Old Phish Promo Prints & YEM from Albany 1995

Hahahaaahha ... i forgot i had these saved on my computer

I can't decide which one i think is funnier; no doubt Fishman is the best in each:
Right, so I think I've wasted enough time...Good Evening.

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On a related note, I can still not find any version of You Enjoy Myself that can top 12-09-1995 Albany, NY... oh, and i have searched. A lot. It has reigned as the penultimate Phish performance in my mind since i first heard it back in senior year high school. If only i could have experienced this live; what a treat!

I mean, my lord, please someone tell me how they cam together to make this 35 minute wonder occur??!? How? It is sheer beauty - supremely adventurous, harmonic, multi-faceted, and triumphant to the point where i want a cigarette after hearing it.

My description, breifly (for I'm getting very hungry), begins with smooth sailing on an open sea, with salty gusts blowing back my hair (11:00 -17:00). Oh, this part is SO good. It is an exercise in simplicity and mutual harmony. They acheive a very balanced jam here, and i especially enjoy Mike's lines. Then, winds begin to pick up, giving a gentle (but not too gentle) rocking to the aged ship. The waves and wind start to create a rhythmic sway as the boat heads into more choppy and more blue waters (17:00 -20:00). Trey ends this segment with some glorious, and repetitive riffs, based around a theme he catches onto, and just milks it! And this dairy product is all kosher, kiddies. Fantastic! At 20:00, Trey drops out, and Page takes a subdued role, as Fishman and Mike lay down a steady and unique groove. Trey moves to his drum/percussion kit, and sounds like he uses some weird wood-blocks here. So, at this time, the audience had to be thinking, "Wow, that was fucking incredible jam segment, and this Drum and Bass section is far superior to most" - I mean, even at this point, it would be easy to rate this YEM at a A- (B+ at the least). BUT, at 22:50, Trey comes smoothly back in with chords for 4 measures, then it drops into some very groovy funk. Trey on his cry-baby Wah-Wah, and Page hits the Theremin keyboard, and plays with his magnetic fields during the stop-start breaks provided by the other three guys laying down what might be called some 97 cow-funk precursor material. I always laugh at what Page plays during this part...so good. I know he had to have a smile on his face when doing it, just looking at the other guys. At 25:05, Trey says a quote from Shaft ...over some low volume jamming along the same progression... Just sheer insanity. I'm sure I've listened to this over 40 times, and i still get shills from this masterpiece. And then, a SILENT JAM?!! Whattttt. The band continues acting like they're playing their instruments, but don't actually, prompting a huge crowd reaction (this AUD copy i have is great, btw). And then, at 27:25, comes the "race to the finish" (as Wilds aptly calls it). OH GODDD....My favorite part, So triumphant here. HUGE RELEASE at 28:20 from Trey and the fellows; and continued explosion and after explosion, with one of my favorite drum fills from Fishman coming in here. MAGNIFICENT. At 29:00, the Jam sprials out of centipical orbit, and winds off, led by inertia, into a slowed come-down. WUDMTF lyrics, at about 29:15. This continues until 35:00.

If anyone would like a copy of this, bt.etree.org usually has a version of this circulating, or i can try to help you out, because it is that special to me. Ribbit.