Madison Square Garden; New York 4th October 2003

Lineage: iZotope RX8 Advanced (declip, azimuth adjustment) -> Ozone 9 (EQ adjustment) -> Audacity 2.4.2 (split tracks and export to FLAC Level 8) -> Foobar2000 1.6.1 (Files tagged)

Length : 123.12

01 - Finest Worksong
02 - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
03 - Driver 8
04 - Drive
05 - Animal
06 - Fall On Me
07 - Daysleeper
08 - Bad Day
09 - The One I Love
10 - World Leader Pretend
11 - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
12 - The Great Beyond
13 - Chorus And The Ring (part) - Country Feedback
14 - Losing My Religion
15 - Find The River
16 - She Just Wants To Be
17 - Walk Unafraid
18 - Man On The Moon
Encore
19 - Life And How To Live It
20 - NYC (Interpol cover, Michael solo)
21 - Nightswimming
22 - Final Straw
23 - Imitation Of Life
24 - Gardening At Night
25 - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Michael Stipe - Vocals, harmonica
Peter Buck - Guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills - Bass Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Scott McCaughey - Guitar, backing vocals
Bill Rieflin - Drums
Ken Stringfellow - Keyboards, guitar

Show notes: The greatest hits tour of 2003 makes its way to New York City with the band in fine form. A terrific setlist with plenty of IRS era songs sure to please the old school fans, particularly the rare inclusion of Gardening At Night in the encore, only played 4 times on that tour.

Recording notes: While already a very good audience recording, I put it through the iZotope machine and it's come out with a sheen and a sparkle it was previously lacking. A very enjoyable listen, the only flaw being a small skip in 'Drive' at the 2 minute 12 mark. Unless anyone has access to the master recording or received a copy directly from the taper it's unlikely this will be rectified. It's not a huge deal but be aware of it.