This being a one-set festival performance, there are predictably no big jams to be heard, but a high quality AUD and some fine playing make it a decent listen. 2001 > DwD is the highlight to me, with the former being as laid-back and funky as you'd expect given the date and the latter a sizzling, Type I, complete version. This show also gives you the opportunity to listen to a YEM without feeling the guilt of skipping the vocal jam, although there is no real peak before sliding into A Day in the Life. Compared to most full two-set shows, this doesn't offer anything you haven't heard before, but compared to anything else you could be listening to, I think it stands up quite well.

The dreaded "festival set!" Just under 90 minutes, tightly played versions of "the hits" with little to no exploration.

A 10-minute 2001 is probably the only real highlight, however tightly played standard versions of Stash, Disease, Limb and YEM are always fun to listen to. This would probably be a good tape for introducing someone to live Phish, but not one you are going to go back to over and over again.

PHISH, FRIDAY 07/03/1998
DYRSKUEPLADSEN
Ringe, Fyn, Denmark

SET 1:

Stash: Standard.

Beauty of My Dreams: Standard. >

Sample in a Jar: Standard.

Guyute: Standard.

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Solid jam! >

Down with Disease: Standard.

Limb By Limb: Standard.

Water in the Sky: >

My Soul: Standard.

You Enjoy Myself[1] Nice funky jam! >

A Day in the Life: Standard.

Summary: Now this is a festival set if ever there was one. 2.763/5 (38 ratings) seems accurate to me.

Replay Value: None

[1] No vocal jam.

This single-set performance was webcast live and was part of the annual Midtfyns Festival that also featured Sonic Machine, Psyched Up Janis, Angelique Kidjo, Hothouse Flowers, Poul Krebs & De Små Sensationer, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. YEM did not contain a vocal jam.
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