Phish: The Pendulum - Soundcheck performance - Hampshire College 12/7/1990

Описание: Produced by http://www.ReelifeProductions.com
Only known video recording of this song.

Other unreleased material from this 12/7/90 Hampshire College Recording, slated for future release, in a format as of yet to be determined, from the archives of Reelife Documentary Productions:

12/7/90 Phish- Hampshire College Soundcheck Recordings (no other recordings in circulation):
Trey Bang a Gong dabblings
Jazz Doodlings / Runaway Jim Doodlings?
Phish performing Bang a Gong
Ass Festival acapella
Mike- Butt Party
Mike- Have a Heart
Fishman- No Good Trying (S. Barrett) acapella
Phish Ass Festival
Sweet Adeline
Ass Festival with lights
45 minute interview with Phish

Previously published clips from 2009 "All My Plastic Melon Dreams" Documentary (stalled production) 12/7/90:

“New Teezer”:    • "new teezer" All My Plastic Melon Dreams- ...  

"We’re totally happy":    • "We're Totally Happy" Phish- All My Plasti...  

"Jon canvas for sound":    • "Canvas for Sound"-  Phish- All My Plastic...  

2009 Kickstarter Campaign (goal unachieved)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/t...

Masslive article:
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment...

2011 Blogpost:
http://www.reelifeproductions.blogspo...

2009 Blogpost:
http://www.reelifeproductions.blogspo...

phishnet 2011 discussion:
https://forum.phish.net/forum/show/13...

Also in the unreleased archives of Reelife Productions:
Pearl Street Nightclub, Northampton, MA
September 21, 1989
• 10 minute pre-show interview with Phish •
(v7 720x480 _ARRI)
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Additional Pendulum info from: https://phish.net/song/the-pendulum/h...
https://phish.in/1986-04-01/the-pendu...
https://phishsonian.net/tag/zanzile/

The Pendulum was played at 0.11% of live Phish shows.
It was played 2 time(s) at the following show(s):

PHISH, MONDAY 02/03/1986 HUNT'S Burlington, VT
This show was an African National Congress Benefit featuring Phish and South African dub poet Zenzilé Madikinea. Antelope featured Jeff Holdsworth on slide guitar. Russ Flanagan sat in on fiddle for parts of this show. Alumni was played by request. Letter to Jimmy Page contained quotes from Trey of "It's alright" before eventually returning to Alumni. Some recordings erroneously note that this show was a double-bill with The Joneses. This show contained the first known version of You Enjoy Myself, although it is possible that the correct debut was on 2/1/85, and the first known performances of Zenzilé's pieces (all with Phish) Tonight, The Pendulum, Babylon is Burning, and Dec 1661. The first set of this show is identical to what is listed for 2/1/85. The setlist for 2/1/85 is possibly incorrect.
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PHISH, TUESDAY 04/01/1986 HUNT'S Burlington, VT
This show was billed as Hunt’s Festival of Fools. Phish and The Joneses switched off for 45-minute sets; the two bands performed the encore together. The Pendulum, which was a recital of revolutionary poetry, featured guest Zenzilé Madikinea. This gig contained the first known versions of AC/DC Bag and Icculus, the first known Phish version of Have Mercy, and the only known Phish performances of Help on the Way, Slipknot and Not Fade Away. McGrupp was spoken in a Dylan-esque fashion, in keeping with Trey’s jokes about Phish being the “Dylan Band.” Free Bird was teased before Not Fade Away.
Once upon a time, Phish played backing music while Zenzilé Madikinea recited revolutionary poetry. Zenzilé studied at Goddard briefly around this time, having been a revolutionary and “troublemaker” in South Africa as a young adult. Zenzilé rallied extensive support for various civil rights causes, urged on by his innate dissatisfaction with the heinous state of the world, always electrifying his supporters with eloquent speech and cadence.
The first Phish/Zenzilé collaboration took place on 2/3/86 at Hunt’s, offering a four-”song” suite of that included “Tonight,” “The Pendulum,” “Babylon is Burning,” and “Dec 1661.” On April Fool’s Day 1986, they reprised “The Pendulum,” perhaps in order to distinguish between Zenzilé and a true prophet – Phish subsequently slid into “Dave’s Energy Guide” as a bridge to “Icculus.”
Though maybe not a prophet, it seems Zenzilé did have a lasting impact on Phish, or at least Trey. Over twenty-three years later, during the soundcheck from the 8/14/09 Hartford show (available as a free track from livephish.com), Trey can be heard quoting part of "The Pendulum." Who knows why those obscure lines ended up in Trey's head in 2009, but what song did they bust out later that night? That's right, "Icculus."