Live Phish Vol. 7: 8/14/93, World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois [Live]

Phish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Live
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00006369C
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,141 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Chalk Dust Torture

2. Guelah Papyrus

3. The Divided Sky

4. The Horse

5. Silent in the Morning

6. It's Ice

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 2001

2. Run Like an Antelope

3. Sparks

4. Walk Away

5. Tinley Park Jam

6. Run Like an Antelope

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. You Enjoy Myself

2. Purple Rain/Hold Your Head Up

3. Golgi Apparatus

4. La Grange

5. Mike's Song

6. The Great Gig in the Sky

See all 7 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, April 16, 2002

By 

Brooks Williams "So. Awesome." (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Phish Vol. 7: 8/14/93, World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois (Audio CD)

The packaging: It's the same as the last batch. The discs are on a page
meant for a binder. What makes this release different is that instead of
photos of the band inside the booklet is bassist Mike Gordon's journal entry from that day
which chronicle his thoughts on the show. This is great! It gives the
listener a new way to hear the music.

The sound: This sounds like a straight soundboard recording. Any ambient
crowd noise seems to be coming through the band's vocal microphones. You
can barely hear them between songs. Since it's a soundboard recording, the
stereo effects are really nice. This is most noticable in Page's keyboards.
The instruments all sound very clear and are generally well-mixed. The only
downside (as far as I can tell) is that the reverb effects used on the
vocals are a bit too much. While I'm sure the crowd at the show wasn't as
aware of it as I am now, it's very obvious on the recording. Thankfully,
it's only a minor thing and generally this release sounds great.

The muisic: This show has a lot of songs. The first set features many of
the staples of that era -- lots of songs from Rift or Picture of Nectar.
There's a very nice It's Ice as well as a killer Split Open and Melt. Trey
still used an acoustic guitar during that period on The Horse and it's nice
to hear that again.
The second set is truly wonderful. They start with 2001 and segue it into
Run Like An Antelope then in and out of Antelope. The segue-fest ends with
Have Mercy > Antelope (which is excellent and must be heard). A beautiful
Squirming Coil follows not long after. Near the end of Daniel Saw the
Stone, Trey announces the current score of the Bears/Cardinals game. It's
pretty funny. YEM features a full-band Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
tease as well as Mystery Achievement (Pretenders). The rest of the YEM jam
is pretty non-standard in that it still follows the typical lead-instrument
order (keys, guitar, bass) but it deviates pretty far from the original groove.
Trey also sings a few verses of Kool Thing (Sonic Youth) before the vocal
jam. The vocal jam itself is comeplete
with looping and other effects. Very spacey. Out of nowhere, Page begins
Purple Rain -- which has a really meoldious vaccum solo.

The filler on this show is from 8/11/1993 (Grand Rapids, MI -- set 2). Mike
mentions this show in his journal entry and that's probably why they
included this Mike's Song > Great Gig in the Sky > Weekapaug Groove. It's
pretty solid. Great Gig is just okay but the Weekapaug is excellent.

Final Decision: Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A solid representation of a great period for Phish!, May 29, 2002

By 

Matt (Medfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Phish Vol. 7: 8/14/93, World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois (Audio CD)

I had never heard this show prior to its release. What I did know was that August of 1993 was one of the most highly acclaimed periods for live Phish. The previos night's show seems to be the one most folks go ga-ga over but this one holds up just fine. Phish still had a lot to prove in 1993 (only 5,000 of the 25,000 seats were filled at this show) and there was far more conviction in their playing back then than there was in their later tours. This is easily on par with my other favorites (volumes 1 & 6).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, April 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Live Phish Vol. 7: 8/14/93, World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, Illinois (Audio CD)

The first set starts out with an excellent Chalkdust. An equal great Quela Papyrus follows that. And just when you think it can't get any cooler. Divided Sky kicks in and it is very alive. I love the it's ice and esther later on in the set. The second set is like one big segue with 2001, antelope, walk away, and more; its descent. The third set is ok but its got a killer filler. The golgi on the third set has a lot of energy and has a fast tempo but the vocals and guitar are faint. Like I said, the filler is killer with a great mike's song and an excellent weekapaug groove.

BUY THIS AND JAM TO IT