Slip Stitch & Pass (Knitted Pressing) 2LP

Slip Stitch and Pass is PHISH’s eighth album and second live record, available in a 2-LP vinyl set. The album was recorded on 32-track digital multitrack tapes on March 1st, 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.