Source Summary
flac24/48 Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M
Location: Lawn ~275' from stage (crest of the hill)
This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR [KH]
Transfer: Nakamichi 582ZX > Sonic AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew; Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Sean Murtha, Kyle Holbrook, Tom Pinney, John Borg, Gary Steel
Transfer by: Kyle Holbrook
Grateful Dead
Date 1985-06-30
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia MD
Set I
d1t01 - tuning
d1t02 - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > #
d1t03 - See See Rider >
d1t04 - Brown-Eyed Women
d1t05 - equipment break
d1t06 - Mama Tried >
d1t07 - Mexicali Blues
d1t08 - Keep On Growing >
d1t09 - Big Railroad Blues >
d1t10 - Looks Like Rain >
d1t11 - Don't Ease Me In
Set II
d2t01 - weirdness
d2t02 - Shakedown Street >
d2t03 - Samson And Delilah /
d2t04 - Gimme Some Lovin' >
d2t05 - He's Gone >
d2t06 - Cryptical Envelopment >
d2t07 - Drums >
d2t08 - Space >
d2t09 - The Other One >
d2t10 - Stella Blue >
d2t11 - Around And Around >
d2t12 - Sugar Magnolia >
d2t13 - encore break
d2t14 - Encore U.S. Blues
Notes:
# volume changes, both ours and Healy's first 3 minutes; afterward sound quality improves dramatically
/ There were more stage EQ issues after Samson, so we paused the tape.
The entire show suffers from the infamous summer of 1985 PA distortion which was later found to have some origination from Phil's pick ups in the new 6 string bass.
This upload is from a fresh master take off with a newly serviced cassette deck. The old takeoff exhibits lots of tape flutter and channel swapping. The original 24 bit post of these masters was:
shn ID 84246.flac24
Recording Information:
Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M
Location: Lawn ~275' from stage (crest of the hill)
This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR [KH]
Transfer: Nakamichi 582ZX > Sonic AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew; Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Sean Murtha, Kyle Holbrook, Tom Pinney, John Borg, Gary Steel
Transfer by: Kyle Holbrook
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The tour story:
Mike finally joined the crew on tour a few shows late, with unripped tickets to those shows. Of course, Kenny had been running the new AKG C422 at those other shows with Sean being the glue there. We were to crash at Sean's mother's house, with some of us crashing at Gary's. I would say they had at least four or five guests aside from their usual family and local deadhead friends.The first thing I heard upon getting to the tapers on the lawn was John Borg saying "Welcome to Summer Tour 1985".
The first set is so nice. After opening with "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" and using the first few minutes as a soundcheck, they got nice and summer mellow, getting everyone to dance lazily in the blazing heat. Jerry and Brent wet into a MIDI battle during "See See Rider" almost mocking Bobby's slide leads. The MIDI really took over at the beginning of "Mexicali Blues" in a slightly comical manner. They really kicked into high gear for the bustout, the third time ever played, "Keep On Growing" with Phil sharing the chorus with Brent [They would play this song only once more, in 1986]. During the "Brown Eyed Women" Brent laid down some serious chords on top of Jerry's leads. Bobby cut short the "let it Grow" at about 7.5 minutes and Jerry seemed to say, "Hey bud, I WANTED to play that solo"; so he slipped into "Don't Ease Me In" which left us sweaty and gasping for air after dancing our butts off in that heat.
Set 2 opened with some strange noises which seemed to be Phil burping at the end of it. Another 3 minutes of "warming up" led into a loose, slow, heat inspired "Shakedown Street" reminding some in the crowd, "maybe you had too much too fast". The pre drums run is highlighted by the "Cryptical" at the end of "He's Gone". Like they threw it in as an afterthought. But the drums and lead out of space left no doubt they were going to rip into "the Other One". They even eeked out a tiny Spanish jam tease as they started the bubbly underbeat, then Phil attacks it with a bass bomb vengeance while Jerry soars into the solos. The ending of the set is standard fare setlist wise, with a pretty "Stella Blue" and a barnburner Sugar Mags.
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