Grateful Dead
February 26, 1981
Uptown Theatre
Chicago, IL

Download FLAC: Google Drive

–Set 1–
Feel Like a Stranger
Althea ->
Little Red Rooster
Bird Song
Me & My Uncle ->
Big River
Tennessee Jed
Passenger
Peggy-O
Music Never Stopped

–Set 2–
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider
Samson & Delilah
He’s Gone ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Truckin ->
Black Peter ->
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ->
Johnny B. Goode

–Encore–
U.S. Blues

Source 1:

This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 4597

gd81-02-26.sbd.lutch.4597.sbeok.flac16

Source Info:
SBD > Cassette master > DAT(0) (Cassette>DAT transfer by Dick)

DAT(1) > ZA2> Soundforge (15db sampled tape hiss noise reduction filter)>
CD Architect > Master CDR (by Jim Wise)

CDR Master > EAC in secure mode (see below) > Soundforge (minor editing
and crossfading) > CDWAV > SHNv3 w/seek tables appended (by Jamie Lutch)

Known Flaws:
reel splices at 5:04 & 8:40 in Stranger (untouched)
reel splice 11:52 into He’s Gone (untouched)
reel splice in Black Peter> GDTRFB segue (2 sec crossfade)

Source 2:

This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 20342

Source:
Master: Barry Glassberg: Nak700>Sony TCD5M, Maxell UDXLII, Dolby B.
Lineage: AUDMC> Tascam 112MKII > Sony R500 SBM (pass through) > Delta Dio 2496 >
HD > sound forge & CD wave by John Steinthal
Encoding: EAC(secure) > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN(seekable) by Matt Vernon

Thanks to Mark Cohen for the disks!

notes
– ~4:20 patch in drums from soundboard

Source 3:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 28383

Sick Bits Vol. 2a

Source: Matrix:

SBD > Cassette master > DAT(0) (Cassette>DAT transfer by Dick) >
DAT(1) > ZA2> Soundforge (15db sampled tape hiss noise reduction filter)>
CD Architect > Master CDR (by Jim Wise) > CDR Master > EAC in secure mode >
Soundforge (minor editing and crossfading) > CDWAV > SHNv3
w/seek tables appended (by Jamie Lutch)

AUD Master: Barry Glassberg: Nak700>Sony TCD5M, Maxell UDXLII, Dolby B.
Lineage: AUDMC> Tascam 112MKII > Sony R500 SBM (pass through) >
Delta Dio 2496 > HD > sound forge & CD wave by John Steinthal

Encoding: EAC(secure) > CDWAV > mkwact > SHN(seekable) by Matt Vernon

Transfer/Editing:
All sources were snh files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFire@liquidcity.com
2/26/05

General Notes:

Given the multiple sources available on the Llama, I decided to put the
effort into editing a matrix of all three nights from this wonderful run
at the Uptown. The Glassberg AUDs are very nice and full, standing on
their own as excellent representative recordings. The SBD sources of all
three nights have the reputation of being some of the crispiest boards
out there, and after a simple test on the Ship O’ from the 3rd night I was
motivated to dive into editing land. The result is a worthwile listen,
especially when you turn it up.

Timeline/Tracking Notes:

No music is missing as both sources have excellent coverage. However,
in order to fit the first set on one 80 min. disc, I edited out some
crowd in between songs, crossfading so the transitions are smooth.
The transition between the disc 2 and 3 can be put together seemlessly.

Editing Notes:

– Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the AUD being the sharpest,
and the SBD being the flatest. I used the SBD as my master timeline
and pitch referenced the AUD to it. The AUD on average had to be pitched
down about -.18 (18 cents) to achieve pitch correction – 1.00 being
100 cents which is a semitone. I did not reference A=440 as I did not
desire to pitch adjust the SBD. It is very close though to A=440.

– Synch
Even after pitch correcting the other two sources to the FOB AUD,
because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched. Because the SBD was my
master pitch and time ref, the AUD was synched to the SBD (too many
edits to list).

– Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
I did choose to employ a slight amount of limiting to the SBD (Waves L2)
to give it a slight amount of punch and presence. Conceptually, all
I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is
pretty dry but very crisp, by using the ambience of the AUD. The result
is a lively but clear recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at
the show. If I had to guess the SBD/AUD ratio would be somewhere between
3:1 and 4:1, leaning more towards the 4:1 end of things.

– Edits
The following are places where the SBD and AUD had holes or
incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline.

Source 4:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 140360

Recording Info:
Master Soundboard Cassette > Technics Reel To Reel > Panasonic SV-3800 Dat 16/44

Transfer Info:
Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH flac16

Notes:
– Thanks to Rob Eaton for the source Dat
– Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer
– First verifiable lineage in general circulation
– No noise reduction has been used in this transcription
– Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid4597 soundboard source which supplies a 0:02 patch in “Bird Song”
– Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid20342 Nakamichi CM700 source which supplies an 0:11 patch in the Jam out of “He’s Gone”, as well as a 0:09 patch in the transition from “Black Peter” into “Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad”
– Mix fluctuations until about half way thru “Althea”
– No space per se, a 1:40 noodle into “Truckin'”
– Noodle into Truckin’ included in “Truckin'”
– Between song transitions smoothed

Mastered by Scott Clugston
12/23/2017