Mexicali Blues | 1980-04-29 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the master cassette source. Bob and Barry Glassberg taped the Spring '80 shows together, they each had one Nakamichi 700 mic and each had a D5 deck. They ran their individual mics together as a pair and each recorded a master on their respective D5's. One night Bob was the lead deck, the next night Barry was the lead deck. Bob does not recall who was the lead deck on which nights.
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Joani Walker, Paul Scotton and Charlie Miller for the Sony ECM250 source which supplies some crowd and first notes of "Lost Sailor" (0:31 total), as well as an 0:18 patch in "Drums"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
June 2022

Taper: Bob Wagner

2:29:23

Taper:

Bob Wagner

Transferrer:

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1980-04-29.163794.nak700.wagner.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Bob Wagner's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 700 mics > Sony D5

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR7-A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> Tascam Hi-Res Editor (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2022 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the master cassette source. Bob and Barry Glassberg taped the Spring '80 shows together, they each had one Nakamichi 700 mic and each had a D5 deck. They ran their individual mics together as a pair and each recorded a master on their respective D5's. One night Bob was the lead deck, the next night Barry was the lead deck. Bob does not recall who was the lead deck on which nights.
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Joani Walker, Paul Scotton and Charlie Miller for the Sony ECM250 source which supplies some crowd and first notes of "Lost Sailor" (0:31 total), as well as an 0:18 patch in "Drums"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
June 2022

Taper: Joani Walker

gd1980-04-29.SonyECM250.walker-scotton.miller.88872.sbeok.flac16

Source:

Sony ECM-250 -> Cassette Master (Sony TC-158/Maxell UDXL-II90)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesPatch Info:
   Nakamichi 700 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (shnid=5455) supplies:
     Playing Jam (0:00 - 0:10)

Notes:
-- Set 2 is seamless
-- Recorded By Joani Walker
-- Joani was set up mid-balcony
-- Thanks to Joani Walker and Paul Scotton for the tapes
-- Patch source recorded by Robert Wagner and Barry Glassberg
-- Patch source pitch adjusted to match Joani's tape

Taper: concert recording by John Hicks & Dennis Fong

2:25:14

Taper:

concert recording by John Hicks & Dennis Fong

Transferrer:

Transferred by Andrew F. 06/2022

SHNID:

gd1980-04-29.157080.aud.hicks-fong.flac1644

Source:

Handheld deck (mono) > Maxell XLII's

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi CR-5A > Edirol FA-66 > Wavelab 2448 > R8Brain > CD-Wave > TLH > FLAC 1644 tagged

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- This was possibly a Panasonic portable; John recalls "holding it up to head level".
- Mono-mixed patch from ID-99887 covers tape-flip in Jam 3:22 > 3:47.
- Seems like the deck was lowered or set-down for U.S.Blues, it's muffled.

Taper: Mason B. Taylor

gd1980-04-29.128627.naks.mason.flac16

Source:

Recorded By Mason Taylor on a Nakamichi 550 Cassette Deck, on chrome tapes, with Nakamichi microphones

Taper Notes:

View Notes"Mason B. Taylor was a taper from Chicago that recorded concerts by many bands in the Chicagoland area and on Dead tours. He used a Nakamichi 550 with Nakamichi 300 mics with shotgun capsules for most of his earlier recordings. In later years he used Sony D-5 and Sony D-3 cassette recorders with Nakamichi 300 mics.

Mason captured spectacular musical moments and loved to share them with his closest friends. In honor of Mason and all the love he put into his recordings we are now able to share these moments with those who can appreciate them most.

As the shows get uploaded we would love for you to share your stories about the epic times the music evokes so we can all dial back into that moment when the magic was happening.

Thanks to Mason’s family and his Chicago and Cleveland friends for opening up Mason’s Jar…"

Taper: Bob Morris

gd1980-04-29.sonyecm990.morris.99887.flac16

Source:

Sony ECM-990 stereo mic > Cassette Master (Marantz Superscope CD320/Maxell UDXLII)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Korg MR-1000 (1-bit/5.6MHz) > Audiogate (1-bit/5.6MHz > 16-bit/44.1KHz) > cdwav (edits)

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes - Recorded by Bob Morris, orchestra section CTR, row CC, seat 108.
Tracks d1t07, d1t08, d1t14: clipping on master cassette.

Taper: Barry Glassberg and Robert Wagner

2:28:43

Taper:

Barry Glassberg and Robert Wagner

Transferrer:

A. Egert and B. Koucky

SHNID:

gd1980-04-29.fob.glassberg.motb.0041.88864.sbeok.flac24

Source:

2 x Nakamichi CM-700 [15 dB Attenuation Pad] > Sony TC-D5M > MAC

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 > Benchmark ADC-1 > AES > Sound Devices 722 > WAV [24/96]

Taper Notes:

View NotesMastering Notes
- Software applied - WaveLab 5.0 > iZotope Ozone 3 > CD Wave Editor 1.9 > FLAC [Level 8]
- Peaks lowered slightly with Nomad Limiting Amplifier, along with slight RMS level increase.
- Processed about 100 handclaps to reduce their relative decibel level, most noticeably at the beginning of s1t03.
- s2t02 - Beginning of "Lost Sailor" was cut and faded in.
- No patch sources were used.
- Cross-fades were applied at tape flips before at pauses between songs when necessary.

Notes
- s1t03 - Slightly noticeable stuttering effect during "Friend Of The Devil" due to processing of handclaps during mastering; mainly noticeable during beginning of song.
- s2t02 - Missing lyrics "Compass card is spinning" and some amount of instrumental lead-in at beginning of "Lost Sailor".
- s2t04 - Jerry vocal problems during "Terrapin Station", going into the fifth verse after the first lead guitar solo. Jerry either blanks out or there's a technical issue. They play the complete verse phrasing, plus some - but with instruments only - then recover and Jerry does the lyrics.

Taper: Barry Glassberg and Robert Wagner

Barry Glassberg and Robert Wagner

Transferrer:

A. Egert and B. Koucky

SHNID:

gd1980-04-29.fob.glassberg.motb.0041.88772.sbeok.flac16

Source:

2 x Nakamichi CM-700 [15 dB Attenuation Pad] > Sony TC-D5M > MAC

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 > Benchmark ADC-1 > AES > Sound Devices 722 > WAV [24/96]

Taper Notes:

View NotesMastering Notes
- Software applied - WaveLab 5.0 > iZotope Ozone 3 > CD Wave Editor 1.9 > c8brain [24/96 to 16/44.1 Downsample] > FLAC [Level 8]
- Peaks lowered slightly with Nomad Limiting Amplifier, along with slight RMS level increase.
- Processed about 100 handclaps to reduce their relative decibel level, most noticeably at the beginning of d1t03.
- d2t02 - Beginning of "Lost Sailor" was cut and faded in.
- No patch sources were used.
- Cross-fades were applied at tape flips before at pauses between songs when necessary.

Notes
- d1t03 - Slightly noticeable stuttering effect during "Friend Of The Devil" due to processing of handclaps during mastering; mainly noticeable during beginning of song.
- d2t02 - Missing lyrics "Compass card is spinning" and some amount of instrumental lead-in at beginning of "Lost Sailor".
- d2t04 - Jerry vocal problems during "Terrapin Station", going into the fifth verse after the first lead guitar solo. Jerry either blanks out or there's a technical issue. They play the complete verse phrasing, plus some - but with instruments only - then recover and Jerry does the lyrics.

Taper: Barry Glassberg

gd80-04-29.glassberg.lutch.5455.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Audience Recording: Nakamichi 700

Lineage:

FOB (Nakamichi 700)> Master Cassette(Sony TC-D5); A>D: Master Cassette (Tascam 112mkIII)>Sony R500 @44.1>; D>CD: DAT> MASTER CDR on HHB CDR 850> Duped to CD(1) on Tascam CD-D4000MKII; CD>SHN: EAC (see info)> Soundforge> CD WAV> SHNv3

Taper Notes:

View Notes<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dankseeds/files/gd80-04-29/" rel="ugc nofollow">QC</a> courtesy <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dankseeds//" rel="ugc nofollow">dankseeds</a>, of Jamie's original version, note d1 md5s: FOB (Nakamichi 700)> Master Cassette(Sony TC-D5); A>D: Master Cassette (Tascam 112mkIII)>Sony R500 @44.1>; D>CD: DAT> MASTER CDR on HHB CDR 850> Duped to CD(1) on Tascam CD-D4000MKII; CD>SHN: EAC (see info)> Soundforge> CD WAV> SHNv3 w/seek tables appended; taped by Barry G., A>D>CD Conversion by Jim Wise, CD>SHN by Jamie Lutch; <a href="http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=3403" rel="ugc nofollow">alternate version</a> may also be in circ; note dankseeds certified as of 1/8/02

Taper: Barry Glassberg

Jim Wise and Jamie Lutch

SHNID:

gd1980-04-29.nak700.glassburg.lutch.3403.shnf

Source:

FOB > NAK700 > MC

Lineage:

MC > Sony R500 > DAT > CDR > CDR > EAC > WAV > SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesFirst line of Lost Sailor cut on master cassette
Editing of .wavs was limited to crossfading cassette flips between songs, no music was disturbed