Mexicali Blues | 1984-05-08 | Grateful Dead

View Notes-- Seamless transition between Discs 2 and 3
-- Thanks to Paul Scotton and Joani Walker for the Cassettes
-- Thanks to Gary Field for the patch source

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

2:16:19

SBD

Transferrer:

Kevin Tobin

SHNID:

gd1984-05-08.172103.mtx.tobin.flac1648

Source:

SBD + AUD Matrix 2 Source Mix (48/16)

Taper Notes:

View Notes---------------------------------------------------------
- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 27-JUN-2025 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 27-JUN-2025 - Tag&Rename
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Brokedown House Production

Source 4 of 10

gd84-05-08.sbd.lai.2573.sbefail.shnf

Source:

SBD> MR> C> DAT> CDR

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD> MR> C> DAT> CDR; transfer by Mike Lai from Bruce Fried seed

Taper: Mark Severson

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1984-05-08.152059.nak700.severson.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Mark Severson's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 700 mics > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Andrew F for the Sony ECM 939lt source which supplies a 0:09 patch in "Drums", as well as a 0:14 patch in "Morning Dew"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- No Sunshine Daydream
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
May 2020

Taper: Mark Severson

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1984-05-08.152058.nak700.severson.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Mark Severson's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 700 mics > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Andrew F for the Sony ECM 939lt source which supplies a 0:09 patch in "Drums", as well as a 0:14 patch in "Morning Dew"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- No Sunshine Daydream
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
May 2020

Transferrer: Kevin Tobin

gd1984-05-08.172138.5-1.tobin.flac1648

Source:

5.1 LPCM Surround Sound Mix (48k)

Taper Notes:

View Notes---------------------------------------------------------
- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 27-JUN-2025 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 27-JUN-2025 - Tag&Rename
---------------------------------------------------------
Brokedown House Production

Transferrer: Hunter Seamons

gd1984-05-08.134627.mtx.seamons.ht109.flac16

Source:

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut > Soundtrack > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:

Something happened with the SBD tape, beginning with Terrapin Station, where the speed fluctuated much more heavily and frequently, making the project about three times as difficult and requiring much smaller increments to work with. Also, the weird "mid-80's" static in the mix during the second set affected the speed/position slightly at times. I had not worked on a matrix as difficult as this since 9/9/72 (Vol. 64). All this being the case, the second half of the matrix is not quite as stable as the first half, but still pretty good overall. 

Soundtrack Pro was used to remove several digital anomalies.

Taper: Andrew F.

gd1984-05-08.sonyecm.andrewf.29304.sbefail.flac16

Source:

Sony ECM-939LT stereo mic > Marantz PMD-340 cassette deck. Sony UCX-S 90 cassettes, with Dolby B On > MAC > Sony TC-D5M > Marantz CDR-500 > EAC > Soundforge > CD-Wave > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesMy seat was in the center, but far back and under the roof of the mezzanine. This resulted in the tape sounding a bit distant, and with a ton of audience noise. This tape is definitely of the "warts-n-all" variety, but I decided to release it since the circulating sbd is muffled and has static, and I haven?t yet found a good audience upgrade.

d2t07: There was a moment when the drummers left and the stage was empty while
they wheeled out the Thunder Machine. I used this opportunity to flip the tape.

d3t05: The little wind-down jam at the end of Miracle is cut where I faded and
changed tapes. I managed to get it done before the start of Morning Dew.

d3t08: The band skipped Sunshine Daydream and went straight to Brokedown.

Taper: Dave Morris

Jim Bennett and Brian Bontempo

SHNID:

gd1984-05-08.set2.aud-morris.bennett-bontempo.12521.shnf

Lineage:

(Mics?)>Sony D5>Master AUD Cassette>Cassette>WAV (CDWav)>SHN (MKWAct)

Taper Notes:

View Notes1st set and encore are missing.  This is a fantastic show to listen to as an AUD.  The Scarlet->Touch in particular shows off a hot audience in a small venue.  They greet the opening of Scarlet warmly; at the end Phil drives everyone into Touch, making a left turn away from Fire (listen for it), and when Jerry jumps on it, the howls of glee that greeted its' arrival are fantastic to hear.  Also, the bombs in the Other One, Jerry's multiple solos, the montrous Morning Dew...the full picture of band and audience exponentially increases my listening pleasure during this set.