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The first album circulated by Phish, believe it or not, was "Phish," or A.K.A. the "White Tape," which was released in 1998. However, there was actually multiple releases prior to that date, beginning in the mid-1980's. "Phish" was comprised of jams by both the band and additional friends wth them. Over the span of three years, the album finally was set to include tracks from Trey's "Bivouac Jaun," and a couple from Mike's personal recordings. However, the band was only together as a whole for about three or four songs.
This is not the album for newbie fans to listen too, because they might get too confused. The reason for saying this, is because what they know as, lets say, "The Divided Sky," (those 30 minute jams) were only 30 seconds long or so on this album. Also, to those who have heard Phish's "You Enjoy Myself," you may already know its independence from all other Phish songs. Well, in this album, it is the instrumental introduction to A Capella. Beyond all that, this album could never be brought out in concert because of all the crazy experimentations with the recently popular favorites of Phish.
As mentioned earlier, Phish only played as a whole for about 4 songs. The other 13 tracks include many other artists. These artists include Dave Abrahams, Becca Buxbaum, Lillian Cherry, Pete Cottone, Richard D'Amato, Marc Daubert, David Gordon, Roger Holloway, Tom Marshall, Dan McBride, and Marge Minkin.
The tracks introduced on this classic album include the following:
Alumni Blues > And So To Bed, You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag > Fuck Your Face, The Divided Sky, Slave To The Traffic Light, Aftermath, Ingest, N2O > Fluff's Travels, Dog Log, He Ent to the Bog, Run Like An Antelope, Minkin, and Letter To Jimmy Page.