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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0825084030725
Format: DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Label: JEMP RECORDS
Manufacturer: JEMP RECORDS
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: JEMP RECORDS
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2008
Running Time: 180 minutes
Sales Rank: 6087
Studio: JEMP RECORDS
Theatrical Release Date: August 05, 2008
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Product Description:
Disc 1
Runaway Jim
My Soul
Water In The Sky
Stash
Bouncing Around The Room
Vultures
Bye Bye Foot
Taste
Disc 2
Down With Disease
Mike's Song
Simple
I Am Hydrogen
Weekapaug Groove
Hello My Baby
When The Circus Comes
Harry Hood
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Meh.
Worth a buy if you already own IT, Vegas, and Bittersweet, and just want another Phish DVD, but I'd get those other 3 first. The back of the package and the writeups on this thing make a big deal of this huge thunderstorm that passes over during the show, but the DVD doesn't actually show any sign of it, other than some wet people dancing during the 2nd set. Pretty decent mid-90s Phish, but nothing special.
Rating:  - Biblical Letdown
I own my share of Phish DVDs, but when I heard about this I figured I had to spend the money for Walnut Creek.
Why?
Because I was sold on the description in which "a thunderstorm of biblical proportion pssed directly over the venue during the show, letting loose a torrential downpour of rain, thunder and lightning." The cover shows the crowd from a stage view, with the ominous clouds building over head. This, I figured, was just something that needed to be seen. Imagine being there...run for cover? Defy the gods and hold your ground, cause the band ain't stopping their playing?
I watched the first DVD, found the music satisfying and waited for the storm. I popped in the second DVD, still found the show rather satisfying and kept waiting for the sky to open. At one point, Page is in the middle of a solo, appears startled by something, quickly looks over his shoulder and then resumes playing.
The show ends and I think, ah-ha....it comes during the encore...wow.
And then the encore was over and off they went.
No rain as far as I could see, let alone anyone really wet, no bolts of lightening, no claps of thunder to add to the sound and scare the bejesus out of anyone. Just Page looking over his shoulder - once.
As for the show, three stars. As for the storm of biblical proportion, zero.
Rating: - The best Phish DVD?
"Walnut Creek" delivers a very satisfying live show from July 22, 1997. The first set opens with a predictable but very enjoyable 'Runaway Jim.' 'Water in the Sky' is one of the show's surprises. This is not the typical rock version, but the heart-felt country rendition. In contrast, 'Vultures' is as rockin' as ever. With only one stinker (Fishman's 'Bye Bye Foot') and one B-list selection ('My Soul'), it's a strong first set. This set is packed with lots of phan favorites including 'Stash' and 'Bouncin'. The set closes with a stellar 'Taste.' The band really cooks on this tune and it stands as one of the show's highlights. If the first set was strong, it is eclipsed by the second set. A twenty minute 'Down with Disease' shows the band doing what they did best and enjoying themselves. The improvisational part starts with a driving jam that blends into a spacey improvisation and finishes with a bluesy clap-along. 'Down with Disease' has a million dollar transition into 'Mike's Song.' From here on out, "Walnut Creek" shows a fantastic retelling of the 'Mike's Song > Simple > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove' cluster. Filled with all sorts of mini-jams, this cluster of tunes is the sort of wide open musical sea that enabled Phish to really swim their best. Afterwards, 'Hello My Baby' is a welcome a capella selection. 'When The Circus Comes' is the only B-list song in the set as the group finishes with an enjoyable 'Harry Hood.' Packed with a few blockbusters, an a capella tune, a Fishman song and some ... Read More
Rating: - Great for what it is
To respond to the previous viewer, it isn't a coincidence that the band released a show from summer rather than 11/22, or any other date on the fall tour. Summer shows at outdoor amphitheaters usually involve extra video production to feed to those large screens usually beside the stage. You don't get that at Phish's indoor shows.
I won't attempt a song-by-song review since that's so, so subjective. Everyone has not only their favorite songs, but often their favorite arrangements of songs, or their favorite jam elements. Suffice to say that this is easily, very easily, the best performance so far that Phish has released in its entirety - the IT DVD is more of a retrospective than a live show, in my opinion. No disrespect to the folks that enjoy Brooklyn, Vegas, or Woodbury (google it if it's not ringing any bells), but this, at last, is something that captures the band on their game.
And capture the band it does. Because the video is taken from those projection screens, it features many, many close shots. That's the point of those screens - to bring the band members closer. You don't watch a video screen to see the stage show when you've got the actual stage in front of you :) Which is a roundabout way of saying that Kuroda fans may be disappointed. You can sort of get a sense for what was going on . . . but not really. You don't get any lightning shots, and you don't get those fantastic, sweeping crowd shots like those on the IT DVDs.
There's no mistaking the ... Read More
Rating: - Bare-bones DVD, the performance speaks for itself
The latest concert DVD from Phish adds a visual dimension to one of the band's more well-known performances that, for many fans, had previously only been heard through unofficial recordings. Summer 1997 showed a lot of change in Phish and this performance is a good example of just how.
The DVD set itself is packaged in a slim, folding case rather than the snapping kind. Inside the front cover is the list of songs for each disc, as well as writing, recording, and other production credits. No inserts to read, statements from band members or friends, or anything similar.
Each disc has only two selections from the main menu - play the songs (play all or select a tune) or change audio options (default is 5.1 Dolby Surround, can be changed to PCM Stereo). Both discs also start out with the band already onstage, about to play the music. This release is clearly about the performances and no other "frills" that many bands tend to add.
Now, onto the content!
"Runaway Jim" is well-done, some good improv all around. They flow right into "My Soul" and play it solidly, though not too differently than they normally did around that time. Around then, it starts raining outside (although you can't tell from the concert aside from the song choice and background provided), and the band must have noticed, since the next song played is "Water in the Sky." Good, but not particularly exciting. "Stash" follows. Good version. This has some exciting parts, mostly toward the ... Read More
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