Grateful Dead – Hampton, VA (05/01/81)

Grateful Dead
May 1, 1981
Coliseum
Hampton, VA

–Set 1–

Alabama Getaway ->
Promised Land
Friend of the Devil ->
Me & My Uncle ->
Big River
Althea ->
Little Red Rooster
Tennesse Jed ->
Let It Grow ->
Deal

–Set 2–

Feel Like a Stranger ->
Franklin’s Tower ->
Lost Sailor ->
Saint Of Circumstance ->
He’s Gone ->
The Other One ->
Drums ->
Drums Space ->
The Wheel ->
Wharf Rat ->
Sugar Magnolia

–Enocre–
U.S. Blues

Source 1:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 99233
gd81-05-01.fob-senn421.wise-remaster.flac16

Recording Info:
(FOB) Sennheiser 421 -> Sony TC D-5

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master(Dolby B) Maxell XL Type 2 -> Playback On Nackamichi Dragon ->
Sony PCM R700 DAT -> Hard Drive (via Zefiro ZA-2 & Sound Forge 4.0) ->
CD (via HHB CDR-800 PRO) ->FLAC

(3 Discs Audio / 3 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Jim Wise (thanks to Steve S. for teaching me
how to FLAC & Upload)

nexus_@frontiernet.net

June 01, 2009

Notes:
— Sound Forge 4.0 was used for cross-fades of the tape flips between
“Althea -> Little Red Rooster” & at the end of “He’s Gone”

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 107437

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD

Transfer Info:
CD -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
May 5, 2010

Patch Info:
(FOB) Sennheiser 421 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (shnid=2218) supplies:
Franklin’s Tower (10:53 – end of track)
Lost Sailor (0:00 – 0:15)
The Wheel (0:02 -0:06)
Sugar Magnolia (5:18 – 5:25)
U.S. Blues (4:04 – 4:47)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— This is a re-master of shnid=29087
— Swapped the channels to correct them
— Removed the DC Offset
— Removed some of the patches and fixed others
— Corrected the pitch
— Fixed the levels, balance, etc
— Thanks to Darryl Hinko for his previous work on this
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Source 3:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 107749

*Matrix*

SBD (shnid=107437):

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD

Transfer Info:
CD -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
May 5, 2010

[Cuts]
Franklin’s Tower (10:53 – end of track)
Lost Sailor (0:00 – 0:15)
The Wheel (0:02 -0:06)
Sugar Magnolia (5:18 – 5:25)
U.S. Blues (4:04 – 4:47)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— This is a re-master of shnid=29087
— Swapped the channels to correct them
— Removed the DC Offset
— Removed some of the patches and fixed others
— Corrected the pitch
— Fixed the levels, balance, etc
— Thanks to Darryl Hinko for his previous work on this
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

AUD: (shnid=99233)

Recording Info:
(FOB) Sennheiser 421 -> Sony TC D-5

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master(Dolby B) Maxell XL Type 2 -> Playback On Nackamichi Dragon
-> Sony PCM R700 DAT ->
Hard Drive (via Zefiro ZA-2 & Sound Forge 4.0) -> CD (via HHB CDR-800 PRO)
->FLAC

(3 Discs Audio / 3 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Jim Wise (thanks to Steve S. for teaching
me how to FLAC & Upload)

nexus_@frontiernet.net

June 01, 2009

Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
and to Jim Wise for recording the show

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut >
AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT)
May 15, 2010

One thought on “Grateful Dead – Hampton, VA (05/01/81)”

  1. This is one of those shows i have both AUD and SBD of not only great recordings but a great show too. I was fortunate to see this show and was excited to see such a cool show. Hampton was special space ship for the east coast deaheads!! Thanks for all you do !!

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