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Grateful Dead   11/08/1970

Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
Recording SHNID 26975
Source see tech notes
Media audio   4 discs
Notes hd1
w/NRPS
Tech Notes Ken & Judy Lee Proudly Present:
The Port Chester Resurrection Project

PCRP#007NRPS-GD1970-11-8.shnf.torrent

New Riders of The Purple Sage
Grateful Dead
Capitol, Theatre , Port Chester NY
November 8, 1970

This is a very special release from Ken and Judy Lee. It serves
as a commemoration of Mark Cohen's 2nd anniversary in heaven.
Mark was a great friend, and a big part of the Dead community.
And it is to him that this project is dedicated, and to whom we
owe a huge debt of gratitude. If not for Mark's love of music,
and love of this band in particular, we would never have known
about the Lees' Port Chester archive. Aside from a few other
brave souls known to have taped shows at this fantastic venue,
Ken and Judy's work from the Capitol Theatre stands as the
ultimate body of documentation. And if not for Mark's insistence
that these shows be "liberated", much of what has previously
circulated would never have been heard, and this show was one
of his favorites.

This show is a keystone of the Grateful Dead, one of those shows
that really gives you pause and makes you wonder. A show of firsts
and lasts, when it was all said and done, it had laid to rest some
old lexicons, and created a new set of criteria by which the band
would be judged. This was truly one of the legendary Grateful Dead
shows. The Dead had a way of continually redefining themselves in
performance, and this show buries the sixties and propels them into
the seventies (much like the benchmark show at Lewiston, Maine 9-6-80
redefined them for the Eighties).

This is the last official acoustic set of the 70's. ( Other than, or
But for one Besides an) improptu set in 1978, most of the songs performed
acoustically would not see the light of day again untill the fall of 1980,
when they were showcased at the 10 night run at the Warfield in San
Francisco, and 8 nights at NY's Radio City Music Hall. The final "Operator",
and "Wake Up Little Suzie", Mystery Train > My Babe (only time played), New
Orleans > Searchin', Main Ten (last time played), all standout in this
performance, and then like a dream, are gone. Around and Around (first
time played), and a long stretch before you hear "Baby Blue" again.
This release also includes the complete New Riders set, known to
circulate only as a fragment.

Technical Notes: The original audience master cassettes (4 Ampex
C361-90) were recorded on a Sony TC124 with unknown dynamic mics,
spread approx. 25-30 ft. across the balcony, by Ken & Judy Lee. The
cassette tape was baked and re-shelled, then transferred via Tascam 122
MK-III > Lucid ADA1000 > Tascam DA30-II (DAT) > Tascam CDRW 700 (CDR)
by John Jay Hance. Editing By Peter G. via Soundforge. No noise
reduction was applied. Audio extraction and further editing via Peak
4.0, compressed to .shn with xACT 1.3, and seeded by BoldCaptain via
Azureus 2.1.
Tape flutter in Baby Blue, and in Truckin'. Tape flip in Dancin' In The
Streets was seemlessly pieced together.
Yet another reMARKable recording by Ken & Judy Lee.
Enjoy!
..

A Special Thank You goes out to:
Peter G, Bold Captain, Lisa Biasi, Anne Cohen, Joe Jupille,
Torbjorn Olofsson, Jim Parzych, Yubah.
Trades Allowed Yes
SHNID 26975
The Port Chester Resurrection Project #7 Taped by Ken and Judy Lee. See txt file for details.
Owned by Canyon · Last Updated Jan 13, 2006