, attached to 1992-11-19

Review by MrPalmers1000DollarQ

MrPalmers1000DollarQ Like much of '92, this show features some pretty strong and tight playing in a vacuum but does relatively little to stand out in the band's greater musical context. Instead, distinguishing marks for this show reside primarily on paper: a few fan-favorite debuts among Axilla, FEFY, and a sweet reggae Lengthwise; the first Big Ball Jam (which doesn't translate well to audio listening, imo); and a Gordon Stone slide guitar sit-in that elevates Poor Heart, FEFY, and Llama nicely. That isn't to say the show is boring or not worth listening to. Moments like the Those Were the Days jam in Divided Sky, the Johnny Cash x BBFCFM detour in Tweezer, and the vocal jam in Weekapaug offer unexpected departures from the typical formulae of these tunes. Do they make the show absolutely mind-blowing? Would these make the list of must-hear jams? Probably not. But Colchester '92 is definitely a choice selection from this era of Phish that represents the band's strengths of the time, and I'm happy to have it in the LivePhish release collection.


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