Live Phish Volume 8

Infobox Album |
Name = Live Phish Vol. 8
Type = Live Album
Artist = Phish (Live Series)


Released = April 16 2002
Recorded = July 10 1999
Length = 2:26:47
Genre = Rock
Label = Elektra
Producer = Phish
Last album = "Live Phish Volume 7"
(2002)
This album = "Live Phish Volume 8"
(2002)
Next album = "Live Phish Volume 9"
(2002)

"Live Phish Vol. 8" was recorded live at the E Centre in Camden, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, on July 10 1999.

This show is known specifically for a standout version of "Chalk Dust Torture," which guitarist Trey Anastasio referred to as one of the greatest Phish jams of all time. Upon hearing the song, drummer Jon Fishman lobbied for its release as part of the Live Phish Series.

Much like "Live Phish Volume 5", fan reaction was mixed upon the show's release, as many felt the concert was released only for the version of "Chalk Dust Torture" and that the rest of the show was standard fare. Aside from the album's most famous jam, the band heads into deep funk territory on the twenty minute "Tweezer" and closes the show with a cover of The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Wilson" (Anastasio, Marshall, Woolf) - 7:38
# "Chalk Dust Torture" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 14:09
# "Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:15
# "Water in the Sky" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:57
# "Back at the Chicken Shack" (Smith) - 7:18
# "Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:59
# "Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 16:15
# "Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:05

Disc two

# "Tweezer" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 20:32
# "Mountains in the Mist" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 7:21
# "Birds of a Feather" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, Marshall, McConnell) - 14:09
# "When the Circus Comes" (Hidalgo, Pérez) - 7:07
# "Fluffhead" (Anastasio, Pollak) - 18:30
# "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) - 6:02
# "Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 4:30

Personnel

*Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
*Page McConnell - piano, organ, vocals
*Mike Gordon - bass, vocals
*Jon Fishman - drums, vocals