PHISH, FRIDAY 07/10/1998
ZELESTE
Barcelona, Spain

SET 1:

Down with Disease: Tons of sound problems before and a few more briefly in the intro, big popping sounds. This DWD is a smoking Type I that they do finish.

Dogs Stole Things: Popping sounds in the intro. Standard version.

Divided Sky[1] - Trey has flubs that start at 2:37 that go until about the 3 minute mark. Some of the worst flubs ever from him. They stop playing at 3:44 as they are overwhelmed by the sound issues.

Mike's Song[1] - You can hear just how frustrated Trey is when he deep sixes it all to see if the techs can fix the problems.

SET 2:

Halley's Comet: More pops 1:20 into this one. This is a very chill jam, groove oriented with all four parts being equal. The loops Trey set up the beginning roll through the entire song. The First Tube tease comes into play at 6:42 on the Jam track on the Phish.in source. Pretty cool considering it obviously had not even been played yet. They shift gears in the late ten minute range – a sparse ambient jam comes into play. Tons of room to stretch out in here. Trey and Fishman ramp up the tension big time at 12:15 with Trey putting a heavy metal feel into play, but this is brief and then the song ends. Would recommend this version, would be a great jam to chill to late at night as you are drifting off to sleep.

Roggae: Standard >

Sparkle[1] - Aborted, Trey says he can’t deal with the popping again. He says they will play through their monitors, turn off the mains and this will have to be a quiet concert. Better a quiet concert than nothing. Then the joke telling begins, funny stuff.

Mike's Song: Solid, one jam version. They took out some of their frustration in this one with some aggressive playing. >

Simple: At the 12 and a half minute this one breaks into Type II territory. Deep space! Very heady territory. This lasts for about three minutes – the crowd gets a clap along going and this seems to spur the band into action as they get things ramped up. This theme from Trey – I know I have heard it before somewhere, but I cannot place it. Not a tease, but another jam I have heard from Phish before. This is super sick! This goes on until about 5:15. The heavy metal low key groove continues to progress and evolve. Fishman is incredible in the last couple of minutes of this and he is a guiding force in getting this one to segue eventually into Weekapaug. Don’t let the track listing fool you though, this is still the Simple jam until 1:45 into Weekapaug. Would highly recommend this Simple. I feel like it flies well under the radar. Couple of reasons for that – this show is underrated because of all the issues. Number two, it doesn’t have one big signature moment or climax. But the body of work is undeniable with tons of greatness throughout, 24 minutes’ worth. Great version!! >

Weekapaug Groove: Standard version other than the On Broadway stuff that starts at about 9:15.

Sample in a Jar: Standard >

Good Times Bad Times: Standard.

ENCORE:

Brian and Robert: Standard.

Taste: Rare placement, only the third time in the E slot, all 1.0 versions. This is a strong Taste.

Summary: It’s really too bad they couldn’t have gone to the monitors only solution much early. A lot of time was wasted but what are you going to do? Halley’s is very good and Simple is an all timer. But outside of that, tough way to end the tour. Would agree with the current rating on Phish.net of 3.046/5 (66 ratings).

Replay Value: Halley's Comet, Simple

[1] Aborted due to loud P.A. problems.

Divided Sky and Mike’s Song were aborted due to sound problems. The first set then ended early so that the crew could fix the P.A.. More problems arose during Sparkle, which was subsequently aborted. Trey asked the crew to turn the monitors around so the band could play through them. While they worked, the band told jokes. Trey even asked Fish to tell the Prison Joke, but the sound was fixed before it actually happened. The jam out of Halley’s included a First Tube tease. Weekapaug included On Broadway teases.
SHOW RATING
Your rating:
Overall: 3.046/5 (66 ratings)
JAM CHART VERSIONS
Halley's Comet, Simple
TEASES
First Tube tease in Halley's Comet, On Broadway tease in Weekapaug Groove