Amsterdam (Phish album)

Amsterdam
Live album by Phish
Released	June 16, 2015
Recorded	February 17, 1997 July 1, 1997 July 2, 1997
Venue	Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre	Rock
Label	JEMP
Producer	Phish
Phish chronology
Fuego (2014) Amsterdam (2015) Big Boat (2016)

Amsterdam is a live album by the rock band Phish. It contains three complete concerts on eight CDs. It was recorded on February 17, 1997, and July 1 and 2, 1997, at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Packaged as a box set, it was released by JEMP Records on June 16, 2015.[1][2][3][4][5]

Track listing

Disc one

February 17, 1997 – first set:

1. "Soul Shakedown Party" (Marley) – 4:49
2. "Divided Sky" (Anastasio) – 13:32
3. "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) – 4:44
4. "My Soul" (Chenier) – 5:13
5. "Guyute" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 10:13
6. "Timber" (White) – 7:05
7. "Billy Breathes" (Anastasio) – 6:56
8. "Llama" (Anastasio) – 4:02
9. "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) – 13:03
10. "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) – 4:57

Disc two

February 17, 1997 – second set:

1. "The Squirming Coil" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 10:17
2. "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 18:18
3. "Carini" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 21:26
4. "Taste" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) – 6:34
5. "Down with Disease" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 1:24
6. "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Pollak) – 6:19
7. "Prince Caspian" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 8:17

Disc three

February 17, 1997 – encore:

1. "Sleeping Monkey" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 5:56
2. "Rocky Top" (Bryant, Bryant) – 3:01

July 1, 1997 – first set:

3. "Ghost" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 22:26
4. "Horn" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:06
5. "Ya Mar" (Ferguson) – 10:00

Disc four

July 1, 1997 – first set (cont.):

1. "Limb by Limb" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 12:43
2. "Ain’t Love Funny" (Cale) – 4:44
3. "Saw It Again" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 7:08
4. "Dirt" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 4:29
5. "Reba" (Anastasio) – 17:21
6. "Dogs Stole Things" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 5:25

Disc five

July 1, 1997 – second set:

1. "Fish Keyboard Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 3:18
2. "Timber" (White) – 8:16
3. "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) – 14:32
4. "Cities" (Byrne) – 24:37
5. "Loving Cup" (Jagger, Richards) – 6:07
6. "Slave to the Traffic Light" (Abrahams, Anastasio, Pollak) – 12:29

July 1, 1997 – encore:

7. "When the Circus Comes" (Hidalgo, Pérez) – 5:27

Disc six

July 2, 1997 – first set:

1. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) – 10:15
2. "Simple" (Gordon) – 12:03
3. "Maze" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 13:49
4. "Strange Design" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 3:21
5. "Ginseng Sullivan" (Blake) – 3:25
6. "Vultures" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 6:18
7. "Water in the Sky" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 2:47
8. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 13:39

Disc seven

July 2, 1997 – second set:

1. "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 30:47
2. "Llama" (Anastasio) – 5:39
3. "Wormtown Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) – 7:15
4. "Wading in the Velvet Sea" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 8:15

Disc eight

July 2, 1997 – encore:

1. "Free" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 12:45

July 2, 1997 – second encore:

2. "David Bowie" (Anastasio) – 16:11

Personnel

Phish

• Trey Anastasio – guitar, lead vocals, co-lead vocals on "Taste"
• Page McConnell – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Strange Design" and "Wading in the Velvet Sea"
• Mike Gordon – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Rocky Top", "Ya Mar", "Ain't Love Funny", "Mike's Song" and "Ginseng Sullivan"
• Jon Fishman – drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Taste", keyboards on "Fish Keyboard Jam"

Production

• Produced by Phish

References

1. Kleinman, David Paul (June 13, 2015). "Phish: Amsterdam", Alt Daily. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
2. Hurley, Tim (June 17, 2015). "Phish: Amsterdam Review", Grateful Web. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
3. P., Rory (June 8, 2015). "Amsterdam Box Set is Phish’s Finest Yet", Online Phish Tour. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
4. "Phish To Release Amsterdam 1997 Box Set", JamBase, May 18, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
5. Amsterdam at AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2015.