A Live One

by Phish

A Live One cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 June 1995
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:11:04
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As the band's inaugural official live release, 'A Live One' compiles definitive performances from 1994 into a double album that captures their concert experience with pristine soundboard quality. The collection introduced the first official recordings of several concert staples, including "Slave to the Traffic Light" and "Harry Hood," while showcasing the band's intricate compositions and penchant for extended, genre-blending improvisation on tracks like "You Enjoy Myself" and "Tweezer." This platinum-selling album served as a crucial entry point for many listeners, documenting the quartet's dynamic interplay and cementing the significance of their live shows to a wider audience beyond their established tape-trading fanbase.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, jam, improvisational, live, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Bouncing Around the Room - Live Version - Clifford Ball, 1994 (04:08)
  2. Stash - Live - Clifford Ball, 1994 (12:31)
  3. Gumbo - Live (05:14)
  4. Montana - Live (02:04)
  5. You Enjoy Myself - Live Version - Clifford Ball, 1994 (20:57)
  6. Chalkdust Torture - Live - Clifford Ball, 1994 (06:48)
  7. Slave to the Traffic Light - Live (10:46)
  8. Wilson - Live (05:07)
  9. Tweezer - Live - Clifford Ball, 1994 (30:55)
  10. Simple - Live (04:53)
  11. Harry Hood - Live (15:11)
  12. The Squirming Coil - Live at the Clifford Ball, 1994 (12:30)

Credits

  • Trey Anastasio - guitars, vocals
  • Page McConnell - keyboards, vocals
  • Mike Gordon - bass guitar, vocals
  • Jon Fishman - drums, vocals
  • Peter Apfelbaum - tenor saxophone
  • Carl Gerhard - trumpet
  • Dave Grippo - alto saxophone
  • James Harvey - trombone
  • Michael Ray - trumpet
  • Phish - producer
  • Steven Rinkoff - consultant [technical]
  • Chris Laidlaw - engineer [assistant]
  • Todd Vos - engineer [assistant]
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
  • Ed Thacker - mixed by
  • Paul Languedoc - recorded by
  • Carol Bobolts - art direction, design
  • John Paluska - management
  • Danny Clinch - photography by [cover photography]

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