Source Summary
flac24/48khz Source: Master AUDCA: Sennheiser MKE2002 Binaurals on dummy head, 4' pressure plates behind ears > lead Sony TCD5M >
Maxell MX 90s No Dolby -lead deck run by CK.
Location: 10th row balcony 125 feet from stage DFC on axis with top stack of speakers
Transfer: Nakamichi MR-2 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew: Chris Kidwell; Tom Pinney; Kyle Holbrook; JJ Hance; Mike Davis; Johnny B Goode
Grateful Dead
Date 1984-12-28
San Francisco Civic Center
San Francisco, CA
Set 1
d1t01 - Touch of Grey
d1t02 - Greatest Story Ever Told
d1t03 - Dire Wolf
d1t04 - Tons of Steel **
d1t05 - Down in the Bottom/I Ain't Superstitious
d1t06 - Dupree's Diamond Blues
d1t07 - Me & My Uncle
d1t08 - Mexicali Blues
d1t09 - West LA Fadeaway
d1t10 - Might as Well
set 2 +
d2t01 - China Cat Sunflower >
d2t02 - I Know You Rider
d2t03 - Looks Like Rain #
d2t04 - He's Gone
d2t05 - Spoonful
d2t06 - drums
d2t07 - space
d2t08 - The Other One
d2t09 - Wharf Rat
d2t10 - Sugar Magnolia
d2t11 - encore break
d2t12 - Day Tripper (encore) **
# St. Stephen Tease before He's Gone
** First Tons of Steel; First Day Tripper; last of five Spoonfuls in 1984- (cite- Deadbase|Scott|Dolgushkin|Nixon)
There are 3-4 slight tape speed variations during Wharf Rat through the end of the show.
***The Sennheiser MKE2002 binaural microphones were pressure gradient "omni" type capsules designed to be worn on a human head or the supplied dummy head. For the optimal listening experience wear headphones or earbuds; for playback on stereo speakers you may choose to increase bass slightly.***
Recording Information:
Source: Master AUDCA: Sennheiser MKE2002 Binaurals on dummy head, 4" square pressure plates behind ears > lead Sony TCD5M >
Maxell MX 90s No Dolby -lead deck run by CK.
Location: 10th row balcony 125 feet from stage DFC on axis with top stack of speakers
Transfer: Nakamichi MR-2 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew: Chris Kidwell; Tom Pinney; Kyle Holbrook; JJ Hance; Mike Davis; Johnny B Goode
=========================================================================================================================
The tour story:
This story starts back at home in Texas in October. We had to talk John Goode's mother into letting him fly with us to San Francisco for these shows; he was 17 years old. His mom said she trusted me and gave John her permission. Very misplaced trust I will say, but we all came home safely. John survived his first set of GD shows wearing his walkman radio crawling the halls inside the venue listening to the local FM frequency Dan Healy would set up for these local shows. This would also mark Mike Davis' 4th GD show and his first with the Executive Crew, he was still not a taper per se, but his height helped us block. Then the story moves to San Francisco which had no idea of what kind of havoc the Executive Crew could wreak on a city. We stayed at the world infamous Argyle hotel, a dive if ever there was one. For some reason we figured we needed to stay as close as physically possible to the venue, which was located on Market in the heart of the downtown, rundown part of the city. So we had two rooms there and when we left, they probably looked like the shell of a car which caught fire.
The second set began with a shining China > Rider, then a short but sweet Looks Like Rain. They seemingly address the death in the family+ with a soulful He's Gone with an odd, playful spacey transition into Spoonful. Incredibly strong entrance to the Other One out of space, which followed a strong drums segment that I am certain was expressing the pain and sorrow the band was feeling. Bob and Brent were stabbing out discordant notes and effects into the lead up of The Other One and Jerry simply soars! You can almost hear Jerry crying during Wharf Rat, his vocals were that poignant. Bobby was screaming at the top of his lungs during Sunshine Daydream. The GD debut of Day Tripper was extremely anticipated by tour heads who had heard of them soundchecking it more than once since the BCT run in early November.
+ One serious note about this run of shows is that Steve Parrish's wife and child were killed in a car wreck sometime on the 28th. The tenor of the shows can be felt knowing this fact. From dead.net:" During the break we got word Steve Parrish' wife and daughter were killed in an accident on the bridge. It was horrible news. I asked my friend who had full backstage access; what the Dead were going to do. He said they were about to come back for the 2nd set and play their hearts out." And they did just that. Here is a prime example of their playing on that mournful night.
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
6:55.280 119600684 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7353 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t01.flac
4:22.267 75532844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7258 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t02.flac
3:37.200 62553644 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7184 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t03.flac
5:34.827 96430124 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7404 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t04.flac
6:34.667 113664044 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7443 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t05.flac
6:45.560 116801324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7248 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t06.flac
2:59.093 51578924 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7330 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t07.flac
4:45.787 82306604 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7341 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t08.flac
7:31.160 129934124 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7193 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t09.flac
4:41.875 81180170 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7272 gd1984-12-28mke2002s1t10.flac
7:52.573 136101164 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7105 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t01.flac
5:43.773 99006764 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7194 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t02.flac
9:30.267 164236844 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6944 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t03.flac
12:15.893 211937324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6919 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t04.flac
6:10.320 106652204 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6905 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t05.flac
8:06.920 140233004 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6930 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t06.flac
9:17.240 160485164 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6902 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t07.flac
4:32.187 78389804 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7211 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t08.flac
9:41.893 167585324 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7046 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t09.flac
8:12.427 141818924 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7329 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t10.flac
1:04.053 18447404 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.6764 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t11.flac
3:28.203 59962418 B cxx -- ---xx flac 0.7445 gd1984-12-28mke2002s2t12.flac
139:43.465 2414438828 B 0.7144 (22 files)