Mystery Jam Monday Part 214

Monday 03/07/2016 by Dog_Faced_Boy

MYSTERY JAM MONDAY PART 214

Welcome to the 214th edition of the Mystery Jam Monday. My good friend Pete had to run off to Florida last minute, and asked me to step into the void. Unfortunately I don't think Pete will be catching the Orlando Stash on this trip, but perhaps he can introduce his kids to the Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House, since I'm pretty sure the original 1964 record album was published by Disney Records. Anyway have fun Pete, and good luck everyone: The winner will receive an MP3 code good for a free download of any show, courtesy of our friends at LivePhish.com / Nugs.Net. To win, be the first person to identify the song and date of the mystery jam clip. Each person gets one guess per day, with the second “day” starting after I post the hint. A hint will be posted on Tuesday if necessary, with the answer to follow on Wednesday. Enjoy!

Update March 8: And... the referee throws out the yellow flag. We have a couple of technical defaults at play here. The MJM Jury has deliberated, and decided that the fairest course is to call MJM 214 a draw and double the prize for MJM 215. At issue are 1) @sirhotpants correctly guessing the right song, but incorrect version, and then posting a giveaway hint to all others after realizing his mistake; 2) @VanNicky75 picked up on @sirhotpants's clue, but technically, he had already submitted his guess for the day (Tahoe Tweezer, which, while it may have been in jest, is a guess nonetheless). Pete and I are NOT counting this as a win for the blog, as the 8/21/87 McGrupp was correctly identified by the users. But it's not being counted as a loss either. It's simply not being counted. Next week's winner will receive two free download codes.

Guys and Gals - We just want to remind you all of a couple of fairly simple rules: 1) you get one guess per day; day 2 begins AFTER a hint is posted; and 2) if you figure out the answer after you make a guess, please don't spoil it by posting something that gives the answer away to others, like the case this week. That's it. MJM 215 will be back as usual next week. Thanks again to Pete for letting me host. I had fun watching many you try to tree a Possum that wasn't there.

48 comments - Link: http://phi.sh/b/56dbbdcf

Comments

2016-03-07 1:33 pm, comment by HoodPeAk

07/10/99 CDT

Score: -5

2016-03-07 1:37 pm, comment by andrewrose

Sounds like a 1990 Possum but I don't have time to dig. Someone will!

Score: 1

2016-03-07 1:37 pm, comment by Dadstaches

6/20/95 Cuyahoga CDT

Score: 0

2016-03-07 1:44 pm, comment by FunkyCFunkyDo

@HoodPeAk said:

07/10/99 CDT

For the love of... can someone get this guy a copy of 7.10.99 please?!

Score: 30

2016-03-07 1:56 pm, comment by stevemott

2/1/91 Chalkdust

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:09 pm, comment by melt_the_tek9

2-7-89 possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:11 pm, comment by CadillacRainb0ws

10/30/90 possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:27 pm, comment by likeaghost

3/6/87 - Hood

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:40 pm, comment by beerphish

10/31/1990 Possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:49 pm, comment by ShowOfMYFE

2.23.90 Possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 2:54 pm, comment by Bob_Loblaw

Hey Dog Face Boy. Thanks for making me spend an hour digging through pre 91 possums and coming up with nothing. It's not like possum was played that much back then.

Score: 8

2016-03-07 2:58 pm, comment by hmatt22

3/23/91 Possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 3:03 pm, comment by Lee_Fordham

Possum Feb 7 1989

Score: 0

2016-03-07 3:10 pm, comment by Purplecobras

Lushington 4/29/1987

Score: 0

2016-03-07 3:22 pm, comment by MiguelSanchez

What a delightfully dick'ish MMJ.

Score: 6

2016-03-07 3:23 pm, comment by bushwood_a_dump

No Kidding MiguelSanchez

Doesn't have the turnaround for Possum, and the overall band/gear sound is too early for CDT...

Score: 0

2016-03-07 3:24 pm, comment by 12_29_97_4eva

@MiguelSanchez said:

What a delightfully dick'ish MMJ.

Couldn't have set it better, much as I love ucpete

My first thought was Lushington, but immediately replaced by "early Chalkdust." Sadly, my knowledge of early Phish is subpar and my layover isn't longer for me to fish around.

Score: 1

2016-03-07 3:32 pm, comment by 12_29_97_4eva

@bushwood_a_dump said:

No Kidding MiguelSanchez

Doesn't have the turnaround for Possum, and the overall band/gear sound is too early for CDT...

That was my conclusion after listening to the first CDT. The sound in the clip is too immature (I don't mean that in a bad way) to be from 1991. Gotta be earlier. But hey, you never know.

Score: 1

2016-03-07 5:25 pm, comment by uctweezer

@Bob_Loblaw said:

Hey Dog Face Boy. Thanks for making me spend an hour digging through pre 91 possums and coming up with nothing. It's not like possum was played that much back then.

Only an hour spent on MJM? Filthy casual...

Score: 5

2016-03-07 5:50 pm, comment by zipriderson

@12_29_97_4eva said:

@bushwood_a_dump said:
No Kidding MiguelSanchez

Doesn't have the turnaround for Possum, and the overall band/gear sound is too early for CDT...
That was my conclusion after listening to the first CDT. The sound in the clip is too immature (I don't mean that in a bad way) to be from 1991. Gotta be earlier. But hey, you never know.

It sounds like Page is on the electric piano, and has some organ going too. When did he add these to his rig?

Score: 0

2016-03-07 5:56 pm, comment by The_Real_Prince_Caspian

3/20/92 Possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 6:33 pm, comment by funkbeard

Yes. It does sound chalkdustish, but undefined. Possum-like, and also undefined. Which got me thinking... most likely an early Bowie jam. Noisy.

Score: 0

2016-03-07 7:01 pm, comment by negativeseven

6/30/89 Possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 8:01 pm, comment by Phart_Door

I know this is wrong, but 5/17/92 Possum.

Score: 0

2016-03-07 8:07 pm, comment by Thisrozeisntfree

Have listened to it in a while but 12-7-97 possum has enough peaks where it could be that so 12-7-97 possum

Score: 0

2016-03-07 8:16 pm, comment by bcc88

10/28/91 Whipping Post

Score: 0

2016-03-07 8:35 pm, comment by mcgrupp81

@bcc88 said:

10/28/91 Whipping Post

What's funny about that Whipping Post "jam" is that it would probably agitate and stump more than this week's jam.

And what's funny about this week's jam is that I typed in "Phish sounds like Possum" into a search engine and one of the first results was a link to the @andrewrose comment above.

@uctweezer send me a PM when you get the chance because I've got a guest jam for you to spin.

Score: 1

2016-03-07 8:50 pm, comment by Hugh_Mongus

AC/DC Bag - 8/10/87

Score: 0

2016-03-07 9:45 pm, comment by makisupaman

Possum 03/28/93 Arcata, CA

Score: 0

2016-03-07 10:29 pm, comment by The__Van

Tahoe Tweezer

Score: 0

2016-03-07 10:53 pm, comment by tubescreamer

They were really channeling Truckin' for the first few seconds there

Score: 1

2016-03-08 12:11 am, comment by 10mileride

Possum 9/8/88

Score: 0

2016-03-08 12:11 am, comment by Choda

Nobody should be flagged on a mjm comment.

::but ridicule is cool::

Score: 2

2016-03-08 6:42 am, comment by sirhotpants

McGrupp 5/3/85

Score: 2

2016-03-08 6:44 am, comment by sirhotpants

Oops, I think I'm off by 2 years

Score: 0

2016-03-08 7:31 am, comment by The__Van

McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY

Score: 0

2016-03-08 7:42 am, comment by CadillacRainb0ws

@The__Van said:

McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY

Wow, good job. I was way off on this one...however, didnt you guess already?

Score: 6

2016-03-08 8:11 am, comment by hai_hatto

What is McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters 08/21/87?

Score: 4

2016-03-08 9:11 am, comment by andrewrose

A jam from Ian's Farm should not have taken that long.

Score: 2

2016-03-08 10:04 am, comment by WayIFeel

@CadillacRainb0ws said:

@The__Van said:
McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY
Wow, good job. I was way off on this one...however, didnt you guess already?

A second guess before the hint? This might be a first in MJM History!

Score: 1

2016-03-08 10:41 am, comment by Phunky_Mango

7/28/93 Chalkdust???

Score: 0

2016-03-08 10:46 am, comment by uctweezer

@WayIFeel said:

@CadillacRainb0ws said:
@The__Van said:
McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY
Wow, good job. I was way off on this one...however, didnt you guess already?
A second guess before the hint? This might be a first in MJM History!

http://blog.phish.net/1341196570/mystery-jam-monday-part-104

Score: 2

2016-03-08 12:05 pm, comment by WayIFeel

@uctweezer said:

@WayIFeel said:
@CadillacRainb0ws said:
@The__Van said:
McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY
Wow, good job. I was way off on this one...however, didnt you guess already?
A second guess before the hint? This might be a first in MJM History!
http://blog.phish.net/1341196570/mystery-jam-monday-part-104[/quote] />
Went through that thread. Never seen so many minus thumbs before in a thread. Thanks for clarifying that one for me.

Score: 0

2016-03-08 12:29 pm, comment by Phart_Door

So which Possum is it?

Score: 0

2016-03-08 12:39 pm, comment by The__Van

@WayIFeel said: "@uctweezer said: "@WayIFeel said: "@CadillacRainb0ws said: "@The__Van said: "McGrupp 8/21/1987 Hebron, NY" Wow, good job. I was way off on this one...however, didnt you guess already?"

A second guess before the hint? This might be a first in MJM History!"

http://blog.phish.net/1341196570/mystery-jam-monday-part-104" />
Well... I don't want that kind of reputation so my bad! I got excited and jumped the gun. Good luck to next week's winner!

Went through that thread. Never seen so many minus thumbs before in a thread. Thanks for clarifying that one for me."

Score: 0

2016-03-08 1:57 pm, comment by mcgrupp81

I was reading the Pharmer's Almanac yesterday after listening to this clip and I ran into the 8/21/87 show and said to myself that it would be embarrasing if a show listed as one of the top 25 shows in Phish 1.0 didn't have a jam from it identified by MJM participants. I can still remember one of my college buddies who got me into Phish had this in his tape collection and lent it to me. People today would be shitting themselves if they got a Dog Log opener followed by that setlist.

Score: 1

2016-03-08 2:41 pm, comment by uctweezer

@The__Van (and @sirhotpants): Don't worry, we know that these were honest mistakes. We'll just all take a mulligan on this one and take this as a reminder to follow the rules carefully so that the Blog can properly award codes to the true winner each week, and so that we're sure the winner was the one who found the answer first, on their own. We had considered other options here, e.g. awarding two codes, giving the code to @hai_hatto (whose first guess was the correct answer), etc. It was a tough call as there was no clear winner, so in the end we felt the fairest thing to do was to nullify the whole thing and give away two codes next week. I trust everyone understands that logic and is cool with that; if not, feel free to shoot either DFB or me a PM to discuss.

Score: 6

2016-03-08 6:05 pm, comment by sirhotpants

Hey y'all- Really sorry for the botched spoiler this morning. Haven't gotten an MJM yet and only rarely put up a guess. Today I was checking it out over the morning cereal and realized nobody had said McGrupp, which had some out-there buildups but I recognized the chord voicing and era from that. I read @mcgrupp81's comments and shot in the dark I put the '85 McGrupp > Whipping Post. Then had a bout of serious l'esprit d'escalier as I was closing the window, posted the second guess, and...

Score: 6