Recorded in 1993 during a three-night run in Atlanta, this mammoth eight-disc box captures Phish right when they were putting a spit-shine polish on the live improvisation that would make them kings of the Nineties jam-band scene. At the Roxy is a must-have for one reason: the second show on February 20th, where Phish unleashed their most experimental set to date. On Disc Five, guitarist Trey Anastasio, keyboardist Page McConnell, bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman play for 60 nonstop minutes, weaving sharp funk grooves ("Tweezer"), virtuosic bluegrass-esque ditties ("Glide"), mellifluous instrumentals ("I Am Hydrogen") and goofy covers (Kiss' "Rock and Roll All Nite") into one big, glorious mess. There are moments of genuine transcendence: Dig Anastasio's soaring solo on the modal jam "Reba" and the effortless way Phish weave "Tweezer" into the organ-powered groove of "Mike's Song." Phish tried to pull off a similar feat the next night, with a set anchored around the bebop-inspired "Stash." But that performance never reached the same heights — proof that the best jams are the most spontaneous ones.
(Posted: Nov 27, 2008)
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- Loving Cup
- Rift
- Split Open and Melt
- Fee
- Maze
- Colonel Forbin's Ascent
- Fly Famous Mockingbird
- Sparkle
- My Friend, My Friend
- Poor Heart
- David Bowie/Moby Dick
- Runaway Jim
- It's Ice
- Paul and Silas
- You Enjoy Myself
- Ya Mar
- Big Ball Jam
- Lawn Boy
- Funky Bitch
- My Sweet One
- Hold Your Head Up/Love You/Hold Your Head Up
- Llama
- Amazing Grace
- AC/DC Bag
- Golgi Apparatus
- Foam
- The Sloth
- Possum
- Weigh
- All Things Reconsidered
- The Divided Sky
- The Horse
- Silent In The Morning
- Fluffhead
- Cavern
- Wilson
- Reba
- Tweezer
- Walk Away
- Tweezer
- Glide
- Mike's Song
- My Mind's Got A Mind Of Its Own
- Mike's Song
- I Am Hydrogen
- Vibration Of Life
- Kung
- I Am Hydrogen
- Weekapaug Groove
- Have Mercy
- Weekapaug Groove
- Rock And Roll All Nite
- Weekapaug Groove
- Fast Enough For You
- Big Ball Jam
- Hold Your Head Up/Terrapin/Hold Your Head Up
- Harry Hood
- Tweezer Reprise
- Sleeping Monkey
- Suzy Greenberg
- Buried Alive
- Punch You In The Eye
- Uncle Pen
- Horn
- Chalk Dust Torture
- Esther
- Dinner And A Movie
- Bouncing Around The Room
- Run Like An Antelope
- Axilla
- The Curtain
- Stash
- Manteca
- Stash
- The Lizards
- Bathtub Gin
- Hold Your Head Up/Cracklin' Rosie/Hold Your Head Up/Tuning
- The Squirming Coil
- Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
- Sweet Adeline
- Good Times, Bad Times
- Paul and Silas
- Pig In A Pen
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