Vegas 96

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Vegas 96
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Live album by
Phish
ReleasedNovember 20, 2007 (US)
RecordedDecember 6, 1996
Genre Rock
Label JEMP Records
Producer Phish
Phish chronology
Colorado '88
(2006 - recorded live in 1988)
(2004)		Vegas 96
(2007)		 At the Roxy
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Vegas 96 is a triple live album from the American jam band Phish, recorded live at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 1996. In addition to the 3-CD set, a limited edition box version also includes a DVD with archival footage from the show and an extensive 40-page bound-book featuring photos and notes.

Contents

The show features a large amount of extended improvisation on Phish classics such as "Harry Hood" and "Weekapaug Groove", as well as a cover of Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia". The encore features a half-hour version of "Harpua" with guest appearances from Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of the band Primus, John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, actor Courtney Gains from Children of the Corn , a group of Elvis impersonators, and a pair known as the "Yodeling Cowgirls", who performed "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", accompanied by John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on a pedal-steel guitar.

The Yodeling Cowgirls, from Phoenix, Arizona, are Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza, who had met Phish at their Phoenix concert days earlier.

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com. Selected songs are available for MPEG-4 download.

Track listing

Disc one

Set one:

  1. "Wilson" (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall, Aaron Woolf) – 6:22
  2. "Peaches en Regalia" (Frank Zappa) – 3:10 →
  3. "Poor Heart" (Mike Gordon) – 3:18 →
  4. "2001" (Eumir Deodato) – 9:27 →
  5. "Llama" (Anastasio) – 5:26
  6. "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) – 26:00
  7. "Cars Trucks Buses" (Page McConnell) – 4:09 →
  8. "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 11:04 →
  9. "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 4:55

Disc two

Set two:

  1. "Julius" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 9:34
  2. "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:37 →
  3. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) – 10:53 →
  4. "Simple" (Gordon) – 18:33 →
  5. "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Gordon, McConnell, Brian Long) – 15:40 →
  6. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 11:35
  7. "Sweet Adeline" (Henry W. Armstrong, Richard Gerard) – 1:54
  8. "Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 7:18

Disc three

Encore:

  1. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:03 →
  2. "Wildwood Weed" (Don Bowman) – 2:43 →
  3. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:21
  4. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) – 2:17 →
  5. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 1:55 →
  6. "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) – 4:28 →
  7. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 8:47 →
  8. "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Steve Pollak) – 6:52 →
  9. "Susie Q" (Dale Hawkins, Robert Chaisson, Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) – 2:47

Bonus disc - Road to Vegas

  1. "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 11:04
    • recorded November 9, 1996
  2. "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 16:58
    • recorded November 3, 1996
  3. "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 26:31
    • recorded November 7, 1996
  4. "Simple" (Gordon) - 16:37
    • recorded November 18, 1996
  5. "Amazing Grace" (Traditional) - 6:07
    • recorded November 30, 1996

Personnel

Phish

Guests

Guests on Road to Vegas

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References

  1. ↑ Hoard, Christian (2011). "Phish: Vegas '96 : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
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