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What I often come back for now is the quiet spaces, for example the last 4-5 minutes of the 11/23 Gin. Or maybe it's the groove, as in the 12/7 Psycho Killer. These are things that Phish hadn't really brought before. And, it's often some of the most danceable and accessible Phish of any year.
Still, where were the raging Bowies and beautiful, soaring Rebas a la 12/7/95? I'm afraid they were gone forever as those songs would never hit the peaks they had in prior years again. That brought me great disappointment back in the day. Just compare a Hood from fall '94 to anything from '97 and you'll get it.
Still, this is a great list. Out of the top five, I just don't understand the presence of 12/6 and don't really buy 11/17 as numero uno. I've actually come to appreciate summer more than ever before and I think the Ventura boxed set is a great example. Probably the best sounding recording of pre livephish Phish.