Phish 2002-12-31
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1
Piper, Guyute > NICU, Horn, Wilson*, Mound, Squirming Coil, David Bowie

Set 2
Waves -> Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Carini, Rift, Harry Hood, Character Zer0

Set 3
Sample in a Jar, Seven Below** -> Auld Lang Syne*** > Runaway Jim -> Time Loves a Hero, Taste^, Strange Design, Walls of the Cave, Encore: Wading in the Velvet Sea

Comment
Pre-show music on the PA included the "Welcome Back Kotter" theme, "Reunited," "The Boys are Back in Town," and "Foreplay/Long Time."

* Preceeded by footage from the movie "Castaway" on the jumbotron screens on the scoreboard (scenes in which Tom Hanks's character is yelling for his befriended volleyball named "Wilson"); with 'Tom Hanks' (actually Page's brother, Steve McConnell) on vocals for the "Blat Boom..." part.

** During "Seven Below" a disco ball was lowered from within the scoreboard and it began snowing on stage; several dancers in white with blinking light "stick figure skeletons", dressed as snow creatures (with a vaguely "winter/forest kingdom" fantasy motif, including white costumes with fur and some horned helmets) came out and began circling the band on stage before moving off into the crowd - while in the crowd several grew into large snow angels by adding stilts to their costumes; midway during the song snow began falling on the fans on the floor from a pair of snowmaking rigs on the right and left sides of the scoreboard above the floor; shortly before midnight, the snow angels began shining small spotlights around the crowd, appearing similar to search lights

*** At midnight, pyrotechnics spiraled around and behind the stage (some coming from the snowmaking rigs) and enormous white balloons with snow designs were dropped onto the floor.

^ Includes "What's The Use" tease

Last Time Loves A Hero August 11, 1998 (148 shows)
Last Mound November 19, 1996 (272 shows)

Sources
SHNIDDateVenueCityStateArchive Identifier
1370462002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
flac16 44.1kHz OTS Neumann KM140 >V2 >SBM1(modified) > D8; DAT/m > Tascam DA-20 MKII > SPDIF > MacMini(Audacity) > xACT(FLAC/TAG) @ 16/48; Taper: Matt “Lazy Lightning” Lazor; Transfer: DiGiHoArDeRs
141622002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Schoeps m222/mk41 > Elvo NT222 > AD1000; Panasonic SV 3800 > HHB CDR850 > EAC (secure) > WAV > SHN; Taped by Ken Rossiter; Transferred by Chris Warren; SHN Conversion by Mark Kerchoff
143072002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Microtech Geffell m300 > V2 > AD500e > D7; D7 > coax > ESI u24 > SF5.0 > CDWav > SHN; Taped and transferred by Steve Szaks
144392002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Neumann U87ia (cardoiod) > Apogee AD1000 > Tascam DAP1 @44.1kHz; Tascam DA-20mkII > Turtle Beach Montego II > Soundforge 4.5 > CeQuadrat > CDR > EAC > SHN; Taped by Dave Schall; NOTE (1-15-03): Set 1 (d1) contains some diginoise due to faulty playback during transfer...reseed coming shortly...please do NOT circulate original source!
145412002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
MBHO 603 > KA200 (cardioid) > Lunatec V3 > DA-P1; DA-P1 > MiaEcho(16bit/44.1kHz) > WAVPCM > mkwACT > SHN; Taped by Mike Pedersen; Transferred Justin Cutroni; Sector boundry errors fixed by Allan Short
150212002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Schoeps CMC6/mk41v > Lunatec V3 > VX Pocket @24bit/48kHz > Sony Vaio SR33 > Samplitude (24>16bit, 48>44.1kHz) > SHN; Taped by John Crouch and John Cocci; Transferred by John Cocci
158912002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Neumann U87ai > Apogee AD1000 > Sony TCD-D7; JVC XD-Z507 > S/PDIF > Echo Mia > Sound Forge 4.5 > CDWav > FLAC; Taped by Dave Schall; Patched and transferred by Paul Hofferkamp; Note: this is a reseed of this source
170352002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Neumann km184 > AETA PSP-3 > Mini-Me > DA-P1; DA-P1 > VX Pocket > Soundforge > CDWav > FLAC; Taped and Transferred by Jeff Killion
176392002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Schoeps mk4 > kc5 > CMC6 > PSP3 > MiniMe > D100; D100 > Zoltrix > CDWav > mkwACT > SHN; Taped by Walker Ingram; Patched and transferred by Rus T
766472002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
Schoeps mk41 > kc5 > cmc6 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Apogee AD-1000 > Sony D100 (@ 44.1 kHz); Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam HD-P2 > WaveLab 5.01b (fades) > CD Wave v1.95 > FLAC v1.1.2 (Level 8); Taped by Dave Flaschner; Transferred by Jason Sobel
1685502002-12-31Madison Square GardenNew YorkNY
flac1644 2 AKG c451EBck8 mics> Sony D5(as preamp)>Sony D8. 16/48 Master DAT 90m Location: OTS on a 7’ stand pointed at the stacks. Lineage: Master DAT playback on Sony D8 SPDIF>Sony CDR RCDw500c>Windows Media Player FLAC Level 8. Taped, Mastered and Uploaded by Mark Van Blunk
Created At
Sat Jan 04 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Sat Jan 04 2003 15:23:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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