Source Summary
flac16/48kHz; Source Info: Source A: Master Audience Cassettes; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels; Source B: Master Audience Cassette; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels; Transfer Info (both sources): 1st generation reels (Technics RS1506) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (.wav 24/96) > Adobe Audition 2019 > TLH flac2496; 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp
Grateful Dead
Capitol Theater
Port Chester, NY
Thursday February 18th, 1971
This is a 16/48 fileset. 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp
This is a 2 source audience composite, both sources deriving from 1st generation reels believed to have been made right after the show. Source A is the complete show, less much of the between song banter and tunings, as well as missing a little over a minute in "Dark Star", due to a tape flip. Source B comprises almost the entire first set, which cuts in "Dark Star" and is missing the balance of "Dark Star", "Me & My Uncle", as well as the entire 2nd set. Source B has much more of the banter and between song tunings, but has severe level and distortion issues in both the banter and tunings before Bertha, as well as "Bertha" itself, making it unlistenable, consequently, some of the banter and tuning, as well as all of "Bertha" is from Source A.
This does not sound like any of the other audience sources in general circulation, but its exact origins are speculative, although it is almost certain that both sources are 1st generation copies.
Also, while I would have liked to have patched the flip in "Dark Star" with either of the circulating Jim Cooper transcriptions (shnid's 123539 & 123881), both have multiple issues during the part needed for patching, making neither transfer suitable for the patch
IMO, this is an upgrade to all circulating audience sources
Source Info:
Source A: Master Audience Cassettes; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels. This source supplies several minutes of the crowd/tuning before "Bertha", as well as "Bertha" in its entirety. This source also supplies the balance of the show after Source B cuts towards the end of "Dark Star"
Source B: Master Audience Cassette; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels. This source supplies some of the banter and tunings before "Bertha", and "Truckin' thru the cut towards the end of "Dark Star"
Transfer Info (both sources):
1st generation reels (Technics RS1506) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (.wav 24/96) > Adobe Audition 2019 > TLH flac2496
Notes:
- Thanks to David Davis for the 1st generation source reels
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the shnid111793 soundboard source which supplies a 0:34 patch in "Dark Star"
- Pitch corrected
Mastered by Scott Clugston
November 2019
Set One:
s1t01 - Crowd/Banter/Tuning
s1t02 - Bertha
s1t03 - Truckin'
s1t04 - It Hurts Me Too
s1t05 - Loser
s1t06 - Greatest Story Ever Told >
s1t07 - Johnny B. Goode
s1t08 - Mama Tried
s1t09 - Hard To Handle
s1t10 - Dark Star >
s1t11 - Wharf Rat >
s1t12 - Dark Star >
s1t13 - Me & My Uncle
Set Two:
s2t01 - Crowd/Banter/Tuning
s2t02 - Casey Jones
s2t03 - Playin' In The Band
s2t04 - Me & Bobby McGee
s2t05 - Candyman
s2t06 - Big Boss Man
s2t07 - Sugar Magnolia
s2t08 - St. Stephen >
s2t09 - Not Fade Away >
s2t10 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
s2t11 - Not Fade Away >
s2t12 - Uncle John's Band
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
5:48.467 66905644 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5407 gd71-02-18 s1t01Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
6:55.640 79802924 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5789 gd71-02-18 s1t02 Bertha.flac
11:02.827 127262764 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6242 gd71-02-18 s1t03 Truckin'.flac
7:46.733 89612844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5819 gd71-02-18 s1t04 It Hurts Me Too.flac
7:46.307 89530924 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5931 gd71-02-18 s1t05 Loser.flac
3:48.280 43829804 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6246 gd71-02-18 s1t06 Greatest Story.flac
3:43.213 42857004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6339 gd71-02-18 s1t06a Johnny B. Goode.flac
4:01.253 46320684 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6107 gd71-02-18 s1t08 Mama Tried.flac
10:51.453 125079084 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6214 gd71-02-18 s1t09 Hard To Handle.flac
7:02.573 81134124 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5930 gd71-02-18 s1t10 Dark Star.flac
7:22.667 84992044 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6071 gd71-02-18 s1t11 Wharf Rat.flac
7:16.480 83804204 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6243 gd71-02-18 s1t12 Dark Star.flac
4:01.950 46454532 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5862 gd71-02-18 s1t13 Me & My Uncle.flac
2:25.307 27898924 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5535 gd71-02-18 s2t01 Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
4:37.573 53294124 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6069 gd71-02-18 s2t02 Casey Jones.flac
5:26.400 62668844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6179 gd71-02-18 s2t03 Playin' In The Band.flac
8:19.520 95907884 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5817 gd71-02-18 s2t04 Me & Bobby McGee.flac
9:09.200 105446444 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.5826 gd71-02-18 s2t05 Candyman.flac
5:45.013 66242604 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6249 gd71-02-18 s2t06 Big Boss Man.flac
8:38.933 99635244 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6392 gd71-02-18 s2t07 Sugar Magnolia.flac
6:27.840 74465324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6322 gd71-02-18 s2t08 St. Stephen.flac
4:32.040 52231724 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6538 gd71-02-18 s2t09 Not Fade Away.flac
6:31.053 75082284 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6489 gd71-02-18 s2t10 GDTRFB.flac
2:32.093 29201964 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6757 gd71-02-18 s2t11 Not Fade Away.flac
7:37.893 87915564 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6447 gd71-02-18 s2t12 Uncle John's Band.flac
159:30.710 1837577508 B 0.6106 (25 files)
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