Phish / 1997.07.21

Phish
Date: 1997.07.21
Venue: Virginia Beach Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, VA
Recorded: Paul Languedoc
Mastered: Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering
Source: Livephish (MP3) $9.95
★ 8.5


今回の Archive は、
Dinner & A Movie Ep 9 で放映されました。

その映像を観た時に、
私的には好みの演奏だったため、
映像から音だけ MP3 で抜き出して楽しんでいました。

それが、こんなに早く、
オフィシャルリリースしてくれただけで大満足です。

映像を見流した方は、
ぜひ音源をお楽しみください。

そして、この年代にしては、
音質がとても良かったので、
それも大満足です。

そうそう、DMB の LeRoi Moore も
参加しているので、DMB のファンの方も
ぜひ聴いてみてください。



SET 1
GHOST > (16:43)
DOGS STOLE THINGS > (4:30)
PIPER (4:51)
DIRT (3:45)
GINSENG SULLIVAN > (2:47)
BATHTUB GIN > (21:51)
CHARACTER ZERO (7:28)

SET 2
WOLFMAN’S BROTHER > (12:00)
MAGILLA > (5:48)
DAVID BOWIE (18:09)
WADING IN THE VELVET SEA (8:43)
THEME FROM THE BOTTOM > (19:53)
FUNKY BITCH (6:11)
SLAVE TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT (13:44)

ENCORE
LOVING CUP (6:14)

Note:
Phish played the opening show of their United States
summer tour at Virginia Beach Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, VA,
home of the world’s longest pleasure beach.
It was their first show at this newly-constructed outdoor
shed opened in 1996 with a capacity of about 20,000.
The band had just returned from their second European trek
in six months and were primed and
ready for the 19 U.S. dates up through The Great Went.

Set I featured the public stateside debut of four new songs :
"Ghost", "Dogs Stole Things", "Piper", and "Dirt" – all of which
Trey introduced at the bottom of a stupendous "Bathtub Gin".
Set II was jam-packed with non-stop highlights starting with
"Wolfman’s Brother > Magilla > David Bowie".
"Magilla" had been dusted off in Europe after a four-year hiatus
and Bowie got a jazzy romp with teases of "Joe Zawinul/Weather Report’s Birdland".
Next came the first U.S. "Wading In The Velvet Sea",
and a grandiose, full-band, multi-instrument-blowout
"Theme From The Bottom" with DMB’s LeRoi Moore
sitting in on saxophone(s) for "Theme" and "Funky Bitch".
A dramatic "Slave To The Traffic Light" followed by a "Loving Cup"
encore set the tone for the beautiful buzz of summer 1997.