Source Summary
flac24; Field Equipment: Nakamichi CM-100 mics w/CP-4 Shotgun caps > Sony TC-D5M Analog Cassette Recorder > Maxell MX-90 tapes; Transfer: MAC > Tascam 112 Analog Cassette Recorder > Edirol UA-5 > 24/96 > PC > Audacity > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 24/96; Recorded, transferred, edited, tracked and FLAC'd by Greg Holtz
Grateful Dead
1985-07-13
Ventura County fairgrounds
Ventura, CA
Field Equipment: Nakamichi CM-100 mics w/CP-4 Shotgun caps > Sony TC-D5M Analog Cassette Recorder > Maxell MX-90 tapes
Transfer: MAC > Tascam 112 Analog Cassette Recorder > Edirol UA-5 > 24/96 > PC > Audacity > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 24/96
Recorded, transferred, edited, tracked and FLAC'd by Greg Holtz
Set One:
track 1 - One More Saturday Night
track 2 - Fire On The Mountain
track 3 - Walkin' Blues
track 4 - Dupree's Diamond Blues
track 5 - Mama Tried
track 6 - Big River
track 7 - Bird Song
track 8 - The Music Never Stops
Set Two:
track 9 - Touch Of Grey
track 10 - Women Are Smarter
track 11 - Terrapin Station
track 12 - Drums
track 13 - Space
track 14 - Wheel
track 15 - That's It For The Other One
track 16 - Comes A Time
track 17 - Round & Round
track 18 - Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
track 19 - U.S. Blues
June 2015 Recollection:
It was a hot sunny weekend in Ventura, and the sea breeze was kicking up the sand in the rodeo arena. We had to keep the tape decks covered with a towel to protect them from the dust, and for at least one of the shows (I think it was the 14th) we put socks over the foam windscreens to try and minimize the wind noise on the mics.
The Saturday show started in the hot afternoon sun, and there were fires burning on the mountains east of the faigrounds, so it was fitting to open up the first show with One More Saturday Night and Fire On The Mountain. It was also kind of cosmic when they sang "ashes ashes all fall down" during the end of Throwing Stones (again on the 14th) as there were ashes falling down out of the sky all weekend from the fires. As usual, Ventura delivered with some of the greatest camping scenes ever, with bands playing, old school movies to watch on the "big screen", thriving hippy bazaar, and lots of food, drink, smoke, music and other goodies to share with everybody.
The recordings came out great, save for a bit of wind noise. It was terribly good fun making these recordings, and I hope that you enjoy this show in 24/96 resolution.
Greg Holtz