Live Phish 12.31.91 is an archival live album release by the American rock band Phish, released on December 31, 2011.[1] This download is the first matrix release from LivePhish.com (pooling from both soundboard and audience sources).
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Released | December 31, 2011 |
Recorded | December 31, 1991 |
Venue | Worcester Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA |
Genre | Rock, Jazz-Rock, Jam |
Label | JEMP |
Producer | Phish |
The 4,000 seat capacity theater was Phish's largest indoor audience at the time. This show marked the debut of Marjorie Minkin's (bassist Mike Gordon's mom) new 8-panel, plexiglass backdrop which replacing her original canvas piece the band had used to showcase lighting designer Chris Kuroda’s work.[2]
Trey Anastasio played with a voice box called "The Final Word" — a keychain which uttered swear words on demand (heard during "Sparkle," "Esther" and "Wilson"). Before "Divided Sky," Anastasio dedicated the song to a fan named Chris Gainty, who was seeing his first show since a car accident had left him in a coma five months earlier.
Track listing
editSet One
edit- "Possum" (Holdsworth) - 8:24
- "Foam" (Anastasio) - 8:10
- "Sparkle" (Anastasio/Marshall) - 4:33
- "Stash" (Anastasio/Marshall) - 8:59
- "The Lizards" (Anastasio) - 10:03
- "Guelah Papyrus" (Anastasio/Marshall) - 5:45
- "Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 12:41
- "Esther" (Anastasio) - 9:48
- "Llama" (Anastasio) - 4:46
- "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio/Abrahams/Marshall/Szuter/Woolf) - 4:55
Set Two
edit- "Brother" (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell) - 6:11
- "Bouncing Around the Room" (Anastasio/Marshall) - 3:42
- "Buried Alive" (Anastasio) - 2:28
- "Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional) - 0:51
- "Runaway Jim" (Anastasio/Abrahams) - 7:36
- "The Landlady" (Anastasio) - 3:27
- "Reba" (Anastasio) - 11:30
- "Cavern" (Anastasio/Marshall/Herman) - 4:53
- "My Sweet One" (Fishman) - 2:28
- "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio) - 10:34
Set Three
edit- "Wilson" (Anastasio) - 6:49
- "The Squirming Coil" (Anastasio/Marshall) 7:33
- "Tweezer" (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell) - 13:12
- "McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters" (Anastasio) - 8:10
- "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 7:42
- "I Am Hydrogen" (Gordon) - 3:03
- "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell) - 7:09
- Trey Anastasio teases "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" during his solo[3]
- Minkin Appreciation - 1:26
- The band observes a painting done by Mike's mom while lighting tech, Chris Kuroda, changes lighting on the painting
Encore
edit- "Lawn Boy" (Anastasio/Marshall) - 2:30
- Trey Anastasio teases "The Christmas Song" during his solo[3]
- "Rocky Top" (Bryant/Bryant) - 2:35
- "Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio/Fishman/Gordon/McConnell) - 3:16
References
edit- ^ "Announcing 12/31/91 Worcester Memorial Auditorium at LivePhish.com". Phish. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ "PHISH: 12/31/91 The New Aud – Worcester, MA - Live Phish". hood.nugs.net. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ^ a b "December 31, 1991 Setlist > Phish.net". phish.net. Retrieved 2016-07-25.