Phish - Slip Stitch And Pass (Knitted Pressing)

Phish — Slip Stitch And Pass (Knitted Pressing)

Limited edition 2LP purple and blue swirl colored vinyl

Mastering from the 1/2" flat master reels

Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernine Grundman Mastering

Slip Stitch and Pass is Phish's second live record, available in a 2LP vinyl set. The album was recorded on 32-track digital multitrack tapes on March 1, 1997 at Markthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany near the end of Phish's winter 1997 European tour. Slip Stitch and Pass was recorded by front-of-house engineer Paul Languedoc, produced by Phish, and mixed by engineer John Siket to 1/2" analog reels. Celebrated designer Storm Thorgerson designed the album cover.

Slip Stitch and Pass showcases Phish in an intimate club setting fourteen years into their career — and five years into major label recording — at a time when much larger arena and festival shows had become the standard. Hamburg 3/1/97 was also when Mike made the full switch to his new Modulus bass, which signaled a time of transition for the band into a funkier, more groove-oriented approach to their music.

The nine album tracks were compiled from both sets of the 3/1/97 Markthalle show and sequenced as a 73-minute continuous live set. Slip Stitch and Pass offers transcendent jams ("Wolfman's Brother," "Taste") a trio of covers (Talking Heads' "Cities," ZZ Top's "Jesus Just Left Chicago" and the barbershop-quartet standard "Hello My Baby") as well as the first official release at the time of longtime concert favorite "Mike's Song" (combined into a hot 'Mike's Groove' for the only time with "Lawn Boy") "Weekapaug Groove." The Hamburg "Mike's Song" is also of note for its unique Doors-gone-Pink Floyd interlude referencing Jim Morrison's recitation in the Oedipal drama "The End."

Slip Stitch and Pass was originally sequenced by Fred Kevorkian, mastered by Bob Ludwig, and released by Elektra October 28, 1997 on CD and cassette. In February 2018, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers for the vinyl edition from the 1/2" flat master reels. Slip Stitch and Pass vinyl limited edition (color splatter) was originally released November 23rd, 2018 at Record Store Day Black Friday and is now available in a new Knitted Edition.

 

LP 1 Side A

1. Cities

2. Wolfman's Brother

LP 1 Side B

1. Jesus Just Left Chicago

2. Weigh

LP 2 Side A

1. Mike's Song

2. Lawn Boy

3. Weekapaug Groove

LP 2 Side B

1. Hello My Baby

2. Taste

Customer Reviews (4.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Great Pressing, No Gatefold? posted on 11/11/2025 4 Stars I've only ever listened to this album on digital...in my car over CD or streaming. Just got a turntable and decent stereo system last year. I put the records through an ultrasonic cleaner upon opening and played them shortly after. The sound was good...it's definitely "warmer" than what I remember of the CD and streaming versions. Maybe that's just the nature of analog/vinyl - but the shows were recorded digitally, so maybe it's the remastering? Just doesn't seem to have the "clear, crisp brilliance" that I remember of the CDs. Having said that, everything still sounds great - and the records themselves were ultra flat with no scuffs and only maybe 1-2 extremely faint clicks/ pops throughout the entire 4 sides. A little surprised when I opened the package and discovered this release wasn't done in a gatefold jacket. With the picture record sleeves included, it seems like this could have easily been done in a beautiful gatefold jacket. That's my only rea

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