Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (12/26/79)

Grateful Dead
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland, CA
12/26/79 – Wednesday

Set One
01. Tuning
02. Cold Rain And Snow ;
03. C C Rider
04. Dire Wolf
05. Me And My Uncle >
06. Big River
07. Brown Eyed Women
08. New Minglewood Blues
09. Friend Of The Devil
10. Looks Like Rain
11. Alabama Getaway >
12. The Promised Land

Set Two
01. Tuning
02. Uncle John’s Band >
03. Estimated Prophet >
04. He’s Gone >
05. The Other One >
06. Drums >
07. Space >
08. Not Fade Away >
09. Brokedown Palace >
10. Around And Around >
11. Johnny B. Goode

Encore
12. Shakedown Street >
13. Uncle John’s Band

Soundcheck (unknown source, several cassette generations likely)*
Wharf Rat (only last seconds)
Brokedown Palace
Black Throated Wind
Minglewood

*missing from source 2

Source 1:

shnid: 16092

Taper: Steve Rolfe 1st row balcony left side about a 1/4 to 1/3 back from the stage.
Source: nak 700’s > d5 > DAT > cdr
Encoding: CDR > EAC(secure) > Cool Edit > CDWAV > mkwact > shn(seekable) by mvernon54@attbi.com

Thanks to Dave Minor for the cd’s

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003

notes
d1t2 ~ volume changes at start as levels adjusted
d1t3 ~ a few short drop outs and some mic “bumps”
d1t4 first notes clipped
d2t4 ~6 second patched from sbd @~10:10
d2t6 ~10 second sbd patch in drums (@~10:40)
d3t6 ~6 second sbd patches @ ~ 1:15, ~12:20

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

Source 2:

shnid: 81323

Lineage: (from DAT J-Card) R1D?

Transfer: SBD DAT from the collection of Todd Evans – todd@bluedakota.com
DAT(?) > TASCAM DA-20 (spdif out) -> Apogee Wide Eye spdif innterconnect ->
Lynx Two Soundcard (spdif in) -> Wavelab 6.0 … Transferred 12/29/06

Editing:- All editing and mastering by Jamie Waddell
Wavelab 6.0- BBE, L3(type 1 dither)>16/44.1 SBE FREE

Patch Info: Unknown Audience Recording tracks one and two, received source that way.
All other AUD patches, shnid 16092 (Steve Rolfe’s Nak700 recording)

A **GEMS** Production December 2006 http://www.shnflac.net

Notes:
– *Unknown Audience recording for Cold Rain and half of C.C. Rider.
– Pure Soundboard Starts Track 3 for remainder of source.
– Big River had slight static. Crossfaded right channel with left about 1 min in.
– Alabama Getaway is missing first seconds.
– Promised Land digisnip patched with AUD
– Tuning Set Two is AUD Source
– dropout in UJB patched with AUD
– *around 2 minutes between NFA and Brokedown patched with AUD
– pause between end set two and encore, not patched.
– Tiny dropout in Shakedown NOT patched with AUD

; flac fingerprint file generated by Trader’s Little Helper
; generated on December 30, 2006, at 11:20 pm

Source 3:

shnid: 89187

Recording Info:
Sony ECM-250 -> Cassette Master (Sony TC-158/Maxell UDXL-II90)

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 20, 2007

Patch Info:
SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD supplies:
He’s Gone (10:08 – 10:20)

Nakamichi 700 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (shnid=16092) supplies:
Space (1:08 – 1:23)

Sony Mics -> Cassette Master -> ? -> CD -> Samplitude supplies:
Complete Soundcheck

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— Recorded By Joani Walker
— Soundcheck recorded by David Gans
— Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes

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