Grateful Dead – Las Vegas, NV (08/31/81)

Grateful Dead
August 31, 1981
Alladin Hotel
Las Vegas, NV (first ever performance in Las Vegas)

–Set 1–
Feel Like a Stranger *
Jack-A-Roe
El Paso
Candyman ->
Little Red Rooster
Loser
Cassidy
Althea
Let It Grow ->
Deal

–Set 2–
Lost Sailor ->
Saint of Circumstance ->
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire on the Mountain
Playin’ in the Band ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Never Trust A Woman (AKA “Good Times”) ->
(short jam)->
Morning Dew ->
Playin’ Reprise ->
Around & Around ->
Johnny B. Goode

–Encore–
214-d3t10 – U.S. Blues

* includes brief intro by Weir.

Source 1:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 91893
Audience
from 1st gen cassette
unknown mics
unknown recorder
unknown taper

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of hnid: 110200

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

Transfer Info:
CD -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.1 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
October 9, 2010

Patch Info:
Unknown Mics -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> FLAC (shnid=91893) supplies:
Feel Like A Stranger (0:00 – 2:07)
Cassidy (1:49 – end of track)
Althea (0:00 – 2:20)
Morning Dew (2:23 – end of track)
Playing In The Band Reprise (complete track)
Around And Around (complete track)
Johnny B. Goode (complete track)
U.S. Blues (complete track)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— Thanks to Joe Browning for the source discs
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Source 3:

SHNID: 122085

2 source matrix:

Soundboard (shnid=110200)

gd1981-08-31.sbd.miller.110200.flac16

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

Transfer Info:
CD -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.1 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
October 9, 2010

Patch Info:
Unknown Mics -> Cassette Master -> Cassette -> FLAC (shnid=91893) supplies:
Feel Like A Stranger (0:00 – 2:07)
Cassidy (1:49 – end of track)
Althea (0:00 – 2:20)
Morning Dew (2:23 – end of track)
Playing In The Band Reprise (complete track)
Around And Around (complete track)
Johnny B. Goode (complete track)
U.S. Blues (complete track)

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— Thanks to Joe Browning for the source discs
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Audience (shnid=91893)

gd1981-08-31.aud.unknown.91893.sbeok.flac16

Audience
from 1st gen cassette
unknown mics
unknown recorder
unknown taper

—Thank you Joe Browning for providing the SBD discs.
—Thank you Joe B. Jones for the pitch correction on the SBD.
—Thank you Charlie Miller for your work on the SBD,
—Thank you unknown mystery people for the work on, and providing the AUD recording.
—Thanks to germain for everything;seeding,encouragement,advice and tutelage

Matrix by dusborne using Adobe Audition CS6 and Audacity 2.0

09-14-2012

Source 4:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 140006

This is a 16/44 fileset. 24 bit to 16 bit via dBpoweramp

Source Info:
Frank Streeter’s Master FOB Audience Cassette; Sennheiser 421 mics > Sony TC-D5M (TDK MA90)

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nasenn421kamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz)>
KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition 3.0> TLH flac2496

Notes:
– Thanks to Frank Streeter for the master recording
– Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer
– Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid: 91893 unknown audience source which supplies:
“Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance” and “US Blues” in their entireties,
as well as a 1:52 patch in the transition between “Drums” and “Space”
– Between song transitions smoothed
– First time playing Las Vegas
– Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls the circus is in town…..

Transfer by Charlie Miller
Mastered by Scott Clugston
11/18/17