Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the ...

is an American

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noted for their live concerts and

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jamming. Audience recordings of Phish's live shows have been traded among fans since the band's earliest days. In addition to numerous studio albums and projects, Phish has maintained a steady output of live releases and albums, including the

Live Phish series Phish is an American rock band noted for their live concerts and musical improvisation, improvisational Jam band, jamming. Audience recordings of Phish's live shows have been traded among fans since the band's earliest days. In addition to numero ...

, the Live Bait series, the Live Phish Downloads series, along with numerous box sets and stand-alone archival releases. The band has also officially released every show they've performed since 2002, which are available a
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Albums

Studio albums

Phish recorded and/or released several albums before being signed to

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in 1991; they remained with Elektra through 2004, before founding their own label, JEMP Records. Phish's albums all feature the quartet of

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 ...

(guitar),

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker ('' Rising Low'', '' Outs ...

(bass guitar),

Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer and co-founder of the band Phish, which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo credit. Early life Fishman was born in Ph ...

(drums), and

Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963) is an American multi-instrumentalist, most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. McConnell joined Phish in 1985, and is the only member of its long-standing quartet li ...

(keyboards), often joined by a number of guest musicians.

Other albums

Unreleased albums

Live albums

Live Phish series

Beginning in late 2001, the "Live Phish" series are multi-CD sets chronicling complete shows picked by the band spanning their entire career. The original twenty-volume "Live Phish" series was released by

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 six volumes were simultaneously released on September 18, 2001. The rest of the series was then released in sporadic batches through 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. The original plastic fold-out CD pages eventually began leaking a sticky liquid goo that often ruined the CDs within the covers. Elektra Records thus began re-issuing several Live Phish Volumes 1 through 20 in clamshell CD cases in the mid-2000s.

Live Phish Downloads: Archival releases

A : The Live Phish Downloads Series is regularly updated with shows both old and new, available as downloads in various formats, with select shows* made available on CD

Compilation albums

Live Bait series

Singles

From 1992 to 2004 Phish was signed with

and released seventeen CD promo singles for radio DJs and one commercial

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, " Down with Disease". In 2005 Phish started their own

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, JEMP Records (in association with

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for a year) and have released one promo single and four digital singles since.

Video releases

Phish tributes discography

Since 2000, various artists have recorded a number of tribute albums dedicated to the rock band

. Like Phish's music, the albums cover a wide range of genres including

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, bluegrass,

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, and more. The first Phish tribute album - '' Sharin' in the Groove'' - was a double album created by a non-profit group of fans called The Mockingbird Foundation, who also published '' The Phish Companion''. The album features a number of high-profile musicians performing Phish songs, including

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, and members of Pavement and

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. The members of Phish officially endorsed this album, which also featured an album release concert at the

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led by

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. In 2002, members of the

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bluegrass group Rollin' In The Hay collaborated with a number of other bluegrass musicians to release '' Gone Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish'', featuring all instrumental versions of Phish classics. The album was a success, and a sequel followed later in the year with a song list that included more obscure Phish songs. In 2004, Phish became one of over a hundred bands to have their songs interpreted by a string quartet (joining the ranks of

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, and U2). Another bluegrass tribute (this time with vocals) by a group of

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-based musicians was released later in the year. *'' Gone Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish'' (2000) *'' Sharin' in the Groove: Celebrating the Music of Phish'' (2001) *'' Still Phishin: A Bluegrass Tribute to Phish 2'' (2002) *'' JamGrass (Progressive Bluegrass Jams on a Band Called Phish)'' (2004) *'' The String Quartet Tribute to Phish'' (2004) *'' High Neighbors: Dub Tribute to Phish'' (2006) *''Dub Like an Antelope - Legends of Reggae Celebrate Phish'' (2009)

Cover songs of other artists

They consistently vary their set lists while touring extensively. To keep the music fresh and the audiences intrigued, Phish records and performs a number of

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from various musical genres.Phish Setlists
at The Helping Phriendly Book

Books

*'' The Phish Book'' (official biography written by

and Richard Gehr – 1998) *'' Phish: The Biography'' (non-official biography written by Parke Puterbaugh – 2009)

Live albums by recording date

This is a list of live Phish albums released on CD or LP, in recording date order. *''

Colorado '88 ''Colorado '88'' is a 3- CD live album by American rock band Phish, recorded over several nights in summer 1988. Despite having only traveled outside Vermont occasionally, in the New England college and club circuit, Phish embarked on a tour in t ...

'' – July 28 – August 5, 1988 *'' Live Phish 09'' – August 26, 1989 *''Live Phish 19'' – July 12, 1991 *'' At the Roxy'' – February 19 – 21, 1993 *'' St. Louis '93'' – April 14 – August 16, 1993 *'' Live Phish 07'' – August 14, 1993 *''Live Phish 18'' – May 7, 1994 *'' Chicago '94'' – June 18 – November 25, 1994 *'' Live Phish 10'' – June 22, 1994 *'' A Live One'' – July 8 – December 31, 1994 *'' Live Phish 02'' – July 16, 1994 *'' Live Phish 13'' – October 31, 1994 *''Live Phish 20'' – December 29, 1994 *'' Live Phish 14'' – October 31, 1995 *''

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'' – December 7, 1995 *'' Live Phish 01'' – December 14, 1995 *'' New Year's Eve 1995'' – December 31, 1995 *'' Live Phish 12'' – August 13, 1996 *'' The Clifford Ball'' – August 16 – 17, 1996 *'' Live Phish 15'' – October 31, 1996 *'' Vegas 96'' – December 6, 1996 *''

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'' – February 17 – July 2, 1997 *'' Slip Stitch and Pass'' – March 1, 1997 *'' Ventura'' – July 30, 1997 – July 20, 1998 *'' Live Phish 11'' – November 17, 1997 *'' Hampton/Winston-Salem '97'' – November 21 – 23, 1997 *'' The Spectrum '97'' – December 2 – 3, 1997 *'' Live Phish 04.02.98'' – April 2, 1998 *'' Live Phish 04.03.98'' – April 3, 1998 *''

Live Phish 04.04.98 ''Live Phish 04.04.98'' is a live album by American rock group Phish, which was recorded live at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 4, 1998, which serves as the third night of the four-night "Island Tour", The sho ...

'' – April 4, 1998 *''

Live Phish 04.05.98 ''Live Phish 04.05.98'' is a live album by American rock group Phish, which was recorded live at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 5, 1998, which serves as the final night of the four-night "Island Tour". The sho ...

'' – April 5, 1998 *''Live Phish 17'' – July 15, 1998 *'' The Gorge '98'' – July 16 – 17, 1998 *'' Live Phish 16'' – October 31, 1998 *'' Hampton Comes Alive'' – November 20 – 21, 1998 *'' Live Phish 06'' – November 27, 1998 *'' Live Phish 08'' – July 10, 1999 *'' LP on LP 04'' – May 22, 2000 *'' Live Phish 04'' – June 14, 2000 *'' Live Phish 05'' – July 8, 2000 *'' Live Phish 03'' – September 14, 2000 *'' Live Phish 02.28.03'' – February 28, 2003 *'' Live Phish 07.15.03'' – July 15, 2003 *''Live Phish 07.29.03'' – July 29, 2003 *'' Live in Brooklyn'' – June 17, 2004 *'' LP on LP 02'' – May 26, 2011 *'' LP on LP 03'' – August 22, 2015 *'' The Complete Baker's Dozen'' – July 21 – August 6, 2017 *'' The Baker's Dozen: Live at Madison Square Garden'' – July 21 – August 6, 2017 *'' Kasvot Växt: í rokk'' – October 31, 2018 *'' LP on LP 01'' – July 14, 2019

References

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