Hampton Comes Alive Explained

Hampton Comes Alive
Type:	live
Artist:	Phish
Cover:	hamptoncomesalive.jpg
Released:	(U.S.)
Recorded:	November 20–21, 1998
Genre:	Jam rock, alternative rock
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Bryce Goggin
Prev Title:	The Story of the Ghost
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	The Siket Disc
Next Year:	1999

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-five tracks are covers or other songs from the band's large catalog that do not appear on any previous Phish album.^[1] 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. As usual with covers sung by Jon Fishman, the band (as a trio with Trey Anastasio on drums) also performs a brief instrumental version of "Hold Your Head Up" by Argent before and after "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It." The album marked the first time that the songs "Tube", "Driver", "Axilla I", "Possum", "Piper", "Farmhouse", "Big Black Furry Creature from Mars", "NICU", "Dogs Stole Things" and "Ha Ha Ha" had appeared on an official Phish release. "Piper" and "Farmhouse" later appeared on the band's 2000 album Farmhouse.

Each CD is packaged in its own sleeve and collected together in an innovative box. The liner notes include fan-contributed photographs and art.^[1] The album was nominated for a Grammy for Best Boxed Set Packaging.^[2]

Hampton Comes Alive was certified gold by RIAA January 14, 2000.^[3] In February 2009, this album was made available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

Track listing

Disc one

November 20, 1998 – first set:

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

November 20, 1998 – first set, continued:

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

November 20, 1998 – second set:

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

November 20, 1998 – encore:

9. "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) – 4:47

Disc four

November 21, 1998 – first set:

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

November 21, 1998 – first set, continued:

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

November 21, 1998 – second set:

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

November 21, 1998 – encore:

10. "Tubthumping" (Abbot, Bruce, Greco, Hunter, Nutter, Watts, Whalley) - 5:21

Personnel

Phish

• Trey Anastasio – guitars, lead vocals, drums on "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"
• Page McConnell – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lawn Boy", "Boogie on Reggae Woman", "Wading in the Velvet Sea" and "Bold as Love", co-lead vocals on "Rift", "Meat" and "Roggae"
• Mike Gordon – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Quinn the Eskimo", "Funky Bitch", "Train Song", "Possum", "Nellie Kane" and "Mike's Song", co-lead vocals on "Meat" and "Roggae"
• Jon Fishman – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", co-lead vocals on "Meat" and "Roggae"

Additional musicians:

• Carl Gerhard - trumpet on "Cavern" and "Tubthumping"
• Tom Marshall - lead vocals on "Tubthumping"

External links

• Phish's official website
• Phish.net Setlists: 11-20-1998 - Detailed setlist and notes
• Phish.net Setlists: 11-21-1998 - Detailed setlist and notes

Notes and References

1. http://phish.net/discography/hampton-comes-alive Phish.net: Hampton Comes Alive
2. http://phish.com/#/news/2009/02/52nd-annual-grammy-nominations 52nd Annual Grammy Nominations
3. http://tsort.info/music/mqn950.htm Album Chart Entries: Phish