1985-04-08 | Grateful Dead

Community War Memorial Auditorium

East Rutherford, NJ, USA

East Rutherford, NJ, USA

Community War Memorial Auditorium

Carolina Coliseum, U. of South Carolina

Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

Devore Field, Southwestern College

Southern Star Amphitheater

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Boreal Ridge Ski Resort

Donner's Summit, CA, USA

Ventura County Fairgrounds

Ventura County Fairgrounds

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Saratoga Springs, NY, USA

Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA

River Bend Music Center

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Providence Civic Center

Providence Civic Center

Cumberland County Civic Center

Cumberland County Civic Center

Springfield Civic Center

Springfield Civic Center

Twilight Zone Sessions

gd1985-04-08.sbd.miller.118375.flac16

Oakland, CA, USA

2:24:03

6 tapes

Sources

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

SBD -> Master Cassette -> Cassette -> Dat (48) -> WAV

WAV -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC

Mastering by Brian Miksis January 15, 2025 brian.miksis@verizon.net

View NotesNotes:
-- Disc change is seamless
__ Thanks to Dan DeLuca for transferring his Dat for me

Transferrer: Mastering by Brian Miksis January 15, 2025 brian.miksis@verizon.net

gd1985-04-08.169938.sbd.remaster.gills.miksis.flac1648

Final Cut Pro (16b/48k) > Izotope RX Advanced > Peak Pro > xAct > FLAC/16

View NotesNotes:
- This show is 100% complete
- Thanks to Kevin Gills and Chris Frisco for the soundboard source
- Ground hum and harmonics have been removed, patched, de-clicked, pitch corrected and remastered
- Motor/speed issue at the beginning of Supplication has been fixed
- Thanks to Joe D'Amico for another soundboard source (shnid=118481) which supplies pre-show tuning, a tape flip patch before Tons Of Steel and a tape flip patch between Drums and Space

Taper: Executive Crew: Tom Pinney, Kyle Holbrook, JJ Hance, Sean Murtha, Gary Steel, Eric Britt, Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Mikey

2:18:15

SBD

Executive Crew: Tom Pinney, Kyle Holbrook, JJ Hance, Sean Murtha, Gary Steel, Eric Britt, Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Mikey

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-04-08.152174.beyerm88s.holbrook.flac2448

Master AUDCA: Beyer M88's XY > 4th Sony TCD5M in line no nr > Maxell MX 90s No Dolby Location:200 feet from stage 15 feet ROC (RT rear corner of SBD), 15 feet up

View Notesopen the text files for tour stories

+  Start cut three times-missed less than 3 seconds of music

Taper: Executive Crew: Tom Pinney, Kyle Holbrook, JJ Hance, Sean Murtha, Gary Steel, Eric Britt, Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Mikey

2:18:14

SBD

Executive Crew: Tom Pinney, Kyle Holbrook, JJ Hance, Sean Murtha, Gary Steel, Eric Britt, Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Mikey

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-04-08.152173.beyerm88s.holbrook.flac1644

Master AUDCA: Beyer M88's XY > 4th Sony TCD5M in line no nr > Maxell MX 90s No Dolby Location:200 feet from stage 15 feet ROC (RT rear corner of SBD), 15 feet up

gd1985-04-08.118481.sbd.healy.damico.flac16

View Notesopen the text files for tour stories

+  Start cut three times-missed less than 3 seconds of music

Taper: Dan Healy

Soundboard 1st Gen Tape > Tascam 122 mk lll > Korg Mr-1000 > Audio Gate > Cool Edit > Traders Little Helper; Taper : Dan Healy; Editing : Joe D'Amico

gd85-04-08.sbd.gills.20010.sbeok.shnf

View Notes*First 43 Seconds Taken From gd85-04-08.sbd.miller.118375.flac16

Source 6 of 28

SB> MC> DAT> CD via Kevin Gills

gd85-04-08.sbd.wiley.8755.sbeok.shnf

View NotesSB> MC> DAT> CD via Kevin Gills

Source 7 of 28

(Healy Mix)SBD>MC>PCM>BETA>DAT>CDR

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

View Notes(Healy Mix)SBD>MC>PCM>BETA>DAT>CDR; Seeded to etree by Tim W

Taper: Jim Vita

gd1985-04-08.170744.beyer.m160.vita.miller.clugston.flac2496

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Beyer M160 mics > Sony D5M (Maxell XLII-S)

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

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Vita (RIP) for the master cassette recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies an 0:08 patch in the "Hell In A Bucket > Touch Of Grey" transition, as well as a 0:40 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2021

Taper: Jim Vita

gd1985-04-08.170743.beyer.m160.vita.miller.clugston.flac1648

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Beyer M160 mics > Sony D5M (Maxell XLII-S)

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

Charlie Miller and Mark Goldey

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Vita (RIP) for the master cassette recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies an 0:08 patch in the "Hell In A Bucket > Touch Of Grey" transition, as well as a 0:40 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2021

Taper: Bruce Barnum

gd1985-04-08.151431.3xnak701.barnum.miller.flac24

3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5

Transfer: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96) Lineage: Wavelab 10 (tracking, patching, pitch correction, Ozone 8 Maximizer for levels) > FLAC 2496

Charlie Miller and Mark Goldey

View NotesA solid recording from cassettes marked "Master," but based on the way that the tapes played back, with Midnight Hour and Walking the Dog following Might As Well, and by how the audio overlapped when it was put back in order, this may have be a 1st gen cassette   In any event, it's in set order now and pitch corrected against the Oade PCM.  (Some crowd noise is missing here, so this runs a little shorter than the Oade version).  Set II was also missing from the collection.

Bruce Barnum was a Deadhead and an avid taper from the early 1980’s until his death in 2017 at age 48.  Over the years, he taped dozens of Dead shows throughout the Northeast, and other concerts, some of which have not been heard since then.

After his death, about 60 of his master cassettes turned up in a used record store in Hudson, NY.  Some were bought by random people nostalgic for the days of cassettes.  The rest were purchased by a fellow Deadhead and archivist.  Bruce’s daughter, Jessica, had more, and was kind enough to lend them to be digitized.  Many of these recordings sound excellent for their age.  They are Bruce's legacy.  Thanks to Charlie Miller, Scott Clugstson and others who have helped bring them to light.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2021-01-11

Taper: Bruce Barnum

gd1985-04-08.151430.3xnak701.barnum.miller.flac16

3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5

View NotesA solid recording from cassettes marked "Master," but based on the way that the tapes played back, with Midnight Hour and Walking the Dog following Might As Well, and by how the audio overlapped when it was put back in order, this may have be a 1st gen cassette   In any event, it's in set order now and pitch corrected against the Oade PCM.  (Some crowd noise is missing here, so this runs a little shorter than the Oade version).  Set II was also missing from the collection.

Bruce Barnum was a Deadhead and an avid taper from the early 1980’s until his death in 2017 at age 48.  Over the years, he taped dozens of Dead shows throughout the Northeast, and other concerts, some of which have not been heard since then.

After his death, about 60 of his master cassettes turned up in a used record store in Hudson, NY.  Some were bought by random people nostalgic for the days of cassettes.  The rest were purchased by a fellow Deadhead and archivist.  Bruce’s daughter, Jessica, had more, and was kind enough to lend them to be digitized.  Many of these recordings sound excellent for their age.  They are Bruce's legacy.  Thanks to Charlie Miller, Scott Clugstson and others who have helped bring them to light.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2021-01-11

Taper: Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

2:28:36

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

gd1985-04-08.149322.senn441.hunt.mattes.miller.clugston.flac2496

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes' Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 441 mics > Sony D5M

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies an 0:08 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch verified

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

Taper: Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

2:28:36

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

gd1985-04-08.149321.senn441.hunt.mattes.miller.clugston.flac1648

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes' Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 441 mics > Sony D5M

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies an 0:08 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch verified

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

Transferrer: Created by Brian Miksis January 15, 2025 brian.miksis@verizon.net

2:26:26

Created by Brian Miksis January 15, 2025 brian.miksis@verizon.net

gd1985-04-08.169970.matrix.miksis.gills.hunt.mattes.clugston.flac1648

Final Cut Pro (16b/48k) > Izotope RX Advanced > Peak Pro > xAct > FLAC/16

gd1985-04-08.145498.aud.lamarre.berger.flac16

View NotesNotes:
- This show is 100% complete
- Thanks to Kevin Gills and Chris Frisco for the soundboard source
- Ground hum and harmonics have been removed, patched, de-clicked, pitch corrected and remastered
- Motor/speed issue at the beginning of Supplication in the soundboard source has been fixed
- Thanks to Joe D'Amico for another soundboard source (shnid=118481) which supplies pre-show tuning, a tape flip patch before Tons Of Steel and a tape flip patch between Drums and Space
- Thanks to Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes for recording the audience source, and to Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller for the transfer and mastering
- Thanks to Tim Wily for another audience source (shnid=8755-THIS IS NOT A SOUNDBOARD AS LISTED) that supplies a brief patch after Big Boss Man and also a patch of tuning after Althea through the beginning of Tons Of Steel

Taper: Doug Lamarre

source: aud cassette master taped by Doug Lamarre sennheiser 441's > sony d5, maxell xl-IIS90's

nakamichi dragon > benchmark adc1 @ 24/96 > adobe audition cc > fission > xACT flac transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2019

Taper: Doug Lamarre

gd1985-04-08.145497.aud.lamarre.berger.flac24

source: aud cassette master taped by Doug Lamarre sennheiser 441's > sony d5, maxell xl-IIS90's

nakamichi dragon > benchmark adc1 @ 24/96 > adobe audition cc > fission > xACT flac transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2019

Taper: chasingwilma

gd1985-04-08.124854.chasingwilma.flac24

lineage: nakamichi 700 (fob)> optimus> d-5> sony tc we435> sony pcm m-10 24bit/96khz> soundforge> cdwave> traders little helper encoding option 8; conversion rate: 96000/24 bit

Taper: Mark McCue

gd1985-04-08.aud.mccue.ford.117212.flac24

Taper: Mark McCue

gd1985-04-08.aud.mccue.ford.117189.sbeok.flac16

Taper: d5scott

gd1985-04-08.beyerm160.d5scott.107045.flac16

Two Beyer M160 Microphones > Sony TC-D5M - 25 feet from stage (mic's on a stand @ almost 6 feet) > analog cassette master Maxell MX90's

Sony TC-D5M (origional record deck) > Pre Sonus Inspire GT > Sound Forge > .wav files > Trader's Little Helper > flac and ffp files

Taper: Dave Cohen

gd1985-04-08.senn421.cohen.103445.flac16

Back right corner of the Board Sennheisser 421s>Sony TCD5M>Sony WMD6 Maxell XLII cassette masters. Dolby B was NOT used on the Master Cassettes.

The Master Cassettes were played back with Azimuth adjustment on a Nakamichi CD1 into a Korg MR1000 at DSF 1 bit 5.6MHz. Subsequent conversion to 24/96 AIFF done via Korg Audiogate software. Redbook CDR standard 16/44.1 files were created using Bias Peak, Izotope Ozone's MBIT+ (for all dithering), and Weiss Saracon SRC (all sample rate conversions).

Taper: Dave Barfield and David Lane

Dave Barfield and David Lane

Dave Barfield

gd1985-04-08.nak300.barfield-lane.102065.flac24

Nak 300/CP4 > TCD5m - TDK MA90 (metal), OTS, 12'

D5m (same as recorder) > Minime @ 24/96 > SD744 > Audacity > Flac24

Taper: Greg Holtz

gd1985-04-08.aud.holtz.JAZ.96598.flac16

Nakamichi 100's & Sennheiser 421's Mix -> D-5

Cassette Master (Maxell Metaxial 90) -> Tascam 112, dolbyB -> RCA/XLR -> Edirol m10dx 24bit 96kHz -> SPDIF -> M-Audio MicrotrackII compact flash -> USB -> Wave Lab 5.0 -> R8brain 16bit 44.1kHz -> Traders Little Helper flac8

Taper: Joe D'Amico

gd1985-04-08.nak300.damico.87465.sbeok.flac16

nak 300 mics > sony d-6 > mac

mac > nak dragon tape deck > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend

Taper: Charles Bandrofcheck

gd1985-04-08.shotgun.bandrofcheck.74161.sbeok.shnf

MC > Playback on Marantz PRD505 (azimuth adjusted) > Marantz Intergrated Stereo Amp MP-68 > SBLive! > Sound Forge normalization > WAV > CDWave > WAVs > mkwAC > SHNs

gd1985-04-08.Sennheiser421FOB.33804.shnf

View Notesnotes

- d2t03 (tape change)

- This recording was done to capture as much as possable. There were no tape flips requiring fast forwarding or rewinding during the actual recording. Side A of the first tape was recorded then Side A of the second cassette. Everything was then fast forwarded at the break. Side B of the second cassette was recorded and then Side B of the first cassette.  After Side B of the second cassette ended I manually wound it past where Side A had end to be able to have extra tape to record the encore.

- All disks can be combined on longer media for continuous play.

Taper: Brian Mandel

Sennheiser 421's FOB & Sony TCD5M

Master Casssette Transfer: Nakamichi BX300-> Macintosh ->Peak Bias->JAM->cdr->EAC->MKW->shn

Taper: Oade Brothers

Doug Oade - Darren Sacks

gd85-04-08.oade-schoeps.sacks.24227.sbeok.flacf

Schoeps CMC441s (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1

Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > Flac

gd85-04-08.schoeps.yuda.3420.sbeok.shnf

View NotesField: Schoeps CMC441s (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1
Transfer: Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > Flac

Source 28 of 28

possible reDAE/reSHN of <a href= "http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=358">previous</a> shn set