Live Phish Series

LivePhish (also Live Phish) is an ongoing series of complete Phish concert recordings. The original twenty-volume series was released by Elektra Records and launched while Phish was on hiatus from recording and touring (October 2000 to December 2002).

Numbered 01 through 20, each multi-disc set was made available individually and featured innovative packaging: a cardboard slipcase containing the compact discs housed in a foldable plastic page that could be stored in a ShowCase binder that was sold separately or with select copies of Volume 06. The first five volumes were simultaneously released on September 18, 2001. The rest of the series was then released in sporadic batches throughout May 2003. Among the initial twenty volumes, there are four two-disc sets, twelve three-disc sets and four quadruple-disc sets totaling over forty-seven and a half hours of live recordings ranging from 1989 to 2000.

In late 2002, to coincide with Phish's return to the stage, LivePhish Downloads was launched. This innovative website allows fans to purchase MP3s or FLACs of the official soundboard recording of each subsequent Phish concert within hours of the show's final note. The website has been expanded to include the original twenty-volume LivePhish series, new archival concert releases, studio albums and band members' side projects. LivePhish Downloads is regularly updated with concerts new and old. In addition, beginning in 2003, select shows have also been released as CD sets directly through the band's own label imprint, although the numerical volume concept has not been used for these newer releases.

Live Phish 04.03.98

Live Phish 04.03.98 is the second night of the four-night "Island Tour," recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on April 3, 1998.

The short mini-run quickly became one of the most popular Phish performances of all time, with the band mixing the funk of 1997 with the high-energy jams of the mid-1990s along with brand new compositions.

The second and final night of shows in New York is highlighted by a large-scale jam following Ween's "Roses are Free", rated by Phish fans as one of the group's greatest jams of all time. Other highlights include a fan running onstage during "Loving Cup" and being tackled by stage manager Pete Carini, all of which is reported during "Run Like an Antelope" by guitarist Trey Anastasio, who then rightfully begins the encore with a version of "Carini".

Bonus tracks include various soundcheck excerpts from the "Island Tour"

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

Live Phish 02.28.03

Live Phish 2-28-03 was recorded February 28, 2003 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

This show marks the return of one of the most beloved and requested Phish songs ever - Mike Gordon's "Destiny Unbound" - which had not been played since December 1991. The song's lengthy absence from the rotation fueled its legendary status (much like Grateful Dead's "Unbroken Chain") to the point where fans would go to extreme lengths to encourage the band to perform the song, such as having the entire front row recite the first verse via flyers passed out to concertgoers by eager fans. The performance, having not been performed for the previous 796 shows, was considered the ultimate retirement breakout in the band's history (although at the time, 12 other songs had breakouts with gaps of longer duration. The only original composition among these 12 songs was "The Curtain With," which the band performed on July 12, 2000 after having not performed the song in 1092 consecutive shows).

Live Phish 07.15.03

Live Phish 07.15.03 was recorded live at the USANA Amphitheater in West Valley, Utah, on July 15, 2003.

This show is highlighted by a half-hour performance of the Trey Anastasio solo song "Mr. Completely," marking the one and only time Phish has performed the song. Throughout the rest of the second set, much like their earlier days in the 1990s, the band weaves in and out of a song (this time it's "Big Black Furry Creature From Mars") in the midst of heavy improvisation and extended jams.

Other highlights include an energetic "Walls of the Cave" and a show-closing "Slave to the Traffic Light."

In addition to being a CD release, this concert is available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

Track listing

Disc one