Jerry Garcia Band
Warner Theater
Washington, DC
February 4, 1981
–Set I–
d1t01. Crowd [0:04]
d1t02. I’ll Take a Melody [13:16]
d1t03. //That’s What //Love Will Make You Do [#6:#32]
d1t04. Mississippi Moon [11:06]
d1t05. Sitting in //Limbo [13:#04] [0:14]
d1t06. How Sweet It Is [8:54] ->
d1t07. Tangled Up in Blue// [9:23#]
Disc Two (8 tracks, 74:06)
–Set II–
d2t01. Crowd & Tuning [0:09]
d2t02. Harder They Come [14:13] [0:03]
d2t03. /Mission in the Rain [10:46]
d2t04. //They Love Each Other [#8:10] [0:02]
d2t05. //Russian Lullaby/ [#12:36]
d2t06. Dear Prudence [12:25] ->
d2t07. Deal [7:39] ->
d2t08. Midnight Moonlight [8:00]
Source 1:
SHNID: 83742
Source: Jim Vita, undetermined gear > master cassette (TDK SA-90);
Transfer: Nakamichi Dragon playback > Art DI/O > Egosys Waveterminal 2496 >
Cool Edit 2000 > Shntool > FLAC encoding. Transfer by David Minches.
Notes:
– Terrific show. Garcia is ripping off some extremely raunchy stuff, such as
the second solo in Tangled Up (around 5:40) — cover your ears!! But there’s also
some nice intricate stuff (Mississippi Moon, Russian Lullaby) and a perfectly
executed, unique transition from Deal to Midnight Moonlight. Nice Stuff!
– Jim Vita’s first tape, AFAIK, though I believe he may have been patched out o
someone else. Generally good tape, but with lots of level fluctuations, some
beginnings clipped, and an intermittent static buzz in the right channel. There
is lots of loud talking and cheering throughout … shhhh!!
– d1t01 TWLWMYD cuts in
– R-channel buzzing/crackling/static from d1t01 @ 10:18 through d1t02 @ 10:55
– d1t04 How Sweet cuts in
– d1t04 How Sweet levels increase at 5:45, go back down but there is some distortion for awhile.
– d1t05 Tangled Up major level fluctuations first minute or so. Buzzing returns @ d1t05 @ 1:17
– d2t02 Harder They Come level fluctuations first minute or so.
– d2t05 Russian Lullaby levels go way up @ 1:51
Source 2:
This is a tagged version of shnid: 30859
Taped by Dave Redman, Nak 300s > Sony TC-D5M cassette master > DAT > CD > EAC > FLAC.
Notes:
– Where it’s good, it’s quite a good recording. It may run a touch fast, but I am not really capable
of judging that. There are also numerous patches of oversaturation, a good number of cuts (and in
general very tight editing), and a very chatty crowd. Beyond those presumed attributes of the master,
there are a great many warts on this particular copy which would make a new transfer most welcomed.
I will try to list some of those warts below, but I am sure that I have not noted all of them.
Caveat auditor.
– The show itself is extremely hot, IMO a contender for hottest show of the great month of 2/81. Of note: a sweet version of Sitting in Limbo, a second solo in TUIB (around 5:40) that is absolutely filthy (watch your speakers!), and a pretty nicely executed transition from Deal into Midnight Moonlight. A really fun show.
– d1t03 TWLWMYD cuts in, not much missing, then spliced @ 4:48;
– d1t05 Sitting in Limbo distorted guitar peaks, some light static throughout (heavier @ 12:23 and 12:56), splice @ 6:54;
– d1t06 classic taper talk @ 0:53;
– d1t07 TUIB static @ 0:10, some audible mic adjustments, cuts out near end;
– d2t02 HTC some old repair (sounds like a mono patch) @ 0:13, mix flux first 45 secs., L channel blip @ 43 repaired with patch over from R channel, more flux @ 5:53-6:30;
– d2t03 MITR clips in, seemingly different SQ first 13 secs., levels decrease @ 2:32, rise again, then down again @ 10:20;
– d2t04 TLEO cuts in;
– d2t05 Russian Lullaby cuts in, clips out;
– d2t06 Dear Prudence Splice or skip @ 10:35;
– d2t07 Deal static @ 0:22, 4:16, 7:31, 7:33, levels increase @ 0:37;
– d2t08 Midnight Moonlight intermittent static for the first minute and a half or so.
misSHN, 9/2005
