Category: merl saunders

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – New York, NY (11/06/74)

Garcia & Saunders
Bottom Line
New York, NY
11/6/74 Early Show

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 16807

MAC (Taped by Jerry Moore, AKG D1000Es > Sony TC-152) >
Tascam 122 MK III playback > Tascam DA-40 master DAT >
Tascam DA-30 playback > Egosys Waveterminal 2496 > Cool
Edit 2000 > Plexwriter 12/10/32A master CD > HP 9350i
extraction (EAC v0.9 beta 4) > sector boundary
verification (shntool v1.01) > .shn encoding (mkwACT v0.97
beta 1). A > D by Mark Cohen, D > CD by David Minches,
EAC > SHN by Joe Jupille (jjoops AT attbi DOT com).

Disc One (5) 61:32

  1. Crowd & Tuning [2:05]
  2. Think [8:55] [2:30]
  3. Bossa Martin 12:44 [2:42]
  4. Second That Emotion [16:30] [3:08]
  5. You Can Leave Your Hat On [12:56] [0:10]

Disc Two (4) 33:45

  1. Crowd & Tuning [1:39]
  2. Someday Baby [9:22] [1:01]
  3. Mystery Train [12:48] [1:27]
  4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [6:48] [0:39]

Notes/Flaws:

  • A terrific recording of a fun show.
  • (1) Audience member: “Jerry, is it really ovah?” Jerry:
    “It’s always been over, man.”
  • d1t02 Think R channel scratch @ 1:28.864-1:29.078 patched
    over from L channel using Sound Forge Studio 6.0.

A Moore’s Masters Production, April 2003.

Various Artists – Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 17

Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 17: You’re Jammin’ Me

Beginning with the Grateful Dead, Dylan’s songs have always provided ripe pickings for the so-called jam band scene, so it seems fitting to dedicate a volume of NSD to the best of these covers. Not surprisingly, this volume has fewer songs than any other so far, given these groups’ tendencies to stretch things out. So we have nine tracks (three new songs, six new artists to the series), averaging almost nine minutes each. We kick things off, of course, with the Dead, and end with the band that did the most to keep their grateful spirit alive, Phish. But my favorites here are two rarely covered songs from the pen of Born Again Bob, “Solid Rock” and “When You Gonna Wake Up,” given powerful run-throughs by Widespread Panic and Little Feat, respectively.

If you like this sort of thing, there’s plenty more to be had at the Live Music Archive (www.archive.org/details/etree), which features free dowloads from artists who have given their explicit approval. Also, this seems like a good time to heap praise upon DylanCover.com, a veritable encyclopedia of information on all things DylanCover, which has been a boon to my research as I’ve put this series together.

As usual, thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the folks who’ve sent me recordings, the fine artists who’ve created cover artwork, and especially the performers and composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Please keep the suggestions and files coming–if you’ve got something good, please PM me.

Enjoy!

01 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Grateful Dead (Jul 18, 1989, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI)
02 Isis – moe. (Mar 10, 2004, Observation Lounge, Norwegian Sun Cruise Ship)
03 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Tea Leaf Green (Sep 21, 2001, Henflings Firehouse Tavern, Ben Lomond, CA)
04 Outlaw Blues – Radiators (Oct 31, 1991, Tipitina’s, New Orleans, LA)
05 Like a Rolling Stone – Zero (Dec 31, 1996, Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA)
06 Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) – Phil Lesh and Friends with Chris Robinson (Nov 25, 2005, Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL)
07 Solid Rock – Widespread Panic (Oct 29, 2006, Vegoose Festival, Las Vegas, NV)
08 When You Gonna Wake Up – Little Feat with Sam Bush and Vince Herman (Jan 28, 2006, Grand Lido, Negril, Jamaica)
09 All Along the Watchtower – Phish with Buddy Miles and Merle Saunders (Oct 22, 1996, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

Legion of Mary – San Francisco, CA (10/31/74)

Legion Of Mary
Memorial Gymnasium
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
10/31/74

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 19436

Source: MSR>R>C>DAT>WAV>SHN.

C>SHN Conversion by Cousinit

Seeded To abgd June 2003

Disc 1

  1. Harder They Come
  2. Expressway To Your Heart
  3. Leave Your Hat On
  4. He Ain’t//Give You None
  5. Freedom Jazz Dance

Disc 2

  1. Neighbor Neighbor
  2. Mystery Train
  3. Roadrunner
  4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  5. How Sweet It Is

Notes:

A new seed for this show.

This show is complete and an excellent SBD throughout.

Very slight splice in He Ain’t Give You None at 6:01
Maybe one or two notes missing

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – Huntington Beach, CA (10/27/74)

Jerry Garcia and Merle Saunders
10-27-1974
Golden Bear
Huntington Beach, CA

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 23676

Source: MAC>C>C>DAT>WAV>SHN.
Cassette>DAT transfer by J.Powell: Nakamichi DR-2 cassette deck>Tascam DA-30 Mk II.
DAT>WAV>SHN transfer by C.Ladner: Sony PCM-R500 > coaxial S/PIDF > M Audio Audiophile 2496/P4 2.0 GHz > WAV(Soundforge 6.0) > tracking (CDWave editor)>sector boundaries confirmed (shntool) > SHN (mkwact).

Late Show – see note below about tracking and burning
01 That’s The Touch I Like [08:31]
02 deadspace [01:37]
03 Favela [14:21]
04 deadspace [02:15]
05 Expressway (To Your Heart) [12:22]
06 deadspace [01:13]
07 It’s Too Late [10:03]
08 deadspace [02:03]
09 Mystery Train [11:18]
10 deadspace [01:38]
11 Ain’t I Good (1) [05:18]
12 crowd [01:05]
13 (I’m A) Road Runner [11:29]
Total time: 83:15

Comments from thejerrysite.com:
(1) Ringo on drums
(2) Unknown female (vocals)

Tracking note: I tracked this recording with multiple “deadspace/tuning” tracks which by in large contain chatter/crowd/tuning. If you would like to avoid listening to the chatter and fit this otherwise 83 minute recording onto 80 minute CDR of music, eliminate a few of these deadspaces and you are set.

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – Berkeley, CA (10/05/74)

Garcia/Saunders
10/5/74
Keystone, Berkeley, CA

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 8665

MAC (Louis Falanga’s onstage Sony ECM-250 > Sony TC-110) > DATx1 >
CD > EAC > CD > EAC > SHN; via Jack Warner.

Disc One (6) 71:51
Set I

  1. Harder They Come [15:53] [1:23]
  2. Finders Keepers [10:51] [1:42]
  3. He Ain’t Give You None [11:29] [2:59]
  4. La-La [14:42] ->
  5. Space [1:57] ->
  6. Mystery Train [10:45] [0:09]

Disc Two (6) 60:02
Set II

  1. Tuning [0:42]
  2. Freedom Jazz Dance [12:47] [1:19]
  3. Neighbor Neighbor [8:28] [1:19]
  4. Sitting in Limbo [11:30] [0:50]
  5. Someday Baby [8:28] [0:46]
  6. Second That Emotion [13:25] [0:06]

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – Berkeley, CA (10/04/74)

Garcia/Saunders
10/4/74
Keystone, Berkeley, CA

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 8649

MAC (Louis Falanga’s onstage Sony ECM-250 > Sony TC-110) > DATx1 > CD > EAC > SHN

Disc One

  1. //That’s What Love Will Make You Do [13:41#] [1:43]
  2. Bossa Martin [12:56] ->
  3. Space [1:54] ->
  4. People Make the World Go Round [4:10] [1:05]
  5. Roadrunner [10:59] [0:40]
  6. //It’s No Use [11:01#] [1:13]
    Total Time 59:24

Disc Two

  1. Tough Mama [7:34] [1:00]
  2. Freedom Jazz Dance [14:42] [1:22]
  3. Sitting in Limbo [11:40] [1:39]
  4. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Instrumental [6:26] ->
  5. How Sweet It Is [9:37] [0:08]
    Total Time 53:10

Notes
d1t01 TWLWMYD cuts in
d1t04 It’s No Use cuts in
d2t04 Ain’t No Mountain High Enough static @ 2:40

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – San Francisco, CA (09/02/74)

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
9/2/74
Marx Meadow (Golden Gate Park)
San Francisco, CA



cd1
1 //I Second That Emotion
2 Expressway (To Your Heart)
3 Sitting In Limbo
4 Neighbor, Neighbor

cd2
5 La-La
6 Mystery Train
7 How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals
John Kahn – bass
Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute
Paul Humphrey – drums

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – Berkeley, CA (08/31/74)

Garcia/Saunders
8/31/74
Keystone; Berkeley, CA

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 8078

Generic genealogy: A:C>D>CD

Specific genealogy:
AUDMC (Bob Menke and Louis Falanga’s Sony ECM-270 +
Sony ECM-250 [onstage, one mic directly in front
of Jerry’s amp, the other pointed stage center to catch
the rest of the band] > Sony TC-152) > DATx1 >
CD > EAC > CD > EAC > SHN; via Jack Warner.

Extraction and compression via EAC and mkwACT by
jupillej@mediaone.net.

Disc One [73:41]

  1. [0:11]
  2. That’s What Love Will Make You Do [11:15] [0:07]
  3. //My Funny Valentine [21:44] [0:45]
  4. Roadrunner [10:45] [0:15]
  5. Wondering Why [18:39] [1:29]
  6. Tough Mama [8:17] [0:11]

Disc Two [67:05]

  1. Second That Emotion [13:03] [1:20]
  2. Favela [17:30] ->
  3. People Make the World Go Round [4:52] ->
  4. Mystery Train [12:25] [0:30]
  5. Going, Going, Gone [11:12] [0:58]
  6. How Sweet It Is [4:59] [0:14]

Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals
John Kahn – bass
Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute
Paul Humphrey – drums

Notes
d1t03 My Funny Valentine cuts in

Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – Berkeley, CA (06/04/75)

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
06/04/1975 – Wednesday
Keystone
Berkeley, CA



This is a tagged version of shnid: 87204

Source: Audience FOB Recording
Media: Maxell UD90
Lineage: Sony ECM-270 and ECM-250 [Positioned Onstage] > Sony TC-152 > MAC
Transfer: MAC > Nak Dragon > LynxTWO-B > WaveLab 5.0 > HD 24/96 WAV
Taper: Bob Menke and Louis Falanga
Transfer: Bob Menke
Mastering: Derek McCabe

Set 1:
d1t01 – Think
d1t02 – I Feel Like Dynamite
d1t03 – Every Word You Say
d1t04 – Boogie On Reggae Woman
d1t05 – Little Sunflower
d2t01 – Mystery // Train

Set 2:
d2t02 – I’ll Take A Melody
d2t03 – You Can Leave Your Hat On
d2t04 – Mississippi Moon
d2t05 – Talkin’ ‘Bout You

Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders:

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Merl Saunders – keyboards, vocals
  • John Kahn – bass
  • Martin Fierro – saxophone, flute
  • ??? ????? – drums

Mastering Notes:
— d2t01 – Tape flip cross-faded at 8:05.
— d2t02 – For the first 30 secs. the levels were sporadic; reft/right balance adjusted.
— d2t02 – At 0:23 there is a giant level blast for 2 secs.; level taken down.

Notes:
— This is listed as Garcia and Saunders since it has been confirmed Ron Tutt did not play drums at this show; however, it is not certain who did.

Taper Talk:
— Question – “Was Bob [Menke] friendly enough with [Steve] Parish to be allowed stage lip mic mounting?”
— Answer – “We had no permission. We snuck the equipment in and were near the front of the line so we could get the spot. In early 1976 at Sophie’s (before the veunue became Keystone Palo Alto) we tried the same thing and 2 things happened. Ramroad cut our mic cable during the first set and Parish threatened to break the 152 over our heads if he saw us trying to tape the 2nd set. Hope that answers your question.”

Special Note:
— These are recordings done by Bob Menke and Louis Falanga at the Berkeley Keystone, made in May and June of 1975, that MOTB will be turning out, the subsequent Grateful Dead and related recordings are dedicated to Bob Menke’s mom, Connie, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer. As you listen to what are certainly the most unique – if possibly not some of the best – audience recordings of Jerry Garcia in his prime, please send out healing vibes and prayers to Connie any way you see fit. We are all pulling for her, so please keep her in your hearts and prayers. The MOTB Team