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Grateful Dead Video 09/21/1974

Palais Des Sports, Paris, France
SHNID 172462
Source Summary
BHP using a dhatchell video
Show Type: Single Camera Audience Generation (if known): Low
Media Type: DVD5 Media Count: 1
Upgrade ?: YES If Yes/Type of Upgrade: Audio & Graphic Filler & shnid of Source Upgraded: 172461
Lossless Source shnid= 30654
Misc Link(s): LosslessLegs Page & China Doll YouTube Page & Row Jimmy YouTube Page
Entered by Kevin Tobin Videos
Checksums gd1974-09-21.partial.md5
Disc Counts 0 / 0
Media Size Compressed: 1.59 GB (1701994496 bytes)
Uncompressed: 1.59 GB (1701994496 bytes)
Date Circulated
Date Added
03/05/2013
07/12/2025
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SHNID 172461 Bay Area Rocker capture from a EIAJ type reel...
Grateful DeadPalais des Sports, Paris, FranceSeptember 21, 1974
Single Camera Audience shot (Black and White) Set 1:China DollSet 2:Seastones (Partial) ->End of Playin' In The BandSet 3:Row JimmyBig River
Video Source:
Master 1/2 EIAJ Video Reels- Transferred in 2006 on a EIAJ AV-8650 Deck to VHS- Converted from VHS to digital with VHS-DVD Recorder
VIDEO- 720X480 Resolution MPEG-2 4:3 Ratio 29.97 FPS 4992 kbs
AUDIO- AC3 2 Channel- 48Khz- 256kb

This footage came to me through a lot of reels that I bought from a guy about 3 years ago. It has taken me a while to get it converted. I had approached Grateful Dead Productions about trying to get it in future DVD, but that never materialized because they were in the process of closing things down.

The footage is far better than the Fillmore footage in quality-- probably shot from a tripod in the balcony somewhere.

This was not a very stable format, so the transfer was very problematic. It is VERY difficult to get a good transfer from these decks. They are very finicky and often times will not play footage from a different type of deck- ie- a Sony EIAJ machine can have difficulty with a reel that was recorded on Panasonic. Furthermore, not too many people are out there that do the transfer. The person who did this had done transfers for the Dead before on 1/2 inch as well as 2 inch video. He did as good a job as could be done with this footage. Im sure that somebody can synch this with the existing audio out there to provide a better experience.

This reel was labeled as Reel 1-- It is my hope that there is a reel 2 out there which will somehow be discovered.

Please chime in with your thoughts on this show-- I am by NO means an expert on GD, and am guessing from the setlist and the markings on the tape reel that this is the 9/21 show in Paris-- Any verification of this would be helpful-

Clip from Jimmy Row is available at-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgwJJgF0BvY.

Also-- if you enjoy this-- I ask that you make a donation to Guitars Not Guns-www.guitarsnotguns.org, a national charity that brings guitar lessons to disadvantaged children. This footage along with the other things I have unearthed was not cheap. If you love progressive metal in the Bay Area, come see my show www.bayarearockfest.com on May 4th and 5th.
Audio Source:
Shnid = 30654
Recording Info:SBD -> Master Reel -> Reel -> DatTransfer Info:Dat (Sony R500) -> SEK'D Prodif Plus -> Samplitude v7.02 Professional -> FLAC(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)Transferred and Edited By Charlie Millercharliemiller87@earthlink.netAugust 23, 2005
Audio Patches:
None

Video Patches:
1) First 35.600 seconds of China Doll were missing and were filled in using graphics and audio from the soundboard.

2) Added 32.500 seconds to the start of Playin' In The Band just because.

3) Between Row Jimmy and Big River, 8.820 seconds were missing from the video and were filled in using graphics and audio from the soundboard. This included the first notes of Big River.

Notes
-Video assets courtesy of TTD (back in 2007) - thank you very much.
-SBD torrented from LL with many thanks.
-Audio synchronization by Kevin Tobin using Adobe Audition to
compress/expand the audio in multitrack mode to match the original audio.
-Video synchronization was with the help of on-line friends.
-Video patches created with Ulead VideoStudio 11 by Kevin Tobin.
-Multiplexing via TMPGEnc MPEG Editor by Kevin Tobin.
-DVD authoring via DVD Architect 6.0 by Kevin Tobin.

Video Attribute :
Video compression mode : MPEG-2
TV system : 525/60 (NTSC)
Aspect Ratio : 4:3
Display Mode : reserved
Source picture resolution : 720x480
Frame Rate : 29.99
Source picture letterboxed : Not letterboxed
Bitrate : 4.825 Mbps
Menu : Yes (song list on separate menu)

Audio Attribute :
Number of Audio channels : 2
Number of Audio streams : 1
Audio Coding mode: Linear PCM audio
Sampling Rate : 48kHz 1536Kbps

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