[rock] (2021) Phish – Live Bait Vol. 17 [FLAC] [DarkAngie]

(2021) Phish – Live Bait Vol. 17

Review:
The compilation boasts over three hours of music selected by archivist Kevin Shapiro and falling between the 20 year span of 1994 and 2014. The collection kicks off with a classic “Mike’s Groove” segment – “Mike’s Song” > “I Am Hydrogen” > “Weekapaug Groove” – from Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium on October 19, 1995. The “Weekapaug” was left unfinished (heading into “Lawn Boy”) and contained a tease of Blondie’s “Dreaming” from guitarist Trey Anastasio and elements of “Keyboard Army” from keyboardist Page McConnell. Next up is a “Tweezer” and “Makisupa Policeman” sequence which came midway through the second set at Oak Mountain in Pelham, Alabama ahead of the collection’s earliest entry, “Split Open and Melt” from Atlanta on October 25, 1994. Live Bait Vol. 17 then heads back to ‘99 with a “Down With Disease” from Antioch, Tennessee on July 1 which kicked off a three-song second set. The next track in the compilation features just the second-ever (and fifth overall) “Chalk Dust Torture Reprise,” which was played ahead of “Chalk Dust Torture” at Deer Creek on July 11, 2000. A Hershey, Pennsylvania “Reba” with no whistling follows ahead of a 30-plus-minute “Runaway Jim” that began the second set on July 3 in Camden, New Jersey. A “Fluffhead” and “Lifeboy” segment from The Gorge in August ‘97 follows ahead of the 3.0 jam vehicle “Light” from Tahoe in 2011. The compilation concludes with a substantial “Simple” from the second set of the Dick’s “Lushington” show in 2014.

Track Listing:
1. Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove 30:56
2. Tweezer > Makisupa Policeman 23:56
3. Split Open And Melt 15:16
4. Down With Disease 18:19
5. Chalk Dust Torture Reprise > Chalk Dust Torture 11:47
6. Reba 14:18
7. Runaway Jim 32:37
8. Fluffhead > Lifeboy 23:09
9. Light 16:05
10. Simple 22:07


Media Report:
Genre: rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits