| Fallout from the Phil Zone | ||||
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| Released | June 17, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | September 3, 1967 – March 18, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:03:52 | |||
| Label | Grateful Dead Records | |||
| Producer | John Cutler,Phil Lesh | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Fallout from the Phil Zone is a doublecompilation album of live recordings by theGrateful Dead handpicked by the band's bassistPhil Lesh. It contains the first Grateful Dead CD releases of "In the Midnight Hour" (clocking in at over 30 minutes) andBob Dylan's "Visions of Johanna".
The album title has multiple meanings. Since the performances were selected by Phil, they are the ones in his "zone". It also refers to the so-called "Phil Zone", an area directly in front of the bass amps onstage where some fans would stand, feeling the full-impact of the vibrations of Lesh's bass-playing. Lastly, it is a reference to the TV seriesThe Twilight Zone. Lesh stated that, in addition to selecting personal favorites, he wanted to compile rarer material that may not have been released as part of a complete concert.[2]
The album includes a 30+ minute version of "In The Midnight Hour". Lesh said that he picked it because someone accused them of playing it for 45 minutes. He then tried to find the longest version. The album also includes "Hard To Handle" from an audience tape recording made by Harvey Kaslow and Craig Todd of the 8/6/71 concert at the Hollywood Palladium. The audience recording was chosen because of the high quality.
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
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| 1. | "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye,Ivy Jo Hunter,William Stevenson) | Fillmore West on April 12, 1970 | 11:44 |
| 2. | "New Speedway Boogie" (Robert Hunter,Jerry Garcia) | Alfred State College on May 1, 1970 | 8:08 |
| 3. | "Viola Lee Blues[3]" (Noah Lewis) | Electric Theatre on April 26, 1969 | 19:46 |
| 4. | "Easy Wind[4]" (R. Hunter) | Fillmore East on May 15, 1970 | 8:06 |
| 5. | "Mason's Children[5]" (R. Hunter, Garcia,Phil Lesh,Bob Weir) | Fillmore East on January 2, 1970 | 6:09 |
| 6. | "Hard to Handle[6]" (Alvertis Isbell,Allen Jones,Otis Redding) | Hollywood Palladium on August 6, 1971 | 7:36 |
| No. | Title | Recording venue and date | Length |
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| 1. | "The Music Never Stopped[7]" (John Barlow, Weir) | Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 17, 1989 | 8:56 |
| 2. | "Jack-A-Roe[8]" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) | University of Alabama on May 17, 1977 | 5:55 |
| 3. | "In the Midnight Hour[9]" (Steve Cropper,Wilson Pickett) | The Barn, Rio Nido on September 3, 1967 | 31:53 |
| 4. | "Visions of Johanna" (Bob Dylan) | The Spectrum on March 18, 1995 | 10:26 |
| 5. | "Box of Rain[10]" (R. Hunter, Lesh) | Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 19, 1989 | 5:13 |
Album –Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Billboard 200 | 83[11] |
