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Grateful Dead 08/28/1968

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
SHNID 10162
Source Summary
SBD:?>Latvala's reel>PCM>CDR; via Steve Martin; Seeded to etree by Matt Vernon
Entered by dr.unclear
Checksums shn-md5, st5
Disc Counts 1 / 1
Media Size
Date Circulated
Date Added
06/21/02
06/21/2002
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Archive Identifier gd1968-08-28.sbd.vernon.10162.sbeok.shnf ↗

Other Sources
SHNID 18104 SBD>??>R>PCM>CD>EAC>SHN; pitch corrected...
SHNID 133762 flac16 ; AUD UNKNOWN LINEAGE > REEL > EDIROL...
SHNID 154145 flac16 : Source: AUD > Low Gen Reel, kindly...
SHNID 154146 flac16 ; Matrix 2 Source Mix - SBD (shnid =...
SHNID 154147 DTS-Audio-CD 5.1 Mix; - SBD (shnid = 10162)...
SHNID 154148 flac16/44kHz ; 5.1 LPCM Surround Sound (44k)...
Grateful Dead
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco
08/28/68


Source: SBD:?>Latvala's reel>PCM>CDR>EAC>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC (secure) > Cool Edit (minor fix) > CDWav(tracking) > mkwact(seekable) > shn by mvernon54@attbi.com 5/29/2002
shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries

Disc 1 of 1 [44:37]
SET1
1. [10:23] //Dark Star [10:23] >
2. [04:26] St. Stephen >
3. [09:41] The Eleven [14:08] >
4. [07:47] Death Don't Have No Mercy
5. [12:18] Lovelight

NOTES:
1. Mastered to CDR by Steve Martin: "I transfered Dicks reel on a revox A77 onto a Sony F2 PCM unit. My Beta Pcm I transfered to CD-R directly Using Cardas cables."  Hiss predominant through first 28 seconds of d1t1 then improves considerably.
2. flaws noted by mvernon
d1t2 - drop out ~2:44 - 2:47
d1t3 ~ initial vocals extremely weak, barely audible
spectral analysis shows almost no frequencies higher than ~5khz, imparting a distant, slightly "tunnel" sound.  Nevertheless, it is quite listenable.
3. Vol. 1 of the Taper's Compendium lists a "Schoolgirl" as the first number along with a Bill Graham introduction. At this time these are no longer associated with this date.
4. Deadlists has the following comments:
The first two bars of Dark Star are clipped. In the first verse, Jerry sings: "Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis."  And then, instead of "Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion" he sings: "Glass hand dissolving... recedes in the nights of goodbye".  He realizes he's out in no man's land as he sort of trails off a bit while singing "goodbye".  The next verse is: "Shall we go, you and I while we can, Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?"  He sings "transitive NIGHT fall of diamonds" as if expecting Phil to hit the high harmonies, but realizing as soon as he sings "night" that no one's coming to the rescue.


Comments

Date: 08/13/2011
This sounds like an audience recording to me. I know that they were doing a lot of 4 track recordings in 1968 using mics at the board as one or two of the tracks. Maybe this cones from those mics? Either way, it sounds way too distant to be a sbd.