Robert Hunter 07/18/1978

Source Summary
Master Audience Cassettes (unidentified equipment) -> Alan Bershaw's 1st Generation Maxell UD C60 Cassettes w/Dolby B (Nakamichi Dragon playback w/ Dolby B)-> Lexicon Lambda -> Logic (speed correction, minor cleanup and tracking) -> 16/44.1 Wav -> xAct (sbe correction) -> flac16

Entered by	Brian Miksis
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Media Size	Compressed: 538.64 MB (564800172 bytes) Uncompressed: 1.04 GB (1120861537 bytes)
Date Circulated Date Added	06/06/2026 06/06/2026
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Archive Identifier	rh1978-07-18.177682aud.bershaw.flac16 ↗

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SHNID 102710 flac16 : aud cassette master (?mics) >...

Robert Hunter & Larry Klein
July 18, 1978
Players Tavern
Westport, CT

Master Audience Cassettes (unidentified equipment) -> Alan Bershaw's 1st Generation Maxell UD C60 Cassettes w/Dolby B (Nakamichi Dragon playback w/ Dolby B)-> Lexicon Lambda -> Logic (speed correction, minor cleanup and tracking) -> 16/44.1 Wav -> xAct (sbe correction) -> flac16

Notes:
-Peter Rowan was the opening act
-The Peter Rowan sets are available on shnid=177681
-Thanks to Chris Larson for archiving the file sets

Peter Rowan Opening Set

Set 1
1.  Sugaree
2.  Keys To The Rain
3.  Unusual Occurrences In The Desert ->
4.  Wharf Rat
5.  Rum Runners
6.  Deal
7.  West Virginia Steel Guitar (aka Ballad Of Buddy Holly)
8.  Come To Life ->
9.  Bertha
10. Scarlet Begonias
11. It Must Have Been The Roses
12. Reuben And Cerise
13. Friend Of The Devil

Peter Rowan Mini Set

Set 2
1.  Box Of Rain
2.  Mountains Of The Moon
3.  Brown-Eyed Women
4.  U.S. Blues->
5.  Truckin'
6.  Lady With A Fan->
    Terrapin Station->
    Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track->
    Lady With A Fan->
    Jack O' Roses->
    Terrapin Station->
    Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track
7.  Peggy O->
    Dire Wolf->
    Peggy O->
    Dire Wolf->
8.  Brokedown Palace

Encore:
9.  Ripple

Alan Bershaw's Notes (June 2021):
This is a significant upgrade to the file set I first uploaded a month or so ago.  The biggest difference is that this is now speed corrected. I discovered that my first generation cassettes were running quite slow, which plagued my previous upload, so toss that and get this. I also took the opportunity to seamlessly patch in the missing 5 minutes at the beginning of Peter Rowan's second set that was not recorded by this taper.

The details on what equipment was used are long gone, but the quality is reasonably good capturing the enthusiastic audience as well as the musicians up close.  Player's Tavern was a tiny room with a noisy bar room atmosphere so audience noise was unavoidable.  All I recall about the taper is that he was from Norwalk, CT (like me) and was a year or two younger than the rest of us. He was still in high school and underage, so we weren't sure he would get in.  This is when the drinking age was 18, and nobody was checking IDs, so he got in quite easily.

Everywhere it seems, this night is notated as an early and late show, but it was just one marathon show with Peter Rowan (solo) and Robert Hunter (with Larry Klein on bass) alternating on stage.  The house was not emptied after Hunter's first set, but a short break was announced.

During the break, most of our entourage strolled outside to indulge, which explains why the first 5 minutes of Peter Rowan's second set was not recorded. That missing sequence is seamlessly patched in from Rob Berger's Nak Dragon transfer of Bob McFarland's master.  Unlike that particular master, which is also quite good considering the noisy environment, this recording did not utilize automatic level controls, so it has a bit better dynamic range and stereo separation.
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;flac fingerprints generated by xACT 2.58 on 2026-06-06 22:21:14 +0000

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s1t02 - Keys To The Rain.flac:b8d6ab21b06324ff85168cc6a7390707
s1t03 - Unusual Occurrences In The Desert.flac:cc3df60d028e5597e9ebf8bf06c61f74
s1t04 - Wharf Rat.flac:a3025aafb56e5a22c9abc64155b2977b
s1t05 - Rum Runners.flac:e620ad511f4f1be754eaad86baf31672
s1t06 - Deal.flac:871de663dedfe8869b888e1569cd3423
s1t07 - West Virginia Steel Guitar.flac:0f95b9c241995ac29ee1b4cea903abb3
s1t08 - Come To Life.flac:b680dd7a51bf3b7374baef1f65f825da
s1t09 - Bertha.flac:6603c03b87c0e7296411939c0e702b41
s1t10 - Scarlet Begonias.flac:dacbbe57a02c613c776277a01512db30
s1t11 -  It Must Have Been The Roses.flac:e1cd49e05d5554e6b84b2948bc433018
s1t12 - Reuben And Ceerise.flac:d9d1acd618b2d7d66a55c63f64efc39f
s1t13 - Friend Of The Devil.flac:862fb50b715de3cbb40042fec6955c6f
s2t01 - Box Of Rain.flac:64d8b26083641e8024c382858e539e95
s2t02 - Mountains Of The Moon.flac:a673ddcf5256519f82d5de899342ddb8
s2t03 - Brown-Eyed Women.flac:ebd0709f8a8c302454ba70c1d3d6ec56
s2t04 - U.S. Blues.flac:5bf35ca62cdbe2e14cba5ba1815fec2c
s2t05 - Truckin'.flac:7c569f973db864c18fd3e446504bbfd3
s2t06 - Terrapin Suite.flac:e7806cf620e22807f5d2ca86db0308be
s2t07 - Peggy Wolf.flac:e6a6d5514dfb59dc981c50317c016fbe
s2t08 - Brokedown Palace.flac:3ff13b26b01a8393644757b75f56fcfa
s2t09 - Ripple.flac:b4b7be5b06c5636f67e039a8ca7f99af

Verify MD5: rh1978-07-18.aud.bershaw.flac16.md5
s1t01 - Sugaree.flac : OK
s1t02 - Keys To The Rain.flac : OK
s1t03 - Unusual Occurrences In The Desert.flac : OK
s1t04 - Wharf Rat.flac : OK
s1t05 - Rum Runners.flac : OK
s1t06 - Deal.flac : OK
s1t07 - West Virginia Steel Guitar.flac : OK
s1t08 - Come To Life.flac : OK
s1t09 - Bertha.flac : OK
s1t10 - Scarlet Begonias.flac : OK
s1t11 -  It Must Have Been The Roses.flac : OK
s1t12 - Reuben And Ceerise.flac : OK
s1t13 - Friend Of The Devil.flac : OK
s2t01 - Box Of Rain.flac : OK
s2t02 - Mountains Of The Moon.flac : OK
s2t03 - Brown-Eyed Women.flac : OK
s2t04 - U.S. Blues.flac : OK
s2t05 - Truckin'.flac : OK
s2t06 - Terrapin Suite.flac : OK
s2t07 - Peggy Wolf.flac : OK
s2t08 - Brokedown Palace.flac : OK
s2t09 - Ripple.flac : OK

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