China Cat Sunflower > | 1985-03-09 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
-- I cleaned up the buzz on shnid=165109
-- Twilight Zone Theme During Space
-- Space, The Other One and Sugar Magnolia with Merl Saunders
-- Thanks to Jim Blackwood and Brian Miksis for their input on this project

Transferrer: All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net February 3, 2026

1:28:02

SBDREMASTER

Transferrer:

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net February 3, 2026

SHNID:

gd1985-03-09.176200.sbd.pcm.remaster.miller.flac1644

Source:

SBD > PCM Master > DAT Clone (44.1k)

Lineage:

DAT Clone (Panasonic SV-3900) > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- I cleaned up the buzz on shnid=165109
-- Twilight Zone Theme During Space
-- Space, The Other One and Sugar Magnolia with Merl Saunders
-- Thanks to Jim Blackwood and Brian Miksis for their input on this project

Taper: Dougal Donaldson

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net February 3, 2026

SHNID:

gd1985-03-09.176199.sbd1.donaldson.miller.flac2496

Source:

SBD > VHS Master > Cassette (Sony TC-D5M/Maxell XLII-S90)

Lineage:

Cassette (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2025 > iZotope RX11 Advanced > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/24

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Thanks to Dougal Donsaldson for the tapes
-- Twilight Zone Theme During Space
-- Space, The Other One and Sugar Magnolia with Merl Saunders
-- Thanks to Brian Miksis for his input on this project

Transferrer: All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net June 16, 2023

1:20:50

SBD

Transferrer:

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net June 16, 2023

SHNID:

gd1985-03-09.165109.sbd.miller.flac1644

Source:

SBD > PCM Master > DAT Clone (44.1k)

Lineage:

DAT Clone (Panasonic SV-3900) > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Twilight Zone Theme During Space
-- Space, The Other One and Sugar Magnolia with Merl Saunders
-- I cleaned up over 100 bursts of vocal distortion
-- Thanks to Jim Blackwood for his input on this project

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

gd1985-03-09.sbd.miller.104962.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Cassette Master -> ? -> Cassette -> FLAC

Lineage:

FLAC -> WAV -> Cool Edit Pro v2.0 -> Samplitude Professional v10.22 -> FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- This is a re-master of shnid=97331
-- Levels have been fixed and many flaws removed
-- This source kinda sucks but at least now sounds a little better
-- Twilight Zone theme during Drums
-- Merl Saunders sits in on keyboards during Drums and The Other One
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

Transferrer: Chris Quinn

gd1985-03-09.sbd.quinn.97331.flac16

Source:

Ssbd > ? > cassette (Maxell XLII)

Lineage:

Sony TC-FX150 cassette player > "Santa Cruz" sound card > Nero SoundTrax > CDWav > TLH > FLAC16

Taper Notes:

View NotesI'm not sure this recording is better than the other circulating sbd (http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=91881) but at least this one is complete. 

Comment:
-  *W/ Merl Saunders, Rex Foundation Benefit, Twilight Zone Theme During Space.

Notes:
- SBE Free, files encoded @ level 8.

Taper: thanks to jimbo05@LL for providing the recording

thanks to jimbo05@LL for providing the recording

Source:

Soundboard

Lineage:

Nak MR-1(Maxell XLII-S 90min) -> DAW -> M-Audio 66 -> Wavelab v.5

Taper: Mark Terry

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1985-03-09.176457.sennheiser.blend.terry.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Mark Terry's Master Audience Cassettes; (2) Sennheiser 421 mics (L/R) + (1) Sennheiser 441 mic (C) blend > Nakamichi 550 > Sony D5 (Maxell XLII-S90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (.wav 24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2025 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mark Terry for the master cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Tazuo Yamaguchi and David Minches for the Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 1:09 patch in the "Drums > Space" transition
- "Drums > Space > The Other One" with Merl Saunders
- Twilight Zone theme during "Space"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Rex Foundation Benefit
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
May 2025

Taper: Mark Terry

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1985-03-09.176456.sennheiser.blend.terry.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Mark Terry's Master Audience Cassettes; (2) Sennheiser 421 mics (L/R) + (1) Sennheiser 441 mic (C) blend > Nakamichi 550 > Sony D5 (Maxell XLII-S90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (.wav 24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2025 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mark Terry for the master cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Tazuo Yamaguchi and David Minches for the Nakamichi 700 source which supplies a 1:09 patch in the "Drums > Space" transition
- "Drums > Space > The Other One" with Merl Saunders
- Twilight Zone theme during "Space"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Rex Foundation Benefit
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
May 2025

Taper: Tazuo Yamaguchi

gd1985-03-09.all.aud-ty.96610.flac1644

Source:

Nak 700 cardiods on 12 inch pzm plates> poris preamp> Sony TC-D5

Lineage:

Master played back on Nak Dragon> Grace Lunatec V3 (24/96)> Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe> Adobe Audition 2.0> (dither/downsample)> FLAC encoding

Taper Notes:

View Notes*W/ Merl Saunders, Rex Foundation Benefit, Twilight Zone Theme During Space

Taper: Mark McCue

gd1985-03-09.senn421.mccue.84027.sbeok.flac16

Source:

MAC; Sennheiser 421s > Sony D5 > TDK MA90s

Lineage:

Master Audience Cassettes > Nakamichi Dragon > Kind Kables RCA/XLR > Lunatec V3(@2496) > coax > Audiophile 2496 > WaveLab 5.0 > Waves L2 Ultramaximizer (dither) > WAV @ 16/44.1 > TLH > FLAC16.

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource: MAC; Sennheiser 421s > Sony D5 > TDK MA90s
Location: behind SBD
Taper: Mark McCue
Transfer: Master Audience Cassettes > Nakamichi Dragon > Kind Kables RCA/XLR > Lunatec V3(@2496) > coax > Audiophile 2496 > WaveLab 5.0 > Waves L2 Ultramaximizer (dither) > WAV @ 16/44.1 > TLH > FLAC16.

Taper: Unknown

2:09:32

Source:

Realistic PZM mics > Sony TC-D5M cassette deck > Maxell MX-90 cassettes

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
D1T1: Distortion is present on the master tape, and ends at 0:28.
D2T4: There is a small bit of sound-saturation of the vocals during "Miracle",
and in a very few other spots in the second set; this flaw is present on the master.
D2T6: Soundforge was used to remove a three-second silent gap at 4:31, which is
where the lead deck flipped his tape. (Soundforge was not used for anything else.)
D2T7: Track ID for "Space" started where the tape was flipped; this was a direct
flip (without rewinding) so only a few seconds appear to be missing.

Source 13 of 13

gd85-03-09.aud.vernon.14448.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Audience Recording