Slip, Stitch and Pass was the second live album (at the time) released by Phish. It's hard to imagine they had only released one live album prior to this, but it was essentially the band's announcement to fans and the rest of the world that it was going to carry over its success from being a 90's college band into the new millennium as one of the world's most influential improvisational bands.
The record was recorded at the March 1, 1997 show in Hamburg Germany during the band's only foray into Europe. The band put together the European tour in an effort to get back to its roots--playing small, intimate gigs where they could be close to the crowd, play in small theaters with great sound qualities and basically enjoy themselves. Slip, Stitch and Pass is a wonderful product of that newly refreshed passion.
By this point in their career, the band was playing large arenas and exhausted themselves by playing over 200 shows a year. This is when the band went from being four guys jamming onstage to a corporation that was beginning to get too big for everyone involved. So, off to Europe they went and several of the shows there have become legendary. Slip, Stitch and Pass certainly qualifies.
Starting out right away with a Talking Heads cover 'Cities' you get the idea that things are going to be a little different. It was a great departure from the original recording, and infused a great deal of funk, jazz and jam all rolled into one.
'Wolfman's Brother' has become one of my personal favorite jams of all time. Whenever the band slows things down and gets into the groove, something special bubbles up, and in this case, Wolfman's takes us to a level of jam-building that I hadn't heard since the band's early days. The joy doesn't end there, however, as the song slowly morphs into a bluesy bonanza known as ZZ Top's 'Jesus Just Left Chicago.'
Other notable tracks in this live album are keyboardist Page McConnell's tongue-in-cheek lounge singer performance of 'Lawn Boy' and the a capella 'Hello My Baby' which is made even more authentic by the sound of audience members telling others to 'shush' so they can hear.
It's not Phish's greatest show, nor the bands greatest album--but it put the rest of the musical world on notice: Phish was here to stay into the new millennium and beyond.
The record was recorded at the March 1, 1997 show in Hamburg Germany during the band's only foray into Europe. The band put together the European tour in an effort to get back to its roots--playing small, intimate gigs where they could be close to the crowd, play in small theaters with great sound qualities and basically enjoy themselves. Slip, Stitch and Pass is a wonderful product of that newly refreshed passion.
By this point in their career, the band was playing large arenas and exhausted themselves by playing over 200 shows a year. This is when the band went from being four guys jamming onstage to a corporation that was beginning to get too big for everyone involved. So, off to Europe they went and several of the shows there have become legendary. Slip, Stitch and Pass certainly qualifies.
Starting out right away with a Talking Heads cover 'Cities' you get the idea that things are going to be a little different. It was a great departure from the original recording, and infused a great deal of funk, jazz and jam all rolled into one.
'Wolfman's Brother' has become one of my personal favorite jams of all time. Whenever the band slows things down and gets into the groove, something special bubbles up, and in this case, Wolfman's takes us to a level of jam-building that I hadn't heard since the band's early days. The joy doesn't end there, however, as the song slowly morphs into a bluesy bonanza known as ZZ Top's 'Jesus Just Left Chicago.'
Other notable tracks in this live album are keyboardist Page McConnell's tongue-in-cheek lounge singer performance of 'Lawn Boy' and the a capella 'Hello My Baby' which is made even more authentic by the sound of audience members telling others to 'shush' so they can hear.
It's not Phish's greatest show, nor the bands greatest album--but it put the rest of the musical world on notice: Phish was here to stay into the new millennium and beyond.
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- Oct 31, 1997 Slip Stitch and Pass type. Music; Two years after releasing a CD souvenir of their seriously fun arena shows, Phish have more live product to peddle.
- Slip Stitch and Pass is Phish’s eigth album and second live record, now available in a 2-LP vinyl set. The album was recorded on 32-track digital multitrack tapes on March 1st, 1997 at Markthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany near the end of Phish’s winter 1997 European tour. Slip Stitch and Pass was recorded by front-of-house engineer Paul.
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Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2018Release Date: 11/23/2018
Label: JEMP
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Slip Stitch and Pass is Phish's second official live album, originally released October 28, 1997. The nine tracks were recorded live March 1, 1997 at the Markthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. Renowned designer Storn Thorgerson designed the album cover. This Record Store Day Black Friday release is coming on double two-color splatter vinyl.
Disc 1 Side A 1.) Cities 2.) Wolfman's Brother
Side B 1.) Jesus Just Left Chicago 2.) Weigh
Disc 2 Side A 1.) Mike's Song 2.) Lawn Boy 3.) Weekapaug Groove
Side B 1.) Hello My Baby 2.) Taste
Disc 1 Side A 1.) Cities 2.) Wolfman's Brother
Side B 1.) Jesus Just Left Chicago 2.) Weigh
Disc 2 Side A 1.) Mike's Song 2.) Lawn Boy 3.) Weekapaug Groove
Side B 1.) Hello My Baby 2.) Taste