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Phish - Live Phish Vol. 18: 5/7/94, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas Audio CD

A fair review of the Phish "Live Phish Vol. 18: 5/7/94, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Phish reviews here, or go back to the Phish tabs.

Phish Band: Phish
Title: Live Phish Vol. 18: 5/7/94, The Bomb Factory, Dallas, Texas
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Release Date: 2003-05-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Llama 2: Horn > 3: The Divided Sky 4: Mound 5: Fast Enough For You > 6: Scent of a Mule 7: Split Open and Melt 8: If I Could 9: Suzy Greenberg 10: Loving Cup > 11: Sparkle > 12: Tweezer > 13: Sparks > 14: Makisupa Policeman 15: Tweezer > 16: Walk Away > 17: Tweezer > 18: Cannonball > 19: Purple Rain > 20: Dallas Jam > 21: Tweezer Reprise 22: Amazing Grace 23: Sample in a Jar 24: Funky Bitch > 25: Columbia Jam > 26: Jerusalem Jerusalem (Yerushala Im Shel Zehav)

A Good Live Album From Phish
There are great versions of "Scent of a Mule" and "Suzy Greenberg. Many of the songs are excellent. " The second disk has a great medly of cover songs that I really enjoy, with the exception of the "Purple Rain" cover, which has attrocious singing and some bizarre vocal noisemaking near the end. Still, the fact that they medley between so many songs and then come back to the original song they started the medley with is a very impressive musical accomplishment. Some of the extended jams they get into in this album devolve a little too much into noise. The third disk contains the best jams of any of the disks (they are much spacier), and it is probably my favorite of the three CDs on the album. All in all, this album is well worth a listen for those who enjoy Phish. .


Great show. Buy it.
) It does contain some excellent music, loosely played and highly enjoyable. While Live 18 is certainly not "the greatest show ever," (an all too often thrown out term used by phish fans. The first set is pretty standard stuff, pretty fast paced. But the second set is where the show really takes off. It opens with my personal favorite Loving Cup of all time. Trey really digs into the jam section of the tune and it seems like every note he hits is really strained with emotion (in a good way). . . a really moving jam. After the segue into a kindof sloppy Sparkle, the band starts Tweezer and abandons the setlist for the night. This second set was the birth of Phish's 'endless jam' concept employed much since the time of this show. The jamming is very nice, with segues in and out of some covers and a Sweet Emotion jam. Very cool second set. The filler is also fantastic, don't pass it up. While I think some of the previous reviews stating this is phish's "best jamming ever" are simply exagerations, this is a very jammy show with some history behind it and simply put, its a fun listen. .


5 Stars for set 2, which blows you away
"Live 18" (3 CDs, 186 min. Phish continues its "Live" series with this set from a show in July, 1994 from Dallas. ) is remarkable for set 2 of the show, and a treasure for any Phish fan.

CD1 (70 min. ) is OK, but nothing remarkable as such, except for a great "Split Open and Melt". But CD2 (78 min. ) is really where it's at. After a tentative "Loving Cup" and "Sparkle", the band gets grooving into a 70 min. long jam that is as good as Phish ever gets, starting with a terrific 25+ min. "Tweezer" that jams just terrific. According to Mike Gordon's liner notes, "we decided to jam the whole (2nd) set. . . all songs connected. . . song list abandoned", and it shows, with great tongue-in-cheek covers of, among others, The Who's "Sparks" and Prince's "Purple Rain", you can just feel the band having fun and rocking out. "Tweezer" shows up a few more times in various forms, bookending the set. CD3 (38 min. ) contains (besides the encores) a great 22 min. instrumental jam from a November, 94 show in Missouri.

The "Live" collection contains many great shows, but "Live 18" is one of the stand-outs, as Set 2 is Phish is as great as you'll find them anywhere. Highly recommended! .


Fun, and not to be taken too seriously...
Sure, it's not a show with elite jamming, but it's such a fun ride that you shouldn't care about the occasional pothole or speed bump. I'm suprised to see some folks rating this show so harshly. The second set is arguably the first time Phish truly threw the rulebook out the window & just played on gut instinct all the way through. This set actually was the set that converted a few of my friends into fans. . . the "Sparks", "Cannonball", "Walk Away", and "Purple Rain" covers (all thrown into the middle of a bizarre "Tweezer" jam) make for a fun and somewhat accessible evening, and remind us that sometimes we NEED shows like these. I mean, if you can't muster up a giggle during the hilarious-yet-somewhat- faithful-to-the-original "Purple Rain", you might be crossing into "music snob" territory. . . lol As Robert Plant once said, "does anyone remember laughter?!" That's not to say it's ALL fun n' games. . . the frenetic jamming that eventually morphed into the "Tweezer Reprise" got down to business, and reminds us why some folks travel across the country to see this band live. Long story short: this show is like a Harlem Globetrotters game. . . it's not on the level of an NBA game (your typical Phish show), but it's got flash & you'll find yourself smiling alot once you realize you shouldn't be taking it too seriously. .


go for the filler
What I found rather ironic is the filler material used on this disc from 11/22/94, in my opinion, is vary better then anything from the featured show. A good take from 94, but hardly the best of the Live Phish series. Sure the second set is impressive, but fairly sloppy at times. Mound saves this from being just another Phish show. .


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