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Grateful Dead 08/03/1982
Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO
| Source | matrix |
| Media | audio 3 discs |
| Tech Notes | Grateful Dead Starlight Theater Kansas City, MO 8-3-82 Sick Bits Vol. 12 Source: Matrix: SBD: (shnid=19228) Lineage:SBD>MC>PCM>DAT>CDR AUD: (shnid=5984) FOB: 27th Row, by Paul Hogan, Senn 441's > Sony TC-D5 > DAT > CD Via: Paul Bottiglio [complete text files for each source appended at end] Transfer/Editing: All sources were snh files downloaded from the LlaMA and converted to WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8) Matrixed by Chris Chappell ScarFire@liquidcity.com 9/01/05 Set 1: d1t01 - Mississippi Half-Step -> d1t02 - Franklin's Tower -> d1t03 - Minglewood Blues d1t04 - Peggy-O d1t05 - El Paso -> d1t06 - Cumberland Blues d1t07 - Althea d1t08 - Cassidy d1t09 - Big Railroad Blues d1t10 - Women Are Smarter d1t11 - Might As Well Set 2: d2t01 - Shakedown Street -> d2t02 - Samson & Delilah d2t03 - To Lay Me Down d2t04 - Let It Grow -> d2t05 - Jam (Weir & Drummers) -> d2t06 - Drums -> d3t01 - Space -> d3t02 - He's Gone -> d3t03 - The Other One -> d3t04 - Stella Blue -> d3t05 - Sugar Magnolia Encore: d3t06 - Casey Jones Total Times: Disc 1 [78:47] Disc 2 [54:33] Disc 3 [54:43] _________________________________________________________________________ General Notes: As requested, this show (which came in a close second place in the voting from Sick Tidbits #1) is a matrix of two sources that are not great on their own, but together they work very nicely, even a better combo (IMO) than the show from 3 nights earlier at Manor Downs (Sick Bits Vol. 11), which has both a better SBD and AUD, but for some reason the combination doesn't sound as sweet as this one. Don't get me wrong, both shows are amazing. The FOB AUD is a vast improvement over a widely circulated AUD, which is used as the patch on the SBD source; however, the FOB suffers from previously employed NR to the point where some phasiness is noticeable even when coupled with the SBD. It also has some harsh mids around 2k which needed cutting. The SBD is balanced with everyone in the mix, but like most boards from this era, it's heavy in the mids. Aside from the fact that the SBD is lightly compressed with SBEs on every track, plus the AUD has some harsh mids and heavy NR, amazingly the two sources work well. The only bummer is that there is no SBD after the cut in Stella for the rest of the show, so no matrix. Also, there is only about 2.5 minutes of Cassidy in SBD (multiple cuts). This show is a true classic, featuring an incredible Half-Step-> Franklin's (one of the best transitions into Franklin's out of any song), a cool Shakedown with some awesome Brent piano, a rare first set Womer R and a rare second set TLMD (only 3 in '82), and an inspired Let It Grow. Pretty much every Jerry tune shines, including the Space-> He's Gone which is the beginning of at least 35 minutes of music in the key of E. The encore, Casey Jones, is one of only two played in '82, and it's also stashed for almost 2 years. Comments from Deadbase: - "I've never been to the Greek Theater in Berkeley, but the Starlight seems to me to be as close to the Greek as a midwesterner can get." "...the stage is framed by castle-style towers on either side, covered by ivy and with a distinct Medieval feel." Reviews from archive.org: - "My girlfriend and I were following the Dead around for a couple weeks of this tour but certainly this one was the best show we saw. What a beautiful venue. The crowd was wonderful. We'd been a bit disappointed with Jerry's '40th Show' at Zoo Ampitheater, though that was actually a pretty decent gig but this one blew us out of our seats. Really the power of the show can't be transmitted through a recording." - "104 degrees that day and the place was electric...every song was played tight and flowed from to the next.." - "This whole show smokes: from the raging 1/2 Step>Franklin's Tower right through ALL of the 2nd set. I would give almost anything to have been there this night ... 5 stars for performance." |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
| Ratings | Show: A Sound: A |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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