Grateful Dead – London, England (03/24/81)

GRATEFUL DEAD
03/24/81
Rainbow Theatre
London, England

–Set 1–
101-d1t01 – Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->
102-d1t02 – Franklin’s Tower
103-d1t03 – Beat it on Down the Line ->
104-d1t04 – Greatest Story Ever Told
105-d1t05 – Row//Jimmy
106-d1t06 – //Me & My Uncle ->
107-d1t07 – Big River
108-d1t08 – High Time ->
109-d1t09 – Little//Red Rooster
110-d1t11 – China Cat Sunflower ->
111-d1t11 – I Know You Rider

–Set 2–
201-d2t01 – Shakedown Street
202-d2t02 – Lost Sailor ->
203-d2t03 – Saint of Circumstance ->
204-d2t04 – He’s Gone -> Jam ->
205-d2t05 – Drums -> Space >>
206-d3t01 –
208-d3t03 – Truckin’ ->
209-d3t04 – Wharf Rat ->
210-d3t05 – Around & Around ->
211-d3t06 – Good Lovin’

–Encore–
212-d3t07 – Brokedown Palace (with false start)

Source 1:

gd81-03-24.aud-senn421.streeter-schlissel.10532.sbeok.flac16

Recording by Frank Streeter, Senn 421’s>TC-D5
This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 10532
AUD>MC>DAT>CDR

CE2K used for all edits, SB verified with shntool
EAC(secure)/shnv3(seek enabled) by Alan Schlissel (schlisseltronics)
seeded to etree 7/11/02
Audio discs provided by Paul B (thanks!)

Another installment of The Music Never Stopped Project!

Notes:

Disc 1 requires an 80 minute disc

d1t1 muffled 0:10-0:30 (Half Step)
d1t5 dropout then cut 0:43-0:48 ,dropout @ 9:01 (Row Jimmy)
d1t6 minor clip at beginning (MAMU)
d1t9 cut @ 0:19 (Rooster)
d2t4 cut @ 16:35 (He’s Gone)
d2t5 fade-out at end (space)
d3t1 fade-in at beginning, dropout @ 2:52 (space)
d3t6 dropout @ 7:26 (good lovin)
d3t7 dropouts and noise/static @ very end (brokedown)

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 139844

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

Source Info:
1st Set:
Master Audience Cassette(at the soundboard); Sennheiser 421 > Sony TC-D5M > 1 cassette gen (Maxell UDXLII)

2nd Set:
Frank Streeter’s Master Audience Cassette(at the soundboard); Sennheiser 421 > Sony TC-D5M (TDK MA90)

Transfer Info:
1st Set: 1st generation cassette (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz)>
KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition 3.0> TLH flac2496

2nd Set: Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz)> KORG AudioGate 4 >
Adobe Audition 3.0> TLH flac2496

Transfer by Charlie Miller
Mastered by Scott Clugston
11/16/17

Notes:
– Thanks to Frank Streeter for the source cassettes
– Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer
– Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid10308 sennheiser 406t source which supplies
a 0:52 patch from 3:39 thru 4:31 of “Drums”
– Between song transitions smoothed
– Nice Jam out of He’s Gone
– Jerry apologizes for false start to “Brokedown Palace”

Grateful Dead – London, England (03/21/81)

Grateful Dead
March 21, 1981
Rainbow Theatre
London, England

–Set 1–
Alabama Getaway ->
Promised Land
Peggy-O
Me & My Uncle ->
Big River
Tennessee Jed ->
Little Red Rooster
Althea
Let It Grow ->
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider

–Set 2–
Jack Straw
Ship of Fools
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes of the World ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Not Fade Away ->
Black Peter ->
One More Saturday Night

–Encore-
210-d2t10 – Don’t Ease Me In

Pink Floyd – London, England (02/17-20/72) – The Complete Rainbow Tapes

Pink Floyd
The Complete Rainbow Tapes
The Godfatherecords GR BOX 02
AUDIENCE recordings varying from good to excellent

Notes:
This Box Set Covers The Four Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London,
UK Shows In February 17-20, 1972
Also Includes A Twelve Page Miniature Reproduction Of The Concert Program And A Concert Poster
The 4 Double CDs Are Packaged In Tri-Fold Digipacks
BOX approx.16,8cm x 16,8cm x 4cm

Day One – 17 February 1972

Disk 1
1. Speak To Me 1:08
2. Breathe 2:48
3. On The Run 6:44
4. Time 5:32
5. Breathe (Reprise) 1:02
6. The Great Gig in the Sky 4:15
7. Money 7:53
8. Us And Them 6:59
9. Any Colour You Like 3:29
10. Brain Damage 3:14
11. Eclipse 3:48

Total Time: 47:52
Disc 2:
1. Tuning & Soundcheck 2:41
2. One Of These Days 8:24
3. Tuning & Soundcheck 0:52
4. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 14:53
5. Tuning & Soundcheck 2:06
6. Echoes 26:55
7. Tuning & Soundcheck 1:34
8. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 14:23

Day Two – 18 February 1972
Disk 1

1. Speak To Me 1:10
2. Breathe 2:40
3. On The Run 6:43
4. Time 6:21
5. Breathe (Reprise) 1:16
6. The Great Gig in the Sky 4:54
7. Money 7:27
8. Us And Them 6:54
9. Any Colour You Like 3:59
10. Brain Damage 3:08
11. Eclipse 3:39
12. Encore Break (Wind Tone S.E. & Soundcheck) 2:18
13. One Of These Days 8:59
14. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 15:11

Total Time: 64:49

Disc 2:
1. Echoes 28:54
2. Tuning & Soundcheck 1:24
3. A Saucerful Of Secrets 16:58
4. Tuning & Soundcheck 0:51
5. Blues 10:01
6. Tuning & Soundcheck 1:29
7. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:23

Total Time: 63:00

Day Three – 19 February 1972

Disc 1:
1. Breathe 1:01
2. On The Run 6:16
3. Time 6:01
4. Breathe (Reprise) 1:03
5. The Great Gig in the Sky 4:22
6. Money 7:44
7. Us And Them 6:55
8. Any Colour You Like 4:32
9. Brain Damage 4:05
10. Eclipse 3:11
11. One Of These Days 10:37
12. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 13:00

Total Time: 68:37

Disc 2:
1. Echoes 26:34
2. A Saucerful Of Secrets (Cut) 15:36
3. Blues 8:29
4. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:13

Total Time: 63:52

Day Four – 20 February 1972

Disc 1:
1. Speak To Me 2:49
2. Breathe 2:46
3. On The Run 6:05
4. Time 6:55
5. Breathe (Reprise) 1:04
6. The Great Gig in the Sky 3:59
7. Money 8:06
8. Us And Them 6:48
9. Any Colour You Like 4:36
10. Brain Damage 3:51
11. Eclipse 2:48
12. Tuning & Soundcheck 1:34
13. One Of These Days 8:03
14. Tuning & Soundcheck 2:13
15. Careful With That Axe, Eugene 10:58

Total Time: 60:35

Disc 2:
1. Tuning & Soundcheck 2:08
2. Echoes / Encore Break 25:47
3. Audience Requests 0:56
4. A Saucerful Of Secrets 16:05
5. Blues 6:47
6. Audience Requests 1:32
7. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 13:52

Total Time: 67:07

17 – 20 Feruary 1972 Live at Rainbow Theater, Finsbury Park, London, England

Van Morrison – London, England (07/24/73)

Van Morrison
Rainbow Theatre
London, England
July 24, 1973

Warm Love *
Take your Hands Out Of My Pocket
Here Comes The Night
I Just Want To Make Love To You
Brown Eyed Girl
Moonshine Whiskey
Moondance
Help Me
Domino
Caravan
Cyprus Avenue
Wild Night

LineUp :
Van Morrison : Vocals
John Platania – guitar
Jeff Labes – keyboards
Jack Schroer – saxophones
Bill Atwood – trumpet
David Hayes – bass
Dahaud Shaar – drums
Terry Adams – cello
Nancy Ellis – viola
Tom Halpin – violin
Tim Kovatch – violin
Nathan Rubin – violin

Source 1:
4-Eyed Freak remastering

Sources :
Tracks 1-11 from the 27 may 1974 original BBC “simulcast” : audio come from the stereo radio feed, video come from a rare VHS recording of the BBC2 broadcast.
Track 12 “Wild Night” : audio comes from the 31 dec 1975 OGWT BB2 broadcast, video comes from a dutch repeat in 1980.
Tracks 13-15 “I Paid the price”, “Saint Dominic’s Preview” and “Gloria” come from the RTE 1974 broadcast.

Lineage:
Audio :
1-12 : Master tape > WAV 44.1 kHz > WAV 48 KHz > Remastering and speed correction > WAV 44.1 KHz > FLAC
13-15 : Master tape > WAV 44.1 kHz > FLAC > WAV > Remastering and speed correction > FLAC

Notes (thanks to setlist.com and to the Van Morrison Website)

The Rainbow Theatre show was first broadcasted by the BBC2 as part of the Old Grey Whistle Test on the 27 may 1974. It was aired simultaneously on stereo FM radio and on mono TV. This was one of the earliest stereo radio broadcasts, and the first simultaneous TV/radio broadcast of a “rock” concert.
It was repeated on the 9 oct 1980 on BBC2 as well. ALL the previous copies that are in circulation (known as “Over The Rainbow” and “Under The Rainbow”) are from the 1980 rebroadcast.

“Over the Rainbow” is a bad quality stereo recording (according to the Hayward website : [Over the Rainbow] sounds as though it could’ve been taken straight from a notoriously bad-sounding LP). “Under the Rainbow” is better, but it’s mono.

What’s more, they are very incomplete. “Warm Love” was only aired on the initial BBC 1974 broadcast and dropped after that from future broadcasts. “Wild Night”, “I Paid the price”, “Saint Dominic’s Preview” and “Gloria” have never been broadcasted on BBC but only on a 1980 Dutch broadcast (WN) or on a 1974 Irish broadcast by RTE (IPTP, SDP, G). Hence, those 5 tracks seldom (or never) circulated before.

Same issues with the videos/DVDs previously circulating : they all come from the 1980 repeat, have a medium to very bad image and sound quality, and all are mono.

SAW did a fantastic work in researching and finding good recordings of both the original 1974 video and stereo radio broadcasts.
The rare “lost” tracks were unearthed from Harm’s archives. Their sound quality is much lower than the other sources, that’s why they are given as “bonus”.

The challenge was then to remaster the sound from old audio tape sources (first generation from stereo off-air, but recorded onto low grade cassettes as most people did at the time) and to synchronise it to the video that originaly had a bad mono sound. Of course, the audio tape had a dramaticaly bad pitch and a very irregular speed, so it had to be adjusted every 30 seconds. I now know what purgatory looks like.
The incomplete “Wild Night” video that came separated was then merged to the BBC source, without cutting the end of the song as it originaly was.

So here it is for you : the most complete and best quality (untill we find a reel-to-reel recording, or Van releases it) package of both the video and audio versions, in full stereo.

Enjoy it !

Xav

Source 2:
JTT
This Capture:
BBC 2 TV Edited Broadcast (Can’t Confirm Date)

Although this Capture is Mono the sound is far superior to the circulating Stereo (and Mono)
copies, much more solid and clean.

The first Broadcast was an Early Simulcast and the balance was pretty rough and off centre as
can be heard on Van Morrison For Radio set. I recorded that myself and scrapped the result.

LINEAGE: Tandberg 3900SD > Soundforge PRO 10c > FLAC Level 8

Capture, Mastering & Artwork, JTT

Eric Clapton – London, England (01/13/73) “The Rainbow Outtakes”

Eric Clapton
The Rainbow Outtakes
Rainbow Theatre
London
January 13, 1973

Capricorn Records – CR-2035 – sb5

Disc 1:
1) Badge
2) Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out
3) Roll it Over
4) Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad
5) Little Wing
6) Bottle of Red Wine
7) After Midnight
8) Bell Bottom Blues
9) Pearly Queen
10) Key to the Highway
11) Let it Rain
12) Crossroads

Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, on 13/1/73.
12 tracks on 1 CD. Total Time : 70:03
EC/Pete Townshend (Guitar)/Ronnie Wood (Guitar)/Steve Winwood (Keyboards)/
Rebop (Percussion)/Jim Capaldi (Drums)/Rick Grech (Bass)/
Jimmy Karstein (Drums)