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Monday, 07/20/1998 Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA

Soundcheck: Jam

Set 1: Bathtub Gin Dirt Poor Heart^[1] Lawn Boy My Sweet One Birds of a Feather Theme From the Bottom Water in the Sky The Moma Dance Split Open and Melt

Set 2: Drowned Makisupa Policeman^[2] Maze Sea and Sand Prince Caspian Harry Hood

Encore: Sexual Healing^[3] Hold Your Head Up Halley's Comet

[1] Several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending.
[2] Long, atypical jam.
[3] Phish debut.

Notes: Mike teased Low Rider in Bathtub Gin. Poor Heart featured several false endings, including a Free Bird-style ending. Makisupa included a long, atypical jam. Sea and Sand (first since NYE 1995, or 166 shows) was an appropriate choice, given the venue’s location near the beach. Sexual Healing made its Phish debut at this show with Fish reading the lyrics off the back of a show poster. As delay loops built to end Halley’s Comet, the band left the stage one by one. The soundcheck's jam contained several quotes of Venus (Shocking Blue). This show was released as part of the Ventura box set.

This show was part of the "1998 Summer U.S. Tour."