Sugar Magnolia | 1985-06-30 | 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

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net July 15, 2023

6/30/85

Cryptical Envelopment >

FIN

Sources

Taper: Dick Latvala

gd1985-06-30.165131.s2.sbd.pcm.latvala.miller.flac1644

SBD > PCM Master > DAT Clone (44.1k)

DAT Clone (Panasonic SV-3900) > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/16

View NotesNotes:
-- Thanks to Dick Latvala for the source dat

Taper: Recorded by Steve Marcus

2:33:08

SBD

Recorded by Steve Marcus

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net December 25, 2020

gd1985-06-30.151255.sbd.marcus.miller.flac1644

SBD > Cassette Master (Sony WM-D6C/Dolby C) > DAT > CD > WAV

WAV > Adobe Audition 2020 > Samplitude Pro X5 Suite > FLAC/16

gd1985-06-30.sbd.miller.89192.sbeok.flac16

View NotesNotes:
-- Recorded by Steve Marcus
-- I cleaned up a lot of PA static but some still remains
-- Thanks to the Oade Brothers for the patch source

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD

CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC

gd85-06-30.sbd.miller.30158.sbeok.flacf

View Notes-- Disc change is seamless
-- Two SBD Cassette Masters were used to make this show complete
-- Many flaws have been fixed but PA static still remains
-- There is no channel swapping on this source
-- It sounds like there was some prior processing done to the discs
-- This recording is for from perfect but it's still the best I've heard
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

flac16

SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD -> EAC -> FLAC

gd1985-06-30.mtx.seamons.94642.sbeok.flac16

View Notes<b>flac16</b>; SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD -> EAC -> FLAC

Converted By Charlie Miller

Transferrer: Hunter Seamons

Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)

gd1985-06-30.nakcm304-beyerm101.suraci.89039.flac24

View Notes*Matrix*

----------------------------------------------------
SBD:

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD

Transfer Info:
CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> FLAC
(2 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
December 21, 2007

----------------------------------------------------
AUD:

Recorded by Jim Oade
Transferred by Doug Oade, tracked by Darrin Sacks (dsacks@pcisys.net)

Field:
Schoeps cmc441 (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1

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

---------------------------------------------------
Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
and to the Oade Brothers and Darrin Sacks for the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC)
September 21, 2008

Notes:

1) Occasional static/clicks/pops in the sources.

2) Cuts in the SBD between some songs. Some dropouts in C.C. Rider, and briefs cuts in LL Rain, Drums, and Other One. Other One also has some brief, shifty channel business.

3) The show appears to be seamless.

Taper: Tony Suraci

Nakamichi CM304's + Beyer M101>Sony Mixer>Sony D5M *OTS at SBD, Stand at 9 Feet

Nak CR5A>Lunatec V3(analog out)>722@24/96 Adobe Audition 2.0>Cdwav/tracking>flac24

gd1985-06-30.nak-beyer.tonys.79641.sbeok.flac16

View Notes// tape flips, very little missing.
* Recorded from row directly behind SBD, very close to center.

Taper: Tony Suraci

Nakamichi CM304's + Beyer M101>Sony Mixer>Sony D5M *OTS at SBD, Stand at 9 Feet

Nak CR5A>Lunatec V3(analog out)>722@24/96 > Adobe Audition 2.0 dither and resample 16Bit>Cdwav/tracking>flac16

Tommy Brane and Darryl Hinko

View Notes// tape flips, very little missing.
* Recorded from row directly behind SBD, very close to center.
Notes: This is the 16Bit version. 24 Bit is archived on DVDA.

Transferrer: Tommy Brane and Darryl Hinko

gd1985-06-30.sbd.brame-hinko.23223.sbeok.shnf

SBDmc>DAT>CD

gd85-06-30.sbd.georges.366.sbeok.shnf

View Notesfixed disc 3 SHNid=366 by Darryl Hinko and Tommy Brame 

***This orginal shnset was downloaded from GDLive. It was all sorts
of messed up. Darryl Hinko retracked Stella>Around and Around.
I combined both of the TOO tracks (as they should've been to begin
with.) I also corrected any SBE from the edits and now it's all good.

Source 9 of 28

SBDmc> DAT> CD

View NotesSBDmc> DAT> CD; via Nick Georges; reported lots of hiss, and inferior "digital manipulation"; additional notes in public comments Note- This show also circ's with 'corrected' track names via ccryder@westerncom.net

Taper: Michael Hessberg

gd1985-06-30.148523.fob.senn.me80.hessberg.miller.clugston.flac2496

Michael Hessberg's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser ME-80 mics > Sony D5M

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Michael Hessberg for the master cassette recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Tony Suraci for the shnid79641 Nakamichi 304 + Beyer M101 source which supplies a 0:27 patch at the beginning of "Looks Like Rain", as well as a 0:06 patch in "Drums"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
October 2019

Taper: Michael Hessberg

gd1985-06-30.148522.fob.senn.me80.hessberg.miller.clugston.flac1648

Michael Hessberg's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser ME-80 mics > Sony D5M

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Charlie Miller and Joe Noel

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Michael Hessberg for the master cassette recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Tony Suraci for the shnid79641 Nakamichi 304 + Beyer M101 source which supplies a 0:27 patch at the beginning of "Looks Like Rain", as well as a 0:06 patch in "Drums"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
October 2019

Taper: Ray Ackerman

gd1985-06-30.145353.ots.at.835b.akg.d12e.blend.ackerman.miller.noel.t-flac16

Ray Ackerman’s Master Audience Cassettes; Two x Audio Technica 835b + One x AKG D12e center fill > Realistic 32-1105A, 4 channel stereo mixer > Sony D6 (OTS)

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi 700 MKii) > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24/96

View NotesEdited & Mastered by Joe Noel;
WAV > Audacity > FLAC 24/96
April 04, 2018

This file set is 16 bit @ 44.1

Patch info:
- shnid 25242 (Schoeps CMC441) supplies
- s1t08; 0:05 - 0:23
- s2t06; 4:42 - 5:04

Notes:
- This is an upgrade to shnid 102134
- Thanks to Ray for his generosity
- Thanks to Charlie for aiding & abetting
- Grateful for The Oade Bros. efforts that supply the patch source

Taper: Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

1:39:08

Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

gd1985-06-30.144155.set2.nak304.guy.pailes.miller.clugston.flac2496

Mike Guy & Jim Pailes's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi CM300 mics w/ CP-4 shotgun caps > Sony D5M (Maxell XLIIS-90)

Master Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition CC 2014 > TLH flac2496

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mike Guy & Jim Pailes for the master audience cassette source
- Thanks to David Beckwith, Chris Mrachek and all the folks involved in cultivating this new source/relationship
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the CMC4/MK41 source which supplies a 1:39 patch in "Drums", as well as "US Blues" in its entirety
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected
- 1st set tape lost

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2018

Taper: Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

1:39:08

Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

gd1985-06-30.144154.set2.nak304.guy.pailes.miller.clugston.flac1648

Mike Guy & Jim Pailes's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi CM300 mics w/ CP-4 shotgun caps > Sony D5M (Maxell XLIIS-90)

Master Cassette (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition CC 2014 > TLH flac2496

Charlie Miller and Joe Noel

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mike Guy & Jim Pailes for the master audience cassette source
- Thanks to David Beckwith, Chris Mrachek and all the folks involved in cultivating this new source/relationship
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the CMC4/MK41 source which supplies a 1:39 patch in "Drums", as well as "US Blues" in its entirety
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected
- 1st set tape lost

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2018

Taper: Ray Ackerman

gd1985-06-30.141619.OTS.AT835b-AKGD12e-Blend.Ackerman.Miller.Noel.t-flac2496

Ray Ackerman’s Master Audience Cassettes; Two x Audio Technica 835b + One x AKG D12e center fill > Realistic 32-1105A, 4 channel stereo mixer > Sony D6 (OTS); Transfer info: Master Cassettes (Nakamichi 700 MKii) > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24/96

gd1985-06-30.171568.mtx.seamons.ht23.flac1644

View NotesPatch info:
- shnid 25242 (Schoeps CMC441) supplies
- s1t08; 0:05 - 0:23
- s2t06; 4:42 - 5:04

Notes:
- This is an upgrade to shnid 102134
- Thanks to Ray for his generosity
- Thanks to Charlie for aiding & abetting
- Grateful for The Oade Bros. efforts that supply the patch source

Source 16 of 28

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro & Soundtrack Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut w/EQ [set 1] > Soundtrack [set 2] > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging) May 29, 2025

View NotesNotes:

Significant upgrade. Set 1 was re-matrixed from scratch, with a different approach to the mix and more exacting sync. Set 2 uses a newer PCM Master source of the SBD.

Ray Ackerman's audience tape, #145353 (4/4/18), patches 4 seconds at the beginning of Jim Oade's recording where Half-Step gets cut.

As noted by Charlie, it sounds like there was some prior processing done to the "CM > Dat > CD" source for set 1.

Some initial SBD vocal mix fluctuations in Half-Step and Mama Tried.

Two tiny cuts in C.C. Rider are now patched. There were also two hiccup anomalies that added minuscule duration to the song, which were removed. Soundtrack Pro was used to help clean these edits.

6-second cut in Looks Like Rain SBD is now patched.

Some PA static occurs throughout the show.

EQ was used for the first set SBD source only.

Taper: Executive Crew;Mike Davis;Kenny Davis;Sean Murtha;Kyle Holbrook;Tom Pinney;John Borg;Gary Steel

2:29:03

Executive Crew;Mike Davis;Kenny Davis;Sean Murtha;Kyle Holbrook;Tom Pinney;John Borg;Gary Steel

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-06-30.152702.akgc422.davis-murtha.holbrook.flac2448

Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M Location: Lawn ~275' from stage (crest of the hill)

View 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 84267.sbeok.flac16

Taper: Executive Crew;Mike Davis;Kenny Davis;Sean Murtha;Kyle Holbrook;Tom Pinney;John Borg;Gary Steel

2:29:05

Executive Crew;Mike Davis;Kenny Davis;Sean Murtha;Kyle Holbrook;Tom Pinney;John Borg;Gary Steel

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-06-30.152701.akgc422.davis-murtha.holbrook.flac1644

Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M Location: Lawn ~275' from stage (crest of the hill)

View 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 84267.sbeok.flac16

Taper: Mark McCue and Davey Meade

2:26:29

Mark McCue and Davey Meade

Alex Ford

gd1985-06-30.138288.senn441.mccue.meade.flac24

flac24/48kHz; MAC; Sennheiser 441s > Sony D5; Location: 3 rows behind Healy on left; Transfer/Lineage: Master Audience Cassettes> Nakamichi Dragon> Lunatec V3(@24/88.2)> Lynx AES16> WaveLab 7.2.1> UAD-2(mastering)> .wav @24/88.2> Crystal Resampler> .wav @24/48> xAct> flac24; Tapers: Mark McCue and Davey Meade; Transfer and mastering: Alex Ford

View Notes* tape flip patched using shnid #7833

Taper: Mark McCue and Davey Meade

2:26:26

Mark McCue and Davey Meade

Alex Ford

gd1985-06-30.138280.senn441.mccue.meade.sbeok.flac16

MAC; Sennheiser 441's > Sony D5; Location: 3 rows behind Healy on left; Transfer/Lineage: Master Audience Cassettes> Nakamichi Dragon> Lunatec V3(@24/88.2)> Lynx AES16> WaveLab 7.2.1> UAD-2(mastering)> .wav @24/88.2> Crystal Resampler/UV22HR> .wav @16/44.1> xAct> flac16; Tapers: Mark McCue and Davey Meade; Transfer and mastering: Alex Ford

gd1985-06-30.126176.chasingwilma.flac24

View Notes* tape flip patched using shnid #7833

Taper: chasingwilma

source: (2) audio technica atm 11/ (2) nakamichi 300 + cp4> d-5; conversion: sony tc we435>sony pcm m-10 24bit/96khz> soundforge> cdwave> traders little helper encoding option 8; conversion rate: 96000/24 bit

Taper: Ray Ackerman

Ray Ackerman;Tracks, FLACs, Tags by Craig Taraszki

gd1985-06-30.at835-d12e.Ackerman-Taraszki.102134.flac16

(2x) AudioTechnica AT835 + (1x) AKG D12E > Sony TCD5

Nakamichi 700II (cassette master)> Oade Modified Lunatec V3 @ 24/96> Wave Lab 5 (resample, Apogee uv22hr dither)> CDA> FLAC16

gd1985-06-30.akgC422.holbrook.burke.84267.sbeok.flac16

View Notes* s1t08 0:09-0:21 patched from Schoeps cmc4/mk41 (90deg/17cm)> Oade m118> Oade Modified Sony PCM-F1

Taper: Kyle Holbrook

AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 > Sony TC-D5M > Maxell MX90 (No Dolby)

Maxell MX90 > Nakamichi LX-5 > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Oade ACM Marantz PMD671 > Compact Flash > IBM ThinkPad T41

gd1985-06-30.akgC422.holbrook.burke.84246.flac24

View NotesNotes: 
The tape flips occur at 6:04 of Looks Like Rain, 2:44 of Drums and at the track split between s2t12 and s2t13. 

Personnel: 
Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums 
Phil Lesh - Bass Guitar 
Brent Mydland - Keyboards, Vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Taper: Kyle Holbrook

AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 > Sony TC-D5M > Maxell MX90 (No Dolby)

Maxell MX90 > Nakamichi LX-5 > Canare Star Quad interconnects > Oade ACM Marantz PMD671 > Compact Flash > IBM ThinkPad T41

gd1985-06-30.cpb.2nd-retransfer.33702.flac16

View NotesNotes: 
The tape flips occur at 6:04 of Looks Like Rain, 2:44 of Drums and at the track split between s2t12 and s2t13. 

Personnel: 
Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums 
Phil Lesh - Bass Guitar 
Brent Mydland - Keyboards, Vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Taper: Charles Bandrofcheck

MC > Playback on Marantz SD 4050 (azimuth adjusted) > Marantz Intergrated Stereo Amp MP-68 > SBLive! > Audacity > WAV > CDWave > WAVs > mkwAC > SHNs

View NotesThis 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 and the
B Sides were recorded. Very little crowd noise has
been removed.


This is the last transfer of this tape.  I did it for myself
since I got much improved computer hardware.  It is at a point
were I am totally happy with the results I listen to.  

You are very welcome to a copy.

Taper: Oade Brothers

Doug Oade - Darren Sacks

gd85-06-30.oade-schoeps.sacks.25242.sbeok.flacf

Schoeps cmc441 (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1

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

gd85-06-30.aud.set1.mckeown.7893.sbefail.shnf

View NotesSource: Schoeps cmc441 (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1 <br />
Transfer: Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > Flac (via Darrin Sacks)

Source 27 of 28

Master AUD Sony D5 Sennheiser ME 80 & 441's > Wav > SHN

gd85-06-30.aud.oade-sacks.set2.7833.sbefail.shnf

View Notesset 1; Recorded by Tommy McKeown;  Master AUD  Sony D5 Sennheiser ME 80 & 441's > Wav > SHN; 5 sec. dropout on left channel during BEW

Source 28 of 28

Daud -- Oade recording: Schoeps CMC441 (@ 90 degrees) > Oade M118 > Oade Modified PCM-F1 > DATs > CDRs > EAC > SHN (Seekable)