Blues For Allah | 1975-06-17 | Grateful Dead

Great American Music Hall

Tuning/ Bill Graham intro

Mill Valley, California

6/17/75

4:28

Crazy Fingers

11:34

Beat It On Down The Line

Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey >

FIN

Sources

Transferrer: Mastered by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net April 29, 2025

Mastered by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net April 29, 2025

gd1975-06-17.171166.set2.winterland.sbd.mr.miller.flac24

SBD > Master Reel > WAV (24-bit/96k)

WAV > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/24

Mastered by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net April 29, 2025

View NotesNotes:
-- Set 1 was a mess so I didn't include it
-- Patch source recorded by Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

Transferrer: Mastered by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net April 29, 2025

43:42

SBD

Transferrer:

gd1975-06-17.171164.set2.sbd.mr.miller.flac1648

SBD > Master Reel > WAV (24-bit/96k)

WAV > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/24

Joe Noel and Charlie Miller

View NotesConverted and downsampled from 24bit/96kHz to 16bit/48kHz
in Foobar2000 w/dBPoweramp/SSRC plugin by Tyler/MrCompletely

Notes:
-- Set 1 was a mess so I didn't include it
-- Patch source recorded by Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

Taper: Tim Dalton

gd1975-06-17.145779.sbd.pcm.dalton.miller.noel.flac16

Soundboard -> ? -> PCM

Transfer: PCM Sony SL-HF66 > Sony PCM-601ESD > Behringer Ultramatch Pro > Tascam DA-3000 (WAV 16-bit/44.1k)

View NotesPCM source provided graciously by Tim Dalton
Transfer by Charlie Miller
Edited & mastered by Joe Noel
March 18, 2019

Notes:
- Big thanks to Tim for sharing & Charlie for directing traffic.
- fresh transfer, possible upgrade to source #20084

- The Players -
Jerry Garcia; guitar
Bob Weir; guitar
Keith Godchaux; keyboards
Phil Lesh; bass
Bill Kreutzmann; drums
Mickey Hart; drums
Donna Jean Godchaux; vocals
Dan Healy; mix

Transferrer: Matrix by Derek McCabe

Matrix by Derek McCabe

gd1975-06-17.mtx.menke.gems.97079.flac16

Matrix of SBD (shnid=96125):AUD (shnid=97077):

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

gd1975-06-17.mtx.dts.tobin.96162.flac16

Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)

gd1975-06-17.mtx.tobin.96148.flac16

View NotesAudio Source Information
SBD (shnid=96125)
SBD Source: MSR@ 7 1/2 ips > Maxell UDXL II reel @3 3/4 ips.(Will Boswell)>Akai GX 625>Apogee Mini Me(24/96)>Apogee Mini DAC(monitoring/mastering)>wavelab 5.0(dithered to 20/44)>CD

Edited and Mastered by Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station

A GEMS production -+-+- www.shnflac.net -+-+-

Notes
- Big Thanks to Matt Smith for sharing his cd's.
- Patches and post production work performed by Kevin Tobin as part of the matrix\dts project using this show. Trac'ed Cdwave Flac'ed level 8 TLH

Per Matt Smith:
The master of this show is not in the vault so the most likely lineage goes MR@ 7 1/2 ips>R@ 3 3/4 ips. 

AUD (shnid=233)
AUD CM>DAT>CD
EAC> SHN

Recorded by Rob Bertrando 
Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette > playback on Nak Dragon > DAT;  
audience from Winterland floor, about 30-35' back, 
just to the  left of dead  center.

---------------------------------------------------------
- DTS mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 02-DEC-2008  
---------------------------------------------------------
Audio Patches:

1) At the beginning of the show, 2 minutes and 42.282 seconds were missing the right channel of the SBD which was filled in using the left channel from the SBD making this portion of tuning\intro a mono recording. 

2) At the beginning of the show, 2 minutes and 36.083 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source. This includes the start of Bill's introduction.

3) 2 minutes and 3 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 20.163 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

4) 2 minutes and 51 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.758 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

5) 4 minutes and 57 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 3 minutes and 13.540 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

6) 8 minutes and 46 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 5.891 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

7) 9 minutes and 36 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.131 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last notes of Crazy Fingers into the tuning between songs.

8) 1 minutes and 41 seconds into Beat It On Down The Line, 2 minutes and 16.225 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last half of BIODTL into the tuning between songs.

9) Between Deal and Big River, 1 minute and 30.313 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source.

10) Between Big River and Peggy-O, 43.077 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the start of Peggy-O.

11) Between Peggy-O and Me And My Uncle, 51.994 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source.

12) Between Me And My Uncle and Help On The Way, 35.025 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of Help on the Way.

13) At the beginning of 2nd set, 2 minutes and 21 seconds were missing from the AUD and was filled in with audio from the SBD.

14) Between Blues For Allah and Sugar Magnolia, 35.025 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

15) Between Sugar Magnolia and US Blues, 07.435 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of US Blues.

16) Timing of this show used the soundboard as the master to which the audience was sync'd to - for the most part the audience ran slightly fast at about .5% which agrees with Rob Bertrando comments about this show. Thank you Rob for a wonderful audience recording.
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Front  
Left Channel SBD  -0db
Right Channel SBD -0db

Center
Mixed to mono -1db SBD

Surround
Left Channel -1db AUD
Right Channel -1db AUD

Sub/LFE
Mixed to mono -1db SBD
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More On DTS

Today's audio standards are moving towards multi-channel
sound, like DTS and Dolby Digital. While the Audio-CD
standard (Red Book) hasn't changed to accommodate these
new sound formats, it is still possible to go around the
specification and to put a 5.1 surround recording on a
regular Audio-CD. To play a DTS-Audio-CD you must connect
your DVD/CD player via a digital cable (optical or coaxial)
to your DTS Dolby-Digital receiver. It is not 100% sure
that your receiver will recognize a DTS-Audio CD, so the
first time you're trying to playback a DTS-Audio-CD you
must do a test to determine if it can. Begin with the
volume very low, start the disc and raise the volume
gradually. NEVER listen to a DTS-Audio-CD through the
analog audio outputs of your CD/DVD player.

Burning Instructions

Burn them the absolute same way as you would burn any
normal Audio-CD from FLAC files.

Brokedown House Productions

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)

Jamie Waddell and Kevin Tobin

View NotesAudio Source Information
SBD (shnid=96125)
SBD Source: MSR@ 7 1/2 ips > Maxell UDXL II reel @3 3/4 ips.(Will Boswell)>Akai GX 625>Apogee Mini Me(24/96)>Apogee Mini DAC(monitoring/mastering)>wavelab 5.0(dithered to 20/44)>CD

Edited and Mastered by Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station

A GEMS production -+-+- www.shnflac.net -+-+-

Notes
- Big Thanks to Matt Smith for sharing his cd's.
- Patches and post production work performed by Kevin Tobin as part of the matrix\dts project using this show. Trac'ed Cdwave Flac'ed level 8 TLH

Per Matt Smith:
The master of this show is not in the vault so the most likely lineage goes MR@ 7 1/2 ips>R@ 3 3/4 ips. 

AUD (shnid=233)
AUD CM>DAT>CD
EAC> SHN

Recorded by Rob Bertrando 
Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette > playback on Nak Dragon > DAT;  
audience from Winterland floor, about 30-35' back, 
just to the  left of dead  center.

---------------------------------------------------------
- Matrix mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 01-DEC-2008  
---------------------------------------------------------
Multitrack Mixdown Settings

SET ONE

Stereo Matrix
SBD -0
AUD -1.5

SET TWO

Stereo Matrix
SBD -0
AUD -1.5
---------------------------------------------------------
Audio Patches:

1) At the beginning of the show, 2 minutes and 42.282 seconds were missing the right channel of the SBD which was filled in using the left channel from the SBD making this portion of tuning\intro a mono recording. 

2) At the beginning of the show, 2 minutes and 36.083 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source. This includes the start of Bill's introduction.

3) 2 minutes and 3 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 20.163 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

4) 2 minutes and 51 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.758 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

5) 4 minutes and 57 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 3 minutes and 13.540 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

6) 8 minutes and 46 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 5.891 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

7) 9 minutes and 36 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.131 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last notes of Crazy Fingers into the tuning between songs.

8) 1 minutes and 41 seconds into Beat It On Down The Line, 2 minutes and 16.225 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last half of BIODTL into the tuning between songs.

9) Between Deal and Big River, 1 minute and 30.313 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source.

10) Between Big River and Peggy-O, 43.077 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the start of Peggy-O.

11) Between Peggy-O and Me And My Uncle, 51.994 seconds were missing from the AUD source and was filled in with audio from the SBD source.

12) Between Me And My Uncle and Help On The Way, 35.025 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of Help on the Way.

13) At the beginning of 2nd set, 2 minutes and 21 seconds were missing from the AUD and was filled in with audio from the SBD.

14) Between Blues For Allah and Sugar Magnolia, 35.025 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

15) Between Sugar Magnolia and US Blues, 07.435 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of US Blues.

16) Timing of this show used the soundboard as the master to which the audience was sync'd to - for the most part the audience ran slightly fast at about .5% which agrees with Rob Bertrando comments about this show. Thank you Rob for a wonderful audience recording.

Transferrer: Jamie Waddell and Kevin Tobin

gd1975-06-17.sbd.GEMS.96125.flac16

MSR@ 7 1/2 ips>R@ 3 3/4 ips > CD

CD > WAV > FLAC

gd75-06-17.sbd.partial.backus.20084.sbeok.shnf

View NotesPatched using shnid = 233
AUD CM>DAT>CD
EAC> SHN

Recorded by Rob Bertrando 
Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette > playback on Nak Dragon > DAT;  
audience from Winterland floor, about 30-35' back, 
just to the  left of dead  center.

---------------------------------------------------------
- FLAC conversion 30-NOV-2008  
---------------------------------------------------------
Audio Patches:

1) At the beginning of the show, 2 minutes and 42.282 seconds were missing the right channel of the SBD which was filled in using the left channel from the SBD making this portion of tuning\intro a mono recording. 

2) 2 minutes and 3 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 20.163 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

3) 2 minutes and 51 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.758 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

4) 4 minutes and 57 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 3 minutes and 13.540 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

5) 8 minutes and 46 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 5.891 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

6) 9 minutes and 36 seconds into Crazy Fingers, 47.131 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last notes of Crazy Fingers into the tuning between songs.

7) 1 minutes and 41 seconds into Beat It On Down The Line, 2 minutes and 16.225 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the last half of BIODTL into the tuning between songs.

8) Between Deal and Big River, 1 minute and 30.313 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

9) Between Big River and Peggy-O, 43.077 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the start of Peggy-O.

10) Between Peggy-O and Me And My Uncle, 51.994 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source.

11) Between Me And My Uncle and Help On The Way, 35.025 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of Help on the Way.

12) Between Sugar Magnolia and US Blues, 07.435 seconds were missing from the SBD source and was filled in with audio from the AUD source. This includes the first notes of US Blues.

13) Timing of this show used the soundboard as the master to which the audience was sync'd to - for the most part the audience ran slightly fast at about .5% which agrees with Rob Bertrando comments about this show. Thank you Rob for a wonderful audience recording.

Transferrer: David Backus

Soundboard

? gen cass > PCM > SEK'D Prodif 96 Pro > wav > SHN

Tim Dalton and Charlie Miller and Sirmick

View Notessbd>? gen cass>PCM>SEK'D Prodif96Pro>wav>SHN via David Backus

Taper: Rob Bertrando

gd1975-06-17.143102.SonyECM-280.bertrando.dalton.sirmick.miller.fixed.flac1644

Sony ECM-280's > Sony TC-152SD > Cass master > reel > dat (44.1) - Recorded by Rob Bertrando from the floor, about 30-35' back, just to the left of dead center. Provided by Tim Dalton.

Transfer: Dat > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > wav 16/44.1 - Transferred by Charlie Miller Lineage: wav 16/44.1 > iZotope RX6 advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced >CD Wave >Flac 16

Tim Dalton and Charlie Miller and Sirmick

View NotesComments:

- This is an instrumental version of "Help On The Way"

Notes:

- Tape flip after "MAMU" crossfaded
- First 27 seconds of intro patched on from shnid 87560
- A number of small dropouts have been repaired.
- Tidied up the tape pause after "Sugar Magnolia"

Thanks to Joe B. jones for his help with pitch correction.

Thanks to Rob Bertrando for taping and Tim Dalton for providing his copy.

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer.

edited and mastered
SIRMick
September 2018

Taper: Rob Bertrando

gd1975-06-17.143100.SonyECM-280.bertrando.dalton.sirmick.miller.flac1644

Sony ECM-280's > Sony TC-152SD > Cass master > reel > dat (44.1) - Recorded by Rob Bertrando from the floor, about 30-35' back, just to the left of dead center. Provided by Tim Dalton.

Transfer: Dat > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000 > wav 16/44.1 - Transferred by Charlie Miller Lineage: wav 16/44.1 > iZotope RX6 advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced >CD Wave >Flac 16

Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

View NotesComments:

- This is an instrumental version of "Help On The Way"

Notes:

- Tape flip after "MAMU" crossfaded
- First 27 seconds of intro patched on from shnid 87560
- A number of small dropouts have been repaired.
- Tidied up the tape pause after "Sugar Magnolia"

Thanks to Joe B. jones for his help with pitch correction.

Thanks to Rob Bertrando for taping and Tim Dalton for providing his copy.

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer.

edited and mastered
SIRMick
September 2018

Taper: Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

Transferrer:

Transfer By: Bob Menke Mastering By: Derek McCabe

gd1975-06-17.fob.menke.motb.97078.flac24

1 x ECM250, 1 x ECM 270 => Sony TC-152SD >> MAC

MAC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]

Taper: Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

Bob Menke & Louis Falanga

Transferrer:

Transfer by Bob Menke; Mastering By: Derek McCabe

gd1975-06-17.fob.menke.motb.97077.flac16

1 x ECM250, 1 x ECM 270 => Sony TC-152SD >> MAC

MAC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]

Source 13 of 15

Sony ECM-280's > Sony TC-152SD

playback on Nak Dragon > Sony PCM 601ES > Beta > Sony R500 DAT >HHb-850 CDR

gd1975-06-17.mtx.chappell.SB7.29465.flac16

View NotesPitch correction and slight EQ in Audacity
(This lineage not on etree as of 10/6/2007)

Taper: See info file

Soundboard/Audience Matrix

See info file

CM > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN

View NotesGeneral Notes:

In an effort to find something to matrix from 1975, I found this 5 song stretch
at the end of set 1 from the Bob Fried Memorial Boogie that is the only portion of
this show that circulates in SBD.  Because this version of Peggy-O is ultimately
responsible for turning me "on" to the Dead, I decided it was worth an effort to
see what a matrix would sound like.  The SBD suffers from multiple cassette gens
and has no high end at all.  My expectations were pretty low becasue of the SBD
quality, but I was pleasantly surprised when coupled with the AUD at about a 1:1
ratio, that the low end from the SBD (Phil esp.) really helped round out the amazing
AUD recorded by Rob Bertrando.  If you don't have this show in its entirety, do
yourself a favor and download Rob's AUD, because it really is a quintessential
Dead bootleg. The show opener, Crazy Fingers (1st ever), is worth the download alone.

Other breakouts from this show include Help on the Way (sans vocals) and Franklin's
Tower.  Blues For Allah would not be released for another 2 months, so it's likely
that Help was a work in progress, thus the lack of lyrics for it's debut.  Slipknot!
appears only for the 3rd time, although it's the first time in this classic trio.

Thanks to Rob Bertrando for recording the AUD and others responsible for converting
and seeding this classic recording.  Also thanks to the Music Never Stopped Project
for finding the SBD source and getting it out there even though it's only a partial.

Enjoy!
Chappy


Editing Notes:

- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the SBD being the sharpest,
and the AUD being the flatest.  I used the AUD as my master timeline
and pitch referenced the SBD to it. The SBD on average had to be pitched
down about -.17 (17 cents) to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being
100 cents which is a semitone.  I did not reference A=440 as I did not
desire to pitch adjust the AUD.  It is very close though to A=440.

- Synch
Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Because the AUD was my
master pitch and time ref, the SBD was synched to the SBD (too many
edits to list).

- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
The only dynamic processing I employed was a little bit of compression
(Sony Track Comp.) to the SBD source. All I was trying to do here is to add some
punch to the AUD by using the low end presence of the AUD. The result is a
lively but clear recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at the show.
If I had to guess the AUD/SBD ratio would be somewhere around 1:1.

- Edits
The following are places where the SBD and AUD had splices, holes or
incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline. Crossfades
were used throughout for smooth transitions to a single source.

Taper: Rob Bertrando