A Picture Of Nectar, the band's third full-length studio album, pressed on vinyl for the first time as a Limited Edition Deluxe 2-LP vinyl set. The set is limited to 7,500 individually stamp-numbered copies. The album was mastered by Bob Ludwig and released by Elektra February 18, 1992 on CD and cassette. The album went on to be certified Gold. In 2014, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers from the original stereo master reels for the vinyl edition. Each LP is pressed onto 180g audiophile grade vinyl and includes a free MP3 download of the album (transferred from the vinyl master).
A Picture Of Nectar was recorded in 1991 at White Crow Studios in Burlington, Vermont on 24-track 2" tape and mixed to 1/2" stereo reels. This was the band's major label debut and the start of a long relationship with Elektra. It was also their tribute to Nectar Rorris, owner of Nectar's in Burlington, where Phish played many multiple night stands in the 1980's that in their words "taught us how to play."
The material displayed the growing extent and diversity of Phish's talents honed throughout eight years of rehearsals and hundreds of live shows. Twenty two years later, nearly every song on A Picture Of Nectar is still in live rotation today.
Track List:
Side A
Llama
Eliza
Cavern
Poor Heart
Side B
Stash
Manteca
Guelah Papyrus
Magilla
The Landlady
Side C
Glide
Tweezer
The Mango Song
Side D
Chalk Dust Torture
Faht
Catapult
Tweezer Reprise