Amsterdam (8 CD boxed set of Phish's 1997 performances in Amsterdam)
~ Release by Phish (see all versions of this release, 4 available)
Annotation
Brand new eight-CD box set featuring three complete shows (February 17, July 1-2) recorded live at Paradiso in the Netherlands in 1997. The shows have been fully mixed and mastered from the band's multitracks.
On February 17, 1997 Phish first played Paradiso, a converted former church turned rock-club/cultural center with a capacity of about 1500. Over the next four months, Phish logged three breakthrough shows at this historic venue where the intimate setting pushed the music to new heights again and again.
From the Soul Shakedown party opener and fluid, psychedelic improvisation-clinic-of-a-set II (Down With Disease > Carini > Taste > Down With Disease) on 2/17/97 to the "back of the worm" Ghost opener, Reba and another peak transcendent Set II Fish Keyboard Jam > Timber (Jerry) > Bathtub Gin > Cities on 7/1/97 through the Mike's Groove Sandwich and must-hear Stash > Llama > Wormtown Jam plus the double encore of 7/2/97, these three shows spread over 8 CD's comprise some of the most experimental music Phish ever played. The three shows on the Amsterdam box, the only Phish shows to-date at Paradiso, combine to deliver the full impact of a shared peak experience in an exotic locale seamlessly integrated and sizzling with creative intensity.
Tracklist
| CD 1: February 17, 1997 Set One |
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| CD 2: February 17, 1997 Set Two |
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| CD 3: February 17, 1997 Encore / July 1, 1997 Set One |
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| CD 4: July 1, 1997 Set One (Cont’d) |
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| CD 5: July 1, 1997 Set Two | |||
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| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Fish Keyboard Jam >
| 3:18 | |
| 2 | Timber (Jerry) >
| 8:17 | |
| 3 | Bathtub Gin >
| 14:32 | |
| 4 | Cities
| 24:37 | |
| 5 | Loving Cup >
| 6:08 | |
| 6 | Slave to the Traffic Light
| 12:29 | |
| 7 | When the Circus Comes
| 5:27 | |
| CD 6: July 2, 1997 Set One |
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| CD 7: July 2, 1997 Set Two |
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| CD 8: July 2, 1997 Encore |
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Credits
Release
| art direction and design: | Julia Mordaunt |
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| mastering: | Fred Kevorkian (in 2014-12) |
| bass: | Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
| drums (drum set): | Jon Fishman (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
| guitar: | Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
| keyboard: | Page McConnell (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
| vocals: | Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) Jon Fishman (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) Page McConnell (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
| illustration: | Jim Pollock |
| recorded at: | Paradiso in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (on 1997-02-17, from 1997-07-01 until 1997-07-02) |
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| mastered at: | Kevorkian Mastering in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (in 2014-12) |
| purchase for download: | http://drygoods.phish.com/Product.aspx?cp=773_70377&pc=PHCD187 [info] |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/7146103 [info] |
| ASIN: | US: B00X0UUDRM [info] |
Release Group
| Wikipedia: | en: Amsterdam (Phish album) [info] |
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| other databases: | https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/phish/amsterdam/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002845570 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q20857801 [info] |
