Grateful Dead – Albany, NY (03/27/93)

Grateful Dead
Knickerbocker Arena
Albany, NY
March 27, 1993

Jerry Garcia – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart – Drums
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Phil Lesh – Electric Bass, Vocals
Bob Weir – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Vince Welnick – Keyboards, Vocals

Matrix

SBD (shnid=92523):

Recording Info:
Set 1: SBD -> Dat -> Cassette Master -> Dat
Set 2: SBD -> Dat

Transfer Info:
Set 1: Dat (Sony R500) -> SEK’D Prodif Plus -> Samplitude Professional v7.02 -> WAV
Set 2: Dat (Fostex D5) -> Audiophile 2496 -> Samplitude Professional v7.02 -> WAV

Mastering Info:
WAV -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers By Charlie Miller and Joe Samaritano
All Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
June 30, 2008

Notes:
— Set 2 is seamless
— Other circulating sources have a cassette gen, noise reduction and EQ applied
— This source is a clean transfer directly off of the Dats

AUD (shnid=140009):

source: aud dat master
taped by Doug Lamarre

sennheiser 441’s > denon dtr-80
taper section

transferred & seeded – Rob Berger 11/2017

[11/23/17]

Thank you to Charlie Miller and Joe Samaritano for the soundboard transfer,
to Doug Lamarre for recording the show,
to Rob Berger for the AUD transfer,
and to John Bartlang for matrix review and feedback.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro for set 1 and Soundtrack Pro for set 2 (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut > Soundtrack > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)
August 7, 2021

Set I

d1t01 – Hell In A Bucket
d1t02 – Bertha
d1t03 – The Same Thing
d1t04 – Peggy-O
d1t05 – Queen Jane Approximately
d1t06 – Broken Arrow
d1t07 – Loose Lucy
d1t08 – Cassidy
d1t09 – Casey Jones

Set II

d2t01 – Eyes Of The World >
d2t02 – Estimated Prophet >
d2t03 – Comes A Time >
d2t04 – Corrina >
d2t05 – Drums >
d3t01 – Space >
d3t02 – The Wheel >
d3t03 – All Along The Watchtower >
d3t04 – Days Between >
d3t05 – One More Saturday Night

Encore
d3t06 – I Fought The Law

Notes:

Final performance of Casey Jones.

The first set SBD source ran from 0.5% to 0.3% fast and was pitch corrected.

Lamarre’s tape brings some very nice lower bass that is virtually absent from the SBD. You can feel the Knick rumbling, especially during the second set (see Estimated). No EQ required for either source.

Some initial SBD mix fluctuations in Hell In A Bucket. The SBD levels were a couple decibels low for over half of the song and were adjusted to compensate for this. The AUD briefly started out very low too and was adjusted to compensate. Subtle changes to the AUD levels were made throughout the show to find the right mix, as usual.

The overall levels were significantly different between the set 1 cassette and the set 2 Dat SBD sources and were adjusted to be more similar, opting for higher levels. There was already significant clipping of the drums during Estimated Prophet and Drums in the original source, particularly in the right channel. The drums are basically what get clipped in other songs from increased levels here, but only slightly and infrequently and it is not an audible issue.

Clicks removed or reduced: 7 in Hell In A Bucket, 1 in Bertha, 4 in Peggy-O, 5 in Queen Jane Approximately, 2 in Broken Arrow, 7 in Loose Lucy, 1 in Cassidy, 1 in Casey Jones, numerous in Eyes Of The World, 2 in Estimated Prophet, 9 in Comes A Time, 3 in Corrina, 1 in All Along The Watchtower, 2 in Days Between. Some static was also removed or reduced in Hell In A Bucket and Bertha. Minor anomalies remain throughout the show.

There are very faint “flicking” sounds during parts of the second set, particularly during Eyes Of The World, that are part of the SBD recording (also on the official release). I was able to clean up a bunch of this.

Grateful Dead – Syracuse, NY (10/20/84)

Grateful Dead
10-20-84
Carrier Dome
Syracuse, NY

–Set 1–
101-d1t01 – Bertha ->
102-d1t02 – Greatest Story Ever Told
103-d1t03 – West L.A. Fadeaway
104-d1t04 – CC Rider
105-d1t05 – Ramble on Rose
106-d1t06 – My Brother Esau / Birdsong
107-d1t07 – Jack Straw

–Set 2–
201-d2t01 – Shakedown Street
202-d2t02 – Samson & Delilah
203-d2t03 – He’s Gone ->
204-d2t04 – Smokestack Lightning ->
205-d3t01 – Drums ->
206-d3t02 – Space ->
207-d3t03 – The Wheel ->
208-d3t04 – The Other One ->
209-d3t05 – Black Peter ->
210-d3t06 – Turn on Your Lovelight

–Encore–
2111-d3t07 – Revolution

Grateful Dead – Boston, MA (10/01/94)

Grateful Dead
October 01, 1994
Boston Garden,
Boston, Ma. (Sat)

Disk 1 [67:44]
Set 1
d1t01: Help>
d1t02: Slipknot>
d1t03: Franklin’s,
d1t04: Walking Blues,
d1t05: Althea,
d1t06: Me & My Uncle@>
d1t07: Big River@,
d1t08: Tom Thumb Blues,
d1t09: So Many Roads>
d1t10: Promised

Disk 2 [64:45]
Set 2
d2t01: Scarlet>
d2t02: Fire,
d2t03: Way To Go,
d2t04: Saint>
d2t05: Terrapin>
d2t06: Drumz>

Disk 3 [55:42]
Set 2 cont.
d3t01: Space>
d3t02: Last Time>
d3t03: Stella Blue>
d3t04: Saturday Night
d3t05: E: Liberty

@ Weir acoustic

Grateful Dead – Providence, RI (06/26/74)

Grateful Dead
Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI
June 26, 1974

Jerry Garcia – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux – Vocals
Keith Godchaux – Keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Phil Lesh – Electric Bass, Vocals
Bob Weir – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Matrix

SBD (shnid=140081):

Recording Info:
SBD > Master Reel > Dat (Panasonic SV-3800/44.1k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony PCM-R500) > Tascam DA-3000 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/16
(3 Discs Audio / 1 DVD FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
December 3, 2017

Patch Info:
Sony ECM-99 > Cassette Master > FLAC (shnid=16037) supplies:
Seastones (complete track)
Tuning (complete track)
U.S. Blues (0:00 – 0:21)
Truckin’ (12:17 – 12:43)

Notes:
— U.S. Blues has some crazy mix issues
— Reel flip in Truckin’ smoothed with crossfade
— Thanks to David Gans and Dick Latvala for their help with this project

[35 second cut during Eyes of the World]

AUD (shnid=105919):

new fresh 24 bit transfer

source: aud cassette master
taped by Jerry Moore

lineage: aud>akg d1000e’s>sony tc-152sd [16037 source indicates Sony ECM99, same as 6/28]
(3)maxell ud-120’s, dolby b

cassettes re-shelled

nak dragon>hd-p2 24/96>cd wave>flac
transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2/9/10

Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
to Jerry Moore for recording the show,
to Rob Berger for the AUD transfer,
and to David Beckwith for the heads up on these sources.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut > Soundtrack Pro > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)
May 22, 2020, from the badlands of New Mexico

Set I

d1t01 – Big River
d1t02 – Brown-Eyed Women
d1t03 – Beat It On Down The Line
d1t04 – Scarlet Begonias
d1t05 – Black-Throated Wind
d1t06 – Row Jimmy
d1t07 – Mexicali Blues
d1t08 – Deal
d1t09 – The Race Is On
d2t01 – Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
d2t02 – El Paso
d2t03 – Ship Of Fools
d2t04 – Weather Report Suite >
d2t05 – It Must Have Been The Roses

Set II

d3t01 – Seastones

Set III

d3t02 – U.S. Blues
d3t03 – Me And My Uncle
d3t04 – Jam >
d3t05 – China Cat Sunflower >
d3t06 – I Know You Rider
d4t01 – Beer Barrel Polka >
d4t02 – Truckin’ >
d4t03 – Other One Jam >
d4t04 – Spanish Jam >
d4t05 – Wharf Rat >
d4t06 – Sugar Magnolia

Encore

d4t07 – Eyes Of The World

Notes:

The Wall of Sound setup had a tendency to produce a slight metallic reverb in the vocals at times. This effect appears most prominent here during Black-Throated Wind, after a speaker had blown during Scarlet Begonias. The issue gets better during Row Jimmy and more thereafter. The third set vocals are pretty clean.

Big River and U.S. Blues have some soundboard mix fluctuations, typical for set openers in ’74. Given U.S. Blues was particularly bad initially, only the AUD plays up to the first chorus.

A couple clicks were removed in Half-Step and Eyes.

The first 7 seconds of Eyes strangely did not match, indicating one of the sources was subtly patched or there was an unusual cut. Only the SBD plays for this brief moment.

The sound on this and the 6/28 matrix is very similar. Jerry Moore’s tapes were ideal for these and blended well. A great pair of shows from the middle of the year, also featured on Dick’s Picks 12. Thank you to all involved!

Grateful Dead – Tulsa, OK (02/06/79)

Grateful Dead – February 6, 1979
Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion – Tulsa, OK

This is extraordinary. This show was thought lost for decades and then just a few days ago it was found and not you can listen to it! You can read the entire sage over at Lost Live Dead. – Mat

Recording Info:
Shure Mics > Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550) > Cassette (Maxell XL-IIS)

Transfer Info:
Cassette (Nakamichi BX-300) > Audacity (16-bit/44.1k) > WAV/16

Mastering Info:
WAV > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/16
(3 Discs Audio / 1 DVD FLAC)

Recorded by Bill LaFortune
Transfer by John LaFortune
Mastering by Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
January 28, 2025

Notes:
— Thanks to John LaFortune for the files
— The mics were taped to the chair legs to remain hidden
— I did my best to clean up the various cuts
— This is far from perfect but better than how I received it
— New Minglewood Blues and Stagger Lee may have been played
— The Johnny B. Goode encore is missing
— Thanks to David Gans for his help with this project

Set 1:
01 – Jack Straw
02 – Loser
03 – Beat It On Down The Line
04 – Peggy-O
05 – It’s All Over Now
06 – China Cat Sunflower >
07 – I Know You Rider
08 – From The Heart Of Me
09 – Passenger
10 – Deal

Set 2:
11 – I Need A Miracle >
12 – Bertha >
13 – Good Lovin’
14 – Ship Of Fools
15 – Estimated Prophet >
16 – Eyes Of The World >
17 – Drums >
18 – Not Fade Away >
19 – Black Peter >
20 – Around And Around

Encore:
XX – Johnny B. Goode (MISSING)

Grateful Dead – Eugene, OR (08/22/93)

Grateful Dead
Autzen Stadium – University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
August 22, 1993

Set 1:

Jack Straw
Bertha
Little Red Rooster
Broken Arrow
Althea
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Tennessee Jed
The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:

Help On The Way ->
Slipknot! ->
Franklin’s Tower
Samson And Delilah
Ship Of Fools
Corrina ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Days Between ->
Not Fade Away

Encore:

Liberty

Grateful Dead – Boston, MA (09/26/91)

Grateful Dead
Boston Garden
Boston, MA
September 26, 1991

Matrix

SBD:

Recording Info:
SBD -> Dat -> Cassette Master (TDK SA100)

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Sony TC-WE475) -> Apogee MiniMe ->
Samplitude Professional v7.02 -> FLAC
(2 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
July 22, 2006

Notes:
— Last 2 seconds of Cumberland supplied by Jeff Fishman’s source
— Most of d2t01 supplied by Jeff Fishman’s source

AUD:

Sennheiser ME-80’s>Technics SV-MD1

DAT Master>Tascam DA-30MKII>Sound Devices 702>Wavelab 5(Fades, Sample Rate Conversion)>CDWAV>FLAC

Recorded, Transferred & Uploaded By Keith Litzenberger

Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
and to Keith Litzenberger for recording the show and providing the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC)
October 11, 2008

Set I

d1t01 – Tuning
d1t02 – Jack Straw ->
d1t03 – Cold Rain and Snow
d1t04 – Wang Dang Doodle
d1t05 – Candyman
d1t06 – Mexicali Blues ->
d1t07 – Cumberland Blues
d1t08 – Picasso Moon ->
d1t09 – Box of Rain

Set II

d2t01 – Tuning
d2t02 – Dark Star ->
d2t03 – Saint of Circumstance ->
d2t04 – Eyes of the World ->
d2t05 – Drums ->
d3t01 – Space ->
d3t02 – The Other One ->
d3t03 – Dark Star ->
d3t04 – Attics of My Life ->
d3t05 – Good Lovin’

Encores

d3t06 – Brokedown Palace ->
d3t07 – We Bid You Goodnight

Notes:

1) SBD source was about 1.5% fast.

2) Cut in the SBD between Cumberland and Moon, before encores, and for the first two minutes of the recording. Brief cut in the SBD near the end of Saint. Sizable Cuts in SBD and AUD during Space – these cuts did not overlap, so the whole song is now present. Brief dropout in the AUD mid Attics.

3) Because of just plain weirdness in the Tuning track of the SBD in set 2, which was mostly the Fishman patch, I opted to only have the AUD play.

4) I noticed some faint clicks/static in the SBD here and there.

Grateful Dead – London, England (10/31/90)

Grateful Dead
October 31, 1990
Wembley Arena
London, England

Set 1

101 – gd90-10-31s1t01 – Help On The Way >
102 – gd90-10-31s1t02 – Slipknot! >
103 – gd90-10-31s1t03 – Franklin’s Tower
104 – gd90-10-31s1t04 – Little Red Rooster
105 – gd90-10-31s1t05 – Loose Lucy
106 – gd90-10-31s1t06 – Me And My Uncle >
107 – gd90-10-31s1t07 – Big River
108 – gd90-10-31s1t08 – It Must Have Been The Roses
109 – gd90-10-31s1t09 – When I Paint My Masterpiece
110 – gd90-10-31s1t10 – Bird Song >
111 – gd90-10-31s1t11 – The Promised Land

Set 2

201 – gd90-10-31s2t01 – Scarlet Begonias >
202 – gd90-10-31s2t02 – Fire On The Mountain >
203 – gd90-10-31s2t03 – Truckin’ >
204 – gd90-10-31s2t04 – He’s Gone >
205 – gd90-10-31s2t05 – Drums >
206 – gd90-10-31s2t06 – Drums > Space >
207 – gd90-10-31s2t07 – All Along The Watchtower >
208 – gd90-10-31s2t08 – Stella Blue >
209 – gd90-10-31s2t09 – Around And Around >
210 – gd90-10-31s2t10 – Good Lovin’

Encore
211 – gd90-10-31s2t11 – Werewolves Of London

Grateful Dead – Miami, FL (06/22/74)

Grateful Dead
Jai-Alai Fronton
Miami, FL
June 22, 1974

Jerry Garcia – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux – VocalsKeith Godchaux – Keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Phil Lesh – Electric Bass, Vocals
Bob Weir – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Matrix

SBD (shnid=90200):

Recording Info:
SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD

Transfer Info:
CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
February 25, 2008

[Cuts]:
Playing In The Band (8:35 – 9:26)
Wharf Rat (8:56 – 9:14)
Johnny B. Goode (complete track)

Notes:
— Ramble On Rose tease after El Paso
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

AUD (shnid=105825):

new fresh 24 bit transfer

source: aud cassette master
taped by Jerry Moore

lineage: aud>akg d1000e’s>sony tc-152sd
(3)maxell ud-120’s, dolby b

cassettes re-shelled

nak dragon>hd-p2 24/96>cd wave>flac
transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2/3/10

Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
to Jerry Moore for recording the show,
and to Rob Berger for the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC24 & FLAC16 > AIFF > Final Cut > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT)
February 20, 2010

Set I

d1t01 – Tuning
d1t02 – Promised Land ->
d1t03 – Bertha ->
d1t04 – Greatest Story Ever Told
d1t05 – Deal
d1t06 – Me And Bobby McGee
d1t07 – Scarlet Begonias
d1t08 – Jack Straw
d1t09 – Loose Lucy
d1t10 – Mexicali Blues
d1t11 – Sugaree
d1t12 – The Race Is On
d1t13 – It Must Have Been The Roses
d2t01 – Playing In The Band

Set II

d2t02 – Tuning
d2t03 – China Cat Sunflower ->
d2t04 – I Know You Rider
d2t05 – Me And My Uncle
d2t06 – Ship Of Fools
d2t07 – El Paso
d3t01 – Eyes Of The World ->
d3t02 – Wharf Rat ->
d3t03 – Sugar Magnolia

Encore

d3t04 – Johnny B. Goode

Five Cool Things and Moe Howard

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I think I’m going to go through all my Five Cool Things articles that I wrote for Cinema Sentries and post them here. I’ll do it in chronological order starting with the oldest.

I’m going to enjoy re-reading them and seeing how this series develops. For this one, my second ever to write, I talk a bit about how I came up with the idea and the name for the series. For the “And…” part I just used a picture of Moe Howard. I guess it took me a little while to actually start writing something about the sixth thing instead of just being silly.

I also write about Superman, Hell or High Water, Singing in the Rain, The Grateful Dead and Dumbo.

You can read it all here.