From: "Rich Fromm - 'Whatever you do, take care of your shoes.'  12-Nov-1992 1046" <fromm@rock.enet.dec.com>
Subject: Re: A Memo to Phish.Netters
Reply-To: fromm@rock.enet.dec.com
Organization: The Internet
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:50:53 GMT

|Trey knows that people have been interested in obtaining his
|compositions in a written form, and this is one way he could provide them.

way cool! (sorry, i'm definitely not talented enough to transcribe Trey's music 
without taking slightly less than all of eternity)

|Finally, he's very interested in everyone's thoughts on Junta....

what's the deal with Union Federal?  it just says "Recorded live" but doesn't
mention when or where (as is customary for a release of any live material)?  I'm 
curious if it has any planned structure, or if it just resulted from the band 
doing a free-form improvisational jam, and that's why nobody had ever heard of 
it.  Was it ever performed more than the one time from which the recording came? 
 It's a mighty interesting tune, and at times does take on that Floyd and Dead
spacey feel.

Sanity: yeah, i like the fast version better too, but i've only heard that on 
one tape i have (2/6/89 @ The Front), and it's kind of hissy; does anybody have 
a good quality tape with a fast Sanity

Icculus:  HE WROTE THE FUCKING BOOK!  (funniest version i've heard)

i'd always thought Junta was their best release, and now it's even better
live Phish on disc: it's the next best thing to being there!
(i just can't wait until there's a double disc of all live material)

re: packaging

i don't have too much of a problem with the jewel boxes; the OFTV cardboard
package is kind of neat, but given the frequency with which i play that disc, i 
don't think the package will stand the test of time; the problem i have is with
the unneccessary long boxes (which OFTV does without, because the box and the 
disc holder are one in the same) and additional plastic wrapping; from what i've 
read, this is only done in the U.S., and the long boxes are scheduled to be 
phased out over the next several years (there are some stores that don't sell 
them that way, but most do); as for fitting 2 discs into a single disc sized 
box, it's kind of neat, but i don't like the idea of opening up the package to 
get to disc 2 and having disc 1 hanging on updside down, only attached by the 
little plastic thingee in the center, fighting gravity - too much of a chance to 
fall out and onto the ground, esp. as repeatedly taking the disc out and putting 
it back in over time will weaken the hold of the plastic thingee

|if there's anything on your mind that you'd like
|to know more about

how much discretion of the ticket distribution system is up to the band; besides
the recent problems with scalpers, do they realize just how much of a rip-off it 
is to deal with TicketBastards? (which often is necessary, since many phans 
travel to see the band and can't buy tickets in person at the b.o., and very few 
box offices offer charge by phone)  i'm going to a number of shows this fall 
tour, and the amount of money that i'm paying to TM is outrageous; i'd much 
rather see my ticket money going to the band; i know this would probably be a 
large investment of time and money by the band, but have they considered 
implementing a GDTS-like system of mail order ticket distribution?

re: Syd Barrett

another tune they've played (just once?) is Baby Lemonade; i think this was at 
the same show where they brought back Sanity, which would place it in the fall 
of '91, but i can't remember if that was in Keane (Colonial Theatre) or 
Sommerville (Sommerville Theatre)

the stars they really suck tonight,
rich

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