The instrumental track “Union Federal” was not part of the cassette release of Junta, only added by Elektra Records for the 1992 CD release.

“Union Federal” was recorded during an “Oh Kee Pa Ceremony.” The phrase is a reference to the Native American ritual O-Kee-Pa, which involves a test of strength and endurance where the body is suspended vertically by the chest. The O-Kee-Pa ritual would be familiar to those who have seen the 1970 film “A Man Called Horse.”

The phrase “Oh Kee Pa Ceremony” has two applications in the Phish universe. The first refers to marathon music sessions where the band members would lock themselves in a room and play for hours on end. It is during one of these marathon playing sessions that the “Union Federal” music was recorded.

The loose, sprawling nature of the 25-minute track stands in stark contrast to the second “The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony,” a sub-two-minute, completely composed track that would end up on Phish’s next studio album Lawn Boy.