Grateful Dead
July 1970
Festival Express Train
Canada
–Setlist–
101-d1t01 – Jam
102-d1t02 – Jam
103-d1t03 – Jam
104-d1t04 – Jam
105-d1t05 – Sugar Magnolia
This is a tagged version shnid: 106571
Recording Info:
Unknown Mics -> ? -> Cassette
Transfer Info:
Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/48k) ->
Samplitude Professional v11.03 -> FLAC/16
(1 Disc Audio / 1 Disc FLAC)
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
March 16, 2010
Notes:
— This is the Grateful Dead with other musicians
Mat – I’ve got to say thanks. I’ve just been screwing around with the “Places You Dig” and just discovered the Black Crowes boots…wow!!!! And then kept going to other places.
Thanks for the kind words.
Yep, and no worries, you’re doing a great service here and it gives me the opportunity to learn more. I’m on Windows but really appreciate it, and with the accumulation of MP3s I’ve got, and a new appreciation of jazz, a la the local library, I’m not in a huge rush – but having said that – when I see some of the early 70s and late 60s Dead / Jerry stuff you put up that I know I don’t have, it makes me want to get in more of a hurry to discover that FLAC world…so we’ll see!
This is a remarkable jam session. Track 3 should be labeled Honky Tonk Woman Jam ’cause that’s what it is. In what form has this been “officially released”? I sure haven’t heard of it before and I usually pay attention to what’s been released. Thanks so much for sharing it!
I know there was a documentary released of the whole festival experience and I’m pretty sure there was an official album release. I’m not sure if these particular songs were released on any of that. And it may not have been on any of the Dead’s official labels as various other artists were involved. B
There’s a documentary film, ‘Festival Express’ that was released on DVD in 2005. You could probably pick up a copy from the usual places. The few shows that happened looked like hard work but the rest of the time was spent in drunken jam sessions and carousing on the long train journeys between shows. The film has snippets of various singalongs and jamming. It looked like a lot of fun!
I don’t think that there was ever an album release, official or otherwise.
There are several options for converting FLACs. I use Audacity on Windows. It’s free to download and straightforward to use. As Mat says it just takes a bit of time and patience.
Thanks for re-uploading Mat!!