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Brack's Collection

Phish   10/31/1995

Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL
Source The Who's Quadrophenia + Giant Country Horns
Media CDR   4 discs
Notes World's shitiest venue, now affectionately called "Allstate Arena". Good recording considering the poor acoustics. This was one of the 1st times I had ever seen the band in such a large venue and it took some getting used to considering the last time I'd seen them was in a Florida bar. A solid 1st set with an early version of "Free" which was pretty incredible. Trey was going off on a metal chair with a drum stick in sync w/ Fishman. Great jams. Guyute seemed almost operaesque until they kicked into a smokin' Antelope (arent they all smokin?) Harpua was a nice set closer, but we were more excited about the upcoming 2nd set which was still a mystery considering last years Halloween cover set of the Beatles White Album. Not being a serious Who fan, however I thought the Quadrophenia set was more of a snooze with a few exceptions (disks 2 & 3). Its a pretty mellow album, but the Real Me, Helpless Dancer, & Drowned were great renditions. Love Reign Over Me was worth the price of admission, nice intensity. The 3rd set was all kinds of fun, including a spooky You Enjoy Myself clocking at 40 minutes. The "Jesus Left Chicago" is one of my all time favorites, and Page sang it with a particular grit that night making it a highlight. I've always been amazed at his playing, his piano solos here are particularly sweet. The Band was very tight, and you could tell that they were comfortable playing with the Giant Country Horns who have some great solos, all blues. This was followed by the Beatles "A Day in the Life" with nice horns and one of the few duets played that night. Suzi Greenberg had the place rockin and Horns were going off. The encore was a great acoustic sing along "My Generation", complete with the destruction of Trey's guitar as the banjo and bass played on. Nice.

Source: B&K 4011 > DA-P1
Conversion: D8 > Montego II > CEP 1.2 > CD-WAV

***CD1:
Set I
01. Icculus
02. The Divided Sky
03. Wilson
04. Ya Mar
05. Sparkle
06. Free
07. Guyute
08. Run Like an Antelope

***CD2:
Set I (con't)
01. Harpua
Set II - The Who's "Quadrophenia" with the Giant Country
Horns (Dave Grippo, Don Glasco and one other)
02. I Am the Sea
03. The Real Me
04. Quadrophenia
05. Cut My Hair
06. The Punk Meets the Godfather
07. I'm One
08. The Dirty Jobs
09. Helpless Dancer
10. Is It in My Head
11. I've Had Enough
12. 5:15
13. Sea and Sand
14. Drowned

***CD3:
Set II (con't)
01. Bell Boy
02. Doctor Jimmy > The Rock
03. Love Reign O'er Me

***CD4:
Set III
01. Wookie Bandchat
02. You Enjoy Myself
03. Jesus Just Left Chicago
04. A Day in the Life
05. Suzy Greenburg
Encore:
06. My Generation
Tech Notes 3
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A
Reference / Generation 0005400720
Owned by Brack · Last Updated May 23, 2023