Phish / 1988.08.01

Phish
Date: 1988.08.01
Venue: Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI
Recorded : Paul Languedoc
Mastered : Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering
Recorded by Paul Languedoc to soundboard DAT
and was mastered by Fred Kevorkian
Source: LivePhish (MP3)
Fee: ＄9.95
★ 8.8

今年、3回目の Archive 音源。

美しい自然がある Alpine Valley。
ここも一度は行ってみたい Amphitheatre だ。

2 時間 45 分の Show の Opner は、
この日が初演となった Led Zeppelinの"Ramble On"
(この曲は、SCI もよく演奏している)

この他、初演は、アンコールの
Been Caught Stealing (Jane’s Addiction’s)でした。
Esther は、3年ぶりぐらいの演奏。

全体的にタイトで力強く、
この時代の勢いを感じる演奏でした。
今年リリースされた Archive では1番良かった。




Show Note:
On August 1, 1998 Phish returned to
Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI for their third show
in America’s Dairyland in as many years.
Alpine is a favorite venue –
one of the largest amphitheaters on the circuit
with a capacity of 37,000, sprawling parking lot,
a steep-sloped lawn, and wooden roof.
This was the thirteenth show of a 23-date U.S. summer tour.
Tickets and parking cost $27.75, and the show was sold out.
The rowdy Saturday night Alpine crowd was pumped but,
even amidst the Summer of Covers,
nobody could have predicted this show’s bookends.

Set I exploded out of the gate with a four-song opening
sequence of Ramble On > Mike’s Song > Esther > Weekapaug Groove.
The Led Zeppelin debut followed by
Mike’s > Esther (the only such combination to-date)
sent shockwaves through the audience.
This was the first Esther in almost two years,
and it resolved into a funky cowbell-driven Weekapaug.
Other set I notables included Fikus,
a rarity debuted earlier that summer in Copenhagen
that appeared on ‘The Story of the Ghost’ album that fall,
and a lively Funky Bitch set closer.
Set II highlights included Wilson > 2001 > (1998’s only) Magilla > 2001,
a transcendent Tweezer > Fluffhead,
and a blazing fast Chalk Dust Torture.
The encore was another debut cover -
Jane’s Addiction’s Been Caught Stealing > Tweezer Reprise,
that put the exclamation point on this quintessential summer ‘98 show.