Grateful Dead
12/18/93
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
FOB; Nyquist Omnis >Sony TCD-D3 DAT
1st DAT Copy Transferred Via Tascam DA 30 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53
Recorded By Jack Hunt
Transfer, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Set I
Disc I:
- Jack Straw >
- They Love Each Other
- Spoonful*
- Friend Of The Devil
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Tennessee Jed
- Easy Answers
- Deal
Set II
Disc II:
- Way To Go Home
- China Cat Sunflower >
- I know You Rider
- Playing In The Band >
- Uncle John’s Band >
- Jam >
- Drums >
Disc III:
- Space >
- I Need A Miracle >
- Stella Blue >
- One More Saturday Night
Encore:
- Box Of Rain
- Taper Walk Out
Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Vince Welnick – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
*1st 54 Seconds Patched With SHINID 141525 To Cover Digital Errors On Master Tape
OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was the show that I recorded with my Nakamichi CM 300s >D5 up in the tapers section and my friend Jack, who I got my D5 and Nyquist Omni’s from, taped up front. (The Nyquist Omni’s were custom-loaded capsules mounted in a baseball-type hat and built by an out-of-work at the time electrical contractor in Denver. Jack had one and I had one as well, and still do. Thankfully mine was rebuilt by Flying M after it died at a Neil Young concert in the early 2000s.
This was also the show where I first saw a Sony TCD-D7 DAT, The D7 was the first Sony DAT that would run on regular AA alkaline batteries, whereas the TCD-D3 used a rechargeable battery. I wasn’t able to afford a D7 until May of 1995 so in the meantime I used the D5 for live recording.
I guess I liked Jack’s FOB DAT far better than my tapers section masters because I can’t find my tapes anywhere. I would have liked to have also recorded up front but this was back in the days before cell phones were common and there was no way that I could get a hold of him. I remember that he came up to the balcony after the show with his friend John. Though I would return to record two later New Year’s Eve concerts when The Other Ones played in 2000 and 2002, this was the last time that I saw / recorded the Grateful Dead at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
Jack Copied his DAT shortly after the show and I transferred it with my Tascam DA-30 and HHb CDR 800 CD recorder and converted those discs to FLAC. There were two nasty errors in the master tape near the beginning of ‘Spoonful’ that I repaired by patching 54 seconds from the FOB Neumann KM140 source, ID # 141525.
Jack mentions me in the ‘walk out’ and says, ‘Let’s go find…’. He and his friend John came up to the tapers section as I was packing down. Feel free to delete the last track if you so choose. I used my taper ticket stub for the artwork.
Do NOT Convert To MP3.
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