GRATEFUL DEAD
5-15-81
Athletic Center, Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

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–Set 1–
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->
Franklin’s Tower ->
New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Cassidy
Candyman ->
Little Red Rooster
Jack-A-Roe
El Paso
Ramble on Rose ->
Looks Like Rain ->
Don’t Ease Me In

–Set 2–
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire On The Mountain ->
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes Of The World ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Not Fade Away ->
Black Peter ->
Sugar Magnolia

–Encore–
U.S. Blues

Source 1:

This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 30113
MAC>DAT>CD

AKG CE-1 microphones > Uher CR-240 cassette deck, no dolby, TDK SA C90 cassettes.
audience cassette master recorded by Kenny Mance.

Transfer: MAC > Uher CR-240 > Sony PCM-M1(2/05). Sony PCM-R500 > HHB CDR830plus >
EAC > Sound Forge 5.0 > CD Wave 1.71 > cd. *1/2 step patch source:

(downloaded 4/2005 from tol- gd1981-05-15.senn.munder.9008)
fob Senn 421>Cm>Dat>CD (0 to 6:48).
a-d transfer 2/05, editing, tracking and shn conversion by Anne Cohen 4/05.

Notes:
– static d1t1 tuning
– Sound Forge 5.0 used for fades, gaps, first set tape flip splice, and patches:
1/2 step patch d1t1 (0 to 6:48), tuning and opening Scarlet d2t4 (1st min.) patch
source: fob Senn 421>Cm>Dat>CD
– Thanks to Kenny Mance for making this tasty tape! (and to the patch source taper, too).
Enjoy the show! : ) Anne

Source 2:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 95751

gd81-05-15.sbd,miller.95751.sbeok.flac16

Recording Info:
SBD -> Master Cassette -> Reel -> Dat (48k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony D8) -> Samplitude Professional v9.11 -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
November 10, 2008

Patch Info:
AKG CE-1 -> Master Cassette -> Dat -> CD (shnid=30113) supplies:
Looks Like Rain (7:31 – end of track)
Don’t Ease Me In (complete track)
Eyes Of The World (5:29 – 5:50)
Black Peter (8:53 – end of track)
Sugar Magnolia (0:00 – 0:02)

Notes:
— All disc changes are seamless
— This is a much needed fix of shnid=86783
— I fixed the patches, corrected the pitch and swapped the channels
— The patch source was also pitch corrected
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Source 3:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 95751

gd81-05-15.sbd,miller.95751.sbeok.flac16

Recording Info:
SBD -> Master Cassette -> Reel -> Dat (48k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony D8) -> Samplitude Professional v9.11 -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
November 10, 2008

Patch Info:
AKG CE-1 -> Master Cassette -> Dat -> CD (shnid=30113) supplies:
Looks Like Rain (7:31 – end of track)
Don’t Ease Me In (complete track)
Eyes Of The World (5:29 – 5:50)
Black Peter (8:53 – end of track)
Sugar Magnolia (0:00 – 0:02)

Notes:
— All disc changes are seamless
— This is a much needed fix of shnid=86783
— I fixed the patches, corrected the pitch and swapped the channels
— The patch source was also pitch corrected
— Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Source 4:

This is a re-tagged version of shnid: 142998

This is a 16/48 fileset. 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp

Jim Wise’s Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 421 mics > Sony TC-D5 (Maxell UDXLII C90)(located at the soundboard)

Transfer Info:
Master Cassettes (Nakamichi Dragon)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24-bit/96 kHz) >
Adobe Audition 3.01 (24-bit/96 kHz) > TLH flac2496

Notes:
– Thanks to Jim Wise for recording the show and the fresh transcription of his audience master
– Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
– Thanks to Kenny Mance and Anne Cohen for the shnid: 30113 AKG CE-1 source which supplies a
0:10 patch at the beginning of “Don’t Ease Me In”, as well as a 4:23 patch in “Drums”
– Primary and patch sources pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2018