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. Released on December 9, 2022, it documents their performances at
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in
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on July 16 and 17, 1998.


Background

The band's summer 1998 tour saw them add songs into their repertoire that would later be included on that year's ''
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'' album (including setlist staples "Roggae" and "The Moma Dance", the latter of which was performed during the second set of the July 16 show) and continue the funk-influenced improvisational style that came to the forefront the previous year. Additionally, the 1997-1998 era saw the band's jams increase in their average length by a wide margin, exemplified by the second set of the July 17 show, which lasts over an hour despite being made up of only four songs. Other shows from the band's summer '98 tour appear on '' Live Phish Volume 17'', '' Ventura'', and ''Star Lake '98''. Songs performed during these shows include an extended jam on the normally-compact "Tube" on July 16, and the band's longest ever performance of "
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channel in October to promote the release.


Track listing


July 16

Disc one ''Set one:'' # " The Squirming Coil" (
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, Tom Marshall) – 11:17 # "NICU" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 5:51 # " Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 13:02 # " Reba" (Anastasio) – 17:04 → # " Fast Enough for You" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:23 → # "When the Circus Comes" (
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) – 4:56 # " Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Steve Pollak) – 13:47 Disc two ''Set two:'' # "
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" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 12:20 # " The Moma Dance" (Anastasio,
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, Marshall) – 11:58 → # "
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" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:56 # "Axilla" (Anastasio, Marshall, Scott Herman) – 5:49 → # "
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" (Anastasio) – 19:13 Disc three ''Set two, continued:'' # "Tube" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 10:04 → # " Slave to the Traffic Light" (Anastasio, Dave Abrahams, Pollak) – 13:26 ''Encore:'' #
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    " (Anastasio, Marshall) – 5:51 ''Soundcheck:'' #
  • "Gorge '98 Soundcheck Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 11:03 → # " Dog Log" (Anastasio) – 5:39


    July 17

    Disc four ''Set one:'' # "Makisupa Policeman" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:25 → # "Ya Mar" (Cyril Ferguson) – 13:05 # "Gumbo" (Anastasio, Fishman) – 12:34 # " Divided Sky" (Anastasio) – 17:31 # "
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    " (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:15 → # "My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own" (
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    )     – 2:30 → # "My Soul" (
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    )     – 8:22 Disc five ''Set two:'' # "
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    )     – 24:49 → # "
    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, the song written and named after bass player/singer Mike Gordon has been played a total of 488 times (appearing in 28.26% of all of Phi ...
    " (Gordon) – 18:39 → # "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 13:23 → # "
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    " (Anastasio, Marshall) – 9:21 ''Encore:'' #
  • "Punch You in the Eye" (Anastasio) – 8:20 → # "
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    )     – 3:10


    Personnel

    *
    Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 ...
    – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals *
    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 plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker ('' Rising Low'', '' Outs ...
    – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals ("Ya Mar", "My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own", "Mike's Song", "Rocky Top") *
    Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit. Early life Fishman was born in Ph ...
    – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals ("The Moma Dance") *
    Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963) is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. McConnell joined Phish in 1985, and is the only member of its long-standing quartet li ...
    – keyboards, piano, backing vocals


    Notes


    References

    {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorge '98, The 2022 live albums Phish live albums JEMP Records albums