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pb's avatar

One correction: the soundcheck jam wasn't included on the CD release. (It would have been great if it had been.) I believe it was added for the iTunes and streaming versions.

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David B's avatar

It's an odd one for sure. I think there are a couple possible reasons though. Maybe a combo of all of these?

- Alpine Valley is huge compared to other sheds, so with recency + attendance bias — it would sell more copies than other releases.

- As I think you've mentioned with Phish's european festival sets...it definitely feels like a "primer" into Phish (not the one I would pick, but I could see how the band or Shapiro might think that)

- it's widely circulated on the forums that Page really liked this show and thought they sounded very tight with good singing. I do *kind* of remember this from a Relix issue back in the day...

- I think the band was still a little self-conscious about their role in the industry and putting out a show with fewer jams might have showed their "other side," as opposed to Fukouka + Darien

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