Kevin Tobin Videos's Collection
Robert Hunter 03/17/1980
Masonic Hall, Seattle, WA
| Recording | SHNID 150415 |
| Source | (Master) Single camera audience shot with audience audio upgrade Complete shows on YouTube |
| Media | MKV 5 discs |
| Notes | Bershaw Archival Management with video provided by ET Bensen - Seeded on LL 06/27/22 LL Seeding |
| Tech Notes | Robert Hunter and The Ghosts March 17, 1980 Masonic Hall, Seattle, WA Video Source: ET Benson's Sony L-750 (5) Beta Masters Transfer: Sony SuperBeta SL-HF100 (Playback) -> DataVideo TBC-100 (Time Base Correction) -> BlackMagic Intensity Thunderbolt Shuttle -> Apple Pro Res 422 (HQ), 720 x 486, 41615 kbps -> Final Cut -> H.264 720 x 480, 29.97fps, 6000 kbps.m4v-> MKVToolNix GUI v68.0.0 > .mkv [NTSC, 4:3, 6.0 Mbs, 720x480, 29.97 fps] Audio Source: Pat Lee's Sony TC-388 4 channel reel masters, One reel at 3.75 IPS, 2 reels at 7.5 IPS Channel 1 & 2: stereo board feed (primarily vocals, kick drum and ambient mic above the stage, provided by FOH engineer Tommy O'Neil) Channel 3 & 4: two ECM 270 mics on pole in balcony above soundboard Transfer: Pat Lee's 4-Track Reels > Technics RS1506 > Tascam DA3000 (1 bit DSD) > dB poweramp > wav 24/96 - Transferred by Matt Smith Additional Audio Lineage: wav 24/96 4-tracks > Logic (stereo mixing, level correction, speed correction) > wav 24/96 > Logic (several dropouts and funky spots were seamlessly repaired utilizing Mark Severson's Nak700 masters) > wav 24/96 > PCM 24/96 - by Alan Bershaw Audio/Video Synchronization by Alan Bershaw (2022) Personnel: Robert Hunter - vocals, guitar, harmonica Keith Godchaux - piano, vocals Donna Godchaux - vocals Jessica Azar - vocals Bill Middlejohn - guitar, vocals Don Gaynor - guitar, vocals Larry Klein - bass Greg Anton - drums 1) Soundcheck [36:40] 2) Set 1: The Ghosts (part 1) [1:00:22] 01 Get Ready For Love 02 I'll Do It All Again 03 tech problems 04 Stop That Train 05 Creatures In The Night 06 Dream Land 07 Living In Hollywood 08 It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry 09 Which Way Woman > Fire... 3) Set 1: The Ghosts (part 2) [06:57] 10 ...Fire > 11 Maybellene 4) Set 2: Robert Hunter (part 1) [52:39] 12 Brown-Eyed Women 13 Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 14 Casey Jones 15 Crooked Judge 16 Mountains Of The Moon 17 Rum Runners 18 Box Of Rain 19 Independence Day > 20 Sugaree 21 Mr. Charlie > 22 Easy Wind 23 Heart Of Glass > Cruel White Water 24 Truckin' 5) Set 2: Robert Hunter (part 2) [16:48] 25 The Eleven > 26 St. Stephen 27 Ripple 28 Scarlet Begonias/Sunshine Daydream/Stella Blue/Scarlet Begonias 6) Set 3: Robert Hunter & The Ghosts [36:19] 29 The Ghosts come back on stage (piano noodling/tuning ) 30 Tiger Rose 31 Last Flash Of Rock 'N Roll 32 Stop That Train 33 Strange Man 34 Promontory Rider 35 Franklin's Tower 7) Encore [4:14] 36 House Of Wax Notes: I consider this show "The Big Bambu" of this entire project. It's this performance of "Promontory" Rider" that initially got the ball rolling - when I posted a poor quality VHS transfer of it back in 2019, right after Hunter died, wishing I could locate better audio for it. Social media contains an over-abundance of negativity these days, but in this case it sucketh not, as that post connected me with Mark Severson and Pat Lee, both of whom recorded master audio of this show. Mark's pal ET Benson, who videotaped so much vintage Hunter at a time when equipment was big, bulky, prohibitively expensive and not exactly portable, was also kind enough to provide his original Beta videotape masters, which have never been digitally transferred before. This remarkable footage represents a little known slice of Grateful Dead history finally seeing the light of day 42 years after the fact. ItÕs not easy finding any kind of satisfaction these days, but bringing ET's Beta masters and Pat's 4-track master reels together, after all these years, is deeply satisfying to me. Thank you, ET Benson! Thank you, Pat Lee! And a major thank you to Mark Severson, as without you, the dots may never have been connected! Also thanks to Matt Smith, Mick Etherington and Cris Yarborough! And thank you to Kevin Tobin for helping us get this circulating and for hosting all the project footage on youtube. I was fortunate to see Hunter perform "Promontory Rider" dozens of times, both solo and with several other groups, including the Jerry Garcia Band (footage I also helped bring to light when I was logging the Metropolitan Archive masters for Wolfgang's Vault years ago). Out of all of them, this highly engaged performance still remains my favorite. This project is far from over as there's many additional hours of ET Benson's master footage of Robert Hunter during the 1980s. We've located audio masters for all of that, as well, so there's plenty more to synchronize - and a lot more to come. Stay tuned! Alan Bershaw (2022) |
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| Trades Allowed | Yes |
SHNID 150415
<b>flac24</b>: Nakamichi 700's > Sony TC-D5M > Master Cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 > DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz > dBpoweramp > wav 24/96 > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 7 Advanced > CD Wave > Flac 24
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· Last Updated Jun 27, 2022
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