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Dene Wright's Collection

Grateful Dead   09/23/1987

The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Source Healy SBD/Matrix
Media CD   3 discs
Notes All
J-Card Comment Source: Healy SBD/Matrix Patch > Sony D5 > Maxell MX90 Type IV Cassettes.
Transfer: MSC playback on Nakamichi DR2 > gold connector shielded 3ft RCA monster cable > Audiophile 2496 soundcard /P4 2 GHz > recorded as 24 bit/48 KHz WAV using Wavelab 5.
Mastering: Wavelab 5.0 (24/48 files rendered to 16 bit/44.1 KHz using Waves L3 Multimaximizer with hi resolution CD rendering settings (threshold -2 dB / ceiling -0.1 dB / type I dither / ultra shaping) > tracking with CDWAV 1.9 > 16 bit FLAC.
No noise reduction or selective frequency augmentation/attenuation was performed.
Transfer and encoding by Chris Ladner.

DISC ONE - SET I
01 tuning [02:31]
02 Feel Like A Stranger > [07:08]
03 Franklin's Tower [09:44]
04 Walkin' Blues [06:41]
05 Friend Of The Devil [10:03]
06 Tons Of Steel > [05:05]
07 Desolation Row [10:53]
08 Big Railroad Blues > [05:12]
09 The Music Never Stopped [08:10]
Total time: 65:29

DISC TWO- SET II
01 tuning [00:40]
02 Bertha > [06:57]
03 Cumberland Blues [05:24]
04 Playing In The Band > [7:30]
05 Uncle John's Band > [06:13]
06 Playing In The Band Jam > [03:02]
07 Drums > [10:08]
08 Space > [07:56]
09 I Need A Miracle > [04:13]
10 Dear Mr. Fantasy > [06:04]
11 Around And Around > [03:53]
12 Good Lovin' > [05:00]
13 La Bamba > [02:00]
14 Good Lovin' [01:43]
15 encore call/break [02:20]
Encore
16 U.S. Blues [06:19]
Total time: 79:23

Comments:
Last performances of "Tons of Steel" and "La Bamba".
Thanks to the provider of the MSCs who for various reasons wishes to remain anonymous.
Overall this recording has a lot more high end than the source listed on the archive as being a MSC >DAT transfer. This is likely the MSC that was used on that DAT transfer as the "Healy Weirdness" described during Desolation Row corresponds to a poorly patched tape flip. There are no dropouts in La Bamba on this recording.

Flaws-
This recording has the nasty digital static at the beginning of the show (Stranger) coming through on Bob's vocal mic as his voice is all distorted while you can hear Jerry and Brent's ok. Its brief and once its over there are no more blips other than the...

Tape flip during the first verse of Desolation Row patched from a similar sounding performance (no drums, just guitars/voices) on 5/10/87 using Wavelab.

Tape flip during Space was expertly timed, brief and crossfaded into
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Owned by Dene Wright · Last Updated May 23, 2023