1981-12-31 | Grateful Dead

G. Love and Special Sauce

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48h	30	3
7d	141	13
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48h	147	15
7d	93	10
30d	1.9k	210

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48h	13	2
7d	31	4
30d	520	72

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48h	33	7
7d	42	10
30d	783	164

311 shows

408 tapes

Garcia Peoples

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7d	21	3
30d	92	11

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48h	1	1m
7d	39	9
30d	361	68

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48h	68	8
7d	272	32
30d	1.7k	202

369 shows

496 tapes

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

585

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48h	19	4
7d	50	14
30d	585	148

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48h	12	2
7d	33	5
30d	337	51

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1.5k	276
7d	3k	565
30d	24.3k	4.6k

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48h	12	2
7d	113	11
30d	882	81

362 shows

591 tapes

Grahame Lesh and Friends

856

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	859	138
7d	832	134
30d	856	138

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48h	4	27m
7d	24	3
30d	141	19

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	173	18
7d	972	110
30d	6.2k	683

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	71	8
7d	207	24
30d	2.5k	283

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	10	1
7d	4	29m
30d	226	34

121 shows

147 tapes

Guerilla Toss

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48h	1	3m
7d	2	5m
30d	49	3

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	149	21

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48h	17	1
7d	46	3
30d	881	65

747 shows

1,024 tapes

Hard Working Americans

354

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	11	1
7d	9	1
30d	354	40

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48h	50	6
7d	102	17
30d	1.1k	169

186 shows

225 tapes

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

437

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48h	41	4
7d	30	3
30d	437	34

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48h	23	2
7d	40	4
30d	1.4k	133

677 shows

850 tapes

Infamous Stringdusters

3.4k

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48h	121	11
7d	257	22
30d	3.4k	319

620 shows

997 tapes

J.Wail

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	29	5

13 shows

Jeff Austin and Chris Castino

Jack Johnson

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	191	13
7d	352	24
30d	4k	255

146 shows

172 tapes

Jackie Greene

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	20	2
7d	47	5
30d	1k	108

364 shows

489 tapes

Jazz Mandolin Project

1.2k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	19	3
7d	120	20
30d	1.2k	191

218 shows

275 tapes

135

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	15m
7d	0	0m
30d	135	12

12 shows

14 tapes

Jeff Austin And Friends

328

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	11	2
7d	1	7m
30d	328	25

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	96	10
7d	54	9
30d	1.2k	162

112 shows

160 tapes

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons

2.9k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	114	20
7d	423	72
30d	2.9k	463

1,123 shows

1,517 tapes

Jerry's Middle Finger

2.5k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	130	20
7d	370	53
30d	2.5k	351

247 shows

297 tapes

Joe Russo Presents: Hooteroll? + Plus

127

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	45	6
7d	5	26m
30d	127	19

2 shows

5 tapes

Joe Russo's Almost Dead

27.7k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1.4k	259
7d	3.4k	610
30d	27.7k	5k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	96	10
7d	66	8
30d	2.4k	270

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	205	17
7d	353	35
30d	3.5k	323

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	30m
7d	0	0m
30d	147	19

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	32m
7d	7	37m
30d	511	37

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48h	0	0m
7d	35	4
30d	189	21

71 shows

104 tapes

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

1.3k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	33	5
7d	23	4
30d	1.3k	183

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	182	17
7d	493	46
30d	4.7k	443

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	46m
7d	49	6
30d	280	40

40 shows

51 tapes

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

14.9k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1k	140
7d	2.3k	302
30d	14.9k	2k

208 shows

437 tapes

Kitchen Dwellers

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	184	24
7d	316	40
30d	3k	389

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	5	46m
7d	16	2
30d	388	55

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	24	6
7d	97	17
30d	948	171

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	119	14
7d	402	48
30d	3.1k	387

67 shows

135 tapes

Leftover Salmon

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	202	19
7d	276	26
30d	4k	388

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	159	26
7d	310	47
30d	3.3k	477

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	245	23
7d	708	68
30d	5.1k	480

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48h	147	12
7d	119	8
30d	1.7k	129

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48h	87	17
7d	261	48
30d	1.7k	323

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	2	19m
7d	19	2
30d	655	66

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	102	10
7d	238	31
30d	1.9k	199

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	27	3
7d	40	4
30d	720	77

347 shows

445 tapes

Matt Pond PA

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7d	0	0m
30d	16	1

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48h	289	44
7d	719	105
30d	6.7k	1k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	21m
7d	74	4
30d	621	37

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48h	0	0m
7d	13	1
30d	274	30

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48h	12	18m
7d	34	1
30d	494	13

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	24	2
7d	61	5
30d	616	52

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	694	118
7d	1.5k	275
30d	13.6k	2.4k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	7m
7d	9	55m
30d	507	55

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	15	1
7d	100	7
30d	264	20

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	292	30
7d	815	83
30d	5.5k	562

411 shows

597 tapes

Nathan Moore

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48h	4	15m
7d	7	22m
30d	75	6

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48h	6	30m
7d	4	28m
30d	159	15

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	44	7
7d	72	11
30d	647	90

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	7	56m
7d	46	8
30d	203	29

59 shows

69 tapes

New Riders of the Purple Sage

1.9k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	40	3
7d	216	20
30d	1.9k	174

401 shows

586 tapes

North Mississippi Allstars

1.9k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	114	11
7d	202	19
30d	1.9k	186

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12	2
7d	95	11
30d	1.6k	188

544 shows

680 tapes

Pachyderm

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	14	55m

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48h	5	1
7d	81	16
30d	524	96

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	21	3
7d	20	3
30d	376	55

159 shows

200 tapes

Perpetual Groove

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	138	24
7d	205	36
30d	2k	355

686 shows

913 tapes

Phil Lesh and Friends

15.4k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	840	144
7d	2.3k	402
30d	15.4k	2.6k

788 shows

2,852 tapes

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

2.2k

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48h	120	18
7d	269	40
30d	2.2k	346

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	270	35
7d	604	71
30d	4.7k	557

289 shows

429 tapes

Quality Cinema Band

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	21	1
7d	0	0m
30d	47	4

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	199	26
7d	527	69
30d	4.5k	591

1,230 shows

2,191 tapes

RANA

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48h	0	0m
7d	7	35m
30d	64	5

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48h	94	12
7d	188	24
30d	1.5k	199

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	567	76
7d	1.2k	162
30d	10.6k	1.4k

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48h	88	6
7d	204	16
30d	1.5k	125

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	92	8
7d	146	12
30d	2.2k	176

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	115	10
7d	205	17
30d	2.4k	214

580 shows

728 tapes

Ryan Jewell

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	4	32m

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48h	7	45m
7d	0	0m
30d	162	19

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	200	19
7d	294	28
30d	3.7k	349

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	3	20m
7d	60	8
30d	780	89

135 shows

253 tapes

Shafty

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	23	3
30d	82	11

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	5	43m
7d	21	2
30d	348	39

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	39	3
7d	81	8
30d	1.5k	137

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	200	30
7d	507	74
30d	4.3k	691

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48h	120	27
7d	324	73
30d	2.8k	632

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48h	0	0m
7d	49	3
30d	461	28

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12	3
7d	43	9
30d	342	55

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	92	13
7d	177	26
30d	1.9k	296

383 shows

612 tapes

Steve Kimock Band

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	80	17
7d	170	41
30d	2k	444

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	59	8
7d	150	18
30d	2.8k	374

664 shows

1,137 tapes

String Cheese Incident

14.2k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	710	113
7d	1.8k	279
30d	14.2k	2.3k

1,274 shows

2,058 tapes

Surprise Me Mr. Davis

203

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48h	5	29m
7d	0	0m
30d	203	20

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48h	22	4
7d	84	15
30d	549	100

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48h	32	4
7d	34	4
30d	549	70

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	63	7
7d	165	19
30d	2.5k	282

727 shows

1,112 tapes

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	2	8m
30d	95	7

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	2.3k	268
7d	5.2k	595
30d	23.3k	2.7k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	9	23m
7d	36	2
30d	440	24

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	121	18
7d	123	16
30d	1.5k	184

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	32	5
7d	28	4
30d	661	89

473 shows

629 tapes

The California Honeydrops

540

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	57	6
7d	103	14
30d	540	71

76 shows

83 tapes

The Clock Reads

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	58	10

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	98	11
7d	358	52
30d	3.9k	562

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	54	4
7d	113	9
30d	635	54

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	59	9
30d	270	38

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	3	34m
30d	210	34

158 shows

189 tapes

The HippoCampus

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	3	13m
7d	0	0m
30d	37	4

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48h	1	12m
7d	13	2
30d	668	99

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	15	2
7d	47	6
30d	806	111

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	40	3
7d	133	7
30d	1.9k	100

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	16	1
7d	54	4
30d	844	62

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	8	2
7d	26	7
30d	355	79

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	65	6
7d	141	15
30d	1.4k	142

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	64	9
7d	147	20
30d	2.3k	303

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	505	49
7d	836	83
30d	6.9k	672

1,447 shows

1,648 tapes

The Walkmen

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	9	17m
7d	1	3m
30d	97	7

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	64	7
7d	197	21
30d	1.1k	112

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	11	2
7d	77	15
30d	238	45

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	8	38m
7d	136	12
30d	1.6k	136

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	67	5
7d	249	18
30d	1.6k	116

174 shows

207 tapes

Trevor Garrod

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	52	4

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48h	369	60
7d	759	111
30d	6.2k	876

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	1	6m
30d	256	25

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	45	8
7d	277	45
30d	2.6k	422

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	318	47
7d	1k	143
30d	10.4k	1.5k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	14	56m
7d	97	8
30d	407	32

36 shows

49 tapes

Warren Zevon

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	64	5
7d	230	17
30d	2k	143

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	669	51
7d	1.7k	135
30d	12.6k	997

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	4m
7d	0	0m
30d	119	8

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12.1k	1.5k
7d	20.4k	2.4k
30d	119.4k	14k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	30	4
7d	111	16
30d	2.7k	368

1,417 shows

2,244 tapes

Yonder Mountain String Band

13.5k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	400	36
7d	1.4k	127
30d	13.5k	1.3k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	109	16
7d	221	37
30d	1.9k	315

10 shows

14 tapes

Zebu

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48h	0	0m
7d	11	25m
30d	74	3

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48h	116	19
7d	215	37
30d	2.1k	369

460 shows

662 tapes

Zoofunkyou

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	3	28m
30d	54	6

37 shows

39 tapes

Grateful Dead

Recent Top Venues Songs Tours

Years

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	2k	288
7d	4.5k	598
30d	16.4k	2.2k

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48h	1.2k	171
7d	4.8k	627
30d	29.3k	3.8k

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48h	2.4k	297
7d	5.2k	689
30d	37.3k	4.9k

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48h	1.8k	233
7d	5.5k	743
30d	52.8k	6.9k

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48h	3.3k	445
7d	7.5k	1.1k
30d	29.5k	4.1k

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48h	10.8k	1.3k
7d	19.3k	2.5k
30d	86.9k	11.3k

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48h	1.9k	248
7d	5.2k	662
30d	37.2k	4.7k

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7d	5.8k	696
30d	30.7k	3.6k

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48h	7k	785
7d	4.9k	564
30d	44.4k	5.2k

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48h	3.1k	355
7d	5.8k	657
30d	15.9k	1.8k

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48h	2.6k	314
7d	4k	458
30d	35.9k	4.3k

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7d	3.4k	436
30d	20.9k	2.7k

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7d	2.8k	370
30d	22.7k	2.9k

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7d	3.5k	440
30d	32.9k	4.2k

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48h	4.2k	540
7d	12.1k	1.4k
30d	128.2k	16.6k

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7d	4.7k	540
30d	31.7k	3.6k

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7d	4.3k	589
30d	29.7k	4.1k

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7d	5.4k	725
30d	43.1k	5.8k

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48h	6.8k	961
7d	37.3k	5.3k
30d	136.8k	19.1k

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48h	1.9k	259
7d	3.9k	525
30d	28.9k	3.8k

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48h	1.1k	118
7d	971	106
30d	8.7k	980

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48h	10k	1.2k
7d	6.9k	889
30d	82.9k	10.6k

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48h	7.5k	924
7d	17.8k	2.2k
30d	90.4k	11.3k

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48h	7.8k	961
7d	8.4k	1k
30d	51.6k	6.1k

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48h	2.2k	241
7d	8.1k	893
30d	48.5k	5.5k

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48h	1.9k	210
7d	5.1k	555
30d	38.8k	4.3k

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48h	1.4k	190
7d	2.3k	315
30d	35.1k	5.1k

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48h	371	47
7d	876	106
30d	8.9k	1.1k

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48h	102	12
7d	1.8k	191
30d	3.9k	471

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	360	23
7d	1.3k	92
30d	9.1k	682

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	41	2
7d	96	6
30d	557	34

1981

Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA

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48h	0	0m
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30d	19	1

1:36:29

1 tape

12/31SBD

471

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	11	2
7d	84	10
30d	471	63

7:38:41

20 tapes

12/30SBD

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48h	0	0m
7d	5	22m
30d	94	11

2:51:35

12/28SBD

117

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48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	117	12

2:42:56

13 tapes

12/27SBD

125

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48h	4	38m
7d	1	6m
30d	125	16

2:45:44

12 tapes

12/26SBD

134

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48h	14	2
7d	16	2
30d	134	17

3:00:44

Fiesta Hall, San Mateo County Fairgrounds

12/12SBD

San Mateo, CA, USA

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7d	4	19m
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48h	0	0m
7d	6	48m
30d	25	3

1:27:53

2 tapes

12/09SBD

Events Center, U. of Colorado

Boulder, CO, USA

443

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48h	16	2
7d	42	5
30d	443	56

6:06:35

12/07SBD

Des Moines Civic Center

Des Moines, IA, USA

211

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	27m
7d	65	7
30d	211	24

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	7	1
7d	33	4
30d	107	14

Indianapolis, IN, USA

309

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	9	1
7d	35	4
30d	309	37

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	46	5
7d	33	4
30d	291	36

2:56:21

Assembly Hall, U. of Illinois

12/02SBD

Champaign, IL, USA

106

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	5	35m
7d	11	1
30d	106	13

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	20	3
7d	100	14
30d	474	62

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	17	3
7d	24	3
30d	183	25

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	1	7m
30d	22	3

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	38	5
7d	74	10
30d	428	58

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	8	1
7d	65	9
30d	287	38

Amsterdam, Netherlands

194

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	21	2
7d	17	1
30d	194	18

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	7m
7d	7	42m
30d	70	7

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	5m
7d	23	3
30d	76	9

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	25	3
7d	13	1
30d	101	12

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	9	38m
7d	8	36m
30d	26	2

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	42m
7d	11	2
30d	87	12

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	54m
7d	51	7
30d	76	11

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	26	3
7d	33	4
30d	69	10

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	37	5
7d	38	5
30d	259	33

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	8	55m
7d	37	5
30d	175	23

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	46	6
7d	42	6
30d	182	23

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	10	1
30d	109	14

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	27	3
30d	131	15

2:37:48

5 tapes

9/26SBD

War Memorial Auditorium

Buffalo, NY, USA

236

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	32	4
7d	20	2
30d	236	27

2:33:29

Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

9/25SBD

Stabler Arena, Lehigh U.

Bethlehem, PA, USA

316

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	31m
7d	56	6
30d	316	37

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	25	3
7d	44	5
30d	247	30

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	36	5
7d	59	10
30d	407	76

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	34	4
7d	27	3
30d	323	40

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	20	3
7d	12	2
30d	194	26

3:05:00

11 tapes

8/30SBD

Tempe, AZ, USA

153

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	28m
7d	12	1
30d	153	20

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	49	7
7d	5	49m
30d	455	61

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	4	22m
7d	5	32m
30d	114	15

2:49:23

6 tapes

8/16SBD

McArthur Court, U. of Oregon

Eugene, OR, USA

169

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	29	3
7d	15	2
30d	169	21

2:36:13

7 tapes

8/15

Portland Memorial Coliseum

Portland, OR, USA

103

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	11m
7d	5	39m
30d	103	13

2:42:04

2 tapes

8/14

Seattle Center Coliseum

Seattle, WA, USA

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	77	8

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

224

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	26	4
7d	15	2
30d	224	26

3:00:43

McArthur Court, University Of Oregon

8/06SBD

Eugene, OR

128

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	3m
7d	4	25m
30d	128	16

2:38:05

1 tape

7/14

McNichols Sports Arena

Denver, CO, USA

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	67	8

3:05:13

5 tapes

7/13SBD

McNichols Sports Arena

Denver, CO, USA

170

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	72	9
30d	170	22

2:42:10

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

7/11SBD

East Troy, WI, USA

151

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	17	2
30d	151	20

2:52:10

7 tapes

7/10

St. Paul Civic Center

St. Paul, MN, USA

162

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	10	1
30d	162	19

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	0	0m
30d	159	18

2:47:11

6 tapes

7/07SBD

Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena

Kansas City, MO, USA

450

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	86	9
7d	134	15
30d	450	52

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

304

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12	1
7d	76	9
30d	304	38

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	42	5
7d	49	5
30d	438	52

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	33	4
7d	43	5
30d	143	16

San Francisco, CA, USA

111

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	2	8m
7d	42	4
30d	111	10

1:14:07

4 tapes

5/17SBD

Onondaga County War Memorial

Syracuse, NY, USA

252

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	15	2
7d	15	2
30d	252	31

3:00:18

Barton Hall, Cornell University

5/16SBD

Ithaca, NY, USA

989

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	42	5
7d	50	7
30d	989	124

5:45:53

14 tapes

5/15SBD

Athletic Center, Rutgers U

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

251

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	2	20m
7d	18	2
30d	251	34

2:55:55

8 tapes

5/13SBD

Providence Civic Center

Providence, RI, USA

255

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	62	7
30d	255	32

2:43:06

16 tapes

5/12SBD

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

New Haven, CT, USA

684

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	18	2
7d	26	3
30d	684	87

2:59:53

18 tapes

5/11SBD

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

New Haven, CT, USA

461

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	94	12
7d	107	14
30d	461	59

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	14	2
7d	93	12
30d	381	50

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12	2
7d	92	13
30d	454	66

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	0	0m
7d	5	27m
30d	40	4

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	27	3
7d	41	5
30d	451	59

2:58:28

Glenns Falls Civic Center

5/05SBD

Glenns Falls, NY, USA

221

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	5	27m
7d	18	3
30d	221	31

Philadelphia, PA, USA

283

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	3	22m
7d	62	7
30d	283	32

Philadelphia, PA, USA

437

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	58m
7d	88	12
30d	437	59

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	43	6
7d	84	10
30d	1.1k	149

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	11	1
7d	31	4
30d	300	36

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	12	50m
7d	8	37m
30d	105	8

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	94	14
7d	170	24
30d	1.1k	167

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	386	54
7d	4	39m
30d	99	14

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1.4k	187
7d	25	3
30d	161	22

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	275	37
7d	3.1k	391
30d	4.3k	545

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	232	26
7d	4.5k	472
30d	5.2k	542

3:01:07

Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

3/14SBD

Hartford, CT, USA

5.1k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	63	8
7d	141	17
30d	5.1k	589

2:49:00

18 tapes

3/13SBD

Utica Memorial Auditorium

Utica, NY, USA

5.9k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	86	11
7d	188	26
30d	5.9k	829

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	6	37m
7d	205	28
30d	6.8k	923

2:43:32

11 tapes

3/10SBD

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY, USA

11.3k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	66	9
7d	174	23
30d	11.3k	1.6k

3:01:43

Cole Field House, U. of Maryland

3/09SBD

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY, USA

13.6k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	110	15
7d	264	37
30d	13.6k	1.9k

6:05:22

13 tapes

3/07SBD

College Park, MD, USA

9.5k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	19	2
7d	191	23
30d	9.5k	1.1k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	9	2
7d	23	4
30d	5.3k	831

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	1	11m
7d	22	4
30d	4.6k	678

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	7	34m
7d	11	53m
30d	3.9k	307

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	19	3
7d	68	9
30d	8k	1.1k

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	38	5
7d	100	13
30d	7.4k	875

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	40	5
7d	42	6
30d	7.5k	923

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	79	11
7d	62	9
30d	5.3k	748

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	184	24
7d	208	29
30d	4.9k	675

Playback	Listens	Hours
48h	26	2
7d	89	7
30d	663	52

1:16:35

2 tapes

Sources

Taper: Dan Healy and Joani Walker

4:08:04

SBD

Taper:

Dan Healy and Joani Walker

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller and Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.143571.sbd.healy.walker.scotton.miller.clugston.flac2496

Dan Healy's Master Soundboard Cassettes > Sony D5M (Dolby B)(TDK MA-R C90)

Master Cassettes (Dolby B)(Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp 2496 > Adobe Audition 3.01 > TLH flac2496

Dan Healy and Joani Walker

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the master soundboard cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Joan Baez acoustic set with The Grateful Dead
- Thanks to Joani Walker, Paul Scotton and Charlie Miller for the shnid96106 soundboard source which supplies a 0:12 patch in "Terrapin Station"
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the shnid96611 Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 0:08 patch in "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad"
- "CC Rider", "Big Boss Man", "New Minglewood Blues" and "Iko Iko" with Matthew Kelly
- "It Must Have Been The Roses", "Beat It On Down The Line", "Don't Ease Me In" and "It's All Over Now,Baby Blue" with Joan Baez
- "The Other One > Not Fade Away > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" with John Cippolina
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for verifying the pitch

Mastered by Scott Clugston
October 2018

Taper: Dan Healy and Joani Walker

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller and Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.143570.sbd.healy.walker.scotton.miller.clugston.flac1648

Dan Healy's Master Soundboard Cassettes > Sony D5M (Dolby B)(TDK MA-R C90)

Master Cassettes (Dolby B)(Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp 2496 > Adobe Audition 3.01 > TLH flac2496

gd1981-12-31.mtx.tobin.126611.flac16

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the master soundboard cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Joan Baez acoustic set with The Grateful Dead
- Thanks to Joani Walker, Paul Scotton and Charlie Miller for the shnid96106 soundboard source which supplies a 0:12 patch in "Terrapin Station"
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the shnid96611 Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 0:08 patch in "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad"
- "CC Rider", "Big Boss Man", "New Minglewood Blues" and "Iko Iko" with Matthew Kelly
- "It Must Have Been The Roses", "Beat It On Down The Line", "Don't Ease Me In" and "It's All Over Now,Baby Blue" with Joan Baez
- "The Other One > Not Fade Away > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad" with John Cippolina
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for verifying the pitch

Mastered by Scott Clugston
October 2018

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

Matrix 3 Source Mix - SBD (shnid=96107) flac24; Recording Info: SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550/Maxell UDXLII-S90) Transfer Info: Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC/24; All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller + AUD (shn id 96611)

Nak 700's - 3 mic mix (L & R Cardoids 6 db EQ, center Omni. 35' from stage) > Mixer > Sony TC-D5 > MAC (Maxell MX 90's) > Nakamichi ZX-7 > Tascam HD-P2 > 24/96 Wave > Editing and Mastering: Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station. Weiss Saracon for 16 BIT – 44.1kHz SRC and POWR-3 Dither. + VID (no shn id) low generation video found on the internet for a video project - matrix mixing by Kevin Tobin

Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

View NotesSBD + AUD Matrix 3 Source Mix(48%-SBD/52%-AUD)

---------------------------------------------------------
- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 03-JAN-2014 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 03-JAN-2014 - Tag&Rename
---------------------------------------------------------
Multitrack Mixdown Settings

SET ONE

Stereo Matrix
SBD -0.5
AUD 0

SET TWO

Stereo Matrix
SBD -0.5
AUD 0
---------------------------------------------------------
BHP note: Both audio sources were very close to the video and only minor patching was needed mostly between songs in the first set. I also trimmed a little "Dead Air" between some of the songs so that the show could fit properly on a DVD.

Brokedown House Production

Taper: Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.sbd.fix.walker-scottor.miller.96107.flac24

SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550/Maxell UDXLII-S90)

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC/24

Joani Walkerand Paul Scotton

View NotesPatch Info:
(FOB) Nakamichi 100 -> Cassette Master -> Cassette (shnid=85628) supplies:
Terrapin Station (12:47 - 13:03)
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (6:54 - 7:01)

Notes:
-- This has fixed levels on s3t02, s3t03 and s3t04
-- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
-- C C Rider, Big Boss Man, Minglewood and Iko with Matthew Kelly
-- Roses, BIODTL, Don't Ease Me In and Baby Blue with Joan Baez
-- The Other One, Not Fade Away and GDTRFB with John Cippolina
-- This is an upgrade to all previous circulating copies
-- Patch source was EQ'd and pitch corrected
-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Joan Baez Acoustic Set:
s1t01 - Land Of A Thousand Dances
s1t02 - Do Right Woman
s1t03 - The Boxer
s1t04 - Tunisian New Year Song
s1t05 - Me

Taper: Joani Walkerand Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.sbd.fix.walker-scotton.miller.96106.sbeok.flac16

Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

View NotesPatch Info:
(FOB) Nakamichi 100 -> Cassette Master -> Cassette (shnid=85628) supplies:
Terrapin Station (12:47 - 13:03)
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (6:54 - 7:01)

Notes:
-- This has fixed levels on d3t02, d3t03 and d3t04
-- All sets are seamless
-- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
-- C C Rider, Big Boss Man, Minglewood and Iko with Matthew Kelly
-- Roses, BIODTL, Don't Ease Me In and Baby Blue with Joan Baez
-- The Other One, Not Fade Away and GDTRFB with John Cippolina
-- This is an upgrade to all previous circulating copies
-- Patch source was EQ'd and pitch corrected
-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Joan Baez Acoustic Set:
d1t01 - Land Of A Thousand Dances
d1t02 - Do Right Woman
d1t03 - The Boxer
d1t04 - Tunisian New Year Song
d1t05 - Me

Taper: Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.sbd.walker.scotton.miller.96090.flac24

SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550/Maxell UDXLII-S90)

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC/24

Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

View NotesPatch Info:
(FOB) Nakamichi 100 -> Cassette Master -> Cassette (shnid=85628) supplies:
Terrapin Station (12:47 - 13:03)
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (6:54 - 7:01)

Notes:
-- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
-- C C Rider, Big Boss Man, Minglewood and Iko with Matthew Kelly
-- Roses, BIODTL, Don't Ease Me In and Baby Blue with Joan Baez
-- The Other One, Not Fade Away and GDTRFB with John Cippolina
-- This is an upgrade to all previous circulating copies
-- Patch source was EQ'd and pitch corrected
-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Joan Baez Acoustic Set:
s1t01 - Land Of A Thousand Dances
s1t02 - Do Right Woman
s1t03 - The Boxer
s1t04 - Tunisian New Year Song
s1t05 - Me

Taper: Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

gd1981-12-31.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.96082.sbeok.flac16

SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550/Maxell UDXLII-S90)

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Adobe Audition v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC/16

gd1981-12-31.143774.mtx.tobin.flac1644

View NotesPatch Info:
(FOB) Nakamichi 100 -> Cassette Master -> Cassette (shnid=85628) supplies:
Terrapin Station (12:47 - 13:03)
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (6:54 - 7:01)

Notes:
-- All sets are seamless
-- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
-- C C Rider, Big Boss Man, Minglewood and Iko with Matthew Kelly
-- Roses, BIODTL, Don't Ease Me In and Baby Blue with Joan Baez
-- The Other One, Not Fade Away and GDTRFB with John Cippolina
-- This is an upgrade to all previous circulating copies
-- Patch source was EQ'd and pitch corrected
-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

SBD + AUD Matrix 2 Source Mix (44/16)

gd1981-12-31.sbd.gans.33660.sbeok.flac16

View Notes---------------------------------------------------------
- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 18-NOV-2018 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 18-NOV-2018 - Tag&Rename
---------------------------------------------------------
Brokedown House Production

Transferrer: David Gans

SBD -> Cassette Master (Dolby B)

Cassette Master (Dolby B) -> Sonic 24bit -> SBM2 -> CD -> EAC -> FLAC

View Notes-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes

Source 10 of 20

Master reels->cass->DAT

DAT->CD-R->EAC(x2 w/wav compare)->shn

gd81-12-31.acoustic.warren.14040.sbefail.shnf

View NotesJoan Baez sits in on the acoustic set (disc 1) and the Baby Blue encore.
Matt Kelly sits in on Big Boss Man and New Minglewood Blues.
John Cipollina sits in post-drums on disc 3.
Bill Graham flies in on a joint at midnight.

Source 11 of 20

Soundboard

SBD > MR > CASS > DAT > CDR > EAC > SHN

gd81-12-31.sbd.bertha-ashley.12784.sbeok.shnf

View NotesAcoustic set only (w/ Joan Baez); SBD > MR > CASS > DAT > CDR > EAC > SHN via Chris Warren

Source 12 of 20

Soundboard

SBD> MR> PCM> DAT> CDR> SHN> DAW (Bertha)> CDA

gd1981-12-31.msbd.serafin.7041.sbefail.shnf

View NotesJay Ashley (Bertha) remaster of Jay Serafin's <a href="http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=7041" rel="ugc nofollow">4 TRACK RTR</a> source; SBD> MR> PCM> DAT> CDR> SHN> DAW(Bertha)> CDA; Note- Joan Baez set missing

Transferrer: Jay Serafin

SBD > 4 track RTR @ 7.5 i.p.s. monitor mix > 16-bit PCM GD Archive > SSSB

View NotesRELEASED ON:	11/22/01

LINEAGE: Monitor Mix SBD > 4 TRACK RTR @ 7.5 IPS (Dolby B) > PCM  > D > SSSB (Dolby B decoded); NRPS opened; *=w/Joan Baez; **=w/Matt Kelly; ***=w/John Cippolina; Bill Graham flies in on a giant joint; LAST "Dark Star": 01-20-79 [232]; any/all editing, fades, NR, hiss elimination, phase shifting/"time smear" correction, jitter elimination, EQ, and quantization noise elimination (when down-converting audio to 16-bit / 44.1kHz for CD-R mastering), were all performed using 24-bit / 96 kHz digital realm processing at Serafin Station Studio B [this show was released 11/01]

JAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS:

NOTE: This is NOT the version of the show which is in circulation now; that copy is the "regular SBD" mix, while this version is the Monitor Mix version (differences in mix and volume for each instrument and vocalist).  This information was verified by my Marin County source, who sent me this version to work on and release.

It was told to me, by my Marin County source, that Phil wanted each band member to hear how the slightly different way they played a lot of the electric songs actually sounded, and then it would be decided whether to keep playing them in this manner, revert back to the "old ways", or to try a different approach.  You can hear this on the "staggered chorus vocals" on Shakedown Street, the opening of Me & My Uncle, CR&S, Playin' In The Band (the opening is distinctly "old school"), as is Dark Star), etc.  You'll notice that the vocals are slightly more prominent in the mix, as well as they're "dry"... no reverb, delay, etc., and no compression/limiting, so you'll hear it when Jerry (especially) and Bobby back off from their microphones a little bit, or go off their "pickup axis"... their voices kind of trail off slightly.  It's more realistic that hearing them at their C&L form, as you can mentally picture Jerry moving back slightly when he's ending a line in a sing.  The kick drums, and some of the toms, aren't as much in the mix either, as they could be hear more by the musicians on stage naturally, and didn't need to be in the mix as much.  You can hear, on Disc 1 Track 6, where the sound crew started to put the effects onto Jerry's vocals, but they got the "wave off", and stopped it.  So, you can hear what the "normal mix" would have been, compared to this monitor mix.  You'll also hear some of the levels of the instruments being raised and lowered, slightly and slowly, as not to be abrupt and annoying.

The Ken Kesey opening of Electric Set II (Countdown to Midnight) has Ken really, and literally, freaking out on stage when the band begins to play BEFORE the stroke of midnight!  Ken's trying to tell the "You're starting too soon", but to no avail. This isn't a "knock" on Ken, but simply an example of how he was on stage sometimes. And it was the day Ken dies is when I was working on that part of the show... the master had a LOT of volume problems (cycling up and down), and I was having a very tough time getting the parts to match up without having to delete a lot of the Countdown (only 15 seconds were lost, due to the mixing console getting knocked out of whack).  But when Ken died, it was almost like he was "guiding me", and the solutions came to me so clearly, it was unreal.  Personally, I do think that Ken had his hand in me getting the Countdown correct.  Thanks, my friend!

The BAD NEWS: The Acoustic Set was not being on the masters I received from my MC source. The good news is that all 3 of the Electric Sets are complete. The encore is from the regular SBD mix, and as such, has a slightly different audio difference. I did make every attempt to match the encore's EQ curve to that of the show itself, with very good results.  Only 2 reel changes were needed in this recording, and they were during lulls or very low-volume sections of the show. Only one cross-fade, which was between songs, is evident, as I didn't have a lot of "working room" to do a longer cross-fade.  This is the end of Good Lovin' into the Encore.  But, it was better than the original, and is the best I could do.  

The RTR (especially the Encore, which was quite noisy) was a bit on the hissy side, even with the Dolby B (or because of it, take your pick!).  The hiss has been brought down to "damn near inaudible", and it's only the opening couple of seconds of Dark Star where you actually can hear the hiss in the audio.  So, this is a VERY CLEAN show, audio-wise, and very energetic to boot.

Ok... on with the "Set by Set" breakdown of the show:
The opener, Shakedown Street, is LONG!  Very refreshing to hear an extended set of solos, and it set the tone for the remainder of the night.  Close to 16 minutes, it's rockin' and smokin' from the first chord.  I really liked the "staggered chorus vocals" towards the end of the song.   It's hard to explain in words, but you'll hear it... similar to how a group of people would sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat").  This was one of those "new ways" ideas of Phil's, it was new to me, and I thought it gave the song that little extra touch...  it took the usually "monotonous" way the 3 vocalists would do the chorus, and made it sound "brand new" again.  An "old time" opening to Me & My Uncle > Mexicali was nice to hear.  Reminiscent of the early '70's "C&W Style" the Boyz did a lot of their songs in.  Again, not disappointing at all.

Cold Rain & Snow, sort of the same "older opening", and again, nice on the ears.  Big Boss Man -> Minglewood was a nicely staged segue.  Well done, and on the unusual side.  Don't Ease Me In had NOT segue to it, which was NOT ordinary.

Onto Set II...
The Ken Kesey opening had quite a lot of SBD problems, as the audio was constantly fluctuating feeding the RTR deck.  That was all edited out, rather than trying to alter the volume, as there was simply too much to do (and to make it sound right, as there were audible effects changes going on).  About 30 seconds of this opening track were edited out, and only a couple of Ken's words wound up "on the cutting room floor".  A very "Space-oriented" early Countdown To Midnight started early, and Ken simply was in a panic.  I could picture him running around the stage trying to keep everyone from starting the song!  The band, by my calculations, started Aiko about 25 seconds too early... oh well, that's life in a live show.  Aiko had nothing special to offer, in my opinion, just a slight party feel to it.  Playin' In The Band, well it was too short for my personal taste.  They went into the Playin' Jam after just 3 minutes into the song.  But it was a GOOD and HOT Jam, a bit over 11 minutes.  The PITB Jam into Terrapin was nice, with Bobby leading the segue, not Jerry.  Jerry was on the mark for his solos and riffs in Terrapin, and the audience was not left "wanting" at all.  A good and smooth segue back into Playin' (again, 3 minutes!) was just wonderful.  The band started to drift off going into Drums (which starts on Disc 3), so there was almost silence, so real segue.  You can hear the instruments being unplugged before Mickey and Billy got their groove on.

Drums began with the audience ambience microphones turned on, and there was a very noticeable jump in the volume.  This was a good place to start Disc 3, since there weren't any other members playing their instruments at the time.  Drums is slightly "overloaded", because of the levels of the up front monitors kept feeding into the percussion mics, and the audience ambience just added to this.  So, on the very low-frequency sections of Drums, there's noticeable (albeit slight) distortion.  It detracts from the enjoyment a little, but there's nothing I could do about this.  The ambience mikes were lowered down once Space began, and by the time Space was over, they were only slightly on.  This is the opposite of what was going on before Drums, where I believe the ambience mikes were totally turned off.

In keeping with this "new style" tryout, TOO wasn't set off with the usual Phil riff, but more of a subtle opening.  I wasn't upset with this, but it did surprise me, especially with it being New Year's Eve.  I wanted to hear a good, resounding Phil riff and a couple of Phil Bombs thrown in for good measure, but all of us were denied this.  Ah, such is life.  The remainder of Electric Set II, which was TOO > NFA > GDTRFB > Morning Dew (great energy, and very good "dynamics") were not disappointing.  These were mostly their current forms of the songs, so I need not go into details of these songs.

A slight break (I believe it was about 15 minutes) took place, and the Dead set up for the 3rd electric set.  And we would not be denied for good music.

SET III:
I had to keep looking (literally!) at my editing sheets to remind myself of the year... Dark Star's keyboards were almost identical to the typical Keith riffs and fills, except that it was Brent on the electric piano.  This 14+ minute song was a dream!  You could picture Keith playing, rather than Brent, and Jerry was just letting it rip.  Hard on the vocals, well done with his solos and fills, he spanned his repertoire of playing.  The verses were short, leaving the audience a lot of music to absorb.  This is a Dark Star which you want to play over and over again, as it was a 1970's style version.  Well received (remember, the audience mikes were still on slightly!) and very much enjoyed, the audience had to be disappointed to hear it end.

The DS > Bertha segue was SHORT... and I mean THREE MEASURES SHORT!  No, this wasn't a tape splice, this is how it was.  And because of the lack of compression and limiting, Jerry was really belting out the vocals, and I was in heaven.  Damn, this man could sing when he wanted to, and this Bertha is one of my all-time favorites!

Upon first (and maybe 2nd or 3rd) listening, you would think that I started Track 3 (Good Lovin') way too soon.  But the GL riffs were in there, buried in the rest of the music.  So, I start the songs where the actual song becomes apparent, not from any "teaser".  Bobby, worn and weary from this night, mustered up his energy and did a Pigpen-energy Good Lovin'.  Weir was not going to leave the audience disappointed, and he dished up this song in high-octane-Dead style.

The most unusual thing about the Electric sets: NOT A SINGLE BRENT SONG.  Those of you who are Brent fans are going to be disappointed that all you get are his backup vocals (which were very good), and his style of playing that night (which was VERY good).  I don't know why it was this way, but since I haven't heard the Acoustic opening set at all, I don't know how much Mydland contributed in that set.

Now comes the "downer of the night".  Probably the most disappointing Baby Blue I have ever been graced with listening to.  I'm sorry if this offends anyone, but the combo of Jerry and Joan Baez DOES NOT WORK.  Here's a man who keeps his vocals short and sweet, and a folk singer who stretches out each word in that (sometimes unbearable) falsetto/vibrato voice of hers.  Picture in your mind the worse Donna/Jerry vocal duet, multiply it by about 500, and that's the Baby Blue for the closer.  It simply didn't work.  My mind kept telling me to leave the song out, and just lie about it not being in the masters I got, but my Marin County source would be a little upset (my source doesn't tell me how to write my comments, I'm just given information I would have not known by listening to the show) if the entire show wasn't released.  My personal feeling: just end your listening of this great show before the encore starts.

All I can say about this show:  very 70's style in many ways, high energy, Kesey was being Kesey, and the Dead did not disappoint the audience that night.  It's a wonderful NYE show in many ways, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

PERSONAL RATINGS: (on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being excellent)
Audio Mix: 10
Audio Quality: 10
Energy Level: 9.8
Show "Completeness": 10 (not counting the missing Acoustic Set)
Song Selection: No Brent songs
Surprises: The openings of many of the songs reverted back to the 1970's era style of playing... this monitor mix (rare), and the show as a whole

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timesheet.txt: 

Grateful Dead
12/31/81 
Oakland Auditorium Arena   Oakland, CA

"This show is dedicated to the memory of Ken Kesey, who passed away while I was editing Disc 2 at the time... he "guided me" through a very tough section which contained a large number of master volume changes! I'll shake his hand again someday, and tell him 'Thanks for the help'... and I know Ken will just give me that knowing wink of his..."
Jay Serafin, owner/chief engineer, Serafin Station Studio B

Source 14 of 20

3:48:54

SBD

Master Reels > cass > dat > cdr

Taper: Jim Voss

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

gd1981-12-31.156059.fob.senn421.voss.miller.clugston.flac2496

Jim Voss's Master FOB Audience Cassettes: Sennheiser 421 mics (14th row)> Sony D5

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A)> Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition CC 2021 > TLH flac2496

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Voss for the master FOB cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 0:07 patch in the "Terrapin Station > Playin' In The Band" transition, as well as an 0:08 patch in "Drums"
- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
- "CC Rider", "Big Boss Man", "New Minglewood Blues" & "Iko Iko" with Matthew Kelly
- "It Must Have Been The Roses", "Beat It On Down The Line", "Don't Ease Me In" & "It's All Over Now, baby Blue" with Joan Baez
- "The Other One", "Not Fade Away" & "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" with John Cippolina
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
February 2022

Taper: Jim Voss

gd1981-12-31.156058.fob.senn421.voss.miller.clugston.flac1648

Jim Voss's Master FOB Audience Cassettes: Sennheiser 421 mics (14th row)> Sony D5

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A)> Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition CC 2021 > TLH flac2496

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Voss for the master FOB cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 0:07 patch in the "Terrapin Station > Playin' In The Band" transition, as well as an 0:08 patch in "Drums"
- Joan Baez is backed by The Grateful Dead during her acoustic set
- "CC Rider", "Big Boss Man", "New Minglewood Blues" & "Iko Iko" with Matthew Kelly
- "It Must Have Been The Roses", "Beat It On Down The Line", "Don't Ease Me In" & "It's All Over Now, baby Blue" with Joan Baez
- "The Other One", "Not Fade Away" & "Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad" with John Cippolina
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
February 2022

Transferrer: 5.1 LPCM Surround Sound Mix (48k) by Kevin Tobin

4:06:10

5.1 LPCM Surround Sound Mix (48k) by Kevin Tobin

gd1981-12-31.143777.5-1.tobin.flac1648

5.1 LPCM Surround Sound Mix (48k)

gd1981-12-31.143773.PandP-aud.tobin.flac1644

View Notes---------------------------------------------------------
- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 18-NOV-2018 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 18-NOV-2018 - Tag&Rename
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Brokedown House Production

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

Patched and pitch corrected audience (44/16)

anonymous taper, Jamie Poris, Mark Severson

View NotesMajor patch during Iko Iko. Speedwise the audience was a very fast when compared to other recordings - 1.5 seconds per minute.

Brokedown House Production

Taper: anonymous taper, Jamie Poris, Mark Severson

4:05:04

Taper:

Jamie Waddell and Brian Green

gd1981-12-31.nak700.anon-severson-poris.LMPP.96611.flac16

Nak 700's - 3 mic mix (L & R Cardoids 6 db EQ, center Omni. 35' from stage) > Mixer > Sony TC-D5 > MAC (Maxell MX 90's)

MAC (Maxell MX 90's) > Nakamichi ZX-7 > Tascam HD-P2 > 24/96 Wave > Weiss Saracon for 16 BIT 44.1kHz SRC and POWR-3 Dither

gd1981-12-31.nak100.field.gmb.85628.sbeok.flac16

View NotesNotes:

- there is a considerable sonic change from D3T02 to D3T05. I've tried to polish this up a little, but it's still very prominent.
Seeing how this is the only aud circulating right now, I've opted not to patch with the soundboard.

- This is a great, full sounding pull of a historic show. Many thanks to Mark for capturing it and lending his masters to LMPP to get them out.

Tapers Notes

- Jaime built the mic mixer and we all taped from the free throw line on the floor at the Oakland Auditorium. The mic's went from the mixer into my Sony TC-D5M. There was also a patch bay, but I don't remember how many decks were plugged in. I went to 10 New Years runs / shows from 1977 to 1990 and the 1981 run was my favorite.

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- Taped by Mark Severson, he who wishes to remain anonymous, and Jamie Poris

- Transferred by Bgreen. ( AKA "The Boss" )

- Editing and Mastering: Jamie Waddell (shnflac@gmail.com) on the GEMS Edit Station.
Weiss Saracon for 16 BIT 44.1kHz SRC and POWR-3 Dither.  As always, Eternal gratitude for Bluedakota.

- First seeded to www.shnflac.net December 2008 (New Years Eve)

- A cooporative effort of Live Music preservation Project, The Gems Team, and  great group of Tapers

- contact lmpp.productions@gmail.com with questions/concerns

www.livemusicpreservationproject.com

Taper: Matt Field

FOB Nak 100's > D-5 > D-5 > Maxell UDXL I cassettes