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Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders – San Francisco, CA (xx/xx/71)

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Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders
Matrix
San Francisco, CA
xx-xx-1971

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This is a tagged version of shnid: 93137

SBD MR > R > R > CD > EAC > WAV (shntool confirms no sbes) > FLAC

SBD MR (Peter Abrams) > R (Peter Kafer) > R (Will Boswell) > CD
Transferred by Matt Smith—- info: MR@7 1/2 ips>R@7 1/2 ips>R@ 7 1/2 ips>Apogee Mini ME 24/96>Apogee Mini DAC(monitoring)>Wavelab 5.0(dithered to 20/44)>CD

Huge thanks to Will Boswell for the source and to Matt Smith for blessing us with a copy.

Disc 1
01 save mother earth jam > funk space jam > 13:29
02 save mother earth jam continued > 14:40 (reel splice at 2:37)
03 jam 15:22

Disc 2
01 jam > 8:48 (drop out at 5:23-:26)
02 jam > 24:04
03 jam 5:42 // (cuts at 4:42)

notes:

all instrumental show with lots of spacey improvisation

wonderful sound and jamming!!!

As Matt puts it:
“It’s clearly a Matrix tape and you can tell from the separation of the instruments
and it has the same type of mix of all other Matrix reels I’ve done. Since Garcia
would show up at the ‘Thursday night Jam’ numerous times, this could be from
late 1970 but since Merle is here it’s most likely early, mid ’71. There is static in the left channel but goes away and the overall dynamics are fantastic!! It’s like
you’re sitting right in front of them!! As an aside Kafer’s reels were destroyed in
his parent’s attic so Will’s stuff is most likely the best and cleanest surviving
analog copies.

Jerry Garcia & Friends – San Francisco, CA (10/21/70)

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John Cipollina, Jerry Garcia, David Freiberg, Papa John Creach, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Nicky Hopkins
The Matrix
San Francisco, California
October 21st 1970

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1. Jam 1
2. Jam 2
3. Jam 3
4. Jam 4

Source 2 notes that the date for this is unknown, but source 1, which claims to have come directly from John Cipollina notes the date as 10/21/70. A quick listen indicates they are the same songs so I’m going with the 10/21 date. I have left the second source files labeled as unknown. – Mat

Source 1:
shnid 84321

SBD, from 1st gen. reel to reel.

Notes from the original uploader:

Pretty good recording, awesome stuffs. Almost all the songs are not complete, some fades in,
some fades out, some are cut, but it’s just an super jam !

1st generation reel to reel > revox > amplifiers > tascam audio cdrw750 > cd > computer > plex tool professional XL > wav > flac.

Recorded, transfered, & uploaded by 38f on Dime, March 2007.

This comes straight from the John Cipollina’s collection, i personally made a copy of his reel
and his notes….I did not touch the sound or edited anything in the trasfer, you get what
i got in first place.

Source 2:

This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 16143

sbd>mr>??>Dat>cdr
Eac >cool edit > shntool > cdwav >shnv3
Eac >shn (secure with proper offsets) by Ernie Dodd

ctual date unknown. Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Cassady,
John Cipollina, David Freiberg, Nicky Hopkins, Papa John Creech.

Another installment of The Music Never Stops Project!!
Thanks to Paul B. for the show and Jerry’s Kids for the discs!!

David and the Dorks – San Francisco, CA (12/20/70)

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“David and the Dorks”
(David Crosby, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh)
12/20/70
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA

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This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 4499

Disc 1 (7 tracks, 53:54)

1. Bertha
2. Deep Elem Blues
3. Drop Down Mama
4. Cowboy Movie
5. Triad
6. The Wall
7. Motherless Children

Lineage: SBD>Rn>DAT>CD>EAC>SHN

[note: Rn = unknown number of reel generations]

DAT to CD/SNH conversion done by Glenn Tremblay
(glenntremblay@charter.net)
Please forward any show/setlist corrections.

Mickey & The Hartbeats – San Francisco, CA – xx/xx/68

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Mickey and Hartbeats
(Garcia, Lesh, Hart, & Kreutzmann)
Matrix
San Fran, CA
Undated / 1968

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This is a tagged version of shnid: 28077
sbd / lineage unknown*

Disk 1 (total time: 47:13)

1. jam // 13:18
2. jam // ^ 33:54

Notes from the original uploader:

I asked Michael Parrish for a copy of the mystery fragment reviewed in the taping compendium. This tape also included another fragment not reviewed in the compendium and was labeled 11 1 68, which is most likely incorrect.

* Here?s what Parrish supplied for source / lineage info: ?Both of these pieces came in a cassette that Dwork sent me near the beginning of the compendium project. As I noted, track #2 corresponds to the first track of your “Mystery Disc” and I have never heard the other piece anywhere other than on the Dwork tape. It rang no bells with Dick L. either.?

^ ?The fragment I sent you as ?11/1/68? is the same as the first track on your Mystery Show CD. I wouldn’t necessarily bet that either is 11/1/68 though:)?

Review by Michael Parrish: ?This mysterious fragment consists of another version of the jam that opens 10/30/68. It is notable for Garcia?s inspired and frenetic soloing, which has a rather unusual Latin feel.?

JJ
first Jam has some Cold Rain & Snow & GDTRFB flavor to it
second jam starts with Dark Star flavor

track 02 is 12/16/68

Jerry Garcia & The Harvey Mandel Band – San Francisco, CA (12/24/68)

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Jerry Garcia & The Harvey Mandel Band
December 24, 1968
The Matrix
San Francisco, California

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Source 1 Tracklist
Disc 1
1. // Jam
2. // Feel It
3. Three O’Clock

Disc 2
1. Mojo Worker > Jam
2. You’re Gonna Need Me
3. Raise Your Hand

Source Two Tracklist

Disk 1
Jam
Jam cont.
We got the Feeling Jesus
Thinkin’ bout You
She’s a Motor Worker
Jam
* Tracks 1 & 2 are actually 1 track broken into two parts so as not to have to post a 200+meg file.

Source 1:
This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 82321

Notes:
1. Song names are best guesses
2. d2t2 and d2t3 might not be from this show
3. Commonly circulates as “Mickey & The Hartbeats.” However, it has been alleged that the vault reels are labelled “Jerry Garcia & The Harvey Mandel Band.”

**admin note: info file updated 12/1/2007; thanks to fxexpress for identifying song names of d2t02 and d2t03**soundboard 4-track reel master > 2-track reel > CDR/0 > CDR/1 > CDR/2 > iMac > SHN

reel > CDR conversion via unknown hardware

editing by Jeff Tiedrich via Sound Studio for Macintosh, 24 April 2002
compressed via Shorten for Macintosh by Jeff Tiedrich, 28 April 2002

SBD>unknown generation cass>wav>shn

Wave &Shn conversion 11-24-02 by Tommy McKeown (Smilin’ Sam)

COMMENTS Not listed in DeadBase XI. The tapes circulating with this date are Jerry Garcia with Harvey Mandel (guitarist who played with Charlie Musselwhite and in Canned Heat), Stephen Miller (keyboards player from Linn County, Harvey Mandel’s Band, Elvin Bishop’s band, and The Allman Brothers Band).

Some tapes list this as also with Elvin Bishop on guitar. Unknown drummer(s). Miller may be the person singing on Feel It (title song for Elvin Bishop’s second album), Three O’Clock In The Morning, and Mojo Woker. The jam after Mojo Worker or one of the unknown songs may be “Wade In The Water”. The newspaper ads mention Jack Casady (bass player in Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) so perhaps he is the bass player, but some tapes list George Chambers (bass player for The Chamber Brothers).

This jam has previously circulated as “Set 3” of 12/16/68, but Bill Gadsden says that it’s “with Harvey Mandel from 12/24/68”. From the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper of Monday December 23, 1968 pg 35: “At the Matrix
tonight and tomorrow night: Jerry Garcia, Jack Casady, open end jam, no door charge” and elsewhere on the same page under the heading “OPENING TODAY”: “ROCK CLUB – Jam Session with Jerry Garcia, Jack Cassady and others, from 9:30 p.m., the Matrix, 3138 Fillmore. Free.” On page 26 of issue #34 (Summer 1996) of Dupree’s Diamond News, Dick Latvala stated in an interview “There are tapes of 12/16/68 marked Hartbeats at the Matrix, but I don’t know if that’s really accurate. You know [David] Crosby was playing with them quite a lot that month.”

He makes no other mention of 12/68 Matrix tapes in that article, but he has
stated on another occasion that the tapes in the vault of 12/24/68 are labeled as Jerry Garcia and the Harvey Mandel Band.

RECORDING SB 80 mins. Most circulating recordings of the 1968 Matrix shows
trace back to Bill Gadsden’s reels. Bill and Peter Kafer made copies of Peter
Abram’s (owner of the Matrix) two track 7″ Scotch reels in the summer of 1974. Peter Abram’s reels were either Masters or 1st gens. Recently (5/02) circulating CDRs are reportedly MSR(vault)>1R>CDR.

CONTRIBUTORS David Sorochty , Bill Gadsden, Dick Latvala, Michael Parrish worldnet.att.net>, Gregg Bucci , Dave Litfin at polarfab.com>, Jeff Teidrich , David Minches at snip.net>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ReSeeded 8/2006 by Teddy “GoodBear” Selby

Source 2:
This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 25136

SBD>Master reel>PCM>wav>shn

Transferred from PCM via SEK’D Prodif96Pro & Samplitude, split via CDWav
Uploaded by theotherwayne@yahoo.com

New Riders of the Purple Sage & The Grateful Dead – San Francisco, CA (07/30/70)

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New Riders of the Purple Sage
Grateful Dead
7-30-70
The Matrix,
San Francisco CA

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New Riders Set:

This is a tagged version of shnid: 114026
MR(Abrams)>R@ 7.5 ips.(Peter Kafer)>R @ 7.5 ips.(Will Boswell) > CD

Transfered and mastered by Matt Smith 5/11

disc #1
01. Workingman’s Blues (6:19)
02. Together Again (2:31)
03. Tuning (loud hissing) (2:19)
04. I Don’t Know You (5:00)
05. Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line (4:03)?
06. Superman (4:15)
07. Henry (4:34)
08. I’m In Love With You (4:45)
09. Me & My Uncle (4:15)
10. Mama Tried (3:19)

disc #2
01. All I Ever Wanted (10.02)
02. Louisiana Lady (4:28)
03. Honky Tonk Women (6:01)
04. Whatcha Gonna Do (4:57)
05. Glendale Train (6:41)
06. Lodi (5:19)
07. If You Hear Me When I’m Leavin’ (5:51)
08. Sweet Lovin’ One (4:08)

disc #3
01. Portland Woman (7:09)
02. Delilah (4:07)
03. Dirty Business (9:47)
04. Last Lonely Eagle (8:03)
05. Hello Trouble (3:49)
06. Big Yellow Taxi (4:01)
07. The Weight (7:24)

John Dawson – rhythm guitar, vocals
David Nelson – lead guitar, vocals
David Torbert – bass, vocals
Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
Mickey Hart – drums

Original Uploader Matt’s notes:

Of course this is mere speculation but… This show is comprised of 3 diff. reels. The GD set is on the High Country reel, another reel is listed as 7-30-70 and the third, 4-30-70. Obviously the GD part and the 7-30-70 go together but I beleive the 4-30-70 is the second half of the New riders show. the mix is the same and all the songs are different and back then there were certain tunes they always played every show. Another reason is if they actually played on 4-30 then that would mean they would have a gig the next night in New York opening for the Dead! My guess is that the bill was listed as a New Riders with a few GD members there who just wanted to practice a few new tunes in the beginning of the night then let the New Riders play the rest. Let the debate begin!!

Additional notes by another uploader
my notes:
Thanks Matt
At the end of Honky Tonk Women you hear Thank you & Good evening so maybe that was a set break
cd > flac dbpoweramp cd ripper
checksums (w/TLH) & text file created 06/11/2011 gballen

Grateful Dead Set

This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 17077
SBD>??>CD>EAC>SHN

–Acoustic Set–
101-d1t01 – To Lay Me Down
102-d1t02 – Dire Wolf
103-d1t03 – Candyman
104-d1t04 – stage banter
105-d1t05 – Rosalie McFall*
106-d1t06 – A Voice From On High**
107-d1t07 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot**

*with David Nelson
**with John Dawson & David Nelson

–total time–32:46–

Comments:
–This short acoustic set seems to be all that the Dead played
in capping off a couple New Riders sets at the Matrix.
–Sound Forge was used for a slight pitch correction and minor edits

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003

Thanks to Chuck Gannon
edits/encoding by JCotsman

New Riders of the Purple Sage – San Francisco, CA (08/07/69)

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New Riders of the Purple Sage
1969-08-07
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA

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This is a tagged version of shnid: 133325
Recording Info:
MR > R (Peter Kafer) > 7.5 ips reel (Will Boswell)

Transfer Info:
Transfer info: Akai GX636 direct tape head output > Bottlehead tube tape pre pair Tesla tubes circa 1980 > Apogee Mini Me 24/96 > Apogee Mini DAC monitoring and mastering > FLAC

Mastered By Matt Smith
April 2015

Comments:
Notable gain difference between songs.

t01 – Kaw-Liga
t02 – If You Hear Me When I’m Leavin’
t03 – tuning
t04 – Superman
t05 – Mama Tried
t06 – Games People Play
t07 – Last Lonely Eagle
t08 – Truck Drivin’ Man
t09 – Me And My Uncle
t10 – Delilah
t11 – Long Black Veil
t12 – All I Ever Wanted
t13 – Henry
t14 – Don’t Take Chances
t15 – Six Days On The Road

Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
David Nelson – lead guitar, vocals
John Dawson – rhythm guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart – drums
Phil Lesh – bass

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It will display on any player capable of directly playing flac files.
If converted to wav during processing, all tags will be stripped,
however audio data will remain unaffected.
If you must transcode to a lossy format, do so directly Flac > Lossy.
Use ffp to validate audio integrity.
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A Mills 9/9/17

Grateful Dead – San Francisco, CA (12/24/68)

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Grateful Dead
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA
12/24/68

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This is a tagged version of shnid: 9475
Source: SBD>MR>??>DAT>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC(secure) > mkwact(seekable)
mvernon54@attbi.com
shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 5/15/02
Thanks to Raoul Duke for the disks!

Disk 1 [31:19]

SET1

01. [31:19]Jam

DEADLISTS COMMENTS

” The tapes circulating with this date are from a “Heartbeats” show, without
Bobby and Pigpen. (1) with Harvey Mandel (and George Chambers?). This jam has
previously circulated as “Set 3” of 12/16/68, but Bill Gadsden says that it’s
“with Harvey Mandel from 12/24/68”.

From the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper of Monday December 23, 1968 pg 35:
“At the Matrix tonight and tomorrow night:
Jerry Garcia, Jack Casady, open end jam, no door charge” and elsewhere on the
same page under the heading “OPENING TODAY”: “ROCK CLUB – Jam Session with Jerry Garcia, Jack Cassady and others, from 9:30 p.m., the Matrix, 3138 Fillmore. Free.”

On page 26 of issue #34 (Summer 1996) of Dupree’s Diamond News, Dick Latvala stated
in an interview “There are tapes of 12/16/68 marked Hartbeats at the Matrix, but I
don’t know if that’s really accurate. You know [David] Crosby was playing with them quite a lot that month.” He makes no other mention of 12/68 Matrix tapes in that article, but he has stated on another occasion that the tapes in the vault of 12/24/68 are labeled as Garcia jamming with the Harvey Mandel Band.

This show is not listed in DeadBase XI.

RECORDING
SBD 31 mins.

Circulating recordings of the 1968 Matrix shows trace back to Bill Gadsden’s reels.
Bill and Peter Kafer made copies of Peter Abram’s (owner of the Matrix) two track
7″ Scotch reels in the summer of 1974. Peter

Abram’s reels were either Masters or 1st gens.

Mickey & The Hartbeats – San Francisco, CA (12/16/68)

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Mickey Hart & the Hartbeats
(Garcia, Hart, and Jack Cassady)
Matrix
San Francisco, Ca
12/16/1968

Download FLAC: Google Drive

This is a tagged version of shnid: 97296
MR (Abrams) > R (Peter Kafer) > R @ 7 1/2 ips (Will Boswell) > CD

Transfer info: reel > AKAI GX625 > Apogee Mini Me (24/96) > Apogee Mini Dac (monitoring) > Wavelab 5.0 (dithered to 16/44) > CD > EAC > Wav > Flac16

disc1 set 1

Jam w/ Spencer Dryden (42:01)

disc 2 set 2

Jam w/ David Getz (38:18)

Grateful Dead – San Francisco, CA (10/10/68)

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Grateful Dead
(aka Mickey and the Heartbeats)
68-10-10 The Matrix
San Francisco, CA

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This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 04513

source: SBD>Rm>Reel>CD (May Be SBD>Rm>Reel>Reel>CD)
thanks to c.miller for seeds.

Disc 1:
01 Jam [28:49]
02 It’s A Sin [9:01]
03 Next Time You See Me Jam [9:24]
04 The Rub Jam [6:39]
05 Look On Yonder Wall [4:13]

Disc 2:
01 Jam [24:56] >
02 Turn On Your Lovelight Jam [15:19] >
03 Drums [6:24] >
04 Jam [20:59] >
05 Death Don’t Have No Mercy [9:57]

Disc 3:
01 Dark Star Jam [15:30] >
02 The Eleven Jam [5:56] >
03 The Seven [9:59]

DAE/shnv3 by neo_levo.