| Product Summary | | Label: RHINO / WEA | | UPC: 00081227327521 | | Release Date: 12/20/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 202071026 | | Item#: M2R762 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Punch You In The Eye ~ Phish |  | | 2. Sloth, The ~ Phish | | | 3. Reba ~ Phish | | | 4. Squirming Coil, The ~ Phish | | | 5. Maze ~ Phish | | | 6. Colonel Forbin's Ascent ~ Phish | | | 7. Fly Famous Mockingbird ~ Phish | | | 8. Shine ~ Phish | | | 9. Fly Famous Mockingbird ~ Phish | | | 10. Sparkle ~ Phish | | | 11. Chalk Dust Tortune ~ Phish | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Audience Chess Move ~ Phish | | | 2. Drowned ~ Phish | | | 3. Lizards, The ~ Phish | | | 4. Axilla (Part II) ~ Phish | | | 5. Runaway Jim ~ Phish | | | 6. Strange Design ~ Phish | | | 7. Hello My Baby ~ Phish | | | 8. Mike's Song ~ Phish | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Gamehendge Time Phactory ~ Phish | | | 2. Auld Lang Syne ~ Phish | | | 3. Weekapaug Groove ~ Phish | | | 4. Sea & Sand ~ Phish | | | 5. You Enjoy Myself ~ Phish | | | 6. Sanity ~ Phish | | | 7. Frankenstein ~ Phish | | | 8. Johnny B. Goode ~ Phish | |
Rolling Stone magazine famously called Phish "America's Greatest Jam Band," and while Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon, and Page McConnell called it quits as a group last year, their legend lives on. Formed at University of Vermont in 1983, Phish quickly became heirs to the jam band tradition, taking the roots of musical improvisation to a new level and beyond. Of all their now-legendary shows, their 1995 New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden-a masterful blend of composition, theater and improvision-is revered as one of their finest, even by the band themselves. Marking this stellar concert's 10th anniversary, Rhino's deluxe 3-CD release presents the Phenomenal Phish at the peak of their powers.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Phish: Mike Gordon (bass guitar); Jonathan Fishman, Page McConnell, Trey Anastasio. | | Personnel: Trey Anastasio (vocals, guitar, percussion); Page McConnell (vocals, keyboards); Jonathan Fishman (vocals, drums); Mike Gordon , Tom Marshall (vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Elliot Scheiner. | | Liner Note Author: Parke Puterbaugh. | | Recording information: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (12/31/1995). | | Photographer: C. Taylor Crothers. | | Although year-ending concerts were nothing new for Phish by 1995, this New Year's Eve live set at New York City's Madison Square Garden proved to be especially significant for the group, since it revealed the Vermont-based jam band as an amiable musical giant that had reached new heights of popularity in the preceding months. The ensemble is in peak form throughout the three discs, particularly when indulging in extended improvisational outings such as the much loved and thoroughly silly "Reba" and "The Squirming Coil," an absurdist narrative that allows for plenty of jazzy solos by guitarist/frontman Trey Anastasio and keyboardist Page McConnell. Though most of the tunes are Phish originals, the band also carries over two Who songs (the rocked-out "Drowned" and the melancholy "Sea and Sand") from its Halloween performance of QUADROPHENIA earlier in the year. Capping off the show are two more excellent covers--an appropriately lurching rendition of Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein" and a rollicking take on Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode"--which showcase the group as not only formidable musicians but devoted disciples of rock history as well. |
Engineer: Paul Languedoc |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 12/20/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 73275 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 3 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227327521 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.80)
- "The musicianship is as hot-to-death as this sort of thing gets, the jams synergetic and surprising..." -- Grade: A-Down Beat (p.80)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "The secret to Phish's success on MADISON SQUARE GARDEN is the willingness to take risks....Subtle signs of innovation, talent and passion dot the record..." |
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