Phish
The White Tape
1986 4 Track Demo

Side 1:

01 Alumni Blues
02 And So To Bed
03 You Enjoy Myself
04 AC/DC Bag
05 Fuck Your Face
06 Divided Sky
07 Slave to the Traffic Light
08 Aftermath
09 Ingest

Side 2:

10 NO2
11 Fluff's Travels
12 Dog Gone Dog
13 He Ent to the Bog
14 Run Like an Antelope
15 Minkin
16 Letter to Jimmy Page

Source:

Original Demo Cassette > Nakamichi BX-125 > Zoom F8 > WAV > FLAC24
transferred and re-mastered by Clinton Vadnais (Jan 2023)
from the collection of Mark Florczyk

Upon inspection and comparing to the official release. It appears that there are small tape speed issues throughout the tape. Some songs running slightly slow others slightly fast. This can be chalked up to the process of producing such a recording on 4-track recording technology. This version attempts to correct these speed inaccuracies. This demo is widely known to be from 1986. The cassette shows © 1987 on the dot matrix printed sticker. The cassette itself appears to be a TDK SA60 Super Avilyn Type II Chrome EQ 70µs from the early 80's (1983-84). Other original imperfections left intact. Clicks, pops, hiss and the like were intentionally left as-is to represent the demo tape as it was replicated.

Personnel

Phish – perform as a quartet only on "Alumni Blues", "AC/DC Bag" and "Dog Gone Dog"

Trey Anastasio – all instruments and vocals on "And So To Bed", "You Enjoy Myself", "Fluff's Travels" and "Letter to Jimmy Page", vocals and guitar on "Alumni Blues", "AC/DC Bag", "Divided Sky", "Slave to the Traffic Light", "Aftermath", "Dog Gone Dog" and "Run Like an Antelope", percussion on "Divided Sky", keyboards on "Slave to the Traffic Light" and "Ingest", bass guitar on "Slave to the Traffic Light", artwork and Phish logo design
Mike Gordon – bass guitar and vocals on "Alumni Blues", "AC/DC Bag", "Fuck Your Face", "Dog Gone Dog", "He Ent to the Bog" and "Minkin", guitar on "Fuck Your Face", "He Ent to the Bog" and "Minkin", vocals and sound effects on "NO2", bongos on "Minkin"
Page McConnell – keyboards and organ on "Alumni Blues", "AC/DC Bag" and "Dog Gone Dog"
Jon Fishman – drums on "Alumni Blues", "AC/DC Bag" and "Dog Gone Dog"

Additional musicians

Dave Abrahams – backing vocals on "Slave to the Traffic Light"
Ernie Anastasio – laugh on "Ingest"
Becca Buxbaum – backing vocals on "He Ent to the Bog" and "Minkin", flute on "Minkin"
Lillian Cherry – backing vocals on "Minkin"
Pete Cottone – drums on "Slave to the Traffic Light"
Richard D'Amato – backing vocals on "Minkin"
Marc Daubert – backing vocals on "Slave to the Traffic Light"
David Gordon – backing vocals on "He Ent to the Bog"
Roger Holloway – guitar on "Aftermath"
Tom Marshall – backing vocals on "Slave to the Traffic Light" and "Run Like An Antelope"
Marge Minkin – additional vocals on "Minkin"
Dan McBride – backing vocals on "He Ent to the Bog"

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https://phish.net/album/the-white-tape

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