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4/30/70The Matrix, San Francisco, CA
 The Matrix, San Francisco114026B+see NRPS 7/30/70 sbd boswell smith 114026; 114026 says what circulates as 4/30/70 is really 7/30/70 and can be found on that one for d2t4 to d3t7; there is an analog cut before d2t4 but could jusy be a set break  
5/2/70Harpur College, Binghampton, NY
 fm weiner28369B  ***
 sbd fm aud unknown108955B+  ***
 sbd reel master cass dat , source:136784B+  ***
 30min, incomplete; this was filler on a trade dat of 8/7/69 and this portion was described as 60m, 48k,master sbd reel>dat,; then trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit ? wav; cooledit used for 48k to 44k conversion; left as 1 track; 1:16:32 Can't Pay the Price, 1:22:0x Whatcha Gonna Do On the Planet (maybe cut prematurely at the end) Bob Weir joins for lead (except The Weight) /shared vocals: 1:26:4x Saw Mill, 1:30:2x The Race Is On, 1:32:4x Mama Tried, 1:36:1x Me & My Uncle, 1:40:0x The Weight B+in 4-way comparison on sawmill, this has the fullest sound but is incomplete; next fullest sound is incomplete gd 108955 but with most hiss; 136784 is complete and clear but sort of flat; weiner fm 28369 is warmer but more muffled and suppressed with some hiss and complete; dat sbd has narrowest sound but complete; in comparason at the end of what you gonna do on the planet this had more tape distortion than 136784; in comparison on the weight this had a fuller sound than 136784; there is something more upfront and fuller in the vocals on this; it is easiest to go with 136784 but could go with this and fill in missing songs with 108955, and then 136784; 136784 has a couple seconds more of what you gonna do on the planet before the cut than this  
 60m, 56min, 48k,; trade dat described as "sbd"; trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav (1 track at 48k); Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Truck Drivin Man, Can't Pay the Price, Whatcha Gonna Do On the Planet, All I Ever Wanted, Henry, Lodi; Bob Weir joins for lead (except The Weight) /shared vocals: Saw Mill, The Race Is On, Mama Tried, Me & My Uncle, The Weight, + Filler from following Grateful Dead set beginning with Don't Ease Me In (see Dick's Picks 8) Bhas some occasional hiss & scratchiness in it plus a very narrow soundsmall drop 34:18;***
5/3/70Field House, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
 aud goldman sirmick20852C-has a lot of talking over music  
5/7/70Dupont Gymnasium, MIT, Cambridge, MA
 audmc > ? > 7" r > dat > hd > shn, taper, mics97270Bmd5s match to gd weiner 5439has some drops/cuts/pops***
5/14/70Kirkwood, MO
 48k. 25min; see keith & donna 11/21/75 dat, excellent sound but a little hiss, trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > flac; 6 days on the Road, What You Gonna, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, stage tuning, I Don't Know You, Cecelia A-this has a warmer sound with less hiss than other dat (MR>R1> 3.75 ips R2>dat), but only goes through Cecelia  
 60m, 55min, 48k; (mr>r1> 3.75 ips r2>dat), w/ jerry garcia & mickey hart, excellent sound; 6 days on the Road, What You Gonna, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, stage tuning, I Don't Know You, Cecelia, If You Hear Me When I'm Leaving (29:xx-30xx has some reel problems), Henry (very short fades out at 33:0x), Henry (very short fades out at 36:xx and may be the same as song repeating), Garden of Eden, Fair Chance to Know, Last Lonely Eagle (44:4x small drop), Lodi, The Weight (very very short cut on master reel), +B NRPS w/ Garcia & Weir, 10/16/72, (listed as 12/7/71 on the jerrysite) (this tape was reported as 5/14/70, that afternoon; taped off a mixer onto above reel as filler), Scottie's Music Store, St Louis, Mo (reported as nelson, garcia, & grisman (he has been questioned) were testing instruments and it was recorded - very fun), 31min, little rough too with occasional scratchiness; no vocals reportedly Dim Lights Thick Smoke Jam, Country Roads, instrumental, Long Black Veil, Is anybody going to San Antoine, instrumental, Seasons of My Heart (sounds like bob weir) A-for filler Scottie's Music Store, St Louis, Mo see jerry garcia 12/7/71 6609 for much better sound ***
5/15/70Fillmore East (Late Show), New York, NY
 early late sbd97A-18397 has same md5 as this for the nrps portion  
 sbd reynolds kaplan29473A-97 has the long setup not on the others; the levels at the beginning of truck driving man are higher on right channel on 97 and show off the distortion more than on 29473 or wgv stream; 29473 has the warmest sound with least hiss while 97 and wgv stream are harsher which shows off the static more  
 flac 274meg; late show, from wolfgangsvault.com concert archive 12/06, internet radio stream (1411 kbit/sec average) > total recorder > 44k 16bit wav > cooledit2000 for breaking into tracks, not much above 16k, stereo, has short silence between tracks, whole show is one track; # of Tracks: 10, Total Time: 49:55, TrackTime, Brown Eyed Handsome Man4:30 Louisiana Lady5:40 Can't Pay The Price4:42 Truck Drivin' Man3:59 All I Ever Wanted7:57 Working Man's Blues4:15 Henry4:27 I Don't Know You4:09 Lodi4:03 Last Lonely Eagle6:13 A-these have since been available for sale at wgv ***
 flac 140meg; early show, from wolfgangsvault.com concert archive 12/06, internet radio stream (1411 kbit/sec average) > total recorder > 44k 16bit wav > cooledit2000 for breaking into tracks, not much above 16k, stereo, has short silence between tracks, whole show is one track; # of Tracks: 6, Total Time: 24:59, TrackTime, Six Days On The Road3:57 Watcha Gonna Do4:09 I Don't Know You4:03 Henry3:50 Portland Woman4:44 Fair Chance To Know4:16 A-these have since been available for sale at wgv ***
6/4/70Fillmore West, San Francisco, Ca
 see gdnrps sonytc124 olsen droncit flat;123798B-   
6/6/70Fillmore West, San Francsico, CA
 sbd117233A  ***
 (possibly 1st gen mr), excellent sound, occasionally seems to have overrecorded harshness;; 1 I'd be Happy 2 Me & My Uncle 3 Mama Tried 4 Cecelia 5 All I ever Wanted 6 Louisiana Lady 7 Honkytonk Woman 8 What you gonna do on the planet 9 Glendale Train A-has similar wav and spectral view and levels and digital flaws as jagraham84ATgmailDOTcom version except that is 19min longer ***
6/24/70Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
 weiner25866B   
 weiner25866B   
 aud unknown gadsden reynolds100223B+in comparison on superman, 100223 has a fuller warmer more upfront sound than 25866 and cooper berger late; still need 25866 for early show and for full late show; there are some tape playback problems on 100223 on t4; 25866 is harsher but more upfront clearer and less echoey than cooper berger late  
 b cooper, late, source: aud cassette master, taped by jim cooper, hitachi mics > hitachi trq-222 deck, nakamichi dragon > benchmark adc1 24/96 >, pc > adobe audition 2.0 > cd wave > flac, transfer & mastering by rob berger 3/13, notes: a nice previously uncirculated, aud alternative to the ken & judy lee, version. a few bumps but generally, very nice sound quality. good job jim!; one disc: 48:41, 01 - Six Days On The Road, 02 - Superman, 03 - I Don't Know You, 04 - Together Again (Instrumental), 05 - Fair Chance To Know, 06 - Portland Woman, 07 - Garden Of Eden, 08 - Henry//, 09 - //All I Ever Wanted, 10 - Cecelia, 11 - Louisiana Lady, 12 - Honky Tonk Women B  ***
7/7/70Matrix, SF
 sbd, trade cdrs from jim powell > ultraplex > eac > wav > shn; (thought on first listen that this was best nrps ever probably because it is a little different) highlights incredible jerry especially cd1 all i ever wanted and cd2 garden of eden is incredible; jerry also does some banjo; show seems a little incomplete; rates a as has very full sound but does have a few spots where one can hear a little hiss and the pedal steel does start to get overrecorded in a few spots; CD1 1 SET 1, (cut) Me And My Uncle, 2 Dirty Business, 3 Truck Drivin Man, 4 Portland Woman, 5 Henry, 6 All I Ever Wanted, 7 Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down, 8 SET 2- Workin Man Blues, 9 Glendale Train 10 Cecilia 11 Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line 12 Last Lonely Eagle CD2 1 Long Black Veil 2 Delilah 3 Brown Eyed Handsome Man 4 Fair Chance To Know + tuning 5 Turkey In The Straw + tuning 6 Garden Of Eden 7 Louisiana Lady (cut) Ajerry reported to play regular guitar rather than pedal steel ***
7/10/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 aud weinberg ; source: aud reel master95766B- has some cut, drops and levels go to high for occasional harshness***
7/11/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 aud cotsman9379C+   
7/12/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 (incomplete), source: aud reel master, uher 5"90186Bfirst 2 songs seem muffled by noise reduction and then sound opens up more ***
 see grateful dead 07/12/70 aud composite130938 improves sound from 9379 and includes additional songs from 122707 not on 9379  
 see grateful dead 07/12/70122707Cnote that 122707 is same show that circulates as 7/11/70; need 122707 for FRIEND OF THE DEVIL and TRUCK DRIVIN’ MAN not on 9379  
7/29/70The Matrix, San Francisco
 fm>c>r>cd, fm broadcast > cassette master > 1 reel gen > cd [mp]; some parts are excellent sound while others get slightly harsh in a few spots such as d2t1 with some distortion like in d2t12; trade cdr > eac > wav > flac; CD1 1 Set 1: Whatcha Gonna Do?, 2 Glendale Train, 3 Lodi, 4 Hear Me When I'm Leavin', 5 Sweet Lovin' One,6 Portland Woman, 7 Delilah (reel problems on master), 8 Dirty Business, 9 Last Lonely Eagle, 10 Hello Trouble, 11 Big Yellow Taxi, 12 short tuning CD2 1 The Weight, 2 Set 2: Workingman's Blues,3 Together Again, 4 I Don't Know You 5 Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line, 6 Superman, 7 Henry 8 I'm In Love With You, 9 Me and My Uncle, 10 Mama Tried, 11 Cecelia 12 All I Ever Wanted, 13 Louisiana Lady, 14 Honky Tonk Women B+seems to be same setlist as 7/30/70 114026 except songs out of order as if cassette order was messed up; they have the same band talk at end of workingmans blues; this has the additional cecila after mama tried as on the alternate dat version from 7/30/70; in comparison on together again this has less full sound than the two 7/30/70 versions but not as much hiss as 114026eac had suspicious positions on d1;***
7/30/70The Matrix, San Francisco, CA
 sbd boswell smith , mr(abrams)>r@ 7 5114026B+has a nice full sound giving some parts excellent sound while others get harsh as if overrecorded with distortion so the sound quality rating does lessen at times to B ***
 60m,115min (65min + 50min), 48k; master sbd reel>dat + 4/30/70, excellent sound, may really be (82min + 33min based on level change), skip at 1:50:14, last song has some hiss so may be more filler; trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > flac B+this is not as complete as 114026 as that has 3 more songs at end but this has cecelia after mama tried not on that one; that has a digital drop/cut where cecelia should be; in comparison on together again, that has more hiss and is fuller although this still has full sound, but on louder songs like what you gonna do on the planet that is harsher and makes the distortion more upfront; on this sound starts A- quality through 7/30/70 except for Honkytonk Women and turns harsher for B+ for the reported 4/30/70 portion; levels go much higher for last lonely eagle ***
8/18/70San Francisco, California :: Fillmore West :
 sf fw mk2 aud, : m? aud, 10 south van ness143534B  ***
 sf fw mk1 aud 24, : m? aud, 10 south van143535    
9/2/70Matix, SF
 60m, 88min, 48k; (mr>r1>3.75 ips r2>dat), w/ jerry garcia, excellent sound; trade dat>midiman delta dio 2496>cooledit>wav>flac; Set1 Hello Trouble, Superman, I Don't Know You, I'm in Love with You, instrumental, Portland Woman, Big Yellow Taxi, Glendale Train, I'm Going My way, Sweet Lovin One Set2: 6 days on the road, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Lady From Baltimore, Fair Chance to Know, Fun Fun Fun, Working Man Blues, Cecelia, Louisian Lady (cut) +B 8/15/71, warm-ups, Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA, (MR>R1>R2>dat), w/ Jerry Garcia, excellent sound, intro, 6 days on the Road, Henry, Portland Woman, Fair Chance to Know, Sailin', Truck Drivin Man, Louisiana Lady> Honky Tonk Woman (cut) B+some of this is A- quality but other parts get harsh with distortion as if overrecorded ***
9/17/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 aud warner16090C+in comparison to sirmick 27591, that has noise reduction and it has less full sound and less hiss  
 aud remaster sirmick27591    
9/18/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 sbdmr > alesis masterlink > cdr > eac > wav >79056A-in comparison on superman, 79056 has similar sound to reynolds 97865; 97865 has levels raised on left channel which caused clipping on t1; sirmick matrix 92149 has a more muffled distant echoey sound than the sbds; aud 17893 is also more muffled and harsh; the sbds and auds are each missing parts of the show as described on sirmick matrix 92149; 79056 is mostly A- sound ***
 matrix sources, 1) sbdmr > alesis masterlink >92149   ***
 sbd reynolds; source:, sbd > master reel > cd97865   ***
 sbd aud cotsman17893C+   
9/19/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 aud toner weinberg warner25473C+NRPS is shnid=25760 with same md5  
9/20/70Fillmore East, New York, NY
 sbdmr > alesis masterlink > cdr > eac > wav >79061   ***
 sbd reynolds ; source:, sbd > master reel97866A-97866 is similar to 79061 except 97866 has levels raised as indicated; mainly A- quality ***
10/23/70McDonough Arena - Georgetown University, Washington, DC
 see grateful dead, 10/23/70, motb release:85075B-85075 and 12227 both look like they have noise reduction; 85075 has a fuller sound and has more songs  
 aud wolfson sketchy bontempo12227    
10/24/70Keil Opera House, St. Louis, MO
 john dawson rhythm guitar, vocals, david nelson89419C  ***
 sbd dalton miller noel , the dalton140943A-in comparison on henry, 89419 is more muffled than 140943 ***
10/30/70University Gymnasium, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
 early ande late shows, source: sbd > mr > dat >21210A-in comparison on superman, 44k dat has the fullest sound but also most hiss and incomplete; 21210 has almost as full of sound; Alan/berger is harshest and cousinit has his typical noise reduction and added humm; 121125 and 121126 have similar sound to 21210, but 121125 and 121126 had diginoise in workingmans blues that is not on 21210; that version from 21210 was sent to charlie miller who released fixed versions with the same shnids so could choose either now ***
 sbd deluca digitalrbb miller121125    
 sbd deluca digitalrbb miller121126A-make sure get fixed version of this shnid  
 sbd late cousinit29190 has typical cousinit processing of noise reduction, spectral bands on left channel, and humm  
 60m 44k; 60m, 33min, 44k, incomplete; sbd reel>pcm>dat, excellent sound, small blip at 9:43, i don't know you, superman, glendale train, going my way, henry, the weight, fair chance to know; + b: 10/31/70, 53min, 44k, sbd reel>pcm>dat, excellent sound, 34:00 6 days on the road, 37:xx long black veil, 41:52 i don't know you, 46:1x lodi, 50:4x superman, 54:40 glendale train, 59:5x cecilia, 1:04:2x henry, 1:08:3x i am your man, 1:11:3x louisiana lady, 1:15:4x honky tonk woman, 1:20:5x working man's blues, 52:xx whatcha gonna do(end cut); + c: 4/28/71, fillmore east; ny, 36min, 48k, sbd reel>pcm>dat, loud diginoise going from 44k to 48k but not in music, begins at 1:26:20, very good sound but not as full/good sound as earlier on the dat; working man's blues, superman, truck drivin man, i don't know you, runnin back to you, down in the boondocks, garden of eden(very end cut); trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > flac A-incomplete early showdrops 7:50. 9:43 in music***
 source: sbd 1st gen cassette, lineage: sbd>reel master>cassette, taped by that day's soundman gordon healey, transferred by alan, seeded by rob berger 2011-03-03, disc one: 55:05, early show, 01 - six days on the road, 02 - i don't know you, 03 - superman, 04 - glendale train, 05 - if you hear me when i'm leavin', 06 - henry, 07 - the weight, 08 - fair chance to know, 09 - last lonely eagle, 10 - lousiana lady, 11 - honky tonk women, disc two: 42:39, late show, 01 - workingman's blues, 02 - whatcha gonna do, 03 - truck drivin' man, 04 - hello trouble, 05 - portland woman, 06 - sweet lovin' one, 07 - dirty business, 08 - honky tonk women, notes: opening sets for grateful dead, john dawson - rhythm guitar, vocals, david nelson - lead guitar, vocals, david torbert - bass, vocals, jerry garcia - pedal steel guitar, mickey hart - drums, nrps1970-10-30d1t01.flac:  nothing above 16k as if from 32k dat ***
 early show, source: msr>c>dat>wav>shn, cassette source recorded directly from master reels, wav files edited via cdwave, enjoy!; Disc One, 1. Six Days On The Road, 2. I Don't Know, 3. Superman, 4. Glendale Train, 5., 6. Henry, 7. The Weight, 8., 9. Last Lonely Eagle, 10. Louisiana Lady, 11. Honky Tonk Woman  has typical cousinit processing of noise reduction, spectral bands on left channel, and humm ***
10/31/70University Gymnasium, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
 source: msr>c>dat>wav>shn, disc requires 80 min108636 has typical cousinit processing of noise reduction, spectral bands on left channel, and humm ***
 sbd deluca digitalrbb miller122042    
 sbd deluca digitalrbb miller122043A-   
 late sbd cousinit16902A-has typical cousinit processing of noise reduction, spectral bands on left channel, and humm  
 source: sbd 1st gen cassette, lineage: sbd>reel master>cassette, taped by that day's soundman gordon healey, transferred by alan, seeded by rob berger 2011-03-03, disc one:, early show, 01 - six days on the road, 02 - long black veil, 03 - i don't know you, 04 - lodi, 05 - superman, 06 - glendale train, 07 - cecilia, 08 - henry, 09 - i'm in love with you, 10 - louisianna lady, 11 - honky tonk women, disc two:, late show, 01 - workingman's blues, 02 - whatcha gonna do, 03 - glendale train, 04 - portland woman, 05 - dirty business, 06 - fair chance to know, 07 - last lonely eagle, 08 - louisiana lady, 09 - honky tonk women, notes: opening sets for grateful dead, john dawson - rhythm guitar, vocals, david nelson - lead guitar, vocals, david torbert - bass, vocals, jerry garcia - pedal steel guitar, mickey hart - drums, nrps1970-10-31d1t01.flac:  nothing above 16k as if from 32k dat;this has the weight inserted before d2t4 and is missing Honkytonk Women; early show Honkytonk Women has end cut***
 dat 44k; early. 53min, 44k, sbd reel>pcm>dat, excellent sound, 34:00 6 days on the road, 37:xx long black veil, 41:52 i don't know you, 46:1x lodi, 50:4x superman, 54:40 glendale train, 59:5x cecilia, 1:04:2x henry, 1:08:3x i am your man, 1:11:3x louisiana lady, 1:15:4x honky tonk woman, 1:20:5x working man's blues, 52:xx whatcha gonna do(end cut); trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > flac (see nrps 10/30/70 dat) A-in comparison on long black veil, 122043 has fullest sound with least hiss; 44k dats have the next fullest sound with a similar sound to each other except the 48min had slightly hiss than the 53min one which has extra songs into the late show; berger has next fullest sound and most hiss and is harsher but has setlist problems on late show; cousinit early 108636 and late 16902 has his typical noise reduction and added humm  
 90m; early, 44k, 48min, sbd reel master>p>d, excellent sound, a little hiss, six days on the road,long black veil, i don't know you, lodi, superman,glendale train, cecilia, henry, bad case of the blues, lousiana lady, honky tonk women +b kingfish, 1/2/85, 48k; unknown loc 121min, sounds like soundboard, excellent sound, a little hiss, not overly bright, click at 49:26, billy kreutzman on drums, david margen? bass, brent ramboni? drums, barry flast, mathew kelly, guests at end david nelson & john cipollina (possibly cotati caberet since cipollina played there that night with zero) +c unknown bob weir filler, (heaven help the fool, drum rap, space, and then cassidy cut); trade dat > midiman delta dio 2496 > cooledit > wav > flac A-   
11/6/70Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
 leigh tamarkin goodbear, the capitol theater113307   ***
 aud evans3338 113307 is a close eac match on d1t2 to nrps set originally circulated with gd 3338 with same digital flaws;  
 aud warner17183C+17183 seems same as 113307 with higher levels and more hiss and 113307 seems like it has noise reduction but since sound quality is so similarly poor on both it doesn't make much difference (NOTE: Jerry plays pedal steel on Me and Bobby McGee which is a rare combination)  
11/7/70Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
 aud warner10306Cin comparison on Last Lonely Eagle, 10306 has a little harsher fuller sound than 100330  
 aud toner berger100330    
11/8/70Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
 aud , source: aud 1st gen reel, jerry119788   ***
 aud warner17184    
 aud owens23474    
 aud lee pcrp26975 NRPS portion is also given shnid=28642  
 aud weiner28609 this is a close eac match on nrps t1 to 26975 (the unpatched version)  
 60m, 48k, 57min; aud comp, unkn cass>dat;, rated a-, very good sound, vocals upfront and clear but instruments more in background, a little hiss and surface noise, cut between each song maybe missing beginning of each;; 6 Days on the Road, Superman, Whatcha Gonna Do, Glendale Train, All I Ever Wanted, Fair Chance ot Know, Portland Woman, Cecelia, Truck Drivin Man, Last Lonely Eagle, Louisiana Lady, Honky Tonk Women; + unknown filler 10min grateful dead (probably same show) Morning Dew B+in comparison on superman, the aud comp unkn cass>dat; has fullest harshest most natural sound and most hiss; Port Chester Resurrection Project 26975 has a more muffled sound than the others; the others have similar sound except owens 23474 has less hiss than 17184 and 119788analog drop 27:48, analog static 29:58, 43:41***
11/20/70Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
 source: fm, lineage: fm (knet)>?>cdrs>eac>flac89271B+ (date is really 11/20/71 so no Jerry)pop at t1 0:00***
11/29/70Club Agora, Columbus, OH
 john dawson rhythm guitar, vocals, david nelson89916B- drop t11 0:21***
 version "a"; aud-with nrps; trade cdr > ultraplex > eac > wav > flac; Hello Trouble / I Don't Know You / Whatcha Gonna Do / Portland Woman / Glendale Train / Cecilia / Delilah / All I Ever Wanted / Sweet Lovin' One / Louisiana Lady / Honky Tonk Women  has similar wav and spectral view as 89916 except levels are lower on this; has same digital flawsdrop end of t10***
12/12/70Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA
 recording by gene taback:, master audience82586C  ***
12/27/70KPPC Studios, Pasadena, CA
 see jg70 12 27 nrps interview26583    
12/28/70Legion Stadium, El Monte, CA
 berger; john dawson rhythm guitar, vocals97880B+  ***