Song

Take the 'A' Train

Times played

First

1987

Last

1994

Avg length

5:29

from 96 timed

The longest it ever went missing

57 shows without it, ending 1993-05-05.

Where it sits

4opened the show
15opened a set
10encore

Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

10:121989-05-28Ian McLean's Farm
9:101988-08-27Food Court, Mont Alto Campus, Penn State University
9:051988-05-14Goddard College
8:471988-07-12Sam's Tavern
8:201988-06-15The Front

Across the decades

4480s
5190s

Every performance

Played by yearMost in 1988: 21

19871994

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1987-04-29	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	3:42
1987-10-14	PHIS	Hunt's, Burlington	3:24
1987-10-31	PHIS	Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield	5:02
1987-11-18	PHIS	Hunt's, Burlington	5:27
1987-11-19	PHIS	Hunt's, Burlington	5:33
1988-01-27	PHIS	Gallagher's, Waitsfield	4:17
1988-02-08	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	5:03
1988-02-20	PHIS	St. Lawrence University, Canton	3:47
1988-03-11	PHIS	The Base Lodge, Johnson State College, Johnson	4:26
1988-05-14	PHIS	Goddard College, Plainfield	9:05
1988-05-15	PHIS	Beecher Hill Farm, Hinesburg	4:53
1988-05-22	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	5:42
1988-05-23	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	5:17
1988-06-15	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	8:20
1988-06-20	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	7:08
1988-07-12	PHIS	Sam's Tavern, Burlington	8:47
1988-07-29	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	6:56
1988-08-04	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	5:12
1988-08-05	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	6:24
1988-08-13	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	5:13
1988-08-27	PHIS	Food Court, Mont Alto Campus, Penn State University, Mont Alto	9:10
1988-09-12	PHIS	Sam's Tavern, Burlington	5:59
1988-09-24	PHIS	Humphries House (The Zoo), Amherst College, Amherst	6:51
1988-10-29	PHIS	Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield	5:16
1988-11-03	PHIS	Molly's Cafe, Boston	4:41
1988-11-05	PHIS	Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton	5:22
1989-01-26	PHIS	The Paradise, Boston	5:38
1989-02-06	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	5:12
1989-03-03	PHIS	Living and Learning Center, University of Vermont, Burlington	7:35
1989-03-04	PHIS	The Wetlands Preserve, New York	6:16
1989-03-24	PHIS	The Paradise, Boston	7:20
1989-05-01	PHIS	Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton	7:53
1989-05-05	PHIS	Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton	6:26
1989-05-13	PHIS	The Orange Grove, Syracuse	6:24
1989-05-20	PHIS	Northfield/Mt. Hermon School Gymnasium, Northfield	5:14
1989-05-27	PHIS	Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Trinity College, Hartford	7:05
1989-05-28	PHIS	Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron	10:12
1989-08-19	PHIS	Collis Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover	5:09
1989-11-09	PHIS	Mission Park Dining Hall, Williams College, Williamstown	6:11
1989-11-10	PHIS	Sigma Phi House, Hamilton College, Clinton	5:43
1989-11-30	PHIS	The Paradise, Boston	5:42
1989-12-07	PHIS	8x10 Club, Baltimore	5:07
1989-12-09	PHIS	Huden Dining Hall, Castleton State College, Castleton	5:48
1989-12-15	PHIS	Ukrainian National Home, New York	5:50
1990-02-09	PHIS	Chameleon Club, Lancaster	7:03
1990-02-24	PHIS	The Bayou, Washington	4:43
1990-03-08	PHIS	Aiko's, Saratoga Springs	5:59
1990-03-11	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	6:17
1990-03-28	PHIS	Beta Theta Pi Frat House, Denison University, Granville	5:49
1990-04-04	PHIS	Quigley's, University of Colorado, Boulder	6:30
1990-04-07	PHIS	El Dorado Café, Crested Butte	5:32
1990-04-12	PHIS	The Inferno, Steamboat Springs	5:20
1990-04-18	PHIS	Herman's Hideaway, Denver	5:26
1990-04-20	PHIS	Ramskeller, Colorado State University, Fort Collins	4:25
1990-05-11	PHIS	The Living Room, Providence	4:55
1990-05-15	PHIS	Hamilton College, Clinton	5:23
1990-05-23	PHIS	The Library, Richmond	6:50
1990-06-05	PHIS	Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill	5:17
1990-06-09	PHIS	The Wetlands Preserve, New York	6:04
1990-06-17	PHIS	Wendell Studios, Boston	6:20