You can’t beat this disc for sound quality… giving me chilllllllzz
I’ve got this phillips system with a good low bass… thumpin’
Wasn’t LP 18-22 [after the Halloween releases] “Mike’s Picks”?
I thought that was the case… Maybe I am incorrect…
LP 17-20 I believe are based on Mikes Journals…and I thought that Mike always had his hand in the archival release basket more than any of the other cats…maybe it’s Page though…I assume none of us really know the inner-workings of the phish enterprise, so we’ll just let them figure it out.
I got New Year’s 95 today. I had IT DVDs (from Christmas) to return since I already have them. They came from Circuit City. They did not have the 1995 CDs there, and, even worse, they had no idea what I was talking about. I took the gift card and went to another Circuit City later. They also had no idea what I was talking about. The computer assured them that three copies were around somewhere, so they found them eventually. That place is completely out of order. Oh well. I got my CDs anyway, and they are damn good.
welp, it’s official: this “Weekapaug Groove” is my favorite version. The only other one that I can think of that comes close is either Island Tour or Worcester '98.
I went in search of it yesterday and couldn’t find it anywhere. I went all over town, about six stores and no one had it. I tried Barnes and Nobles first because I think the manager of that place is a Phishead. He has to be, my local B&N has a huge collection of Phish studio and live albums, and they have all the DVD’s along with just about every GD DVD out… That’s my favorite store to say the least, but was very dissapointed when they didn’t have it. I’ll have to check back next week sometime and see if they got any.
I went to the livephish.com website to check out the video stuff they just released.
When I went to the show they have reviews part in the lower lefthand corner. This was the 2nd review and well I couldn’t agree more.
I laughed my ass off.
From Livephish.com 12-31-95 show:
klynch886 (12/31/2005 2:37:27 PM)
Reba…wow. Be sure you’re wearing a diaper when you listen to this one…its that good
I just got NYE 95 the other day, but what’s all this talk of a NYE 95 sticker everyone got? I didn’t get one of those, was it only the pre-orders?
A sticker?! I got one with the Island Tour releases cuz I ordered them all at once.
yea…kinda late on this thread because i just traded shows with a friend, but damn. The Weekaupaug is so good. I like when it goes into that reggae jam. i love trey’s guitar rift at one point of it. then page accompanies him with an equally amazing part. i can’t say enough about this show, but i will say that fish’s drumming in reba is teh shit, very far out…
man
yeah, i got one b/c i pre-ordered it.
I just picked it up. I am in the middle of Reba right now. Wow this is good stuff.
Sorry for chiming in so late on this thread, but I had no intention of buying this release. One of my kids gave it to me for my bday, and I just started listening to it this morning on the way into work.
It’s always nice to hear these shows from the soundboard systems, but whoever engineered these disks really loves Fishman. I definitely agree with relaxation3, Fish is way too up front for my taste. It’s almost distracting.
I’m only through the first three songs, and, although the music is tight (except for Trey in the composed sections of Reba - boy did Page outshine Trey there), it lacked a little ooomph, a little spirit. I know this isn’t a fair appraisal since I’m really not into the show very far, but I’ll keep an open mind while listening to the rest of the show. For sure I’ll laud those performances that blow me away when it happens.
Completed the first set and found it mostly lackluster, except for Page. More than anyone else, Page was hot during this set. I used to contend that if Page was playing well, then Phish was playing well. This set proves that theory wrong because Page was very strong, while Trey was a little off. Maybe that’s why in the first two sets there were so many Page-centered songs.
Anyone read something on Trey’s physical condition during this show? His voice was a little weak, so I’m wondering if he didn’t have a cold or something of that nature. I’ve often wondered how performers deal with “going on with the show” when they feel like crap. Must be tough.
fonefono…i also noticed trey sounding like he had a cold er was sick fer this show…his voiuce was raspy and wanst quite there…
its funny because i had never noticed this on the AUD er dvd copies i had of this show…
and also…mr fonefono…i suggest listening to the “mikes song” at the end of disc two…
I noticed this as well, especially when he tries to get out a good BOY during Yem and almost chokes on it.
Fonefono, I agree, Fish is really loud, but in most part’s I like it. For me, it seems like I can get into it more with the drums louder than they usually are. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me though…
I know there are some good performances in this show, and am really looking forward to the remaining two sets. I just wanted to reflect on each section I listen to on this release as they are fresh in my mind, and the ideas are flowing.
One can find hot song versions in almost any Phish show. I just don’t understand, given the average quality of the first set, why this show was chosen for this type of release. But who knows, give me time to listen to the remaining two sets carefully, and I may retract everything I’ve said thus far.
But just for argument sake, contrast this first set, say with 06-11-94 Red Rocks (Wilson, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, Rift, Down With Disease, It’s Ice, Tela, Stash) This set is absolutely killer, and also recorded on 40 tracks, from what I’ve read. It could have been one complete side of A Live One all by itself, without any special editing.
But I hope everyone is keeping all of this jibberish in perspective. One of the reasons I enjoy hanging in the OKP is that I’ve found that as much as everyone enjoys the shit out of Phish here, no one really gets too anal about them. I don’t think anyone derives more pleasure from Phish than I do, that’s why I love to discuss this stuff ad nauseum. I see bantering about the music like playing a mental game of volleyball where ideas and opinions are battered around a bit. Spiking is allowed as part of the game, but in the end, no matter which concept predominates, everyone comes away still loving the game, anxious to hit the sand again tomorrow. This is, afterall, just for the fun of it.
Whoa whoa whoa…average quality of the first set…I do agree that the other 2 sets are sooooo fucking amazing, the first one could be viewed as average in comparison…but come on, lets be realistic here…we are talking about one of the top 3 most intense Reba jam’s ever…even with the botched composed section…one of my favorite Squirming Coil outro’s ever (listen to the interplay between Mike and Page). The PYITE, Sloth opener throws you right in the realms of Gamehenge and you get taken soo much further in there with the Forbin > Shine > Mockingbird, which isn’t the strongest version, but it is one of the tighter post-92 mockingbirds that I’ve heard.
I don’t know…to me, no set with a Forbin > Mockingbird can be viewed as average, but the Reba jam is one of the most intense things I’ve ever heard in my life…I would say, as far as SET 1’s go in 3 set shows, this is one of the best.
Just off the top of my head, but do you consider the 12/31/95 Reba better than 5/14/92 Port Chester or 2/20/93 Atlanta? And I know I’ve heard a number more versions that I can’t identify that absolutely bury 12/31/95.
With all due respect, the only thing that made this particular Forbins->Mockingbird special was the Trey rap in between. His guitar execution of Mockingbird was tenuous at best. He showed the same lack of dexterity in Mockingbird as he did in the Reba four songs before.
I don’t know. To me, the placement of a Phish “rarity” within a set has much less importance unless it is played well. Case in point, a mediocre version of Destiny Unbound showed up after 788 shows in the first set of 2/28/03, but it’s the absolutely killer version of the more commonly occurring Tweezer in set 2 that this show is being remembered for.