Live Phish Volume 2
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Live Phish Vol. 2 was recorded live on July 16, 1994 and was released on September 18, 2001 as part of the Live Phish Series
. The show was performed on the side of a ski slope at the Sugarbush Resort
in the town of North Fayston, located in Phish
's home state of Vermont
. It was the final concert of the band's highly successful 1994 summer tour. Earlier in the year, the band had released its highest selling album to date - Hoist
- and the size of the Phish audience had expanded greatly by the summer. The Sugarbush concert, which included overnight camping on the ski slope under the stars, was slated as the grand finale of the tour.
The concert's setlist included the standard high-energy favorites from 1994 plus a few surprises, including a rare performance of Mike Gordon
's "N02", which appears on the band's 1986 self-titled debut album known as The White Tape (the band would not perform the song for another five years). Also, during the middle of "Harpua
", a giant comet
could be seen overhead, prompting the band to launch into "Also sprach Zarathustra
", better known as the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey
and often simply referred to as "2001". Phish play Eumir Deodato
's version of the song from the 1979 movie Being There
with Peter Sellers. Deodato's version went platinum.
This release reached a peak of #93 on the Billboard 200
chart.
Saturday, 16 July 1994 Summer Stage at Sugarbush, North Fayston, VT
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Down with Disease -> NO2 > Stash, The Lizards, Cavern > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Maze > Sparkle > Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Run Like an Antelope -> Catapult -> Run Like an Antelope, Harpua -> 2001 > Harpua > AC/DC Bag > Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Contact > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg
Notes: Golgi was preceded by an a cappella line of Back in My Hometown. Down With Disease was unfinished. NO2 featured Fishman on vacuum. Harpua included a narration about the comet that crashed into Jupiter. Antelope included a Simpsons signal and Trey running around the stage with a megaphone. Catapult saw Fishman take a verbal jab at Trey and his upcoming wedding before quickly recanting. Chalk Dust included a Barracuda tease.
Live Phish Series
LivePhish is an ongoing series of complete Phish concert recordings. The original twenty-volume series was released by Elektra Records and launched while Phish was on hiatus from recording and touring ....
. The show was performed on the side of a ski slope at the Sugarbush Resort
Sugarbush Resort
Sugarbush Resort is a ski resort located in the Mad River Valley in Warren, Vermont. It is one of the largest ski resorts in New England. The resort encompasses more than 4000 acres total, 578 acres skiable, 53 miles of trails, and 16 ski lifts...
in the town of North Fayston, located in Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
's home state of Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
. It was the final concert of the band's highly successful 1994 summer tour. Earlier in the year, the band had released its highest selling album to date - Hoist
Hoist (album)
Hoist is the fifth official studio album by the American rock band Phish, released on March 29, 1994, by Elektra Records. At the time of its release, Hoist was Phish's best selling album to date....
- and the size of the Phish audience had expanded greatly by the summer. The Sugarbush concert, which included overnight camping on the ski slope under the stars, was slated as the grand finale of the tour.
The concert's setlist included the standard high-energy favorites from 1994 plus a few surprises, including a rare performance of Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon
Mike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
's "N02", which appears on the band's 1986 self-titled debut album known as The White Tape (the band would not perform the song for another five years). Also, during the middle of "Harpua
Harpua
"Harpua" is a Phish song that was a staple of their live concerts, but has now become a rarity and has only been performed live. Though it always follows the same basic structure , Trey Anastasio always narrated a different story at every concert in the middle of the...
", a giant comet
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 was a comet that broke apart and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of solar system objects. This generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media, and the comet was closely observed by...
could be seen overhead, prompting the band to launch into "Also sprach Zarathustra
Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical treatise of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt...
", better known as the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
and often simply referred to as "2001". Phish play Eumir Deodato
Eumir Deodato
Eumir Deodato is a Brazilian pianist, composer, record producer and arranger, primarily based in the jazz realm but who historically has been known for eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with varied elements of rock/pop, R&B/funk, Brazilian/Latin, and symphonic or orchestral music.Mainly,...
's version of the song from the 1979 movie Being There
Being There
Being There is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby. Adapted from the 1971 novella written by Jerzy Kosinski, the screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A...
with Peter Sellers. Deodato's version went platinum.
This release reached a peak of #93 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart.
Disc one (Set one)
- "Golgi Apparatus" (AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
, MarshallTom Marshall (singer)Tom Marshall is a lyricist, keyboardist and singer/songwriter best known for his association with Trey Anastasio and the rock band Phish...
, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:38 - "Down with DiseaseDown With Disease"Down with Disease" is a song by the band Phish that appeared on their 1994 album Hoist. The song was written by Phish lead singer Trey Anastasio and the band's frequent songwriter, Tom Marshall; its lyrics were based on a bout with infectious mononucleosis suffered by Marshall."Down with Disease"...
" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:01 -> - "N02" (GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
) - 1:53 -> - "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:23
- "The Lizards" (Anastasio) - 9:59
- "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:21
- "The Horse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 1:38
- "Silent in the Morning" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:52
- "Maze" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:38
- "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:43
- "Sample in a Jar" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:57
Disc two (Set two)
- "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, PollakThe Dude of LifeSteve Pollak, best known by his stage name The Dude of Life, is a musician and lyricist, who has co-written numerous Phish songs, including "Suzy Greenberg", "Fluffhead", "Slave to the Traffic Light", "Run like an Antelope", "Sanity", "Crimes of the Mind", "Dinner and a Movie", and most recently,...
) - 9:23 -> - "Catapult" (Gordon) - 1:45 ->
- "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 8:07
- "HarpuaHarpua"Harpua" is a Phish song that was a staple of their live concerts, but has now become a rarity and has only been performed live. Though it always follows the same basic structure , Trey Anastasio always narrated a different story at every concert in the middle of the...
" (Anastasio, FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
) - 8:14 -> - "2001Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical treatise of the same name. The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt...
" (DeodatoEumir DeodatoEumir Deodato is a Brazilian pianist, composer, record producer and arranger, primarily based in the jazz realm but who historically has been known for eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with varied elements of rock/pop, R&B/funk, Brazilian/Latin, and symphonic or orchestral music.Mainly,...
) - 3:07 - "Harpua" (Anastasio, Fishman) - 6:11
- "AC/DC Bag" (Anastasio) - 7:47
- "Scent of a Mule" (Gordon) - 8:03
Disc three
- "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
) - 16:08 - "Contact" (Gordon) - 6:17
- "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 9:28
- "Suzy Greenberg" (encore) (Anastasio, Pollak) - 6:50
Personnel
- Trey AnastasioTrey AnastasioTrey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
- guitars, vocals - Page McConnellPage McConnellPage Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
- piano, organ, vocals - Mike GordonMike GordonMike Gordon is a bass guitar player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Gordon is also an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano, guitar, harmonica and percussion...
- bass, vocals - Jon FishmanJon FishmanJon Fishman is an American drummer best known for his work with the band Phish. He is credited with co-writing 19 Phish originals, 8 of them as a solo credit....
- drums, vacuumVacuum cleanerA vacuum cleaner, commonly referred to as a "vacuum," is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal...
, vocals
Setlist from Phish.net
- Phish.net hosts a detailed setlist archive maintained by fans.
Saturday, 16 July 1994 Summer Stage at Sugarbush, North Fayston, VT
SET 1: Golgi Apparatus > Down with Disease -> NO2 > Stash, The Lizards, Cavern > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Maze > Sparkle > Sample in a Jar
SET 2: Run Like an Antelope -> Catapult -> Run Like an Antelope, Harpua -> 2001 > Harpua > AC/DC Bag > Scent of a Mule, Harry Hood, Contact > Chalk Dust Torture
ENCORE: Suzy Greenberg
Notes: Golgi was preceded by an a cappella line of Back in My Hometown. Down With Disease was unfinished. NO2 featured Fishman on vacuum. Harpua included a narration about the comet that crashed into Jupiter. Antelope included a Simpsons signal and Trey running around the stage with a megaphone. Catapult saw Fishman take a verbal jab at Trey and his upcoming wedding before quickly recanting. Chalk Dust included a Barracuda tease.