Reconstruction
Old Waldorf
San Francisco, California
Friday May 18, 1979 early & late shows
Incomplete
Reconstruction is:
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
John Kahn - bass
Merl Saunders - keys, vocals
Ed Neumeister - trombone
Ron Stallings - tenor sax, vocals
Gaylord Birch - drums
Early Show
01. I Just Want to Stop
02. Don't It Make It Better
03. Someday Baby
04. Fast Tone
05. Soul Roach
06. Strugglin' Man
07. Another Star
[63:46]
Late Show:
01. Lovely Night for Dancing
02. Telling My Friends About You
03. Mohican and the Great Spirit
27:13
A short clip of I'll Take a Melody was used to start and end our copy.
This was moved to a bonus folder as there wasn't much but for completists it's still there if you need it.
04. I'll Take a Melody//
00:24
This copy was made on: August 26, 1979 and received from the taper in trade for our July 29 Santa Monica recording.
From the collection of John Musgrave
Audience segments between songs were removed on the tape we received.
Tape flip after Soul Roach.
Another Star is dual right channel between 00:42 and 06:18.
Source:
Unknown equipment and taper > snail mail trade on a single Maxell UD90 with Dolby
Transfer (November 2020):
Nakamichi CR7A with Dolby (azimuth aligned, bias @ 120usec) > Korg MR2000-S @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz dsdiff
AudioGate (24-96) > Har-Bal 3.7 & iZotope RX8 advanced > Goody* > CD Wave > TLH
* Goody's additional lineage:
Capstan & Audition-Pitch adjustments, various amounts; Align & center channels
Thanks to Professor Goody for the speed correction and other fixes that make this sound even better.
Thanks to ethiessen1 for the beautiful jewel box artwork.
Finally, a big thank you goes out to John Musgrave for loaning me his tape collection.
For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use
Enjoy…
-M- December 2020
FLYING M PRODUCTIONS