SET 1: My Friend, My Friend, Rift: Trey a big rough in parts of these first two tunes. Still, the tone is set early, and we were digging it!

Free: Typical, percussion heavy, Trey doing his thing on his kit and spacey effects. Fun but standard.

Esther: Funny story. Me and my buddies always felt like this tune was downright evil and that it followed us around. Well, sure enough here it comes with Page’s creepy intro. We all looked at each other like oh, man here we go again. One of our buddies especially was not thrilled as he was in the Too much, Too fast category at this point in the show, lol. We had been at the last three shows this had been played 8.12.96, 8.16.96 and now tonight. After tonight, it would disappear for a long while, until 8.1.98. Trey struggles with this too in the jam that leads up to the “and she began to tumble earthward… >

Llama: Absolute face melter, Trey is a JEDI!

Gumbo, Down with Disease > Prince Caspian > Frankenstein: Standard

First set summary: Unfortunately, when I take my attendance bias and fond memories out of the equation, there is nothing here to revisit and some of the playing is sloppy. Hate to be that negative guy, but just being honest.

SET 2: AC/DC Bag: Thought this was great out of the gate both live and on tape.

Sparkle: Really? >

Slave to the Traffic Light: One of my favorite songs but did not love this placement and this version is average at best.

Bouncing Around the Room: Really?

Split Open and Melt: Now we are talking. This definitely had me spun at the time but it’s a pretty average Melt.

Fluffhead: Very shreddy, this rocked then, and it rocks now!

Swept Away > Steep: Once again, all momentum comes to a screeching halt >

Run Like an Antelope: Solid, nothing more – nothing less.

Hello My Baby: Standard.

ENCORE: Fee[1], Rocky Top - Standard

Second set summary: It’s funny how at the time I thought this was a very good show, not as good as Pittsburgh but still above average. Even through the years I somehow sort of had it on a higher pedestal than what I just listened to. The setlist construction and flow of the second set is – not great. As far as I am concerned the only thing that I would revisit would be Fluffhead and that’s it for both sets. I would rate this an a less than average show – 3.4 out of 5.