Notes: Emotional Rescue made its Phish debut at this show. Rescue was subsequently quoted at the end of Melt and Lawn Boy. This humorous Lawn Boy featured an “anti-drum solo” - an intentionally boring one. Caspian was unfinished. The first set ended with the delay loop ending of Caspian played until after lights were brought back up. Trey teased Call to the Post prior to Guyute. This show was released as part of the Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 boxed set.
I love waxbanks' review of this show, but I must offer a dissenting opinion of the Emotional Rescue opener. Kicking off a two-night stand at a venue like Hampton Coleseum with a debut cover, and then extending it out past 16 minutes, indicates that this band was (justifiably) oozing with confidence in their own abilities. Maybe the NYE version was better, but the fact that they went ahead and did it on this night counts for something in my book. Anyway, although this show may not be as altogether superlative as its companions in the must-own boxed set, I could not deny the excellence of the overall performances and worthiness of a five-star rating.