Grateful Dead – Kansas City, KS (12/11/79)

Grateful Dead
12/11/79
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall
Kansas City, KS

Set 1:
01 – Jack Straw
02 – Loser
03 – Me & My Uncle ->
04 – Big River
05 – Althea
06 – Easy to Love You ->
07 – Minglewood Blues
08 – China Cat Sunflower ->
09 – I Know You Rider

Set 2:
01 – Shakedown Street ->
02 – Samson & Delilah
03 – Ship of Fools
04 – Terrapin Station ->
05 – Lost Sailor
06 – Saint of Circumstance
07 – Estimated Jam ->
08 – Drums ->
09 – Not Fade Away ->
10 – Black Peter ->
11 – Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
12 – Tuning
13 – Alabama Getaway ->
14 – The Promised Land

Source 1:

shnid: 32058

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> Dat (44.1k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony R500) -> Behringer UltraMatch SRC2000 ->
SEK’D Prodif plus -> Samplitude v7.02 Professional -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

Transferred and Edited By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
4/7/05

Upgrade Info:
This is the same source as shnid=28890, except it has a fixed
Jack Straw that is all SBD and has needs no aud patch. You
will need to download the complete ‘new’ first set, otherwise
you will have SBE issues.
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1/4/06

Notes:
— Seamless transition between discs 2 and 3.

Source 2:

shnid92287

DVD-AUDIO 24/48
SBD+AUD Matrix Mix (60%-SBD/40%-AUD)

Source Info

SBD
Recording Info:
SBD > Cassette Master (Nak 550) > Cassette (Sony D5)
Transfer Info:
Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1) > Sound Devices 744T (24bit/48k) >
Samplitude Professional v10 > FLAC/16

AUD
Recording Info:
FOB > Sony ECM-250 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-158/TDK SA-C90)
Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) >
Samplitude Professional v10 > FLAC/16

Patch Info:
Nak 700 > Cassette Master > Reel > Dat > CD (shnid=9799)

Notes on the Source Material

This mix is only possible b/c of the masterful 24 bit transfers done
by Charlie Miller and the incredible recordings by Joani Walker and
Paul Scotton. Big thanks to all of them for their hard work and
tremendous afforts in making these available to me and now to you.

When Charlie heard the SBD and the AUD source he gave a call and
said I have a perfect candidate for a matrix mix. And he was 100%
right. Combining these 2 recordings I allow us to hear this show the
way it was meant to be listened to.

The SBD recording has Garcia very, very low in the mix. However, the
AUD source has Jerry front and center just where you want him. By
putting these sources together I approximate that Jerry’s guitar has
increased in volume anywhere from +3bd to +5db in the mix. Now you
can understand the artwork that states “Yes Jerry, we hear you loud
and clear.”

The SBD derived from a 1st generation analog source the consistent
speed and low hiss is remarkable. If I was not told that this was
a 1st gen cassette I easily would have thought it was a master
cassette source. The speed between the SBD and the AUD ran extremely
close. This really shows the great equipment, incredible recordings
by Joani Walker/Paul Scotton and the perfect digital transfers by
Charlie Miller.

Tech Notes

Charlie Miller sent me the 24/48 waves files as one long track
for each set. CEP2.0 was used to align & synch both sources
(time compress and expand). CEP2.0 was used to preform the
multitrack mixdown at 24/48. This is a 60% SBD, 40% AUD mix.
– Mixed by dan@am-dig.com
– FLAC conversion 18-MAR-2008
– Artwork by dan@am-dig.com 300dpi – For best results
print at the highest resolution onto glossy photo paper.
Design for use with a clear slim 7mm double DVD case.
– Special thanks to unknown photographers that helped with
all the images used for this artwork and the slide show.
– This is the 24/48 FLAC files. There is an artwork folder
included with images to create your own DVD-Audio.

Multitrack Mixdown Settings

Stereo Matrix

SET ONE
SBD -2
AUD -6

SET TWO
SBD -2.5
AUD -6

Notes

Both the SBD and the AUD at every opportunity was pause between
songs on both sets causing abrupt transitions. I huge effort
was made (fades, crossfades, volume changes and “borrowing” crowd
cheer from different areas) to make these between songs transitions
as smooth and sounding as natural as possible. In most situations
these edits came out very nice and are no longer audible.

d1t01 “Tuning” approx the first 15 seconds is made up entirely
of the AUD source then crossfades to the SBD before Jack Straw
starts. This is smooth and is most likely undetectable.

d1t02 “Jack Straw” after the song ends Bob Weir says “Good
evening and welcome to the late show”. This was missing from
the AUD source. I patch this with the Nak 700 FOB in Jack
Straw at (5:41 – 5:53). This created a slight bit of phasing
but is hardly noticeable and I decided I’d like to keep the
stage banter intact.

d2t11 “Tuning” approx the first 1 min 25 secs is made up entirely
of the AUD source then crossfades to the SBD before Shakedown
starts. This is smooth and is most likely undetectable.

d2t11 “Drums” on the SBD source was missing material from
(0:18 – 0:40). I used a matrix mix of the AUD and the NAK700
source to fill this hole. This is smooth and is most likely
undetectable and shows how great the AUD sources are.

d2t11 “Drums” on the AUD source was missing material from
(5:38 – 5:57). I patch this with the Nak 700 FOB source.
This source was upsampled to match the 24/48 high resolution.
This is smooth and is most likely undetectable.

Source 3:

shnid: 92439

SBD + AUD Matrix (60%-SBD/40%-AUD)

Same source as source 2, but this one is 16 bit.

Source 4:

shnid: 9799

MAC>R>D>CD
Recorded with Nak CM-700s-> Sony TC-D5
transfer by Jack Warner
EAC-> wav-> shn by Don Chase

COMMENTS (from Deadlists)
Full stop and pause after Lost Sailor.
Saint of Circumstance has a different intro from most versions.
Jam before Drums is similar to the Estimated Prophet Jam.

Notes:
1. shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries
2. flaws noted by mvernon54@attbi.com
d1t8 brief partial drop out or volume drop ~0:03
d2t7 ~7:06 brief skip/drop out?
d3t2 -> d3t3 transition has pop?

Converted SHN to FLAC using xACT by The Midnight Cafe on March 29, 2020.

Source 5:

shnid: 103092

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550) -> Cassette (Sony D5)

Transfer Info:
Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/48k) ->
Samplitude Professional v10 -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> FLAC/16
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
November 30, 2009

Patch Info:
(FOB) Sony ECM-250 -> Cassette Master supplies:
Drums (0:17 – 0:39)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— This is a re-master of shnid=89165
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Source 6:

shnid: 89166

Recording Info:
(FOB) Sony ECM-250 -> Cassette Master (Sony TC-158/TDK SA-C90)

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) ->
Samplitude Professional v10 -> FLAC/16
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
December 19, 2007

Patch Info:
Nakamichi 700 -> Cassette Master -> Reel -> Dat -> CD (shnid=9799) supplies:
Drums (5:38 – 5:57)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— Recorded by Joani Walker
— Thanks to Paul Scotton and Joani Walker for the tapes

Source 7:

This is a flac encoded and tagged version of shnid: 16468

gd79-02-11.aud-nak300.vernon.16468.sbeok.flac16

Source:
AUD(3 Nak CM-300ís>Nak 550) > MC > R > CDR

Encoding: EAC(secure) >
Cool Edit > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN (seekable) mvernon54@attbi.com

Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003

notes –

• recording has Lesh very prominent, sounds somewhat far back in the hall,
  “shotgunish”
• first notes clipped in set 1 from prior editing
• tape flip at start of NFA

notes –

• recording has Lesh very prominent, sounds somewhat far back in the hall,
  “shotgunish”
• first notes clipped in set 1 from prior editing
• tape flip at start of NFA