Fallout from the Phil Zone

Fallout from the Phil Zone
Live album by
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)
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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]

  1. ^ Ruhlman, William. "Fallout from the Phil Zone". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Fallout from the Phil Zone on deaddisc.com