lead in | 1969-09-01 | Grateful Dead

View NotesOriginally aired on 91.3 FM KXCI Tucson on Dead Air, hosted by Jim Blackwood on September 1, 2024
https://spinitron.com/KXCI/pl/19456974/Dead-Air
Originally shared to www.shnflac.net in June 2025

Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Ron McKernan - organ, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
Mickey Hart - drums, percussion
Tom Constanten - keyboards

Notes:
- The band plays their first rock festival at a race track in Prairieville, LA.
- There is a splice, with a brief period missing, after the beginning of 'Dark Star'.
- There are a few seconds of tape damage in 'Turn On Your Lovelight'.

Transferrer: Andy Lemieux, Kingbee, Matt Vernon

1:33:58

SBD

Rating:

9.08 / 14 ratings

Transferrer:

Andy Lemieux, Kingbee, Matt Vernon

SHNID:

gd69-09-01.sbd.vernon.19963.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard

Lineage:

SBD > MC (Ampex C-90 cassette) > DAT > CD-R

Taper Notes:

View Notes- this source differs from the most recent previously circulating copy (http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=5216) in that
a). Casey Jones is not clipped
b). The Yellow Dog Story which appears before Dark Star is not on this tape. The transition from the end of Easy Wind to the start of Dark Star on this tape is continuous.  This would suggest that the Yellow Dog Story on the other source may not be from this date.
c). The version of Lovelight on this source is complete (~24 minutes) except for a brief gap.  The previous source cut after ~ 9 minutes


Eaton lists:
09/01/69 Baton Rouge Speedway, Prairieville La - complete
4.4, 095min, Sbd, A0D1, Cass M->Dat 1, 44k,Ampex C-90 Master Cass/no dolby->3700 x 0->3800 x 1

flaws
d1t02 - brief partial loss left channel 2:24, 5:43, 6:46, 7:40, 5:05 brief partial loss right channel
d1t04 ~ 4:58,  two very brief partial losses left channel
d2t01 - cut ~0:05
d2t01 ~ 2:46 brief garbled section left channel
d2t01 ~ 8:08 brief partial loss both channels
d2t01 ~ 8:52 some digi-type or transcription noise (minor)
d2t02 - brief partial loss left channel 1:37
d2t03 - brief partial loss left channel 8:08
d2t04 - brief partial loss left channel 6:37
d2t04 - gap ~9:45 followed by volume variations and what not for about 10 seconds
d2t04 - brief partial loss left channel 10:22, 11:01, 23:32

Transferrer: (Extraction and.shn encoding by Seth Kaplan via EAC and MKW.

(Extraction and.shn encoding by Seth Kaplan via EAC and MKW.

SHNID:

gd1969-09-01.sbd.kaplan.5216.shnf

Source:

SBD>Cm>Dat>CD

Taper Notes:

View NotesTape warble on a few spots in Morning Dew. Lovelight cuts @ 9:06

Transferrer: Tony Gardner and Steve Goodrich

1:23:36

SBD

Transferrer:

Tony Gardner and Steve Goodrich

Source:

SBD>MC>DAT>CDR>EAC>SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesCOMMENTS  The first bar of Casey Jones is clipped on the circulating
tape.

Transferrer: Remaster by grner1, goody

Remaster by grner1, goody

SHNID:

gd1969-09-01.157433.sbd.grner1.goody.1644

Source:

Source 1 (unedited): cassette master > ? > CD's received in trade. Source 2 (edited): MSC (Ampex C-90 cassette) > DAT > CD-R (via Andy Lemieux and Kingbee).

Taper Notes:

View NotesApproximately 14 minutes at the end of "Turn On Your Lovelight" has been spliced in from the Source 2 version above because it was cut on the unedited (Source 1) version. There was a rough cut at about the place where the unedited source cut, so the edited (but known lineage) source was used from that point to the end. A seamless splice was created by removing a few seconds, however if you prefer the original spliced version it has also been properly tuned and is provided here as well in a 'bonus' folder, so named.

Remastering notes:
(grner1): Pro Tools (normalization and seamless fixes - no EQ or noise reduction) > Wav files >
(goody): Audition (pitch-adjustments of various amounts; Lovelight splice and retracking) >
TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)