''The Victor Disc'' is an instrumental studio album by the

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. The material was recorded December 19, 2002, at LoHo Studios in New York during an impromptu jam session after the band's appearance on the ''

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''. Recorded between the release of ''

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'' and Phish's return to the stage on New Year's Eve 2002 after a -year break, ''The Victor Disc'' provides an intimate glimpse of the band "in a stripped down, unpolished studio setting". Like ''

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'' before it, ''The Victor Disc'' was named after the session's recording engineer. The album was announced in '' Rolling Stone's'' 2003 Phish cover story, as follows:

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—on December 19, while they were in New York to appear on ''Late Show With David Letterman''.
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and McConnell popped into a downtown recording studio sometime after midnight, decided to play, and phoned Fishman and
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back at the hotel, asking them to join. Phish then taped an hour and a half of spontaneous playing, decided on a title (''The Victor Disc'', named after the session's engineer) and came up with a cover idea.Fricke, David
Cover Story: Phish Resurface
Pg.4. Rolling Stone. March 2003. Online. Accessed: September 22, 2011.

''The Victor Disc'' has not yet been officially released. All or part of the album, however, was later leaked on the internet, and has circulated widely among fans.

Track listing

All tracks by Phish. Track titles are unconfirmed. #"Lazy and Red" - 5:57 #"Den of Iniquity" - 9:55 #"Bubble Wrap" - 4:34 #"Sky Train Wand" - 17:24 #"Blue Over Yellow" - 15:30 #"Guantanamo Strut" - 17:22 In addition to these six mastered tracks, fan-traded filesets also often include four additional tracks that appear to be part of the raw session recordings, from which the album tracks were excerpted. These raw tracks are titled: "Victor Jam Session", "Heartache", "35 Minute Jam", and "Last Victor Jam".

Personnel

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 ...

- guitars :

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, ...

- keyboards :

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 guitar :

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 ...

- drums

Notes

External links

Phish's official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Victor Disc Phish albums 2002 albums Bootleg recordings