Fallout from the Phil Zone
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedJune 17, 1997
RecordedSeptember 3, 1967 – March 18, 1995
GenreRock
Length2:03:52
LabelGrateful Dead Records
ProducerJohn Cutler, Phil Lesh
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 7
(1997) 		Fallout from the Phil Zone
(1997) 		Dick's Picks Volume 8
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

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 TV series 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]

Content

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 of the 8/6/71 concert. The audience recording was chosen because of the high quality.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleRecording venue and dateLength
1."Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson)Fillmore West on April 12, 197011:44
2."New Speedway Boogie" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia)Alfred State College on May 1, 19708:08
3."Viola Lee Blues [3]" (Noah Lewis)Electric Theatre on April 26, 196919:46
4."Easy Wind [4]" (R. Hunter)Fillmore East on May 15, 19708:06
5."Mason's Children [5]" (R. Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir)Fillmore East on January 2, 19706:09
6."Hard to Handle[6]" (Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding)Hollywood Palladium on August 6, 19717:36
Disc 2
No.TitleRecording venue and dateLength
1."The Music Never Stopped [7]" (John Barlow, Weir)Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 17, 19898:56
2."Jack-A-Roe [8]" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead)University of Alabama on May 17, 19775:55
3."In the Midnight Hour[9]" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett)The Barn, Rio Nido on September 3, 196731:53
4."Visions of Johanna" (Bob Dylan)The Spectrum on March 18, 199510:26
5."Box of Rain[10]" (R. Hunter, Lesh)Alpine Valley Music Theatre on July 19, 19895:13

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album – Billboard

Year Chart Position
1997 The Billboard 200 83[11]

References

  1. ^ Ruhlman, William. "Fallout from the Phil Zone". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Fallout from the Phil Zone on deaddisc.com
  3. ^ more from this date released as Dick's Picks Volume 26
  4. ^ also released, with more from this date, on Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3 bonus disc
  5. ^ also released, with more from this date, on Dave's Picks Volume 30
  6. ^ more from this concert was released on Dick's Picks Volume 35 and Road Trips Volume 1 Number 3
  7. ^ later released by Bob Weir on his "best of" album Weir Here; see also Downhill from Here
  8. ^ later released with entire concert on May 1977
  9. ^ another track from this date is a bonus track on some copies of The Grateful Dead
  10. ^ more from this date released on Downhill from Here and extended copies of Built to Last
  11. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Grateful Dead". Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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