(#4) 12/6/96 Vegas v (#5) 8/13/96 Deer Creek
- (#4) 12/6/96 Vegas
- (#5) 8/13/96 Deer Creek
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(#4) 12/6/96 Vegas v (#5) 8/13/96 Deer Creek
Friday, 12/06/1996 The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
[size=85]Soundcheck: Peaches en Regalia, The Wedge, I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart
Set 1: Wilson, Peaches en Regalia, Poor Heart, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Llama, You Enjoy Myself, Cars Trucks Buses, Down with Disease > Frankenstein
Set 2: Julius, Sparkle, Mike’s Song -> Simple -> Jam, Harry Hood, Weekapaug Groove, Sweet Adeline, Good Times Bad Times
Encore: Harpua -> Wildwood Weed -> Harpua -> I Want To Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart -> Harpua -> Suspicious Minds -> Harpua, Suzy Greenberg
Notes: 2001 included a Get on the Good Foot tease. The YEM vocal jam was based on donuts. Sweet Adeline was performed without microphones. The opening segment of Harpua was performed in a normal 4/4 time signature as opposed to its usual 7/4 signature. Wildwood Weed (a Phish debut with Les Claypool on vocals) and parts of Harpua featured Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus. I Want To Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart also made its Phish debut at this show and featured the Yodeling Cowgirls on vocals, Claypool, LaLonde, and John McEuen. Suspicious Minds featured four Elvis impersonators on vocals with Fishman joining in at the end. Suzy Greenberg featured Claypool, LaLonde, McEuen, the Elvis impersonators, The Yodeling Cowgirls dancing on stage, and actor Courtney Gains on Trey’s percussion rack. One of the Elvis impersonators led a Susie Q jam at the end of Suzy Greenberg.[/size]
Tuesday, 08/13/1996 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
[size=85]Soundcheck: Talk (intro, acoustic, x2), Waste (acoustic), Spooky -> Jam
Set 1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light
Set 2: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike’s Song -> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train Song, Strange Design, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie
Encore: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top
Notes: Page performed Somewhere Over the Rainbow solo on the theremin. Waste through Strange Design were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Trey played the composed section to Divided Sky over the soundcheck jam. This show was officially released as Live Phish 12.[/size]
I went with DC, but this is a tough one. My favorite Mike’s Song, but a good Lizards, Bag, Sky and Slave.
Had to go with Vegas '96. First set 2001 > Llama is great, you could really see where they were trying to go with future 2001’s at this point, IMO. YEM with the donuts jam 
. 2nd set Mike>Simple>Jam,Hood,Weekapaug is too good. and what an f’n encore.
DC does have a killer Mike’s though (and the preferable one in this case), but the grooves they were laying down in Vegas that night, offering a glimpse into '97 and beyond, takes it over DC '96’s continuation of '95-esque psychedelia.
^Pretty much agree with everything you said. Going with Vegas. They’re both amongst my favorite shows, though.
This Deer Creek show is tits. Its my favorite Live Phish release.
Vegas
I haven’t voted yet because I haven’t made up my mind, but I might also point out that the Bowie from Deer Creek is also amazing.
2001, DWD, YEM, Hood, Mikes Groove, and Harpua…Too many powerhouses not to vote for vegas. love the dwd.
12/6/96 was the first show I ever listened to. I still remember the first time Mikes Song kicked in. 
The 2001>Llama is sick too.
The Mikes Groove, Sky, Slave and Bowie give 8/13 the edge imo…not to mention the acoustic set. I probably listen to 12/6 a lot more since it is more recent LP release, but 8/13 is the second best show I’ve heard from '96. 11/2 is still a better show than either of these though.
i actually used the the waste from the deer creek show as my wedding song. best first dance song ever.
This is another great matchup. (11/2’s of the world aside) You got, IMO, the top '96 shows (that weren’t from CB, 'ween or NYE) goin at it for '96 supremacy