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Grateful Dead 11/01/68
The Silver Dollar Fair, Chico, CA
Set I
Alligator-> Drums-> Alligator-> Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks), Dark Star-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Drums-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> New Potato Caboose, We Bid You Good Night
Set II
 
Set III
 
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Garcia can clearly be heard saying this was the Dead's final set of the evening, and then Alligator begins.
Last Changed By Diana Hamilton [db admin]
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2nd Set; SBD>MSR>C>DAT>CDR; via Raoul Duke and Mike Axelrod; Seeded to etree by Matt Vernon
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MSR>C>D>CD; Seeded to etree by Seth Kaplan
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MSR > R > D > CD by Jim Powell EAC > SHN by J.Barnes ([email protected]) EAC log files are included
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SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN; patched with "barely listenable portion"; Thanks to J. Powell, S. Martin, D. Litfin; edits/encoding by JCotsman
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MSR > R > D > CD by Jim Powell EAC > SHN by J.Barnes ([email protected]) Track 5a edited by Seth Kaplan ([email protected]) Uploaded to tol 06/21/2003 by Seth Kaplan
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flac16; This is a restoration/rework using shnid 18100 (Cotsman) and 09580 (Axelrod); Diamond Cut Forensics versions 8.5 and Alpha 9 for the editing.
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User (active/rating) Media / # Show Sound Details DB Source User Source
Brian C (1/4.7) SHN / 1 A B+ View   2nd Set; SBD>MSR>C>DAT>CDR
Notes: set 2; w/10/22/78
mike (1/5) Shn / 1 View 20008
CDJones (1/5) SHN/CDR / 1 View 18100
Notes: 18100
thegreatdivide6 (1/0) shn / 0 View 18100
thegreatdivide6 (1/0) flac / 0 View 131661
Notes: sbd
KB Larsen (1/5) shn / 1 View 9580
Notes: Thanks Torbjorn! 1 audio
KB Larsen (1/5) shn / 1 View 17080
Notes: Thanks Torbjorn! 2 versions, 1 audio each. *All tracks match except "unedited" Track 5, which is named Track 5a on my copy.
Hanf (1/5) Shn / 0 View 20008
x poordevil (1/5) dvd shn a / 1 View 18100
x poordevil (1/5) dvd shn b / 1 View 20008
J Parzych (1/5) FLAC / 0 View 131661
OldNeumanntapr (1/5) FLAC / 0 A View 131661 Soundboard Reel
Notes: This is a restoration/rework using shnid 18100 (Cotsman) and 09580 (Axelrod). shnID 18100 provides all the tracks except the majority of track 10 which is from 09580 and was not on 18100. The Original Notes from 18100: Caveat: --From 0:36 in New Potato through the Alligator reprise, the quality drops off severely due to extremely low recording levels. Edits were made to raise the volume and reduce the hiss levels, which dominated the barely audible music. This portion was taken from the J. Powell/J. Barnes SHN seed and patched into a different SBD>MR>C>D>CD source ---a source that has somewhat more noticeable hiss, though there are no significant raspy distortions that can be noticed on the MSR>R>D>CD source. --splice in New Potato at 0:36 (where the quality severely drops) --most of New Potato is missing --Alligator cuts in with a minute or two missing --there are probably a number of minutes missing after the Alligator reprise. Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003 Thanks to David Litfin, Jim Powell, and J. Barnes edits/encoding by JCotsman ------------------------------------------------------------- Notes from 09580: Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2002 shn em up initiative 5/22/02 Thanks to Raoul Duke and Mike Axelrod for the disks! ------------------------------------------------------------- Droncit notes: I used Diamond Cut Forensics versions 8.5 and Alpha 9 for the editing. Thanks to original seeders. 1. For the high quality portion, I primarily relied on a spectral difference filter and sometimes used very light noise reduction. 2. For the "messy" portion, I used the spectral difference, band pass, notch and noise reduction filters. 3. I used 68-03-30 (ShnID 108994)for the sound profile for all the songs. 4. This set of music is listed as set 2, but it is introduced as the "last set" which may imply more than one prior set. 5. The first 2:33 or so of Dark Star is mono in the shnid 18100. In 09580 that portion of the right track is very noisy. I ran a very aggressive noise filter on it,and found it was in mono, so apparently there was a problem with the soundboard and it pops into stereo at 2:33. So I kept the 18100 version, but raised gain at the cutpoint and added some of the left channel back into the right for a couple of seconds to make a smoother transition. It's still very noticeable, but maybe not as jarring. It is hissy for the first minute or so, less so after. 6. SHnID 18100 had the drums intro to The Other One as a separate track. I combined them into one track. 7. ShnID 18100 had New Potato Caboose as one track (combining decent quality and messy sections). I split them into two track to make it easier to skip if you desire (just skip tracks 6-9). 8. Different sources and/or different paths provided different levels of hiss and different levels of quality. I tried to give them all the same overall sound. 9. There is print-through throughout the set, as well as an annoying motor noise at parts, and a motor clunk evident in certain spots (mostly the 14 minute "messy" portion), although it is most noticeable on the opening notes of Dark Star and on the pauses in And We Bid You Good Night. I corrected it in those two spots, but there is still a bit of a "smeary" quality to the music at other spots in the tape because of the generations and the print-through. 10. And We Bid You Good Night is in mono in this version. In 18100, it is stereo, but there is nothing but noise and stage echo in the right channel, so I used the left channel (with all the vocals and the cymbal). I increased the gain, used the spectral difference filter, and used a light noise reduction. There is still a little stage feedback in this version, but it's not too bad to my ears. 11. The songs are listed as one long uninterrupted set, but there are a number of cuts in the material, so it's difficult to tell for certain. 12. The Caution portion that comes from 09580 is tracked with the section from 18100. They sound similar, but the 09580 has some clicky sections that I couldnot eliminate. I did minimize them through a median filter and an impulse noise filter, but they're still evident. 12. The 14-minute extremely low quality material was a challenge. I left it in stereo and tried to get rid of some of the hiss and the annoying tape recorder motor noise, but the noise is at the same frequency as the music and vocals, so there was little I could do. I think it now sounds about as good as the worst cassettes that were being traded in the early 70s. We listened to them then; you can listen now if you want. If you do listen, there is some interesting vocal and nice guitar work. 13. Thanks to BCE for providing the playground.
Joe (1/5) SHN / 0 View 20008
Imetdork (1/0) SHN / 0 View 9580
Alex Bushe (1/5) CD-R / 1 View   SBD
aikox2 (1/4.9) / 0 View  
John Peters (1/0) SHN / 1 View 20008 SBD: MR > R > DAT > CD > EAC (secure) > SHN
John Peters (1/0) FLAC / 1 View 131661 Restoration/rework of SHNID 18100 (Cotsman) and 09580 (Axelrod)
michael rosenberg (1/5) cdr / 1 a a View 18100 SBD
Geoff MacNaughton (1/5) 1 / 1 B/F View 20008
Richard Markley (1/5) SHN / 1 View 18100
Notes: DVD428
Richard Markley (1/5) flac / 1 View 131661
Notes: HD3
SIRMick (1/5) SHN / 1 View 9580
SIRMick (1/5) SHN / 1 View 18100
Matt Vernon (1/4.8) SHN / 1 A A- View 9580
Notes: Very HOT PRIMAL Dead. The Dark Star is one of those quiet, velvety sounding ones that is like th eeye of the hurricane before the raging intensity of Cryptical and Feedback descend.
Matt Vernon (1/4.8) SHN / 2 A- A/C View 18100
Notes: sbd - cotsman version of the upgraded seed with more unlistenable bits "Caveat:--From 0:36 in New Potato through the Alligator reprise, the quality drops off severely due to extremely low recording levels. Edits were made to raise the volume and reduce the hiss levels, which dominated the barely audible music. This portion was taken from the J. Powell/J. Barnes SHN seed and patched into a different SBD>MR>C>D>CD source---a source that has somewhat more noticeable hiss, though there are no significant raspy distortions that can be noticed on the MSR>R>D>CD source." [2006-04-26] This Dark Star up until the first verse sounds very much like the Live/Dead version. the main difference is that after the verse, it proceeds fairly quickly into a nice Cryptical Suite. the "unlistenable" portion is more or less that. Reminds me of the part in the movie Contact where they pick up this low frequency breathing in the RF. Here it sounds like the tape was eccentric as the reels make a revolution. The Feedback is fairly good. The sound quality of the first part is very good and worth a listen to hear how Dark Star was evolving.
Matt Vernon (1/4.8) SHN / 1 X X View 20008
Notes: Kaplan version where the unlistenable bit is amplified and adjusted to make it more listenable. [2006-07-25]
Matt Vernon (1/4.8) SHN / 1 X X View 9965
Notes: MSR>C>D>CD; Seeded to etree by Seth Kaplan [2009-02-20]Upgrade in circculation
Matt Vernon (1/4.8) 1 / 2 X X View 17080
Notes: MSR > R > D > CD by Jim Powell EAC > SHN by J.Barnes ([email protected]) EAC log files are included [2010-09-27]Upgraded
SpiralLightofVenus (1/5) FLAC / 0 SBD View 18100
Notes: SBD TB4