''Hampton Comes Alive'' is a six-disc

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by the American rock band

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, released on November 23, 1999, by Elektra Records. It is the band's third live album and the first time complete live Phish concerts were released in their entirety (though fan recordings of most Phish shows are widely circulated). ''Hampton Comes Alive'' consists of two full concerts recorded on November 20 and 21, 1998, at the

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in Hampton, Virginia. The album title is a play on Peter Frampton's classic live album ''

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''. Twenty of the album's forty-four tracks are covers or other songs from the band's large catalog that do not appear on any previous Phish album.Phish.net: Hampton Comes Alive
Phish.net. Online. Accessed: September 4, 2011. The album's many cover songs include: " Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" by Gary Glitter, "

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" by

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, "Funky Bitch" by

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, "Roses Are Free" by

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, "

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" by

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, "

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" by

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, " Boogie On Reggae Woman" by

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, "Nellie Kane" by

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, " Bold as Love" by

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, "

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" by

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and "

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" by Chumbawamba. As usual with covers sung by

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, the band (as a trio with

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on drums) also performs a brief instrumental version of "

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before and after "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It." The album marked the first time that the songs "Tube", "Driver", "Axilla I", "Possum", "Piper", "Farmhouse", "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars", "NICU", "Dogs Stole Things" and "Ha Ha Ha" had appeared on an official Phish release. "Piper" and "Farmhouse" later appeared on the band's 2000 album '' Farmhouse''. Each CD is packaged in its own sleeve and collected together in an innovative box. The liner notes include fan-contributed photographs and art. The album was nominated for a

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for Best Boxed Set Packaging. ''Hampton Comes Alive'' was certified gold by RIAA January 14, 2000.Album Chart Entries: Phish
Tsort.com. Online. Accessed: September 6, 2011. In February 2009, this album was made available as a download in FLAC and

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formats at LivePhish.com.

Track listing

Disc one

:''November 20, 1998 – first set:'' #" Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" (

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) - 2:04 #"Tube" (

Anastasio Anastasio is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name * Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951), Costa Rican zoologist, geologist and explorer * Anastasio Aquino (1792–1833), Salvadoran indigenou ...

, Fishman) - 4:12 #"

" ( Dylan) - 4:28 #"Funky Bitch" (

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) - 6:53 #"Guelah Papyrus" (Anastasio,

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia * Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Islands * Marshall Islands, an i ...

) - 6:12 #"Rift" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:15 #"Meat" (Anastasio, Fishman,

Gordon Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...

, Marshall, McConnell) - 6:16 #"Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 12:45

Disc two

:''November 20, 1998 – first set, continued:'' #"Train Song" (Gordon, Linitz) - 3:30 #"Possum" (

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) - 10:08 #"Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:26 #"Driver" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:58 #"Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 12:50

Disc three

:''November 20, 1998 – second set:'' #"Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 14:12 #"Piper" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:04 #"Axilla I" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:33 #"Roses Are Free" (

Freeman Freeman, free men, or variant, may refer to: * a member of the Third Estate in medieval society (commoners), see estates of the realm * Freeman, an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, was a rank within Livery companies * Free ...

, Melchiondo) - 5:32 #"Farmhouse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:13 #"

Gettin' Jiggy wit It "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" is a song by American rapper and actor Will Smith, released as the third single from his debut solo album, ''Big Willie Style'' (1997). The verse is based around a sample of "He's the Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge, an ...

" (

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, Porter, Robinson,

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) - 7:31 #" Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 12:48 #"Character Zero" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:37 :''November 20, 1998 – encore:'' #

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" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 4:47

Disc four

:''November 21, 1998 – first set:'' #"Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 7:03 #"Big Black Furry Creature from Mars" (Gordon) - 5:08 #"Lawn Boy" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:50 #"The Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 15:12 #"

" (

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McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

) - 3:05 #" Boogie on Reggae Woman" (

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) - 6:12 #"NICU" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:33

Disc five

:''November 21, 1998 – first set, continued:'' #"Dogs Stole Things" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:34 #"Nellie Kane" ( O'Brien) - 3:19 #"Foam" (Anastasio) - 10:08 #"Wading in the Velvet Sea" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:44 #"Guyute" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:25 #" Bold as Love" (

Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

) - 6:45

Disc six

:''November 21, 1998 – second set:'' #"

" (

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, Yauch) - 3:08 #"

Mike's Song "Mike's Song" is a song by the rock band Phish. Originally written in 1985, and debuting that year on March 16, bass player Mike Gordon's song has been played a total of 488 times (appearing in 28.26% of all of Phish live shows), the third most pl ...

" (Gordon) - 11:50 #"Simple" (Gordon) - 15:28 #" The Wedge" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:56 #"The Mango Song" (Anastasio) - 7:44 #"Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:48 #"Ha Ha Ha" (Fishman) - 1:33 #"Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:14 #"Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 8:59 :''November 21, 1998 – encore:'' #

" (Abbot, Bruce, Greco, Hunter, Nutter, Watts, Whalley) - 5:21

Personnel

– guitars, lead vocals, drums on "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" *

Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. In addition to having been a member of Phish since 1985, ...

– keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lawn Boy", "Boogie on Reggae Woman", "Wading in the Velvet Sea" and "Bold as Love", co-lead vocals on "Rift", "Meat" and "Roggae" *

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Quinn the Eskimo", "Funky Bitch", "Train Song", "Possum", "Nellie Kane" and "Mike's Song", co-lead vocals on "Meat" and "Roggae" *

– drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", co-lead vocals on "Meat" and "Roggae" Additional musicians: *Carl Gerhard - trumpet on "Cavern" and "Tubthumping" * Tom Marshall - lead vocals on "Tubthumping"

References

External links

Phish's official websitePhish.net Setlists: 11-20-1998
- Detailed setlist and notes
Phish.net Setlists: 11-21-1998
- Detailed setlist and notes {{Authority control Culture of Hampton, Virginia LivePhish.com Downloads Phish live albums 1999 live albums Elektra Records live albums