contest…
- To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us about your favorite Phish show from 1993
- Your comment must be left by 11:59 PM EST on November 17
- Don’t be greedy, only one entry per person
- Five winners will be selected at random
- One grand prize winner will receive both the Phish at the Roxy box set and retro logo t-shirt bundle and four other winners will receive the Phish at the Roxy box set.
For a taste of Phish At The Roxy head to the band’s MySpace and Facebook pages to hear Glide and Split Open & Melt. If you pledge to vote via HeadCount you’ll get a free MP3 of The Lizards from this fantastic set.
Scott Bernstein
Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.
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08/20/93 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
you can tell throughout that they were in a great mood.wonderful divided sky opener! great maze,it’s ice>wedge.rift,antelope! 2nd set is the business 2001>slave opener AND THEN..SOAMelt,squiming coil,my friend,chalkdust,YEM. cool encore
08/20/93 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Set I: The Divided Sky, Harpua, Poor Heart, Maze, Bouncing Around the Room, It’s Ice> The Wedge1, Ginseng Sullivan2, Rift, Run Like An Antelope
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra> Slave to the Traffic Light, Split Open and Melt, Squirming Coil, My Friend My Friend, Chalkdust Torture, You Enjoy Myself> Purple Rain3> HYHU, Cavern
Encore: The Mango Song, Freebird
1 First Wedge since 3/25/93 or 62 shows
2 Dedicated to Brad Sands
3 With Mimi Fishman, and Fishman, on vacuum
8-7-93 – Whole show is off the charts, personally love this stash, way underrated.
12.30.93
Great show from start to finish. Makes me cry.
12/30/93 smokes.
Just an amazin run from the 2001 onward.
The Mike’s is a potent combo of pure hose…jedi knight and the “we’re on drugs” sweet-spot.
This had to be the moment when they band knew they were livin’ the dream and that full time Arena Rock was their new domain.
p.s. – pick me.
7-16-93 Mann Center Philly!!!! They always tore up philly!
1993-03-22
Sacramento
Some sweet Gamehendge and the second bootleg I ever got.
my favorite show would have to be my first show, 3/16/93. Pure greatness from begining to end, and I’d never heard a note before!
03/16/93 Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Set I: Sweet Adeline, Buried Alive> Poor Heart, It’s Ice, Fee, Maze, I Didn’t Know, The Divided Sky, You Gotta See Mama Every Night1, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, Cavern
Set II: My Friend My Friend, The Curtain, Tweezer> Sweet Emotion Jam> Tweezer> Bathtub Gin, Esther, Chalkdust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, HYHU> Bike> Lengthwise> Bike, Lawn Boy, Llama, Amazing Grace
Encore: Sparkle, Tweezer Reprise
1 Sung to Trey’s grandmother by her husband, Harry Jones
i wasnt phan
7/27/93 Classic Ampitheatre Richmond Va
I entered the HORDE Show tour as a Blue Traveler fan. I left a Phish head. It was my first Phish show and I can honestly say it changed my life forever. They had me at “Last niiiiiiiiight…”
Thanks for the memories!
I: (55 m) 2001->Rift, Stash, Squirming Coil, Sparkle> It’s Ice->Purple Rain, Y.E.M.*
Note: * with millions of extra guests and Popper’s “death” on the trampoline
My favorite show from `93 opened with a song that we couldn’t place at first, as it was out of context, but yet we had listened to Exile On Main Street on the way to the show. That night, the tour opener in Portland, ME not only gave us the first Lovin’ Cup and Page’s new baby grand, but also a great moment with The Wedge in in which the entire audience seemed to bubble with pulsing energy, “bobbing on the surface,” as it were. It seemed like such a large show at the time in that hockey arena…
5/8/93
Some great Machine Gun Trey moments, and a spectacular 2nd set. The Bowie w/ Jessica teases is among my favorites.
Favorite 1993 shows – 4/20/93 & 4/21/93
Super tight shows from start to finish. Great 2 night run at the Newport in Columbus, OH.
Split Opean and Melt on 4/21/93 is incredible.
05/08/93
UNH Fieldhouse
i listened to this show and passed it on to many friends and fans, and to my luck it was officially released and remastered (with filler!) gr
great bowie > have mercy > bowie, debut of crossroads, stash > kung > stash. and a wonderful amazing grace followed by a one time amazing grace instrumental. the reba aint no slouch either!
12-31-93 because thats the first live Phish show I ever listened to.
love me some atl phish!!!!!
12/30/93
gorgeous flowing second set. one of my favorite tapes. remember tapes?
02/20/93. First show I received in a trade and is one of those “desert island” cd’s that you could listen to over and over.
Well I was only 11 in 1993. But I want to enter this contest, and it didn’t say you had to be at the show. So my favorite bootleg from 93 would have to be one of the first I ever listened to. Being very impressed by my friend’s older brother’s enormous collection, he gave me 3/22 Sacramento. Gamehendge complete and in all its glory. Sure there are shows from 93 that rage a lot harder than this one, but this is what got the ball rolling for me. I just could not believe the absurdity of it, combined with the work that must have gone into it. Blew my mind and changed my teenage musical perspective forever.
8/6/93- Cincinnati Zoo
great teases, jams and segues throughout and the return of slave
2-20-93
Great first set song selection, then, well we all know what went down Set 2,
One of the best Rebas ever played taboot – can’t wait for the remasters!
12/30/93 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
Set I: David Bowie1, Weigh, The Curtain, Sample in a Jar, Paul and Silas, Colonel Forbin’s Ascent> Fly Famous Mockingbird, Rift, Bathtub Gin, Freebird
Set II: Also Sprach Zarathustra> Mike’s Song> The Horse> Silent in the Morning, Punch You in the Eye, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters> Weekapaug Groove> Purple Rain, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Rocky Top, Good Times Bad Times
the entire holiday run was amazing…snow storm started in dc and followed phish up the coast. crazy times. brought 2 friends to their first show on this night…hooked for life.
As crazy and as improbable as it sounds, 2/20/93 was my first show. I was home for the weekend from college (my parents live in metro Atlanta). It was winter quarter of my freshman year and I had become nominally aware of Phish. At that point, I had been to a handful of Dead shows, a few Garcia shows and a ton of Widespread shows. I was intrigued by the eclectic nature of Phish’s music (what I’d heard on Picture Of Nectar and Junta-this is what I was aware of before that night) and was eager to check them out. I called a buddy of mine who was also home from college and asked him to attend with me. He thought I said that it was Fishbone and was more than a little disappointed at the onset when he realized otherwise (his opinion would change). We got down to the Roxy in ATL, parked and made our way in. It occurred to me that this band attracted a wide range of folks, mostly young hippie-type folks-which suited me perfectly. The lights went down at the run-down venue and I got my first look at the drummer. He was undoubtedly one of the funniest people I’d ever seen. There was just something about him that inspired laughter within me. I also remember thinking that there must be some mistake with the lead singer. In the liner notes of my Picture Of Nectar tape it said his name was something “Italian” sounding and this guy was a very, very fair complected red-head. The music started (Golgi) and…. OH MY GOD! This wasn’t just your regular jamband. They were playing just insane stuff. It seemed like there was a bit of a starge vibe between the guitarist and bassist, but they were running with it. The show ended up changing my life and the course of my life. I will always be in debt to Phish.
2.6.93 was one of the first tapes I ever had, procured solely because I wanted to hear John Popper on Buried Alive, Possum and Fire. Pretty sweet newb tape; introduced me to Mike’s Groove, PYITE and the Big Ball Jam (which still doesn’t quite translate to tape).
2.20.93: Need I say more?! This ENTIRE show is epic!! WoooHooooo!
i love 8/20/93. when this divided sky begins i get goosebumps. i played this set one tape more than i can remember and was one of my first digital acquisitions.
great YEM, Antelope and Free Bird.
love it!