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Phish's acclaimed multi-CD Live Phish series continues to be a remarkable success. Volume 20 on 2 CDs is from 12/29/94 Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island. Packaged in a beautiful digipak w/heavy duty slipcase. Elektra. 2003.
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Live Phish Vol. 20: 12/29/94, Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island [Live]
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ASIN: B00008ZZ6Q Release Date: 2003-05-20 |
Tracks:
- Runaway Jim >
- Foam
- If I Could
- Split Open and Melt
- The Horse >
- Silent in the Morning
- Uncle Pen
- I Didn't Know
- Possum
- Guyute
Tracks:
- David Bowie
- Halley's Comet >
- The Lizards
- Cracklin' Rosie
- Good Times, Bad Times
- My Long Journey Home
- Sleeping Monkey
Album Description
Phish's acclaimed multi-CD Live Phish series continues to be a remarkable success. Volume 20 on 2 CDs is from 12/29/94 Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island. Packaged in a beautiful digipak w/heavy duty slipcase. Elektra. 2003.Customer Reviews:
all five stars for the bowie.......2006-07-31
4.5 Stars... Excellent Addition to the "Live" Series.......2005-01-08
But the true highlights (for me anyway) are found on CD2, starting off with a 35 min., shall we say, workout (mostly instrumental) of "David Bowie". It's probably not for everyone's taste, but I think it brings out the genius of Phish. But "Halley's Comet->The Lizards" is equally delicious. The Neil Diamond cover "Cracklin' Rose" falls flat (poor vocals) but Trey & Co. fire back with a great "Good Times, Bad Times" Zep cover. The encore of the traditional "My Long Journey Home" and "Sleeping Monkey" put the "!" on a great show.
This particular show reminds me of how much Phish owes to the motherlode of all jam bands, the Dead, with quite a few "traditional American"-sounding tunes (in particular on CD1--check out "I Didn't Know" with the delightful "Luke Skywalker" interlude). In all, a great addition to the on-going (I hope?) series of the "Live" recordings. Highly recommended!
One of my Favs.......2004-06-16
The range of musical styles on this release is incredible. If I Could is more mellow than is typical of Phish, but comes off well. Good Times, Bad Times is more heavy metal than is typical, but it comes off well too. Split Open and Melt is discordant at times, but then finishes with one measure of strong guitar cords. My Long Journey Home has a country/bluegrass feel to it. And The Lizards tells a story about a knight in shining armor.
Their sense of humor is displayed with "Luke Skywalker on the Electrolux," and many of their songs have amusing lyrics, if you think about them in the right way.
The more I listen to it the more this release grows on me. But, personally, I skip over David Bowie.
A review for the casual fan..........2003-08-20
I purchased A Live One a few weeks back. Actually I re-purchased it, I had owned it once before but never gave it a thorough listen to and wound up selling it a few years back.
That album was great, but it didn't quench my thirst for some new live music, so I picked up few sets from the Live Phish series. Volume 20 was one of those sets.
While there are certainly some high points on the disc, the disc also contains some parts that are just downright troublesome for me. The most notorious being the several minutes of whistles and calls for Lassie toward the end of David Bowie. They turned an otherwise intense improv into a bad joke. I could barely finish out the song.
Crackin' Rosie, however, is a great joke, and the band effortlessly walks the fine line betwen musical genius and parody. Good Times, Bad Times is right on. Sleeping Monkey is kind of out there; but how else would they end such a bizarre show?
I lost my mind just a couple of times that evening in Prov.........2003-06-20
The Uncle Pen is very tight and it's good to hear a mid-90s version on a crispy soundboard. The Possum rages too, with some evil chords from Trey right before the orgasm.
In set 2, I thought the Lizards was just about as solid and energetic as it gets. Great piano solo from Page. Good Times Bad Times is also killer, with a great tease of another Zepp tune in there. And in the encore you gotta love the acoustic bluegrass rendition of Long Journey Home...their vocal harmony is great here. I feel Page's vocal peak was in the mid-90s...not like that was the only thing that peaked in the mid-90s...
Summing up, yes you must listen to the Bowie until you can hear it in your sleep because it is one of the best head-trips ever provided by these guys - but don't overlook the overall tightness of the show as a whole. Guyute fans beware, though, this early version is pretty rough around the edges...
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- Private Eyes [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
- Progress
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