Nice show. Shield Your Eyes has the usual stop/start E chord riff in the opening and ending parts of the song. Million and Condition Oakland are good versions of songs that didn't get played as regularly as others. The band plays two new numbers - For Esme (which gets introduced as "Esme Needs Her Story") and Gemini. This version of For Esme contains intact lyrics, unlike the Live 4/30/96 LP version. Parabola has a lot of intense screaming. Bivouac has a rewritten ending which contains calmer, twinkly guitar motifs interspersed between the louder sections; parts of it sound improvised, of course. Generally, Blake's between-song banter sounds more awkward than witty or amusing.

Sound-wise, this show is great for an audience recording, although some static-like sounds are evident in the last half. My copy of the show is in MP3 form; the MP3s were sourced from a cassette tape. The crowd noise is low throughout, and all of the instruments and vocals are very clear. There seem to be some cuts in between songs, but it seems that only down-time has been excised; there is ample talking from Blake throughout. This version of Gemini was circulating in MP3 form a few years ago, and was also at the time being copied onto homemade "rarities" cassette compilations (this is evident from Blake's introduction to the song, in which he asks if there are any Geminis in the crowd and proceeds to give away a book of some sort).