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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.
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Released | November 20, 2007 (US) | |||
Recorded | December 6, 1996 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | JEMP Records | |||
Producer | Phish | |||
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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, 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
editDisc one
Set one:
- "Wilson" (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall, Aaron Woolf) – 6:22
- "Peaches en Regalia" (Frank Zappa) – 3:10 →
- "Poor Heart" (Mike Gordon) – 3:18 →
- "2001" (Eumir Deodato) – 9:27 →
- "Llama" (Anastasio) – 5:26
- "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) – 26:00
- "Cars Trucks Buses" (Page McConnell) – 4:09 →
- "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 11:04 →
- "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 4:55
Disc two
Set two:
- "Julius" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 9:34
- "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:37 →
- "Mike's Song" (Gordon) – 10:53 →
- "Simple" (Gordon) – 18:33 →
- "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Gordon, McConnell, Brian Long) – 15:40 →
- "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 11:35
- "Sweet Adeline" (Henry W. Armstrong, Richard Gerard) – 1:54
- "Good Times Bad Times" (John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 7:18
Disc three
Encore:
- "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:03 →
- "Wildwood Weed" (Don Bowman) – 2:43 →
- "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 4:21
- "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Patsy Montana) – 2:17 →
- "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 1:55 →
- "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) – 4:28 →
- "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 8:47 →
- "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Steve Pollak) – 6:52 →
- "Susie Q" (Dale Hawkins, Robert Chaisson, Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) – 2:47
Bonus disc - Road to Vegas
edit- "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 11:04
- recorded November 9, 1996
- "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 16:58
- recorded November 3, 1996
- "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 26:31
- recorded November 7, 1996
- "Simple" (Gordon) - 16:37
- recorded November 18, 1996
- "Amazing Grace" (Traditional) - 6:07
- recorded November 30, 1996
Personnel
edit- Trey Anastasio - guitars, lead vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
- Page McConnell - keyboards, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
- Mike Gordon - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Poor Heart" and "Mike's Song", acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
- Jon Fishman - drums, backing vocals, acapella vocals on "Sweet Adeline"
Guests
edit- Les Claypool - bass guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q", lead vocals on "Wildwood Weed"
- Larry LaLonde - guitar on "Harpua", "Wildwood Weed", "Suspicious Minds", "Suzy Greenberg" and "Susie Q"
- John McEuen - slide guitar on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
- Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza - vocals on "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart"
- Courtney Gains - percussion on "Suzy Greenberg"
Guests on Road to Vegas
edit- Karl Perazzo - percussion on "Tweezer"
- Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone on "Amazing Grace"
- John McEuen - slide guitar on "Amazing Grace"
References
edit- ^ Hoard, Christian (2011). "Phish: Vegas '96 : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2011.