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Grateful Dead 11/08/1970

Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
SHNID 176470
Source Summary
Assumed To Be Recorded By Jack Toner With Sony Tc-110 Cassette Deck With Built In Microphone. Source: 1st Gen Reel > Teac A-2300sx > Rca Out > Audiophile 2496 > Wavelab Lineage: Wavelab> Cd Wave > Mkwact > Wav > Cd Transferred By Clinton Vadnais (2002) Speed Corrected And Remastered By Clinton Vadnais (jan 2026) From The Collection Of An In Memory Of Don Schneier
Entered by Matt Vernon
Checksums ffp, md5
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Media Size Compressed: 160.24 MB (168020063 bytes)
Date Circulated
Date Added
01/11/2026
03/01/2026
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Archive Identifier gd1970-11-08.176470.sony.tc110.toner.vadnais.flac1644 ↗

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SHNID 3339 mixed sources (see info file); DAT>CD...
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SHNID 26975 The Port Chester Resurrection Project #7 Taped...
SHNID 28609 AudMC > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN Note: This is a...
SHNID 94500 flac16 ; Partial Electric Set Remaster/repitch...
SHNID 119787 flac16 ; aud 1st gen reel, Jery Moore's reel...
SHNID 125659 flac16 ; source: aud reel master taped by...
SHNID 154243 flac24/96 Source: AKG 190E mic > Uher 4000...
Grateful Dead
Sunday November 8, 1970
The Capitol Theatre
Port Chester, NY

01 Dire Wolf
02 I Know You Rider
03 Dark Hollow
04 Rosalie McFall
05 El Paso
06 Operator
07 Ripple
08 Friend of the Devil
09 Uncle John's Band

* missing Wake Up Little Susie

This performance has circulated but not this recording. Unfortunately, it's inferrior to the other version.
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Unknown Date/Venue

10 Deep Elem Blues
11 Box of Rain
12 To Lay Me Down
13 Friend of the Devil (fragment)
14 Unknown Bluegrass (fragment)

The highlight of this collection. This is the second early version of Box of Rain. Previously only 9/17/70 was known to be available. This version does not match that one. I've spent a good deal of time trying to match these performances to other known versions with no luck. There is sonic evidence that may indicate that Deep Elem Blues and Box of Rain are from the same performance. As well as To Lay Me Down and Friend of the Devil. Though it's possible it's from one performance as well. I think it's safe to assume it's from 1970 and from New York. As far as I know Jack Toner is only known to have recorded at Fillmore East and The Capitol Theatre. It's possible it's from elsewhere in the region. The fragment of Bluegrass could possibly be from something that was taped over. I almost didn't leave this on here but decided to keep it intact.
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Grateful Dead
Thursday September 19, 1970
Fillmore East
New York, NY

15 stage banter
16 Cold Jordan
17 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

This portion has previously circulated and is what appears to prove that these recordings are from Jack Toner. This version ads 50 seconds of lead up to Cold Jordan with stage banter that previously did not circulate.
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New Riders of the Purple Sage

Unknown Date/Venue

18 Workin' Man Blues
19 I Don’t Know You
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assumed to be recorded by Jack Toner with Sony TC-110 cassette deck with built in microphone.

source: 1st gen reel > TEAC A-2300SX > RCA out > Audiophile 2496 > Wavelab 4.0
lineage: Wavelab 4.0 > CD Wave > MKWact > WAV > CD
transferred by Clinton Vadnais (2002)
speed corrected and remastered by Clinton Vadnais (Jan 2026)

from the collection of an in memory of Don Schneier

Unfortunately Don has been gone for many years now. I used to work with him in Western, MA. He would tell me about seeing the Grateful Dead starting in 1968. I remember he was a big Pigpen fan and the band was never the same after that era to him. I believe he saw them many times between 68-72 but not much afterward. I recall stories of him hanging out with Pigpen and Owsley. I know he saw some classic shows in that era and was likely in attendance for these performances. Back in 2000 he had given me a 1/4" reel, or maybe multiple reels. I wish I had better recollection. I am nearly certain he said they made by his friend who recorded the shows. The reels were definitely of that era. Back then I found a TEAC A-2300SX to transfer the reels. One recording was clearly Feb 19, 1971 and it was a mono audience recording that appeared to have never circulated. I made that available back then. That is available here https://archive.org/details/gd1971-02-19.aud.Vadnais.30230.flac16 There was some unidentified material as well. This unfortunately sat dormant and mostly forgotten. I do recall him saying he wasn't sure what shows they were but it was acoustic Grateful Dead and some New Riders of the Purple Sage. After stumbling upon this acoustic material in my massive audio archive. I knew it was long overdue to figure out what this was and make it available. I'm not sure if any gurus can elaborate. Please don't alter or repurpose these files without talking to me. I don't know much about Jack Toner. If anyone does I'd be interested to hear. I don't think his tape collection is accounted for. Sure would be nice to find it!







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