My Brother Esau | 1985-07-01 | 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 8, 2023

Oakland, CA, USA

2:24:03

6 tapes

Sources

Taper: Dick Latvala

gd1985-07-01.165100.sbd.miller.flac1644

SBD > PCM Master > DAT Clone (44.1k)

DAT (Panasonic SV-3900) > Tascam DA-3000 > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC

View NotesNotes:
-- Some PA static throughout the show
-- Thanks to Dick Latvala for the dats

Taper: Recorded by Steve Marcus

2:42:49

SBD

Recorded by Steve Marcus

gd1985-07-01.151269.sbd.marcus.miller.clugston.flac16

.wav > Adobe Audition 2020 > TLH > flac16

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Steve Marcus for the source recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mike Guy and Jim Pailes for the Nakamichi 304 source which supplies a 0:38 patch in "Dear Mr. Fantasy"
- Some PA static throughout
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2020

Taper: From Gastwirt Collection

From Gastwirt Collection

Charlie Miller and SIRMick

gd1985-07-01.139047.sbd.gastwirt.miller.sirmick.sbeok.flac16

<b>flac16/48kHz</b>; Source: SBD > Cassette Master > DAT (48k); Provided by Rich Gastwirt; Transfer: DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > Sound Devices 744T > wav 16/48; Transfered by Charlie Miller; Lineage: wav > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 16; edited and mastered SIRMick 2017

gd1985-07-01.sbd.miller.96421.sbeok.shnf

View NotesNotes:

- The last 1:06 of "Stagger Lee" had a substantial drop in the gain in the left channel , this problem is from the master.  I have carried out some restoration work and don't think it sounds too bad now.
- There is a cut of approximately 41 seconds in "Dear Mr. Fantasy"  This is common to the other circulating sources.  It has been patched with audio technica atm 11/ (2) nakamichi 300 + cp4, shnid 126180 taped by Chasingwilma (aka Mark Horvath)

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

SBD -> Cm -> ? -> Dat

Dat (Sony R500) -> Prodif Plus -> Samplitude v6.0 -> CD

gd1985-07-01.mtx.seamons.94681.sbeok.flac16

View NotesNotes:
-- Normalized to 100%
-- Cassette Master tape flips removed with crossfades
-- All recording and editing done with Sampliutde v6.0

Transferrer: Hunter Seamons

Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)

gd1985-07-01.nak.tonys.79649.sbeok.flac16

View Notes*Matrix*

----------------------------------------------------
SBD (SHNID 17350):

Lineage:
Disc 1 & 2: SBDmc>?>DAT>CD>EAC>SHN>CD>EAC
Disc 3:  SBDmc>?>DAT>CD>EAC

[55 second cut during Fantasy]

----------------------------------------------------
AUD (SHNID 25243):

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 > soundforge 6 where necessary for patching > 
Flac (sector boundaries aligned via flac frontend)

Dropouts:

Dancin' in the Streets -- first 2:30 patched
Dupree's Diamond Blues -- d/o patched @ 2:12
Jack-a-Roe -- d/o patched @ 4:36
Day Job -- d/o patched @2:03 and @3:36
Dear Mr. Fantasy -- d/o patched @4:57
Good Lovin' -- d/o patched @5:39, d/o removed @11:20
Baby Blue -- d/o patched @4:26
---------------------------------------------------
Thank you to PainoMan, Sean Cribbs, and 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 (SHN & FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC)
September 25, 2008

Notes:

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

2) The matrix begins around 2:12 of Dancin'.

3) The SBD source was generally 1.4% slow. The matrix speed was flexed as desired/needed, but kept within 0.5% of the Oade speed (if not exact), which is close enough in my view.

4) The AUD patches were not included in the matrix, save one during Fantasy. 

5) There was a harsh dropout in the SBD at 2:23 that I faded out.

6) 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 dither and resample 16Bit>Cdwav/tracking>flac16

gd1985-07-01.cpb.2nd-retransfer.32596.sbeok.flac16

View Notes# some weirdness around the 1:29 mark. I think it was the PA.
+drums was joined using wavmerge.
* Recorded from row directly behind SBD, very close to center.
Notes: This is the 16Bit version. 24 Bit is archived on DVDA.

Taper: Charles Bandrofcheck

Playback on Marantz SD 4050 > Marantz Intergrated Stereo Amp MP-68 > SBLive! > CDWave > WAV > mkwAC > SHN

gd85-07-01.composite.torbjorn.17350.sbeok.shnf

View Notesnotes

- d2t04 (changed tapes, toward end, the casual listner will not pick it out)

- This whole show was quite a swan song for Grateful Dead shows at Merriweather

- 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 firsttape 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. For the second set Side B of second tape was used first, then Side B of the first tape. This would leave most of the blank tape on Side A of the second tape, which I would then wind past where the set ended to get the encore.

- d3t03 Didn't count on two so there is a split in Baby Blue. (changed tapes towards end, very appropriate for such a great venue)

Source 8 of 27

Fix of <A href= "http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=369">previous</a> sbd shn set

gd1985-07-01.sbd.disc3.cribbs.16581.sbeok.shnf

View NotesFix of <a href="http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=369" rel="nofollow">previous</a> sbd shn set; See info file for details;  
Disc 1 & 2: SBDmc>?>DAT>CD>EAC>SHN>CD>EAC
Disc 3:  SBDmc>?>DAT>CD>EAC
Seeded to etree by Paino Man

Transferrer: Sean Cribbs

SBD > Master Cassette

Master Cassette > ? > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN

gd85-07-01.sbd.paino.8482.sbeok.shnf

View NotesThis shn set is a modified version of disc 3 of previous
shn set: http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=8482.

It includes a patch to Dear Mr. Fantasy from the Oade
source: http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=7892

The patch in d3t02 is at 4:47 - 5:32.

Only d3t02 thru d3t06 were altered.  SBEs for t2-t6 were
corrected subequent to the patching of d3t02 using shntool.

Source 10 of 27

SBDmc> ?> DAT> CD> EAC

View NotesSBDmc> ?> DAT> CD> EAC; same source as 6/30/85 seeded by Nick; via Nick Georges; some
static/digi noise present here and there, esp. in d1

Taper: Michael Hessberg

gd1985-07-01.154540.senn.me80.hessberg.miller.clugston.flac2496

Michael Hessberg's Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser ME80 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 the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies some crowd and the first notes of "Let It Grow" (0:29 total), as well as a 0:19 patch in "Uncle John's Band"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
July 2020

Taper: Michael Hessberg

gd1985-07-01.154539.senn.me80.hessberg.miller.clugston.flac1648

Michael Hessberg's Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser ME80 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 the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies some crowd and the first notes of "Let It Grow" (0:29 total), as well as a 0:19 patch in "Uncle John's Band"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
July 2020

Taper: Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

47:39

Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

gd1985-07-01.144157.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 the crowd and part of the noodle into "Let It Grow" (1:22 total), the crowd and part of the noodle into "Scarlet Begonias" (0:09 total), a 6:53 patch in "Drums", as well as a 0:07 patch in the transition between "Satisfaction" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2018

Taper: Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

2:37:45

Mike Guy and Jim Pailes

gd1985-07-01.144156.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

gd1985-07-01.172192.mtx.seamons.ht25.flac1644

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 the crowd and part of the noodle into "Let It Grow" (1:22 total), the crowd and part of the noodle into "Scarlet Begonias" (0:09 total), a 6:53 patch in "Drums", as well as a 0:07 patch in the transition between "Satisfaction" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
December 2018

Source 15 of 27

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

View NotesThank you to Dick Latvala and Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
to Jim Oade and Michael Hessberg for recording the show,
to Doug Oade, Darrin Sacks, Charlie Miller and Scott Clugston for the AUD transfers,
and to Michael Adrian and Jerome Poynton for hooking us up with the SBD source.

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

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

2:41:37

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

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-07-01.152709.akgc422.davis-holbrook.flac2448

Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M Location: Lawn ~250' from stage (just below crest of the hill). This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR [KH]

View Notes//    tape flip

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. We knicknamed them "Phil pharts".

Sixth AKG C422 recording made by the Executive Crew. Dedicated to Kenny Davis RIP

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

2:41:37

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

Kyle Holbrook

gd1985-07-01.152708.akgc422.davis-holbrook.flac1644

Microphones: AKG C422 (Cardioid) > AKG S42 XY 90º Recorder: Sony TC-D5M Location: Lawn ~250' from stage (just below crest of the hill). This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR [KH]

gd1985-07-01.126180.chasingwilma.flac24

View Notes//    tape flip

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. We knicknamed them "Phil pharts".

Sixth AKG C422 recording made by the Executive Crew. Dedicated to Kenny Davis RIP

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: Da Weez

gd1985-07-01.118988.BeyerM160.daweez.d5scott.flac16

Source: 2 Beyer M160 microphones > Sony TC-D5M - analog master cassettes;

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

gd1985-07-01.nak100.holtz.jaz.101283.flac16

View Notes---------------------------------
R.I.P. Sandy - aka "Bigfoot"  
---------------------------------

Taper: Greg Holtz

Nakamichi CM-100 mics with CP-4 shotgun caps -> Sony D-5

Master Cassettes (Maxell MX90 Metal) Tascam 112 -> Korg MR-1, @ 1bit 2.8MHz -> USB -> Korg Audio Gate Software 24bit 48KHz -> Wave Lab 5.0 w/UAD -> r8brain PRO for Sample Rate Conversion 16/44.1KHz -> Traders Little Helper flac8

Taper: Tony Suraci

gd1985-07-01.nakcm304.beyerm101.suraci.90242.sbeok.flac24

Nak CM304's>Sony D5M

Nak CR5A>Lunatec V3>SD722@24/96

gd1985-07-01.beyer-holbrook.burke.85993.flac24

View Notes# some weirdness around the 1:29 mark. I think it was the PA.
+drums was joined using Adobe Aud.
* Recorded from row directly behind SBD, very close to center.
Notes: The 16bit Version is avaiable for streaming.

Taper: Kyle Holbrook

beyerdynamic M201 > 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

gd1985-07-01.beyerdynamicM201.holbrook.burke.85820.sbeok.flac16

View NotesNotes: 
The tape flips occur after Stagger Lee, 0:17 of Drums and at the track split between s2t10 and s2t11.

Taper: Kyle Holbrook

beyerdynamic M201 > 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

gd1985-07-01.fob-nak700.koucky-glassberg.gmb.83465.sbeok.flac16

View NotesNotes: 
The tape flips occur after Stagger Lee, 0:17 of Drums and at the track split between s2t10 and s2t11.

Taper: B. Koucky

FOB-Nakamichi 700s > Sony D5 > Maxell MX90 type IV cassettes.

MAC playback, Nakamichi CR-7A, azimuth adjusted > 1 ft Lynx RCA-XLR audio cables > Lunatec V3 > AES digital out > LynxTwo in a E6400-based DuoCore 2 PC > Wavelab 5, recorded as 24/96 KHz WAV > mastering with Ozone 3 > dithered to 16/44.1 KHz using Izotope MBIT+ > CDWAV1.9 > FLAC (level 8).

Taper: Charles Bandrofcheck

gd1985-07-01.shotgun.cpb.redo.34164.shnf

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

View Notesnotes

- This is a re-record of shnid=32596
- Changes are the azimuth adustment on the SD 4050 and the use of Audacity for noise reduction and normalization.

- d2t04 tape change towards end
- d3t04 tape change toward end

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

- Disc can be combined for continuous play on longer media

- This was a great played end to the Grateful Dead at Merriweather Post Pavillion, as some may know this was the last time they ever performed at this arena.

Taper: Oade Brothers

Doug Oade - Darren Sacks

gd85-07-01.oade-schoeps.sacks.25243.sbeok.flacf

Schoeps cmc441 (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1 (Oade brothers, via Darrin Sacks)<br>

Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > soundforge 6 where necessary for patching > Flac (sector boundaries aligned via flac frontend)

gd85-07-01.oade.sacks.7892.sbefail.shnf

View NotesSource: Schoeps cmc441 (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1 (Oade brothers, via Darrin Sacks)<br />
Transfer: Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > soundforge 6 where necessary for patching > Flac (sector boundaries aligned via flac frontend)

Source 27 of 27

Oade recording: Schoeps cmc441 (ortf @90 degrees) > Oade M118 > Modified Sony PCM-F1 > DATs >CDs > EAC > SHN (seekable)