Vegas 96

Infobox Album | Name = Vegas 96
Type = Live Album
Artist = Phish


Released = November 20 2007 (US)
Recorded = December 6, 1996
Genre = Rock
Label = JEMP Records
Producer = Phish
Last album = "Colorado '88"
(2006 - recorded live in 1988) |
(2004)
This album = "Vegas 96"
(2007 - recorded live in 1996)Extra chronology 2
Artist = "LivePhish.com Downloads" series
Type = Live album
Last album = ""
(2007)
This album = "Live Phish Downloads: Vegas 96"
(2007)
Next album = ""
(2007)

"Vegas 96" is a triple live album from the legendary rock band Phish recorded live at the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 6, 1996. In addition to the 3-CD set, a limited edition box version also includes a DVD with archival footage from the show and an extensive 40-page bound-book featuring photos and notes.

The show features a large amount of extended improvisation on Phish classics such as "Harry Hood" and "Weekapaug Groove," as well as a cover of Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia." The encore features a half-hour version of "Harpua" with guest appearances from Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of the band Primus, John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, actor Courtney Gains from "Children of the Corn", a group of Elvis impersonators, and a pair known as the "Yodeling Cowgirls", who performed "Cowboy's Sweetheart", accompanied by John McEuen on a pedal-steel guitar.

The Yodeling Cowgirls, from Phoenix, AZ, are Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza, who met Phish at their Phoenix concert just days earlier.

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at [http://www.livephish.com LivePhish.com] . Select songs are available for MPEG-4 download.

Track listing

Disc One

#"Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 6:22
#"Peaches En Regalia" (Zappa) - 3:10
#"Poor Heart" (Gordon) - 3:18
#"2001" (Deodato) - 9:27*
#"Llama" (Anastasio) - 5:26*
#"You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) - 26:00
#"Cars Trucks Buses" (McConnell) - 4:09
#"Down With Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 11:04
#"Frankenstein" (Winter) - 4:55

Disc Two

#"Julius" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 9:34
#"Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:37
#"Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 10:53*
#"Simple" (Gordon) - 18:33*
#"Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 15:40*
#"Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 11:35*
#"Sweet Adeline" (Armstrong, Gerard) - 1:54
#"Good Times Bad Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) - 7:18

Disc Three

#"Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:03*
#"Wildwood Weed" (Bowman, Stafford) - 2:43*
#"Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 4:21*
#"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (Montana) - 2:17*
#"Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 1:55*
#"Suspicious Minds" (James) - 4:28*
#"Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 8:47*
#"Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 6:52*
#"Susie Q" (Broadwater, Hawkins, Lewis) - 2:47*

"* indicates tracks that appear on DVD included with pre-order"

Bonus CD: "Road to Vegas"

A bonus CD of highlights from Phish's 1996 fall tour is available to those who order from the official Phish website at [http://www.phish.com phish.com] .

#"Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 11:04
#*"from November 9, 1996 at The Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan"
#"Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 16:58
#*"from November 3, 1996 at O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida"
#"Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 26:31
#*"from November 7, 1996 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky"
#"Simple" (Gordon) - 16:37
#*"from November 18, 1996 at Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee"
#"Amazing Grace/Amazing Grace Instrumental" (Traditional) - 6:07
#*"from November 30, 1996 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California"

Personnel

Phish:Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals:Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals:Mike Gordon - bass, vocals:Jon Fishman - drums, vocals

Guests:Les Claypool - bass, vocals:Larry LaLonde - guitar:John McEuen - slide guitar:Heather August and Anamieke Carrozza - vocals