1988-07-29: The Roma, Telluride, CO, USA

~ Release by Phish (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Phish
07-29-1988
The Roma
Telluride, CO

Source: SBD
Transfer details below

Taped by Mike Lynch
Unearthed by Niel Ringstad
Transferred by Jeff Goldberg

Set I:
01. You Enjoy Myself
02. Satin Doll >
03. Walk Away
04. Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
05. The Curtain With
06. Fire

Set II:
07. Suzy Greenberg >
08. Skin It Back
09. Jesus Just Left Chicago
10. Dinner and a Movie
11. The Sloth
12. Icculus
13. Colonel Forbin's Ascent >
14. Fly Famous Mockingbird
15. I Didn't Know
16. Good Times Bad Times

Set III:
17. Rocky Top
18. Light Up or Leave Me Alone
19. Contact
20. Whipping Post
21. The Ballad of Curtis Loew
22. Take the 'A' Train
23. McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
24. Bold As Love

Tape Notes:
- You Enjoy Myself is missing most of the composed section, and begins with the pre-scream ascent prior to the ìBoy, Man, God, Shitî funk section
- Fire has a tape-flip cut and is missing all but the last 0:45 of the song
- Colonel Forbinís Ascent has a tape-flip cut between the two verses
- Whipping Post has a tape-flip cut about 2/3 of the way through the jam section

Transfer Process:
Neil's tapes were played back on a TASCAM 112RmkII (a pro-level, three-head deck with the heads freshly cleaned and demagnetized) using the balanced XLR outputs. The signal was sent into an Apogee ADC, and was recorded into Pro Tools at a bit depth of 24-bit and a sample rate of 96 kHz. Each file was then cleaned-up using RX 6 to remove any low-frequency hum (and harmonic intervals thereof) that had made it onto the cassettes via either the recording equipment itself or the electricity configuration of the venue at the time of the recordings. Any tape hiss or noise that had existed above around 3000 Hz (in order to preserve high-end frequencies from sonic elements such as cymbals and microphone sibilance) was then cleared-out. From there, the waveforms were edited, separated (or combined in some cases) by track, and saved as individual files. Mastering was completed in Ozone 8 in order to ensure consistent equalization, loudness, and normalization amongst the tracks, before the files were finally dithered down to 16-bit, 44.1 kHz (to make them CD-compatible) and uploaded to Dropbox.

Technical Info:
Cassette deck: TASCAM 112RmkII w/ LA-112 balancing kit installed for XLR ports
Analog to digital conversion (ADC): Apogee converters @ 24-bit, 96 kHz
CPU: 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7
OS: macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
DAW: Avid Pro Tools 2018.1
Restoration: iZotope RX Audio Editor 6.10
Mastering: iZotope Ozone Mastering Suite 8.01

Annotation last modified on 2025-01-14 21:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1Cassette: Set 1
2Cassette: Set 2
3Cassette: Set 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Rocky Top
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live cover recording of:
Rocky Top (on 1988-07-29)
composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:36
2Light Up or Leave Me Alone
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live cover recording of:
Light Up or Leave Me Alone (on 1988-07-29)
writer:
Jim Capaldi
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International (SESAC)
6:53
3Contact
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live recording of:
Contact (on 1988-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish)
publisher:
Who Is She Music Inc.
7:26
4Whipping Post
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live cover recording of:
Whipping Post (on 1988-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Gregg Allman
publisher:
Elijah Blue Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
14:13
5The Ballad of Curtis Loew
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live recording of:
The Ballad of Curtis Loew (on 1988-07-29)
writer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
Songs of Universal (SOCAN)
recording of:
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
writer:
Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant
publisher:
Songs of Universal (SOCAN)
6:18
6Take the 'A' Train
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
6:57
7McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
trombone:
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live recording of:
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters (on 1988-07-29)
writer:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) and Tom Marshall (lyricist for Phish)
publisher:
Who Is She Music Inc.
11:24
8Bold As Love
drums (drum set):
Jon Fishman (Member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric bass guitar:
Mike Gordon (member of Phish) (on 1988-07-29)
electric guitar:
Trey Anastasio (US jam band Phish lead singer) (on 1988-07-29)
electronic organ, keyboard and piano:
Page McConnell (on 1988-07-29)
recorded at:
Phish at The Roma (1988-07-29)
live recording of:
Bold as Love (on 1988-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
6:09