Hampton Comes Alive

Hampton Comes Alive
Live album by Phish
Released November 23, 1999 (1999-11-23) (U.S.)
Recorded November 20–21, 1998
Genre Rock
Length 314:08
Label Elektra
Producer Bryce Goggin
Phish chronology
The Story of the Ghost
(1998)		 Hampton Comes Alive
(1999)		 The Siket Disc
(1999)
LivePhish.com Downloads series chronology
Live Phish Downloads: The Story of the Ghost
(2009)		 Live Phish Downloads: Hampton Comes Alive
(2009)		 Live Phish Downloads: The Siket Disc
(2009)
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Hampton Comes Alive is a six-disc live album by the American rock band Phish, 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 Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia. The album title is a play on Peter Frampton's classic live album Frampton Comes Alive!.

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.[2] The album's many cover songs include: "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2" by Gary Glitter, "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" by Bob Dylan, "Funky Bitch" by Son Seals, "Roses Are Free" by Ween, "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith, "Cry Baby Cry" by The Beatles, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" by Stevie Wonder, "Nellie Kane" by Hot Rize, "Bold as Love" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys and "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba.

Each CD is packaged in its own sleeve and collected together in an innovative box. The liner notes include fan-contributed photographs and art.[2] The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Boxed Set Packaging.[3]

Hampton Comes Alive was certified gold by RIAA January, 14 2000.[4]

In February 2009, this album was made available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one (November 20, 1998)

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Rock and Roll, Pt. 2"   Glitter, Leander 2:04
2. "Tube"   Anastasio, Fishman 4:12
3. "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"   Dylan 4:28
4. "Funky Bitch"   Seals 6:53
5. "Guelah Papyrus"   Anastasio, Marshall 6:12
6. "Rift"   Anastasio, Marshall 6:15
7. "Meat"   Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell 6:16
8. "Stash"   Anastasio, Marshall 12:45

Disc two

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Train Song"   Gordon, Linitz 3:30
2. "Possum"   Holdsworth 10:08
3. "Roggae"   Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell 8:26
4. "Driver"   Anastasio, Marshall 3:58
5. "Split Open and Melt"   Anastasio 12:50

Disc three

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bathtub Gin"   Anastasio, Goodman 14:12
2. "Piper"   Anastasio, Marshall 7:04
3. "Axilla I"   Anastasio, Herman, Marshall 4:33
4. "Roses Are Free"   Freeman, Melchiondo 5:32
5. "Farmhouse"   Anastasio, Marshall 5:13
6. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"   Barnes, Edwards, Porter, Robinson, Rodgers, Smith 7:31
7. "Harry Hood"   Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell 12:48
8. "Character Zero"   Anastasio, Marshall 7:37
9. "Cavern"   Anastasio, Herman, Marshall 4:47

Disc four (November 21, 1998)

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Wilson"   Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf 7:03
2. "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars"   Gordon 5:08
3. "Lawn Boy"   Anastasio, Marshall 2:50
4. "The Divided Sky"   Anastasio 15:12
5. "Cry Baby Cry"   Lennon, McCartney 3:05
6. "Boogie on Reggae Woman"   Wonder 6:12
7. "NICU"   Anastasio, Marshall 5:33

Disc five

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Dogs Stole Things"   Anastasio, Marshall 4:34
2. "Nellie Kane"   O'Brien 3:19
3. "Foam"   Anastasio 10:08
4. "Wading in the Velvet Sea"   Anastasio, Marshall 6:44
5. "Guyute"   Anastasio, Marshall 10:25
6. "Bold as Love"   Hendrix 6:45

Disc six

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Sabotage"   Diamond, Horovitz, Yauch 3:08
2. "Mike's Song"   Gordon 11:50
3. "Simple"   Gordon 15:28
4. "The Wedge"   Anastasio, Marshall 5:56
5. "The Mango Song"   Anastasio 7:44
6. "Free"   Anastasio, Marshall 4:48
7. "Ha Ha Ha"   Fishman 1:33
8. "Free"   Anastasio, Marshall 5:14
9. "Weekapaug Groove"   Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell 8:59
10. "Tubthumping"   Abbot, Bruce, Greco, Hunter, Nutter, Watts, Whalley 5:21

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ "Hampton Comes Alive Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r444892. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Phish.net: Hampton Comes Alive Phish.net. Online. Accessed: September 4, 2011.
  3. ^ 52nd Annual Grammy Nominations Phish.com. Online. Accessed: September 6, 2011.
  4. ^ Album Chart Entries: Phish Tsort.com. Online. Accessed: September 6, 2011.

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