I’m really wondering! I know that Bay Area Thrash veterans FLOTSAM & JETSAM had signed a deal to another label, so I have no idea how Mausoleum Records got its hand on this material. Anyway, it is a fact that this band that never gives up itself and always again releases great records has deserved an outstandingly manufactured live album, more than anybody else. And it is a fact that Live In Phoenix is definitely not such an album!
This CD continuously sounds like an average bootleg at best. The show kicks off anywhere in the middle, sound is powerless, badly mixed, guitars are way too quiet and the impact classics such as No Place For Disgrace and Hammerhead have, as well as killer tracks of newer date like Swatting At Flies, Chemical Noose and Secret Square can’t be displayed.
So I really don’t wonder that the band itself even doesn’t mention this release on their homepage. The tracklist isn’t that bad and all eras of the bands history get adequately considered, but besides, Live In Phoenix doesn’t offer anything else worthwhile to waste money on it (cover, booklet, info .. etc. is quite lame). Only interesting for die-hard fans that need to have everything completed in their collection …