Jerry Garcia Band – Bethelehem, PA (02/05/81)

Jerry Garcia Band
Stabler Arena
Lehigh University
Bethlehem PA
February 5, 1981

Disc 1
1. How Sweet It Is
2. Catfish John
3. That’s What Love Will Make You Do
4. Simple Twist Of Fate
5. Let It Rock
6. Tangled Up In Blue

Disc 2
1. Sugaree
2. The Harder They Come
3. Masterpiece
4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
5. Dear Prudence >
6. Midnight Moonlight

Jerry Garcia – Guitar/vox
John Kahn – Bass
Melvin Seals – Keyboards
Jimmy Warren – Keyboards
Daoud Shaw – Drums

Source 1:

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 9043

Notes:
Small cut in d1t1 at 2:15

AUDMC > CDR
Audience Recording by Ted Eng — Nak 300s > Sony D5M (just behind SBD)

Cassette > Digital transfer by Jim Wise using a Nakamichi Dragon > HHB 800 CD burner.
SHN conversion via EAC from clone of master CDRs.
Proper sector boundaries verified with shntool.

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 83743

Source: Jim Vita, Nakamichi DM-500s (BOB, on a riser at the rear end of hall,
straight back center) > Sony TC-D5M master cassette (Maxell UDXLII-S); Transfer:
Nakamichi Dragon playback > Art DI/O > Egosys Waveterminal 2496 > Cool Edit 2000 >
Shntool > FLAC encoding. Transfer by David Minches.

Notes:
– Info on taping gear comes from another list (Tim McKenzie’s?). Microphone information
(but not location) was written on the master cassette J-card, but some question whether it
is correct. Nice tape.
– Pretty good performance, IMO not as good as the night before, though there are some
typically great moments here (lots of fanning, e.g. in 14-min. mark of Simple Twist, around
6-min. mark of Let it Rock, and 7-min. mark of Sugaree).
– d1t04 TWLWMYD mix adjustments first two minutes.
– d1t05 Simple Twist weird banging noise during bass solo.

Source 3:

SHNID: 136789

Source: AUD (likely 1st-Gen) from the Brian Schley tape collection.

Transfer: Hitachi UDEX (Chrome) > Nakamichi CR-5A > Edirol FA-66 >
Wavelab 2448 > R8Brain SRC > Wavelab (adding 16-bit patches) >
CD-Wave > TLH > FLAC 1644 tagged. Transferred by Andrew F. 08/2016

Note: Nice recording mix, does not match the current sources. Tape
flips and small gaps covered by patches from the Eng & Vita sources.
Thanks Jon Pasternak & Charlie McGuth for organizing this project!

Source 4:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 138208

Sony D6C(NAK mics)>Master cassette>JVC TD-R462>Audacity>TLH Flac8

Tape paused between some tracks. Fade after 04. in set 1. No noise reduction.

Taper: Dave Peters

So the story goes: I answered an ad on Craigslist for 500 free Grateful Dead tapes.
On picking them up from the taper, I’m also informed he and a friend recorded other bands through the 70’s.
These were never circulated, and deemed inferior in quality.
When I inquired about digitizing his masters, he laughingly obliged.
Most of the old Ampex and BASF tapes are in poor shape, several completely off the spool, and many squealing badly.
I will be attempting to bake some of them.
I will be presenting the ones of superior quality only, out of the initial batch he loaned me.
I do believe these shows will be lovingly embraced by the Dime community, and will be shared here exclusively.
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