''Live Phish Vol. 8'' was recorded live at the E Centre in Camden,

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, a suburb of

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, on July 10, 1999. This show is known specifically for the superlative version of "

Chalk Dust Torture "Chalk Dust Torture" is a 1992 song by the American band Phish. It is the thirteenth track from their 1992 album ''A Picture of Nectar'' and was also released as their first promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a riff-based, fast-p ...

," which guitarist

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and 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 Phish o ...

has referred to as one of the greatest

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jams of all time. Upon hearing the song, drummer

Jon Fishman Jon Fishman (born February 19, 1965) is an American drummer known for his work with the band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983, and which was, in part, named after him. He is credited with co-writing nineteen Phish songs, eight with a solo cr ...

lobbied for this show release as part of the

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. Much like ''

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'', fan reaction was mixed upon the show's release, as many felt the concert was released primarily for the version of "Chalk Dust Torture" and that the rest of the show was only fairly average for 1999, a year punctuated by numerous standout shows. Aside from the album's most famous jam, the highly regarded first set includes a cover of jazz-organist Jimmy Smith's funky instrumental "Back at the Chicken Shack." In the second set the band heads into deep

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territory during a twenty-minute "Tweezer" and closes the show with a

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' "

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Track listing

Disc one

:''Set one:'' #"Wilson" (

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, Woolf) - 7:38 #"

" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 14:09 #"Roggae" (Anastasio, Fishman,

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, Marshall, McConnell) - 8:15 #"Water in the Sky" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 5:57 #"Back at the Chicken Shack" (

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) - 7:18 #"Sparkle" (Anastasio, Marshall) - 3:59 #"Bathtub Gin" (Anastasio, Goodman) - 16:15 #"Golgi Apparatus" (Anastasio, Marshall, Szuter, Woolf) - 5:05

Disc two

:''Set 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" (

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Pérez Pérez, or Perez as most commonly written in English, is a Castilian Spanish surname. Perez (pronounced Peretz, see below) is also common in people of Sephardic Jewish descent and is the 4th most common surname in Israel, most common surname not o ...

) - 7:07 #"Fluffhead" (Anastasio,

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) - 18:30 :''Encore:'' #

" (

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) - 6:02 #"Tweezer Reprise" (Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell) - 4:30

Personnel

- guitars, lead vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae" *

Page McConnell Page Samuel McConnell (born May 17, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as the keyboardist and a songwriter for the band Phish. In addition to having been a member of Phish since 1985, ...

- piano, organ, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae" *

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 is an accomplished banjo player, and is proficient at piano and guitar. He ...

- bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae" *

- drums, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Roggae"

References

{{Authority control 08 2002 live albums Elektra Records live albums