I’m going with '96 here… lots of good shows to choose from…
That second set is hot for sure… the second half of that tour is amazing!! particularly Polaris>Alpine>Creek>Creek in four days, man oh man. I love '99. Most complete year in my opinion, even though '97 is my favorite. Three awesome American tours, capped off my what is in my opinion the best month in their history. The final three shows of 1999 are all TOP NOTCH, in the sense of top 20 or 25 material, except for the last one… 
I agree with William and Devin
One of you didn’t vote then.
edit- It was Hank, :
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I did now biotch!!
ive got to go with 8/13/96. live phish 12 was the first full phish concert i ever listened to i think…that divided sky opener is still probably one of my favorites
I like 7-11-00 the best, but 7-25-99 is a close 2nd.
I agree with Will on this one. Although 7-11-00 was an incredibly fun show, this one stands above.
As said above, many great ones to choose from, but I’ll take 7-25-99 for the win.
I must admit that the “Birds -> Walk Away” from 7/25/99 is quite mind-blowing.
I agree with the masses here–07-25-99 without a doubt, my 1st Creek show…
Any show with My Left Toe and Saw it Again is a winner in my book…What a 1st set…
Just listened to that '99 show this morning for the first time in a while…
The Boogie On jam inside YEM is the bees knees!
Yes, yes it is.
I have trouble deciding which set I like better. I think the 2nd.
Going with Will’s choice as well.
I voted for the 7.11.00. Which I think is a wise choice, but just to give PH an honorable mention, the first two nights of the 03 Deer Creek run were both very strong efforts, and amazing shows to attend.
07/21/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set I: Cities, Runaway Jim, Meat, Water in the Sky, Stash, Old Home Place, Vultures, Birds of a Feather, Mike’s Song > I am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove1
Set II: Suzy Greenberg, Taste, 46 Days > Tweezer > Also Sprach Zarathustra > Limb By Limb, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Loving Cup > Tweezer Reprise
1 with “Shock The Monkey” tease
07/22/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set I: Punch You in the Eye, Beauty of my Dreams, Gumbo, The Divided Sky, Boogie On Reggae Woman, Carini > Magilla, Possum
Set II: Split Open and Melt > Free > Friday, The Lizards, Walls of the Cave
Encore: Bouncing Around the Room, Frankenstein
^ While I was there, I really enjoyed the first night. But it truly is the weakest of the three after listening back years later. Personally, I like the third night the best.
^^ Yeah night three was the one I had to go back and listen to to really appreciate it as well. I must have been really tired at that show, as I had been on tour since Bonner Springs and this was my last show for the run, because it is an awesome show. Like you said, I enjoyed night one just being there, and the first set was huge, and night two had some great improv and an incredibly rare (2 times PH?) Lizards taboot. Third night was the sleeper…
07/23/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Set I: Scents and Subtle Sounds > Theme from the Bottom, Rift > Sample in a Jar, Sneaking Sally Through the Alley, Billy Breathes, Seven Below, Cavern
Set II: Down With Disease, The Squirming Coil, Makisupa Policeman1 > Buffalo Bill, Run Like An Antelope2, Thunderhead, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Waste
1 Referenced Max Creek/Deer Creek, ‘then I smoked some pot’; w/ ‘Dream Police’ (Cheap Trick) vocal tease
2 Dedicated to Greg.
The jam from “Scents” might be my favorite part of any of the 3 nights!
I went with the 7-11-2000. Other than that i love the 97 show where they do hood, that redic cities and a David Bowie that isn’t half bad.