Dude, totally agree with all your thoughts on ALO vinyl release. This arrived on the release day via Amazon Prime and I instantly went to the Slave. I always cranked up the CD during the quiet parts before the jam to listen to the crowd. On the vinyl, this is very pronounced especially when you turn it up to 11. Like you said, these are all definitive versions of the classics and the best part is they sound like you’re in the arena with the band. The production quality on the vinyl/box/etc is all top notch. This will end up being the Phish vinyl release I’ll most often go to in the future.
On a side note, as good as this sounds through my stereo system I highly recommend using (noise reducing) headphones. I’m pretty sure you’ve mentioned the benefits of them before but everyone else should really follow suite. It’s really the best way to listen to music. Don’t get me wrong, I still crank my stereo often too, it’s just not as crisp.
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Anyone own the MSG 6LP set? I wrote this one off when it was originally released due to the price tag ($130?) but now, after listening to A Live One a couple times, I got the itch to buy this. It can be had for around $150, which ends up being $25/lp. It’s sometimes hard to justify paying that much for a single LP which is the same reason why I passed on the Dead Cornell 3 LP release ($99). My collection is pretty extensive (discogs.com/user/booztravlr/collection) so I don’t really need this but…why not, right? I’m mainly just curious to hear about the sound, etc. from anyone who owns it.
Was looking ahead to Slip, Stitch and Pass. Guessing this will also get a vinyl release but the breakdown needs to be refined to handle all the segues.
LP01 - A [10:48]
Cities 5:19
Weigh 5:29
LP01 - B [26:48]
Wolfman’s Brother 13:50
Jesus Just Left Chicago 12:58
LB02- A [25:08]
Mike’s Song 13:52
Lawn Boy 2:56
Weekapaug Groove 8:20
LP02 - B [10:04]
Hello My Baby 1:19
Taste 8:45
Basically, Weigh just jumps up a couple tracks. When I started to lay this out I was hoping they’d include a couple additional tracks to make this a 3LP release but it seems like one simple move can keep this as 2LP.
I’m lucky to make time to listen at all, so I don’t have the luxury of listening to a real good sound too often, but what I’m getting by listening to is pretty okay. Got some decent earbuds, car stereo’s a’ight, bedroom stereo okie dokie. Yeah, I haven’t spun the record since I bought it, but this one won’t stay in the box long. What a strong Phish album.
I do not. I was similarly tempted to nab one after experiencing ALO though! But I’m not partial to that concert, and have probably never listened to it. That’s what always seems to derail any potential scheme to go and get one.
Dude I’m not gonna quote the epic SS&P post, but it’s really well done and actually educational, even. Makes me want to grab that show and check it out. But I’ll say this: They’ll never release a side w/ 25 minutes on it, or Junta would’ve been a double record.
Good luck looking for used Phish records at reasonable prices. They must be pressing exactly at demand, in order for them to all be expensive, all the time. I almost threw an ‘lol’ onto that sentence, except it’s not that funny, is it?
Yeah, really glad I stuck it out with that book. There was a point early on where I didn’t think I could do it, but by the end it got real good and the pages were a-turnin’.
I don’t know how they’re doin it, but it’s like the used copies aren’t that cheap, man. NYE 95 is still going for big dollars and so it’ll wait til I can find it at a price that’s (a lot) better for me.
I wonder if it’s down to the ‘limited pressing’ nature of Phish records, but they’re plain ol’ expensive, no doubt.
Still salty about that wasted 4th side. Filler would be so cool. Like throw on a sweet 20 minute jam or something.
Hoping to have the $$ at some point in my life to grab more Phish vinyl. Currently have Joy (was gifted to me), Party Time, Big Boat, White Tape, and Siket Disc.
Would most like to have SotG. Maybe if they do another pressing. Just upgraded to a real turntable (AT-LP120) from our dinky AT-LP60 after recognizing that I really didn’t want to be damaging our records. Doesn’t hurt that the sound quality improved fairly dramatically too.
^^ I don’t have the MSG record, so I don’t know … yeah the fourth sides are all blank! In the case of Junta, it’s the sixth side. That one is particularly annoying to me … If they ever issue a Junta that squashes the studio album onto two records (throw the CD’s bonus tracks in as a third record maybe), I’d buy it again.
^I bet SOTG gets a triple sided JEMP release. Farmhouse too. They both got issued on vinyl when they were new, but that was true of Lawn Boy, and that still got JEMP’d.
Only took me 9 months to break down and get this. Guess I could have saved $30 had I bought it back in November. I recently played the whole show a couple weekends ago while smoking brisket/ribs/chicken. Anyways, the playing is so tight on most of these tracks. Plus, there are 10 originals and 4 covers not available anywhere else. Even the duplicate tracks (Reba, Maze, Chalkdust, YEM) are really well played, it’s not a big deal to double down on some vinyl.
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Btw, back in November I opted to get this one instead…so, not all was lost. https://www.discogs.com/Miles-Davis-Miles-At-The-Fillmore/release/5703661
I had the original 2lp release but it was so chopped up to fit on 4 sides I had to go get the entire 4 show run. The extra tracks fill in the gaps from the Fillmore West run (Black Beauty) so also completed that show as well.
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Someday I’ll regret it I guess, but I just can’t seem to want it enough to drop all that money on it. Baker’s Dozen is bumming me out too, not really into that one either … song list is just weird. I’ll eventually want them both probably. So much money though.
Was stoked about Slip Stitch & Pass, I wonder if it’s been relegated to Record Store Day.
They’ve done a good job spreading out all their tour/music release announcements so people don’t get overwhelmed with things to buy all at once. Now that the BD set is in pre-order with a November delivery, I’d imagine they announce SS&P Black Friday release sometime in late October. Although, Billy Breathes did come out on RSD last spring so maybe they wait until RSD 2019, like you said.
Black Friday is the second RSD. It’s the day after Thanksgiving shopping chaos day. Not sure when it started but I know Party Time and Joy were both LP releases on Black Friday years ago.
Hampton Comes Alive would be interesting. Given it’s length (315 minutes) it would probably be 10lp given the set break layouts. Only a couple sides would break 20 minutes but all still less than 22 minutes. I can’t imagine it selling for less than $249
I should be playing the lottery, with all they shit they’ve got out that I’d like to buy. And whatever they’re sellin’ next. I’m even starting to think the Bakers Doz vinyl is looking good.
Good news is this is going to be released for RSD Black Friday. However, they didn’t move Weigh so the Wolfman’s/JCLC is split between sides A and B. But, hey, at least it’s only 2 LP!
Holy crap, just pulled the trigger on Baker’s Dozen vinyl … it’s sold out at Phish.com, and Amazon has it free shipping $85.84 right now … plus I did their stupid credit promo deal and got another $20 off, so after tax I just paid like $72 to get 6LP live set of 2017 Bakery Inspired Phish. F*** YES thank you Santa Claus
Good looking out. 6lp for $87 is pretty solid, especially considering 5 of these songs clock in at over 20 minutes. Beyond those monsters only Roggae entices me. Thankfully, youtube has all the livephish versions so I can check out the whole album today and see if any of the new songs catch my attention enough to invest in this set.
On a side note, over the weekend I was listening to the debut Black Sabbath lp and it dawned on me how different music availability is right now. Back in the day, unless it was on the radio, you couldn’t really listen to albums before you purchased them. If a band you liked released a new album or you heard of a new band, you had the unique opportunity to listen to the whole album with a fresh set of ears, with little to no radio bias, reviews, etc. to sway your thoughts on the album. The only catch was you had to purchase the album. Now, I can hop on youtube or amazon and have the ability to listen to almost every album imaginable, within seconds, with no monetary investment, only time. The unique opportunity to listen with a fresh set of ears is still there, but it’s not really the same.
Funny I’ve been on a Black Sabbath kick lately. I’m listening to all the '98-'16 stuff - there’s the 13 album, but then there’s a bunch of other strays songs from Reunion, Dio Years, 13 bonus tracks, ‘The End’ EP … and then there’s the Heaven and Hell album, which is pretty great.
The whole way we get music is so different. Plus we’re so over-saturated with music as a product in general. Imagine there being hardly any of it! In 1970 that stuff was all new. Distorted guitars were new lol.
Also it used to be such a significant part of daily life, of personal identity even. Now it’s different in that collections aren’t central to all of that. I dunno, that’s how I’ve been thinking of it … do people keep music collections as much as they once did?
My Baker’s Dozen arrived today, a day earlier than the early delivery estimate. I went from not really being interested in this thing at all, over to can’t wait.
