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[Wossamotta U]

Grateful Dead

Dick’s Picks 29

5/19/77
Fox Theatre
Atlanta GA

5/21/77
Lakeland Civic Center Arena
Lakeland FL

 

[Wossamotta U]

Not very many Deadheads here, eh? That sucks.

C'mon
You're not counting lurkers.
For the record, the Dead didn't think Woodstock was one of their finer showings

And they were correct. Like Jerry always said: "We aren't actors. Able to "perform." It's either happening or it's not." too paraphrase.
So anyone else looking forward/giddy about Nov. 1 and DaP 32?

Yeah there’s lurkers.

Regarding Woodstock—the Dead talk about it (starting at around 15:30) in this Tom Snyder show clip from ‘81. Among other problems, the stage was wet and their equipment wasn’t grounded, so they kept getting electric shocks from their mics, guitars, etc. Jerry sums it up: “We’ve always blown it at important things.”

I like this interview, and also (in the next clip) the acoustic set they played on the show.

Tom Snyder was a Deadhead!

Snyder talks with Jerry, Bob, Mickey, Bill (and Ken Kesey):

Their 4-song acoustic set:

 

[Crazy Gnome]

Grateful Dead
5-2-70
Harpur College
Binghamton NY

 

[Skylab]

Dave’s Picks 32 is 3/24/73 - great choice! I subscribe, so I was getting it no matter what, but I’m very psyched about the choice!

 

[libertycaps]

Set 1:
Bertha
Beat It On Down The Line
Don't Ease Me In
The Race Is On
Cumberland Blues
Box Of Rain
Row Jimmy
Jack Straw
They Love Each Other
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Looks Like Rain
Wave That Flag
El Paso
Here Comes Sunshine
Me And Bobby McGee
Loser
Playin' In The Band
Set 2:
Promised Land
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Big River
Stella Blue
Me And My Uncle
He's Gone
Truckin'
Spanish Jam
Dark Star
Sing Me Back Home
Sugar Magnolia
Encore:
Johnny B. Goode

Got my announcement email 2 hours ago. I wasn't too far off. Looking forward to another sweet '73! And Philly always seems to bring the best outta the GoGD.

 

[mfrench]

In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
Songwriters: JERRY GARCIA, ROBERT HUNTER


I’ve been meaning to extend this one out again, in honor of the recent passing of Robert Hunter, and, well, the sorely lost Jerry Garcia.

A wee tale behind this one….. actually, quite a long one this time.
This is my first solo recording effort. I had participated in group efforts prior to this, with my mentor in this whole game; but never solo. His wife went into labor mere hours prior to the show, and the recording bag was handed off to me, and I was told to handle it. Yikes.
My sister gets huge credit for her effort in getting the gear through the door, and, it wasn’t small!
This was in the days of strictly no recording of JGB gigs. There was rumors abundant that Hells Angels biker security was on the lookout for tapers, and would take them out in unique biker fashion.
So, I’m nervous, clueless, and on my own, once thru the door.
I get the rig set up, and, find realize that I’m way too close to the stage, and not in line with any of the PA system. The seat was fine for viewing, but, not for recording in stereo.
So, I traded seats with someone who had seats in front of the Sbd, on center.
The rig: Massively heavy, huge, Sennheiser MD421 pair, and a steel stereo t-bar to mount them on, and of course, to make it completely unruly, XLR cables, and unbalancing adaptors at the deck.
This rig weighed a bit less than a gallon of water.
Not much you say?
Try hand-holding that gallon at bent at the elbow length, for three hours, being as still as you can, while maintaining the deck, flipping tape, and worrying about some Angels biker tapping you on the shoulder, and then dragging you out. The mics and XLR's were as long my forearms, which I used to support the load.

That rig weighed like a wet 60# bag of concrete by the end of the night. My bag and arms went from burning, to cramping, to numb, to aching, back to cramping,… and, finally, celebrating the end of the show.
That entire night I started devising a way of getting away from that kind of agony, and how I might be able to go far smaller, and perhaps body worn? Miniature mics that you couldn’t see. But, could it be done?? And if so, how???, and with what????
I started asking around, and drew mostly responses of stage Lavalier mics that needed phantom power (which at that time was rare in small remote recording rigs). I finally bought some Radio Shack tie pin lavs. And then in a trip to Hollywood, and a film industry support outlet, I found my dear friend, Güde Head; my Sennheiser MKE2002 Artificial Head Binaural Stereo Kit. Güde won out for sound, and the RS Lavs went with a friend to Long Island, and, not heard from much after that.
That was the start of my studies into the HRTF, Head Reference Transfer Function technique, that was called quasi-binaural at that time, as it was a being created technique that was still being proven out. And I’m now rambling….

This is my first solo effort. Please be patient with it, as I was a bit of a spooked, clueless, and bumbling idiot. A lot of vibes have been captured since this time. I hope you’ll enjoy.

peace love wellness

Mike



Get ready for a **** ton of files…..
https://we.tl/t-2cfHmb8ak1



from the text file:




Jerry Garcia Band
-with-
Robert Hunter, opening act

May 18, 1984
Irvine Meadows Ampitheater,
Irvine, Ca

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

05-18-1984 Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, CA

opening:
Robert Hunter - solo acoustic

Set 1
Cats Under The Stars
Catfish John
Simple Twist Of Fate
Run For The Roses
Rhapsody In Red

Set 2
Mission In The Rain
Harder They Come >
Tangled Up In Blue

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Ambient Analog Recording by Mike French
Sennheiser MD-421's 90º Near-Coincidence (modified XY90º past coincidence, or, a very narrow din, something like 8cm 90º) -> Sony TC-D5 no n.r., Maxell UD-XLII 90
Mics hand-held @ 6' "chin level", 9th row center orchestra

*My first solo stealth recording effort, after learning that my taping mentor and his wife were going to the hospital to deliver their first child, Erin Elizabeth. Happy Birthday, Erin Elizabeth P.

*This meant getting the big rig in (big thanks to my sister Kami, for wearing the pouch from hell), set up, hand holding, and level setting, flips, etc.

This fileset is the original digital transfer of this recording, transferred apprx., 2001/2002 (no transfer notes taken). It was burned as an audio burn via a Sony TC-D5M -> Tascam CDRW700 master audio cd recorder.

There was an edited version of set one, performed by JAH, to clean up a sudden level change. That was done before my awareness of flac, text files, etc. So, no notes were taken, as to that edit.

As an added measure, I've included both set one folders; the original transfer, and the JAH edited version.

 

[Crazy Gnome]

 

[libertycaps]

View attachment 1639789

Waiting patiently for an official version of that show. Will it ever come?

 

[Crazy Gnome]

Waiting patiently for an official version of that show. Will it ever come?

Maybe not. Show has a rough start as far as tape quality. Plus some noticeable tape hiss during acoustic set. Not at a level that is bothersome. They may be able to get it cleaned up enough for a commercial release.

 

[libertycaps]

Like 11/08/70 maybe some shows are private pleasures meant to remain just under the radar. No worries for me, but i would like to hear them in best quality possible.

 

[libertycaps]

 

[BlindBoyGrnt]

In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
Songwriters: JERRY GARCIA, ROBERT HUNTER


I’ve been meaning to extend this one out again, in honor of the recent passing of Robert Hunter, and, well, the sorely lost Jerry Garcia.

A wee tale behind this one….. actually, quite a long one this time.
This is my first solo recording effort. I had participated in group efforts prior to this, with my mentor in this whole game; but never solo. His wife went into labor mere hours prior to the show, and the recording bag was handed off to me, and I was told to handle it. Yikes.
My sister gets huge credit for her effort in getting the gear through the door, and, it wasn’t small!
This was in the days of strictly no recording of JGB gigs. There was rumors abundant that Hells Angels biker security was on the lookout for tapers, and would take them out in unique biker fashion.
So, I’m nervous, clueless, and on my own, once thru the door.
I get the rig set up, and, find realize that I’m way too close to the stage, and not in line with any of the PA system. The seat was fine for viewing, but, not for recording in stereo.
So, I traded seats with someone who had seats in front of the Sbd, on center.
The rig: Massively heavy, huge, Sennheiser MD421 pair, and a steel stereo t-bar to mount them on, and of course, to make it completely unruly, XLR cables, and unbalancing adaptors at the deck.
This rig weighed a bit less than a gallon of water.
Not much you say?
Try hand-holding that gallon at bent at the elbow length, for three hours, being as still as you can, while maintaining the deck, flipping tape, and worrying about some Angels biker tapping you on the shoulder, and then dragging you out. The mics and XLR's were as long my forearms, which I used to support the load.

That rig weighed like a wet 60# bag of concrete by the end of the night. My bag and arms went from burning, to cramping, to numb, to aching, back to cramping,… and, finally, celebrating the end of the show.
That entire night I started devising a way of getting away from that kind of agony, and how I might be able to go far smaller, and perhaps body worn? Miniature mics that you couldn’t see. But, could it be done?? And if so, how???, and with what????
I started asking around, and drew mostly responses of stage Lavalier mics that needed phantom power (which at that time was rare in small remote recording rigs). I finally bought some Radio Shack tie pin lavs. And then in a trip to Hollywood, and a film industry support outlet, I found my dear friend, Güde Head; my Sennheiser MKE2002 Artificial Head Binaural Stereo Kit. Güde won out for sound, and the RS Lavs went with a friend to Long Island, and, not heard from much after that.
That was the start of my studies into the HRTF, Head Reference Transfer Function technique, that was called quasi-binaural at that time, as it was a being created technique that was still being proven out. And I’m now rambling….

This is my first solo effort. Please be patient with it, as I was a bit of a spooked, clueless, and bumbling idiot. A lot of vibes have been captured since this time. I hope you’ll enjoy.

peace love wellness

Mike



Get ready for a **** ton of files…..
https://we.tl/t-2cfHmb8ak1



from the text file:




Jerry Garcia Band
-with-
Robert Hunter, opening act

May 18, 1984
Irvine Meadows Ampitheater,
Irvine, Ca

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

05-18-1984 Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, CA

opening:
Robert Hunter - solo acoustic

Set 1
Cats Under The Stars
Catfish John
Simple Twist Of Fate
Run For The Roses
Rhapsody In Red

Set 2
Mission In The Rain
Harder They Come >
Tangled Up In Blue

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Ambient Analog Recording by Mike French
Sennheiser MD-421's 90º Near-Coincidence (modified XY90º past coincidence, or, a very narrow din, something like 8cm 90º) -> Sony TC-D5 no n.r., Maxell UD-XLII 90
Mics hand-held @ 6' "chin level", 9th row center orchestra

*My first solo stealth recording effort, after learning that my taping mentor and his wife were going to the hospital to deliver their first child, Erin Elizabeth. Happy Birthday, Erin Elizabeth P.

*This meant getting the big rig in (big thanks to my sister Kami, for wearing the pouch from hell), set up, hand holding, and level setting, flips, etc.

This fileset is the original digital transfer of this recording, transferred apprx., 2001/2002 (no transfer notes taken). It was burned as an audio burn via a Sony TC-D5M -> Tascam CDRW700 master audio cd recorder.

There was an edited version of set one, performed by JAH, to clean up a sudden level change. That was done before my awareness of flac, text files, etc. So, no notes were taken, as to that edit.

As an added measure, I've included both set one folders; the original transfer, and the JAH edited version.

Jerry's guitar comes through loud and clear, Mike.

 

[Crazy Gnome]

 

[libertycaps]

Dave's 8. So f'ing MATRIX delish. Moar please!

 

[Skylab]

Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah
Audio Fidelity 180g LP reissue

 

[Crazy Gnome]

Swing Auditorium
2-26-77

Just realized this show is Daves pick 29. I missed out on purchasing the Daves Picks. I was out of the loop for awhile . When i found out about the series i was going to subscribe but i got annoyed at the limited availability. Seems like in the age of sound files they could be purchased by anyone anytime. Anyone know the rationale of not making them available digitally?

 

[libertycaps]

Anyone know the rationale of not making them available digitally?

Erm, name any show. If it's been recorded, it's avail to download and/or stream. From multiple sources.
Does anyone here remember the tape trading 90's? Dave's Picks is like the upgraded version of that. The Dave's Pick series is for collectors.

 

[libertycaps]

I'm a collector.

 

[Crazy Gnome]

Erm, name any show. If it's been recorded, it's avail to download and/or stream. From multiple sources.
Does anyone here remember the tape trading 90's? Dave's Picks is like the upgraded version of that. The Dave's Pick series is for collectors.

I just thought Grateful Dead inc could add the upgraded sound file to be sold as well. It doesn't matter now. I am listening to the show and happy. I guess it is more a comment on intentional rarities. High quality soundboards are being removed on the net because of these releases.