FISH HEAD CURRY

This was a fan club release capturing a gig in Switzerland on Fish's epic 1995 live tour, and frankly it's a release which doesn't need to exist. The Luzern concert in question took place a few weeks after the gig captured on the Krakow album, and if you compare the two you'll find that the setlist is basically identical; the only difference is in the between-songs patter, and the fact that this release doesn't have the Boston Tea Party encore that the Krakow crowd got to enjoy.

In terms of performance quality, it's alright but Fish and the band inevitably sound just a bit more tired than they do on Krakow, since this concert comes just a shade later in a tour which Fish notes in the liner notes was exhausting for the whole band. When it comes to the production, it's at best on a par with Krakow, at worst just a shade bit shakier.

In other words, it's the same songs as Krakow, performed by a slightly more exhausted band, recorded almost as well but not quite, and because it was a limited fan club release it's harder to find a legitimate copy. If you have Krakow, you don't need this, and if you're interested enough in Fish live releases to even be contemplating this one, you probably already have Krakow (and if you don't, I would pick that over this if you're after something to represent the 1995 tour).