Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts

This year’s highly anticipated New Year’s Run represents more than just another four Phish shows. Not only will MSG be the culmination of the band’s progression from 2009 to now—a triumphant re-growth process that has landed them in a Golden Age—it will also be a celebration of the joy that permeates the Phish community again—a community dispersed by Coventry, divided in their confidence when the band returned, and finally united by the musical lightning of 2011. And now we have four days in New York City to party!

On December 29th, in the spirit of the season and in conjunction with the release of Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts: An Anthology By a Fan For the Fans, I, personally, invite one and all to “1229: A Book Signing and After-Party.” Here are the details!

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12/29/2011

The Irish Times – 254 W 31^st St. (b/w 7^th and 8^th Ave)

Less than 1 block from MSG!

The Book Signing: 4 pm – 6 pm

Once you’ve settled into the city for a day, come on down to The Irish Times—one of the nicest bars in The Garden’s vicinity—to celebrate the release of Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts! Grab a pre-show drink in the shadow of The Garden, check out the new book and purchase one if you’d like. I will have a table set up for book signing and for anyone who just wants to say hello. (Obviously, no purchase is necessary to come and hang out!) In addition, a large video screen will feature a hand-picked “Four-Song Set” DVD highlight reel for enjoyment during the pre-game festivities. This will be a great place to meet-up with friends and get ready for another installment of Phish: December 29th.  Since nobody wants to tote a hardcover book to MSG, a “book check” service will be provided to ensure the safety of all books during the Phish show. Then, once the encore is over, come on back to The Irish Times for more fun!

The Afterparty: Post-show – 3 am – FREE!

After the show’s final notes, don’t worry about grabbing a cab, come back across the street to The Irish Times for a post-show party! Without skipping a beat, Coltrane and Friends (funk, nu-disco, re-edit) will keep the grooves going for hours—and everyone is invited free of charge! With two floors, booths to sit and plenty of room in the bar, there will be ample to space to dance or chill, whichever your post-show selves prefer. Come and celebrate all that we, as a community, have to rejoice over at the end of an amazing year! Books will also be for sale throughout the after-party.

Check out some of  Coltrane’s mixes here!

I hope to see many of you on the 29th! Stay tuned for a Facebook event page. If there are any questions, email at mrminer@phishthoughts.com.

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Jam of the Day:

“Tweezer > Caspian” 12.29.o9 II

A modern-day 12/29 classic.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ph2009-12-29t12.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ph2009-12-29t13.mp3]

The legacy is deep; so deep that for a third consecutive Friday, we revisit MSG highlights from Holiday Runs past! With anticipation growing for the end of the year bash and rumors already beginning to bubble for next year, take some time out of your Friday to aurally peruse some more of the years gone by. Back to writing next week…

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“2001” 12.29.98 II

A quintessential ’98 ambient jam bleeds into a furious funk throw-down which Trey absolutely tears apart..

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/03-2001.mp3]

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“Down with Disease > Piper” 12.30.98 II

This multi-tiered and exploratory “Disease” was the monster jam on the 30th in 1998.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-12-30d2t03.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-12-30d2t04.mp3]

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“David Bowie” 12.30.95 I

An intense first-setter from 1995—vintage December ’95 Phish fire.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1995-12-30d1t05.mp3]

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“Mike’s > H2 > Weekapaug” 12.31.98 I

A stellar kick-off to New Year’s Eve ’98, following Prince’s “1999,” including the last legitimate “second jam” in “Mike'” (if I remember correctly.)

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ph1998-12-31d1t02.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-12-31d1t03.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-12-31d1t04.mp3]

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“Sneakin’ Sally > Taste” 12.30.97 I

Phish sparked a special night at The Garden by ressurecting “Sneakin’ Sally” from the ’80s.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph97-12-30d1t1.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph97-12-30d1t2.mp3]

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“Runaway Jim” 12.31.95 II

This jam was part of a power-packed second set on New Year’s Eve ’95; one of the best sets in MSG history.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2.04-Runaway-Jim.mp3]

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“Harry Hood” 12.31.98 III

This unique version features a looped-out, spacey exploration of the song’s reggae intro before ever dropping into the song’s opening lyrics. This “Hood” was the final improvisational escapade in the best New Year’s Eve show since ’95.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-12-31d3t04.mp3]

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“You Enjoy Myself” 12.30.94 II

The creative centerpiece version from the band’s Garden debut.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/You-Enjoy-Myself.mp3]

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NYC BOOK SIGNING & AFTER-PARTY: Stay tuned for details on a pre-show book signing party and free, late-night after-party hosted by Phish Thoughts on 12/29! Both events will be held in the same locale within stumbling distance from The Garden, and there will be a “book check” for those who purchase books before the show! It should be a great night with music, friends and is open to all! More specifics to come…

 

 

Welcome to Tuesday! All songs in today’s playlist were performed on Tuesday, therefore bringing synchronicity between today and this music. Enjoy some of these lesser known selections.

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“Wolfman’s Brother” – 6.24.97 II, Strasbourg, FR

A heavy helping of raw, unpasteurized cowfunk from Europe ’97.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ph97-6-24d2t01.mp3]

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“Bathtub Gin > Cities” – 7.1.97 II, Paradiso, NL

How about some more?

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PH97-07-01D2T05.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PH97-07-01D2T06.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PH97-07-01D2T07.mp3]

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“Ghost > Halley’s > Tweezer” – 11.24.98 II, New Haven, CT

Fast forward to the last Tuesday of tour during Fall ’98 in New Haven Coliseum.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-11-24d2t01.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-11-24d2t02.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1998-11-24d2t03.mp3]

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“Mike’s Song” 10.29.96 II, Tallahassee, FL

I often push this “Mike’s” in which the band got in some pre-Atlanta practice, vamping over Remain In Light’s “Houses in Motion” during the song’s second jam.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Track-02-3.mp3]

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“Simple” – 12.9.97 II, State College, PA

One of Fall ’97 most exploratory jams comes from one of its least talked about tour stops at Penn State.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1997-12-09d2t02.mp3]

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“Glide II” – 5.16.95, Lowell, MA

After a Voters For Choice benefit showcased six new originals and three new covers, many fans have been waiting for a return of this one-timer ever since.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1995-05-16d1t12.mp3]

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“David Bowie” – 6.13.95 II, Atlanta, GA

Summer ’95 + “Bowie” = psychedelic monstrosity

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Track-01.mp3]

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“Keyboard Cavalry > Jam w/ MMW” – 10.17.95, New Orleans, LA

After playing an opening set for Phish in New Orleans, John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood came out opening for an extended jam session with the guys to close out the second set. Fishman spent stints on vacuum and trombone.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Keyboard-Cavalry-_.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam1-_.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam2.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam3.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam4.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam5.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Jam6.mp3]

 

Last week we looked at some of the elite moments in Madison Square Garden Holiday Run history—and this week there is plenty more! With a December legacy like none other in the venue,Phish has more than enough to fill out another stellar Friday playlist. These tracks further illustrate the explosive music the band has cranked out at the end of the year in The Garden.

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“Wolfman’s Brother” 12.31.97 I

The first set highlight on New Year’s Eve ’97.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1997-12-31d1t05.mp3]

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“Ghost > Ha Ha Ha” 12.31.98 I

One piece of a monster opening set in New Year’s Eve ’98.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d1t05.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d1t06.mp3]

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“Tweezer -> Cities” 12.31.98 II

After a balloon-popping fiasco all but ruined the third set “Tweezer” on New Year’s Eve ’97, Phish annihilated this second set beast the following year.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d2t03.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d2t04.mp3]

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“Carini -> Katy -> Sally > Frankenstein” 12.30.97 E

Grade-A Phish crack through and through. The first domestic “Carini,” the birth of the “Moma Dance,” and a reprise of “Sneakin Sally”—the bustout from ’89 that opened the show. This sequence gets my vote for the best encore in the band’s career. Unquestionably.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph97-12-30d3t5.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph97-12-30d3t6.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph97-12-30d3t7.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph97-12-30d3t8.mp3]

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“Drowned -> Lizards” 12.31.95 II

The first appearance of “Drowned” after Halloween kicked off set two in this legendary show and gracefully slid into “Lizards.”

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/2.01-DrownedMSG.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2.02-The-Lizards.mp3]

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“AC/DC Bag > McGrupp” 12.30.97 II

One of the finest jams of 1997’s stellar three-night run.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph97-12-30d2t1.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph97-12-30d2t2.mp3]

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“Mike’s Song” 12.31.97 II

A filthy and menacing version; typical of ’97 “Mike’s Songs.”

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1997-12-31d2t02.mp3]

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“Weekapaug Groove” 12.31.97 II

This dynamic and extended “Weekapaug” closed the second set of New Year’s Eve on its highest note.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph1997-12-31d2t06.mp3]

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“Run Like an Antelope” 12.29.97 I

Pure and unadulterated fire; one of the elite versions of the year.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1.09-Run-Like-an-Antelope.mp3]

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“You Enjoy Myself” 12.31.95 III

When the band finished what many consider their finest New Year’s Run with a blowout version of “YEM” at The Garden, all was right in the universe of Phish.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3.05-You-Enjoy-Myself.mp3]

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The time has come! The final edits have been made, the proofs have been proofed, and Mr. Miner’s Phish Thoughts: An Anthology By a Fan for the Fans is ready for pre-sale! As of right now, you can head over to the updated book site and place your order. Any orders placed by December 1st will be fulfilled in time for the holidays! When placing any order, you will find two shipping options that I want to clarify. USPS Priority Mail is 2-3 days guaranteed and USPS Media Mail is around 7 days, but no time frame is guaranteed. Any and all information about the book, its specs, and its unique format can be found at Phishthoughtsbook.com.

If you have already pre-reserved a copy on the book site with your email address, your copy is officially set aside! All you need to do is complete your online transaction before December 1st and you’ll have your book by the holidays! You will receive a reminder via email as well. Thank you for your support!

In addition, I am very proud to present the cover art for the hardback volume by AJ Masthay. In conjunction with the beginning of book pre-sales, AJ will be offering a limited edition run of 100 cover art prints (below) starting at 12 Noon EST today on his site! Be sure to act fast in order to grab one of the few available!

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In celebration of this personally momentous day, enjoy some of my favorite uplifting jams for the beginning of the week.

“Harry Hood” 12.28.10 II

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ph2010-12-28t19.mp3]

“Reba” 7.6.94 II

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ph1994-07-06d1t06.mp3]

“Tweezer” 9.3.11 II

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ph2011-09-03t12.mp3]

“Slave” 6.15.95 II

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ph1995-06-15d3t01.mp3]

 

This Friday’s playlist is comprised of many of my favorite MSG moments from Holiday Run history. While a comprehensive list would be exhausting, these pieces represent the creme de la creme from The Garden’s past Decembers. Each selection is an absolute five star gem, so enjoy the high quality Phish for the weekend!

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“Tube” 12.29.97 II

The Mac Daddy of all “Tubes.”

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/2.04-Tube.mp3]

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“Reba” 12.31.95 I

Bliss through music; one of the best versions known to man.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1.03-Reba.mp3]

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“Tweezer” 12.30.94 II

The exploratory centerpiece of Phish’s first show at The Garden.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Tweezer.mp3]

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“Harry Hood” 12.30.95 II

A life-chanager for me.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ph_FTA_2011-07-01b_02_hood.mp3]

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“Mike’s Song” 12.31.95 II

In a year filled with masterful “Mike’s Songs,” this one could be the best.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mike-song.mp3]

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“Auld Lang Syne > Weekapaug > Sea and Sand” 12.31.95 III

A total blowout to kick-start 1996.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3.02-Auld-Lang-Syne.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3.03-Weekapaug-Groove.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3.04-Sea-and-Sand.mp3]

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“Carini > Wolfman’s Brother” 12.28.98 II

One of my personal favorite pieces of MSG Phish.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ph1998-12-28d2t01.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ph1998-12-28d2t02.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ph1998-12-28d2t03.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ph1998-12-28d2t04.mp3]

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“Disease -> David Bowie -> Possum” 12.29.97 II

A large chunk of one of the best sets ever played at The Garden.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2.01-Down-With-Disease.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2.02-David-Bowie.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2.03-Possum-I-Cant-Turn-You-Loose-Possum.mp3]

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“You Enjoy Myself” 12.29.98 II

Not a wasted note.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/05-You-Enjoy-Myself.mp3]

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Confirming what fans had been assuming for some time, yesterday, Phish officially announced a four-night New Year’s Run at Madison Square Garden to close out 2011 in style! All other rumors had died out in recent weeks and it became a foregone conclusion that the band would return to the Big Apple, upping their career tally to 23 shows—all but 5 on holiday runs—at “The World’s Most Famous Arena.”

Historically, Phish and MSG have made quite the combustible holiday combination. In 1994, the band first stopped at 33^rd St and 8^th Ave on December 30^th, on their way to Boston for Tropical New Year’s Eve. The following year, 1995, Phish came back to The Garden for two nights to close the year, with 12.31.95 being the peak of an era and, arguably, the best show Phish has ever played in The Garden.

Come 1996, Phish stopped at MSG for a two-night stand during the opening leg of Fall tour (10/21,10/22). Though the second show contained a well-crafted setlist and a couple legitimate highlights, the tour didn’t really pick up steam until after Halloween at The Omni. The band skipped The Garden on the Holiday Run in ’96, favoring two nights in both Philadelphia and Boston, before coming back for an unprecedented three nights to close out their stellar year of 1997.

Punctuating Phish’s transformational and creative year of ’97, these three shows—the first of which is one of the outstanding shows of the late ‘90s—made the bond between Phish and Madison Square Garden permanent and inseparable. But if three shows in one building set a new standard for a New Year’s Run, the following year the band returned to The Garden a four-night Holiday Run—a spectacular stand through and through, and the most accomplished Holiday Run since 1995. All four shows popped off in 1998, with the 30^th lagging only a slight bit behind. For four straight nights, Phish ran shop at Madison Square Garden, finishing with 12.31.98—the band’s most impressive New Year’s Eve performance since ’95.

Phish, however, wouldn’t return to the building in its last two years of pre-hiatus existence. But when they came back on New Year’s Eve in 2002, there was only one place to do it—The Garden. Though the show, musically, wasn’t all that special, the mere fact that Phish chose their New York home for their return added to the venue’s already storied legacy. But in their short second go-round, their comeback show would be the only 2.0 performance in the round room.

When the band returned for this era, they chose the only other venue that made any sense for the reunion—Hampton Coliseum. But it wouldn’t be long before Phish made it back to The Garden in 2009, for three high-quality shows in the Fall of ’09. Three more at the end of 2010 brings us to now.

It seems only fitting that Phish will return to MSG to celebrate the holidays at the end of their most accomplished year of this era. With no fall tour, these shows represent a standalone oasis amidst a lot of time off. The band has said that 2012 will be a light year of touring, thus nobody knows when the following shows will come. But with four nights in New York City to end the year, nothing could be finer in the world of Phish.

The ticket request period is now open until October 24th. Best of luck in the lottery!

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Jam of the Day:

“Tweezer -> Cities” 12.31.98 II

The centerpiece of set two on New Year’s Eve 1998.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d2t03.mp3,http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ph1998-12-31d2t04.mp3]

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DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY:

12.31.1998 Madison Square Garden, NYC < FLAC Torrent (via etree)

12.31.1998 Madison Square Garden, NYC < Megaupload

I: 1999* > Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Ghost -> Ha Ha Ha > Cavern

II: NICU, Character Zero > Tweezer -> Cities > Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope > Frankenstein

III: Runaway Jim -> Auld Lang Syne -> Simple, Harry Hood > Tweezer Reprise, Llama

E: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

*debut, Prince

Source: Schoeps mk41v’s(DIN)>kc5>m222>nt222>744t

After such an extensive summer of Phish music, I haven’t been keeping up with Trey tour as usual. I haven’t listened to a full show or many jams, but reports have been solid all around. The most interesting aspect of Trey tour for me, however, has always been its proving ground for new songs and the potential they may hold for Phish. Trey’s larger band slayed 33 shows over the summer while debuting exactly one new original, thus I would imagine that on the first tour of 2012—whenever that may be—we’ll hear a batch of new songs. With work on an album forthcoming as well, one has to wonder what new Trey debuts might crossover to the Phish stage. With more than half his tour left, we may see  Trey unveil more pieces yet, but for now, lets look at his first four debuts.

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“Land of Nod” – 10.7.11, Myrtle Beach, SC

Trey’s most recent debut, “The Land of Nod”—first played in the encore of the Myrtle Beach show—is my favorite and the most original of his new pieces. Written by Trey, alone, the song begins with a heavy, bass-driven groove and when the horns come in over this rhythm, the piece resembles genuine Israeli gyspy-dub (a la Balkan Beat Box.) With ridiculously danceable rhythms, Phish could slaughter this piece if they could adapt the horn lines to the quartet. The middle of the song moves into an uplifting and melodic passage with the refrain, “I was asleep for so long…”— a total juxtaposition of styles within the piece. When the song moves back into gypsy-dub stylings, TAB winds it down, though this is where Phish could just get going. Then again, this is one tune that could be tailor made for his solo project.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tab2011-10-08t14.mp3]

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“Glacier” – 10.1.11, Burlington, VT

The first Anastasio/Marshall composition of tour was debuted late in the second set of Higher Ground’s opening show, and that is exactly where I can see it fitting in a Phish show as well. Though the piece has already been pegged as Trey cheese by many fans, but I actually enjoy it quite a bit. While the lyrics are bit over the top about the Winter Queen and the Prince of Music, the guitar melodies and sparse supporting textures are both ethereal and cerebral. Trey and Tom usually write songs for one band and one band only, so I wouldn’t be surprised “Glacier” in the bigger pond at some point.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tab2011-10-01s2t08.mp3]

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“Snake Head Thumb” – 10.1.11, Burlington, VT

Inspired by a dream had by the Dude of Life in which Trey’s thumb was a snake’s head, this debut came in the first set of the first show at Higher Ground. A slow and filthy groove, “Snake Head Thumb” illustrates how 2010’s Halloween cover of Little Feat has influenced Trey’s songwriting. Crafted in collaboration with the Dude of Life, the chorus makes way for a slow and infectious groove that methodically moves to dirtier and dirtier places. The only debut that had included a jam, Trey unleashed his compressed growl over heavy organ swells in this percussive piece. A jam that Phish could take to sinister realms, this could be the second new-school Anastasio/Pollack contribution to the rotation (with “Show of Life”).

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tab2011-10-01s1t06.mp3]

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“Frost” – 10.6.11, Asheville, NC

Beginning with beautiful vocal harmonies, this song’s opening gives way to a minimalist and chilled out groove, allowing its focus to remain on Tom Marshall’s lyrics. “Frost,” the second Anastasio/Marshall debut of tour could easily translate to a powerful Phish ballad. Containing the refrain of “Maybe you could sail away,” this section seems tailor-made for big-time Phish catharsis. Though more straightforward than many of Trey and Tom’s playful numbers, the more I hear this one, the more I like it.

[audio:http://phishthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/trey2011-10-06s1t08.mp3]

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DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY:

MINER’S PICKS: Summer 2011 – Denver/VT

Here are the final download links for the Summer 2011 Miner’s Picks series—all with the best sources available. Thanks again to Chris Keiner of Phish Listening Room for all the hard work!

TORRENT LINKS:

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Denver (FLAC)

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Denver (Mp3)

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DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS:

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Denver (FLAC) Pt.1

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Denver (FLAC) Pt.2

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Denver (Mp3)

 

For the end of the week, and with the help of Chris Keiner of Phish Listening Room, I have assembled downloads of all the Miner’s Picks that were posted last week. And here’s where Chris comes in. As audience sources of each current show are posted on etree, he reviews the same four songs from each and every source, honing in on—in his opinion—the best available recording for every show played. These installments of Miner’s Picks were assembled from Chris’ selected sources, thus feature the “best” sounding source for every single track! Also, for the first time in Miner’s Picks history, I am offering the compilations in both lossless and mp3 formats.

Below, you will find any link that you will need to download these summer compilations. The torrent links are listed first and are the easiest way to pull entire compilations at once. There are two sets of torrent links—one comprised of FLACs and one comprised of 320 kbps mp3s. Additionally, if torrenting isn’t your thing, there are also direct Megaupload links for the compilations as well. I had to keep each Megaupload file under a 1 gig, so there are multiple download links for the FLAC compilations, though the mp3s files all fit into a single download for each set of picks. Enjoy the summer highlights in any format you choose!

I want to also thank Eric Masters for organizing and re-uploading all the Leg I picks, by far the heartiest compilation of them all. In addition, download links for “Miner’s Picks: Denver” will be provided as soon as they are ready. Enjoy the weekend!

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TORRENT LINKS

FLAC

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (FLAC)

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Super Ball (FLAC)

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (FLAC)

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Mp3

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (mp3)

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Super Ball (mp3)

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (mp3)

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MEGAUPLOAD DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS

LEG I

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (FLAC) Pt.1

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (FLAC) Pt.2

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (FLAC) Pt.3

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg I (mp3)

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SUPER BALL

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Super Ball (FLAC) Pt.1

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Super Ball (FLAC) Pt.2

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Super Ball (mp3)

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LEG II

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (FLAC) Pt.1

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (FLAC) Pt.2

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (FLAC) Pt.3

Miner’s Picks: Summer 2011 – Leg II (mp3s)

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Miner’s Picks: Denver: Coming Soon…