Grateful Dead 05/26/1977

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Set I

The Music Never Stopped, Sugaree, Mama Tried, Sunrise, Deal, Passenger, Brown Eyed Women, Looks Like Rain, Jack A Roe, Minglewood Blues, Bertha

Set II

Samson & Delilah, High Time, Big River, Terrapin Station-> Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Not Fade Away-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Around & Around, E: Uncle John's Band

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Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @7.5ips 1/2 track -> DAT(s) -> ZA2 -> CDR (x1)-> EAC -> SHN; with AUD patches (and other fixes) by Scott Clugston, using Master Audience Cassette: Sony ECM-33p mics > Sony TC-158 > D source, taped by Jerry Moore; to etree via Darrin Sacks; see info file for details, other comments and credits

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SBD > 7" RTR half-track recording @ 7.5 i.p.s. 1/2 track > Marin County Mixdown ADAT > SSSB; Seeded to etree by Jay Serafin

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AUD>MC>DAT>CDR via Raoul Duke encoded by Matt Vernon

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SBD>>MR>>DAT>>SHN>>DAW(Bertha)>>CDA/SHN; Bertha remaster of shn id 11614

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AUD>MC>DAT>CDR>EAC>WAV>DC6>WAV Unknown microphones Patch Source: SBD>MSR>DAT>SS>CD>EAC>WAV>DC6>SHN

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SBD>MSR>DAT>SS>CD>EAC>WAV>DC6>SHN
Source: Bettyboard 7 inch master reel @ 7 ? ips > DAT>SS>CD
Patch Source: AUD>MC>DAT>CDR (contrary to popular belief, Jerry Moore did not record this show)
Editing and Mastering by The Wizard

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flac 16; Sick Bits Vol. 30a - SBD/AUD mix of 2 previously circulating primary sources: SBD (shnid=11614) + AUD (shnid=32092) as well as a patch SBD source (shnid=3224). Matrixed by Chris Chappell.

User (active/rating)	Media / #	Show	Sound	Details	DB Source	User Source
Jeff Riney (5/5)	cdr / 2			View	3224
Notes:	SBD
Neil (5/5)	CD-R / 3			View		SBD>MR>D>SS>CD
Notes:	SBD/AUD
Don Sonnylal (5/5)	cdr / 3		A	View		sbd
Pat (5/5)	/ 3			View
Joey Browning (5/4.9)	cdr / 3		A	View	11614
Notes:	The few times they played here they played well.IMO
DaffiDuck (5/5)	shn / 2			View		SBD>7 in. [email protected] 1/2 track>DAT(s)>ZA2>CDR(x1)>EAC>SHN
CTDEADHEAD (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	3224
Notes:	SBDMR
CTDEADHEAD (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	18746
Notes:	AUDMC
CTDEADHEAD (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	31291
Notes:	SBDMR - Bertha
Doug Rozsa (5/4.5)	CDR / 3		A	View		SBD
Vince Dietrich (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	3224
Notes:	Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @7.5ips 1/2 track -> DAT(s) -> ZA2 -> CDR (x1)-> EAC -> SHN
Vince Dietrich (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	3224
Notes:	Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @7.5ips 1/2 track -> DAT(s) -> ZA2 -> CDR (x1)-> EAC -> SHN
tbrown (5/0)	shn / 2			View		DSBD
Timothy Henningsen (5/5)	wav / 3	A	A	View	3224	Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @ 7.5ips 1/2 track > DAT > ZA2 > CD-R
AoXoMoXoA (5/5)	SHN / 2			View	11614
Notes:	SBD > 7" RTR half-track recording @ 7.5 i.p.s. 1/2 track > Marin County Mixdown ADAT > SSSB
tymelthea (5/5)	CDR / 3		A+	View
Brian Witzke (5/0)	CD-R / 3			View
Richie Sasala (5/0)	shn / 2		A++	View		SBD > 2-TRACK RTR @ 7.5 i.p.s. > Marin County Source 24/96 digital multi-track > SSSB
Notes:	Grateful Dead 05/26/77 Sets I / II Baltimore Civic Center Baltimore, MD LINEAGE (SET I/II): SBD > 7" RTR half-track recording @ 7.5 i.p.s. 1/2 track > Marin County Mixdown ADAT > SSSB All editing & processing performed at 24-bit/96 kHz (100% digital realm) by: Jay Serafin, chief audio/video engineer at Serafin Station Studio B, using the (code name) "Harpoon" editing software (beta Ver. 0.948.7 Build 103) Disc 1 SET I gd77-05-26d1t01 08:05.823 The Music Never Stopped gd77-05-26d1t02 15:11.016 Sugaree gd77-05-26d1t03 04:21.144 Mama Tried gd77-05-26d1t04 03:59.782 Sunrise gd77-05-26d1t05 05:35.775 Deal gd77-05-26d1t06 03:56.857 Passenger gd77-05-26d1t07 05:44.046 Brown-Eyed Women gd77-05-26d1t08 09:16.845 Looks Like Rain gd77-05-26d1t09 06:15.707 Jack A Roe gd77-05-26d1t10 05:21.450 Minglewood Blues Total time: 1:07:48.445 Disc 2 SET I cont'd gd77-05-26d2t01 07:42.299 Bertha SET II gd77-05-26d2t02 08:28.691 Samson & Delilah gd77-05-26d2t03 08:05.775 High Time gd77-05-26d2t04 06:51.044 Big River gd77-05-26d2t05 10:27.213 Terrapin Station -> gd77-05-26d2t06 08:36.229 -> Estimated Prophet gd77-05-26d2t07 12:26.694 -> Eyes Of The World -> Total time: 0:54:55.646 Disc 3 SET II CONT'D gd77-05-26d3t01 16:46.510 -> Not Fade Away -> gd77-05-26d3t02 08:21.208 -> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad -> gd77-05-26d3t03 08:08.556 -> Around & Around gd77-05-26d3t04 08:06.796 ENCORE: Uncle John's Band Total time: 0:40:51.070 BAND: GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW DATE: 05/26/77 VENUE: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER LOCATION: BALTIMORE, MD SET(S): I / II / ENCORE LINEAGE: SBD > 2-TRACK RTR @ 7.5 i.p.s. > Marin County Source 24/96 digital multi-track > SSSB AUDIO RATING: AR1a MEDIA REQUIRED: DAT: 1x180 min. CD-R / MINI DISC: 3 RELEASED ON: 03/29/02 OFFICIAL SHOW NOTES: LINEAGE: SBD > GD Master RTR (7.5 i.p.s.) > Marin County Source ADAT > SSSB; any/all editing, fades, NR, hiss elimination, phase shifting, time smear correction, digital jitter elimination, EQ, and quantization noise elimination (when down-converting audio for CD-R mastering), were all performed using 24-bit / 96 kHz digital realm processing at Serafin Station Studio B using the "code name Harpoon" editing software (Beta V0.948.72 Build 103) JAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS: 1977... what a GREAT year for fantastic shows, and some of the BEST sounding recordings through the decades. This show does NOT disappoint in keeping this "tradition" going! I was lucky enough to be able to obtain a NON-PCM version of this show from the archives... straight from the original reels (I don't know why, but this show is being worked on by the Vault engineers; my MC source got a transfer from the original reels, and put the audio right onto multi-track 24-bit / 96 kHz sampling rate digital tape (4 sets of 2-track audio, just for "safety reasons" in case one of the channels had a problem. The crispness of this transfer comes shining through. Also, without the show having the PCM (which would have been 8-bit) in the lineage, you tend to get much more of the audio detail coming through. There's just the smallest bit of the original RTR hiss left. If I tried to remove any more of the original hiss, the show's audio itself was becoming "corrupted". Believe me when I say that the hiss is so minimal, you're not going to really care... and a lot of people aren't going to hear it unless you have your audio system volume cranked WAY up! I'm going to say this show was really energetic (as it was), and very good, but it's not one of their most stellar "giving it all they've got" performances. Don't get me wrong, it's a dream to hear the songs, how they were played, Donna Jean was in EXCELLENT voice (no "fingernails on the blackboard" for the entire show), and the mix is excellent. Ah, the mix... if you want to know how much Weir REALLY contributes to songs, this version of this show is a prime example. You have all the vocals panned center, Keith and Billy on the left channel, Jerry's guitar in the center, and Weir and Mickey in the right. Sometimes, Bob's guitar slightly "drowns out" Jerry's work, but that's only due to the fact that Weir's guitar is very present, and very clean/clear, in the mix. But there's no point where Jerry's work cannot be heard. You like hearing Phil? He's WELL in the mix, slightly hotter than normal; but when I perform the "phase correction" processes, Phil's slightly louder than normal mix does NOT make the overall show sound muddy at all. Crisp and clean, and wonderful job was done on this original recording. Since Keith's piano is not always loud, and he's not constantly playing, the engineer's took the vocals for everyone, and added the analog reverb to the left channel to "fill it in". The result is a well-balanced mix, with enough of the "processed vocal audio" in the left channel to make up for the lack of instrument volume. There's a LOT of dynamic headroom in this show, no compression/limiting was used except to keep the very loudest drums beats "in check". This is important, especially during the last part of Set II, where some VERY unusual soft passages to usually always loud songs were performed. A great change of pace, they added the right touch, making the extended versions of the songs well worth their length... never boring or "get on with it"! Ok, on with the show/song part of the review of the show itself. As you folks probably know by now, I am a firm believer in leaving in ANY and ALL between-song lulls, tuning, quiet banter, and so forth. It's the "archiving" part of me that believes that if the audience heard it when it was originally performed, so should the people who are enjoying it now! As such, the closer to Set I, Bertha, winds up being the first song on Disc 2. Set I was very long. Since I release all of my shows to fit on the industry-standard 74 minute CD-R media, and Set I was a touch over 75:30, I had FOUR ways of working this "problem" out: 1: Remove some of the between-song lulls, where there's no tuning, or anything but crowd noise. Not really acceptable to me (see my statement above concerning this). I could have easily removed almost 3 minutes of "unnecessary" lull time, but this is not how I do things here... 2: Using the "Harpoon" editing software, I could have slightly speeded up the set, WITHOUT affecting the pitch. The problem with this is again, it didn't happen that way, but the biggest reason is that there is sometimes unwanted digital jitter introduced into the audio when doing this process, as the editing program is actually "throwing away" digital bits. I have experimented with this with some commercial work, and it's about 95% effective. To a "good set of ears", you could hear the "dropped" sections. Again, this would make the final audio less than desired... 3: I could have setup Set I to use an 80 minute CD-R disc. But since there's no industry standard for 80 minute discs, the result would be that the show may not play on everyone's audio equipment! This was a "no-brainer"... keep the 74 minute disc choice, which makes sue that no one has any problems. 4: Cut the last song, and make it the first song of Disc 2. This is what was done... there is the usual "10 second overlap" I use when I have to begin a new disc when there's still audio being played (this time, it was actually the crowd noise, etc.). This also worked out better, in that Disc 2 is now longer, not really a "little bit on the short side" disc. With the 8+ minutes that Bertha required (the Set I closer), it "padded" Disc 2 very nicely. I did the usual 10 second 6 dB logarithmic fade out, and then left a very small bit of silence at the end, so that Samson, the opener for Set II, was allowed to come in nicely. Set I had only "single songs", no two-song-combo's. The Music Never stopped was a very nice opener for the show, and it set the tempo nicely. There were only very minor mix adjustments made during that song, and you will not hear where they were made unless you REALLY concentrate. I did not "mask" the changes, as they were very subtle to begin with, and they didn't need to be given any outside assistance. A really soulful 14 minute Sugaree follows, and the audience knew they were going to get their money's worth this evening! A short, but good Mama Tried is next up, and almost expected to hear a segue into another song, but there was no hint of it at all. What WAS great was Bob's little monologue to the audience about the show starting late... there's a great joke in there, so don't fast-forward past it! The way the engineer's mixed this recording, Donna's wonderful Sunrise really hit the mark next. Really a sweet version, one of the better one's I've heard. Two back-to-back kick-ass songs followed, Deal and then Passenger. Brown-Eyed Women was satisfactory, not one of their best versions. Nothing wrong with it, but it just seemed to lack a little something. Bobby came in with a very good Looks Like Rain, giving it just the right accents at the right time. Jerry did a very unusual opening to Jack-A-Roe. Almost sounding like he was just strumming to pass the time, it was "planned" by him as just a little change from the ordinary opening to this song. I really liked this opening version better than other variations I've heard. It's pleasant, soft, appealing, and it draws you into it. A better than average Minglewood closes out Disc 1, and the set's closer, Bertha, does not disappoint one bit. Set II is where the show REALLY shines for this performance. A bright and "harsh" Samson kicks things off. Nothing really special about this version, except that it was not mediocre. In comes Jerry with a slow and mellow High Time. He gave this evening's version a little more soulful sound, both in his playing as well as his vocals. Big River, which kind of shocked me for being in Set II gave a nice twist to the performance. I expected a segue into another song, but again, this was not to be. This was the end of the "single song" part of the show. Now comes the one into the next, with a mix of songs, and how they were performed, which should bring a smile to your face when you listen to it. Jerry kicks things off with a great 10 minute Terrapin Station. Good to hear that song, and with Donna Jean being in good voice (and having a monitor to hear herself in), it's really a pleasant version. Here's where the "dynamics" I spoke of begin. There's a really low volume section which you think is the segue into the next song, but they begin again with their louder volume continuation to complete the song. Estimated Prophet is next up, and Bob gives a very good performance, again, knowing which words to accent for the "effect" of the lyrics. This is also where a RTR change came in, but I was able to cross-fade the two sections as seamlessly as possible. You can tell where is occurred, but it's not "glaring" and painful to hear. The most difficult part about cross-fading is making sure you get both the percussion matched up so the song doesn't change it's back beat, as well as finding a point to cross-fade any instruments which are playing. I had to delete close to 25 seconds of the new reel to accommodate this. Not a lot is lost in the transition, probably less than a minute in all. Prophet goes off into a small, but very sweet jam, and you can tell by it's tempo towards the end what song is coming up next... Yup, you guessed it: Eyes Of The World. A really sweet 12.5 minute version which is quite enjoyable, easy on the ears, and not a lot of overdoing it on the solo's for Jerry's guitar. He had that knack for knowing which shows/songs needed more or less of his guitar solos, and tonight, he nailed it. As Eyes fades out, you begin to hear Billy and Mickey start up on Drums... this is where Disc 2 ends, giving you 10 seconds of their solo percussion, and then a 10 second fadeout. As Disc 3 starts, you get the same thing, with the "pre-fade out" 10 seconds of Disc 2's end fading in, and then the first 10 seconds of what you think is Drums. FOOLED YA! No, it wasn't Drums at all, but a percussion-only into to NFA. After about 10-15 seconds of the percussion only section, you begin to distinctly hear NFA's beat coming in. They did a wonderful job of sneaking it in slowly, but surely, nice and easy. A SIXTEEN-PLUS minute NFA is just about as good as it gets. Again, for this night's version, they're loud and proud singing it, but then they begin fading their playing/singling volume down really to a very quiet level... if I were' to have used any compression/limiting, it would have ruined the dynamics of this section. They're not subtle about bringing the song's volume level back up... it hit you like a sucker punch! A real rip-rowser version, in my opinion. They then begin the segue into (you guessed it), GDTRFB. Again, they do the loud/soft passages routine, and they pulled it off nicely. Just over 8.25 minutes worth (wish it would have been a little longer, and they do a good on the fly segue into Around & Around. Johnny B. Goode would NOT have worked with this segue, and they chose the right Chuck Berry song to go into. It's a great close to Set II, and you know he crowd wants more, but it was not to be. Only the encore is left... Uncle John's Band rounds off the evening's performance. Instrumentally, it was done right on the money, but almost every verse and chorus had someone screwing up the lyrics. Not only Jerry, but Weir and Donna as well. Everyone got into the "befuddled zone" for this one. Still, the harmonies and instrument playing make it well worth the mistakes in the words that were made. After the song ended, the tape kept rolling, and you can hear the equipment being broken down, the audience still buzzing about the wonderful show they just witnessed, and so forth. I kept all of this in up to the point where the tape deck was shut off. And, of course, I did fade out the last 10 seconds, so as not to be abrupt. But it's nice to be able to hear the audience's appreciation for the show, which is not always recorded or kept by many who taped shows. It only seemed right to keep all of this in, with the little unplugging clicks, the equipment being turned off, etc. I hope you all enjoy this very sweet version of this show. And thanks to my MC source for getting me the non-PCM version. This made the sound all that much better. PERSONAL RATINGS: (on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being excellent) Audio Mix: 9.7 (Weir could have been a little softer in the mix) Audio Quality: 9.9 (the minute remaining RTR hiss is the only "minus") Energy Level: 9.5 Show "Completeness": 10.0 Song Selection: ENTIRE SHOW 10.0 Surprises: Jerry's very different opening guitar lead-in on Jack-A-Roe, and the loud/soft passages for Set II's songs.
barney rubble (5/3.5)	cd-r / 3			View
Mike Dee (5/0)	CDR / 3		A	View	11614
Andrew (5/5)	cdr / 3		A	View		Betty MR>DAT>Sonic Solutions>CD
Notes:	2001 KPFA Tree
kevin (5/5)	cd-r / 3			View
Jay K (5/0)	CDR / 3			View
Kevin D (5/5)	CDR / 3			View		SBD
John Coulter (5/4)	CDR / 3			View		MSR>DAT>CDR
Mark Blaze (5/4.7)	shn / 2			View	3224
michael gibbs (5/0)	shn / 2			View	3224
Tyler Bruce (5/4.3)	cdr / 3			View
Notes:	Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @7.5ips 1/2 track -> DAT(s) -> ZA2 -> CDR
chris ventura (5/0)	/ 0			View
Ron (5/5)	shn / 0			View	3224	Soundboard > 7 inch Master Reels @7.5ips 1/2 track -> DAT(s) -> ZA2 -> CDR (x1)->...
Notes:	77 dvd 9

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