Live Phish Volume 7 Explained

Live Phish Vol. 7
Type:	Live Album
Artist:	Phish
Cover:	Live Phish Volume 7 (album cover).jpg
Released:	April 16, 2002
Recorded:	August 14, 1993
Genre:	Rock
Length:	2:47:48 29:43 (Filler)
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Phish

Live Phish Vol. 7 was recorded live at the World Music Theater in Tinley Park, Illinois, United States, on August 14, 1993.

Almost immediately, this concert became a sought after collectors item on the Phish bootleg circuit, as it seemed to define an era when Phish began breaking down many of its live performance boundaries. Whereas most shows before 1993 contained a distinct set of songs with specifically placed jams, many concerts in the summer of 1993 saw Phish experimenting with song segues and improvisation within sections of songs that were once tightly structured.

Here, the band floats in and out of "Run Like an Antelope" through most of the second set, switching from on-the-spot instrumental forays to unique and rare cover songs, all within the context of "Run Like an Antelope." Shortly after a massive jam session in "You Enjoy Myself," drummer Jon Fishman provides a bit of comic relief with a performance of Prince's "Purple Rain."

Track listing

Disc one

Set one:

1. "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:16
2. "Guelah Papyrus" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:07
3. "The Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 15:01
4. "The Horse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 2:06
5. "Silent in the Morning" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:51
6. "It's Ice" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 9:01
7. "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:46
8. "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 12:35
9. "Esther" (Anastasio) - 8:42
10. "Poor Heart" (Gordon) - 3:02
11. "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:30

Disc two

Set two:

1. "2001" (Deodato) - 4:20
2. "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 12:50
3. "Sparks" (Townshend) - 2:39
4. "Walk Away" (Walsh) - 3:37
5. "Tinley Park Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 4:21
6. "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 2:14
7. "Have Mercy" (Ferguson, Shaw, Simpson) - 3:05
8. "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 2:00
9. "Mound" (Gordon) - 5:44
10. "The Squirming Coil" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 9:53
11. "Daniel Saw the Stone" (Traditional) - 3:20

Disc three

Set two, continued:

1. "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) - 20:16
2. "Purple Rain" (Prince) - 6:52
3. "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:42

Encore:

4. "La Grange" (Beard, Gibbons, Hill) - 4:58

Filler (August 11, 1993, Club Eastbrook, Grand Rapids, Michigan):

5. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 12:19
6. "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Torry, Wright) - 5:27
7. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 11:57

Personnel

• Trey Anastasio - guitars, acoustic guitar on "The Horse", backing vocals
• Page McConnell - piano, organ, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Silent in the Morning", "It's Ice" and "Walk Away"
• Mike Gordon - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Poor Heart", "Mound" and "Mike's Song"
• Jon Fishman - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Purple Rain" and "The Great Gig in the Sky"