After a standout show on 12/29/97, the band gave a loose, funky performance on the second night of their three-night holiday stand at MSG on http://www.livephish.com/packages/show.asp?show=430 with a show-opening "Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley" and a playful, non-stop second set that highlighted a sublime "AC/DC Bag", "McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters" and "Harpua" which introduced elements of the New Year’s Eve Udder Ball gag and Tom Marshall’s appearance for Phish’s first and only cover of The Proclaimer’s "I Wanna Be (500 Miles)". A deep, four-song encore completed a curfew breaking second set.

Paul Languedoc’s 2-track soundboard mix, fully remastered by Fred Kevorkian is available now for download at http://www.livephish.com/packages/show.asp?show=430 (MP3 and FLAC) and http://drygoods.phish.com, packaged in an innovative and earth friendly (fully recycled) folding softcase digi-pak. Video (with fully sync’d soundboard audio) is also available at http://www.livephish.com/packages/show.asp?show=430. We’ve created specially priced bundles for CD+MP3, CD+VIDEO, and FLAC+VIDEO.

12.30.1997 – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

DISC 1
1. Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley >
2. Taste
3. Water In The Sky >
4. Punch You In The Eye >
5. Stash
6. Chalk Dust Torture
7. A Day In The Life

DISC 2
1. AC/DC Bag >
2. McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters
3. Harpua >
4. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) >
5. Harpua >
6. Izabella

DISC 3
1. Harry Hood >
2. My Soul >
3. Sleeping Monkey >
4. Guyute
5. Carini >
6. Black-Eyed Katy >
7. Sneakin’ Sally Thru The Alley >
8. Frankenstein