Vegas 96

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Vegas 96
Vegas 96 cover
Live album by Phish
Released November 20, 2007 (US)
Recorded December 6, 1996
Genre Rock
Label JEMP Records
Producer Phish
Phish chronology
Colorado '88
(2006 - recorded live in 1988)		 Vegas 96
(2007 - recorded live in 1996)
LivePhish.com Downloads series chronology
Live Phish Downloads: 10.21.95
(2007)		 Live Phish Downloads: Vegas 96
(2007)		 Live Phish Downloads: 07.06.98
(2007)


Vegas 96 is a triple live album from the legendary rock 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.

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 "Cowboy's Sweetheart", accompanied by John McEuen on a pedal-steel guitar.

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

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

Contents

[edit] Track Listing

[edit] Disc One

  1. "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 6:22
  2. "Peaches En Regalia" (Zappa) - 3:10
  3. "Poor Heart" (Gordon) - 3:18
  4. "2001" (Deodato) - 9:27*
  5. "Llama" (Anastasio) - 5:26*
  6. "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) - 26:00
  7. "Cars Trucks Buses" (McConnell) - 4:09
  8. "Down With Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 11:04
  9. "Frankenstein" (Winter) - 4:55

[edit] Disc 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, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 15:40*
  6. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 11:35*
  7. "Sweet Adeline" (Armstrong, Gerard) - 1:54
  8. "Good Times Bad Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) - 7:18

[edit] Disc Three

  1. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:03*
  2. "Wildwood Weed" (Bowman, Stafford) - 2:43*
  3. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:21*
  4. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Montana) - 2:17*
  5. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 1:55*
  6. "Suspicious Minds" (James) - 4:28*
  7. "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 8:47*
  8. "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 6:52*
  9. "Susie Q" (Broadwater, Hawkins, Lewis) - 2:47*


* = indicates tracks that appear on DVD included with pre-order

[edit] Bonus CD: Road to Vegas

A bonus CD of highlights from Phish's 1996 fall tour is available to those who order from the official Phish website at phish.com.

  1. "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 11:04
  2. "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 16:58
  3. "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 26:31
  4. "Simple" (Gordon) - 16:37
  5. "Amazing Grace/Amazing Grace Instrumental" (Traditional) - 6:07

[edit] Personnel

Phish

Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
Mike Gordon - bass, vocals
Jon Fishman - drums, vocals