Fallout from the Phil Zone

Fallout from the Phil Zone
Live album by Grateful Dead
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
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 7 (1997) Fallout from the Phil Zone (1997) Dick's Picks Volume 8 (1997)

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Fallout from the Phil Zone is a double compilation album of live recordings by the Grateful Dead handpicked by the band's bassist Phil Lesh. It contains the first Grateful Dead CD releases of "In the Midnight Hour" (clocking in at over 30 minutes) and Bob 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 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]

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Dancing in the Streets" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson) – 11:44
2. "New Speedway Boogie" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 8:08
3. "Viola Lee Blues" (Noah Lewis) – 19:46
4. "Easy Wind" (R. Hunter) – 8:06
5. "Mason's Children" (R. Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) – 6:09
6. "Hard to Handle" (Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding) – 7:36

Disc two

1. "The Music Never Stopped" (John Barlow, Weir) – 8:56
2. "Jack-A-Roe" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 5:55
3. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) – 31:53
4. "Visions of Johanna" (Bob Dylan) – 10:26
5. "Box of Rain" (R. Hunter, Lesh) – 5:13

Recording dates

• "In the Midnight Hour" recorded at Dance Hall, Rio Nido on September 3, 1967 (another track from this date is a bonus track on some copies of The Grateful Dead)
• "Viola Lee Blues" recorded at Electric Theater, Chicago on April 26, 1969 (more from this date released as Dick's Picks Volume 26)
• "Mason's Children" recorded at Fillmore East, New York City on January 2, 1970
• "Dancing in the Streets" recorded at Fillmore West, San Francisco on April 12, 1970
• "New Speedway Boogie" recorded at Alfred State College (S.U.N.Y.), Alfred, New York on May 1, 1970
• "Easy Wind" recorded at Fillmore East on May 15, 1970 (also released, with more from this date, on Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 bonus disc)
• "Hard to Handle" recorded at Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood on August 6, 1971 (more from this concert was released on Dick's Picks Volume 35 and on Road Trips Volume 1 Number 3)
• "Jack-A-Roe" recorded at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa on May 17, 1977 (later released with entire concert on May 1977)
• "The Music Never Stopped" recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy on July 17, 1989 (later released by Bob Weir on his "best of" album Weir Here; see also Downhill from Here)
• "Box of Rain" recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 19, 1989 (more from this date released on Downhill from Here and extended copies of Built to Last)
• "Visions of Johanna" recorded at The Spectrum, Philadelphia on March 18, 1995

Personnel

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums
• Mickey Hart – drums (except disc 1, track 6 and disc 2, track 3)
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – harmonica, organ, vocals (disc 1, tracks 1–2, 4 and 6 and disc 2, track 3)
• Tom Constanten – organ (disc 1, tracks 3 and 5)
• Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (disc 2, tracks 1 and 5)
• Keith Godchaux – piano (disc 2, track 2)
• Vince Welnick – keyboards (disc 2, track 4)

Production

• Phil Lesh – producer, liner notes
• John Cutler – producer
• Dick Latvala – tape archivist
• Jeffrey Norman – engineer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Alan Trist – publisher
• Shawn Kennedy – cover art
• Rob Cohn – photography
• Amy Finkle – package design

Charts

Album – Billboard

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