Phish - At the Roxy [8 + 1 CD, 2008]


At the Roxy is an 8-disc box set from the rock band Phish recorded live over the course of their three-show run at the Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, from February 19 to February 21, 1993.

Over three nights, the band showcased the full spectrum of their talents from ballads to blues, from master composition to fearless improvisation all simmered and served to a small crew of jubilant participants in a near perfect environment. At the same time, the quartet was experimenting with their acoustic, bluegrass side that peaked over the next several years and provided a perfect baffle to the intense, psychedelic rock of Rift-era Phish. The 8-CD box set is the first complete multiple-show release since Hampton Comes Alive and the 1998 Island Tour.

Phish
  • Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
  • Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
  • Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
  • Jon Fishman - drums, vocals
Special guests
  • Jimmy Herring - guitar on disc 3, tracks 3, 4 and 5
  • Jay Von Lehe - vocals on disc 5, track 17
  • Jeff Mosier - banjo on disc 8, tracks 12 - 14


 




Disc one (February 19, 1993)

  1. "Loving Cup" (Jagger, Richards) - 6:39
  2. "Rift" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:08
  3. "Split Open and Melt" (Anastasio) - 8:49
  4. "Fee" (Anastasio) - 5:11
  5. "Maze" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:53
  6. "Colonel Forbin's Ascent" (Anastasio) - 5:35
  7. "Fly Famous Mockingbird" (Anastasio) - 13:29
  8. "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:08

Disc two

  1. "My Friend, My Friend" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:50
  2. "Poor Heart" (Gordon) - 2:34
  3. "David Bowie/Moby Dick" (Anastasio, Bonham, Jones, Page) - 15:49
  4. "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams, Anastasio) - 8:12
  5. "It's Ice" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:44
  6. "Paul and Silas" (Traditional) - 3:02
  7. "You Enjoy Myself" (Anastasio) - 21:17
  8. "Ya Mar" (Ferguson) - 6:35

Disc three

  1. "Big Ball Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:55
  2. "Lawn Boy" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:26
  3. "Funky Bitch" (Seals) - 6:36
  4. "My Sweet One" (Fishman) - 3:38
  5. "Hold Your Head Up/Love You/Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, Barrett, White) - 9:46
  6. "Llama" (Anastasio) - 6:20
  7. "Amazing Grace" (Traditional) - 3:21
  8. "AC/DC Bag" (Anastasio) - 6:50

Disc four (February 20, 1993)

  1. "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:19
  2. "Foam" (Anastasio) - 8:50
  3. "The Sloth" (Anastasio) - 3:43
  4. "Possum" (Holdsworth) - 10:21
  5. "Weigh" (Gordon) - 5:04
  6. "All Things Reconsidered" (Anastasio) - 2:48
  7. "The Divided Sky" (Anastasio) - 13:33
  8. "The Horse" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 1:38
  9. "Silent in the Morning" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:09
  10. "Fluffhead" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 14:20
  11. "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:44

Disc five

  1. "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 7:21
  2. "Reba" (Anastasio) - 13:35
  3. "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 5:29
  4. "Walk Away" (Walsh) - 3:41
  5. "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:44
  6. "Glide" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 4:43
  7. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - 7:57
  8. "My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own" (Hancock) - 1:09
  9. "Mike's Song" (Gordon) - :49
  10. "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio, Daubert, Marshall) - :28
  11. "Vibration of Life" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - :59
  12. "Kung" (Fishman) - 1:38
  13. "I Am Hydrogen" (Anastasio, Daubert, Marshall) - 3:00
  14. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:58
  15. "Have Mercy" (Lloyd Ferguson, Donald Shaw, Fitzroy Simpson) - 1:54
  16. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:02
  17. "Rock and Roll All Nite" (Simmons, Stanley) - :53
  18. "Weekapaug Groove" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 1:32

Disc six

  1. "Fast Enough for You" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:09
  2. "Big Ball Jam" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 2:46
  3. "Hold Your Head Up/Terrapin/Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, Barrett, White) - 12:34
  4. "Harry Hood" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Long, McConnell) - 13:14
  5. "Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 3:51
  6. "Sleeping Monkey" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 6:32

Disc seven (February 21, 1993)

  1. "Suzy Greenberg" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 6:10
  2. "Buried Alive" (Anastasio) - 2:58
  3. "Punch You in the Eye" (Anastasio) - 7:14
  4. "Uncle Pen" (Monroe) - 4:06
  5. "Horn" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:36
  6. "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastsio, Marshall) - 7:23
  7. "Esther" (Anastasio) - 10:44
  8. "Dinner and a Movie" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 3:16
  9. "Bouncing Around the Room" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:35
  10. "Run Like an Antelope" (Anastasio, Marshall, Pollak) - 12:41

Disc eight

  1. "Axilla I" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 4:43
  2. "The Curtain" (Anastasio, Daubert) - 6:17
  3. "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 10:38
  4. "Manteca" (Fuller, Gillespie, Pozo) - :45
  5. "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - :55
  6. "The Lizards" (Anastasio) - 10:58
  7. "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 6:16
  8. "Hold Your Head Up/Cracklin' Rosie/Hold Your Head Up" (Argent, Diamond, White) - 9:34
  9. "The Squirming Coil" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:44
  10. "Big Black Furry Creature From Mars" (Gordon) - 5:47
  11. "Sweet Adeline" (Armstrong, Gerard) - 3:17
  12. "Good Times Bad Times" (Bonham, Jones, Page) - 3:55
  13. "Paul and Silas" (Traditional) - 2:22
  14. "Pig in a Pen" (Traditional) - 3:21


Bonus disc available through the preorder process for Phish sets like this usually carry their own distinction, and the recording of the band at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta Georgia is no exception. In something of a contrast to the comprehensive At the Roxy, this single disc is the document of a Phish show unexpectedly cut short: on March 28, 1992, a plumbing malfunction flooded the venue and ended the performance. Fortunately, Bryon Sosinki's audience recording survived and has been treated to the same stellar production (by archivist Kevin Shapiro) and mastering (by Fred Kevorkian) as other live Phish titles.


1. "Runaway Jim" (Abrahams, Anastasio) - 7:31
2. "Foam" (Anastasio) - 8:12
3. "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 4:07
4. "Stash" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 8:25
5. "Rift" (Anastasio, Marshall) 8:11
6. "Bouncing Around the Room" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:42
7. "The Landlady" (Anastasio) - 3:34
8. "David Bowie/Lullaby of Birdland" (Anastasio, Shearing, Weiss) - 2:03
9. "David Bowie/Secret Language Instructions" (Anastasio) - 6:33
10. "David Bowie" (Anastasio) - 10:06
11. "Glide" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 4:02
12. "Cavern" (Anastasio, Herman, Marshall) - 5:17
13. "Memories" (Kahn, Van Alstyne) - 1:00
14. "Carolina" (Traditional) - 2:10
15. "I Didn't Know" (Wright) - 3:11
16. "Sweet Adeline" (Armstrong, Gerard) - 1:52