Grateful Dead
Hult Center, Silva Hall
Eugene, OR
May 8, 1984

Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Phil Lesh - Electric Bass, Vocals
Brent Mydland - Keyboards, Vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals


*Matrix*


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SBD (shnid=134517):

Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> CD

Transfer Info:
CD -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 1 DVD FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
December 9, 2008

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AUD (shnid=29304):

Source: Sony ECM-939LT stereo mic > Marantz PMD-340 cassette deck.
Sony UCX-S 90 cassettes, with Dolby B On. Taped by Andrew F.
Mic on 7-foot tent pole, center seat of 30th row (rear orchestra).

Transfer:
MAC > Sony TC-D5M > Marantz CDR-500 > EAC > Soundforge > CD-Wave > FLAC
Soundforge used for fades and to smooth out a few rough spots.
There were too many yells and hand-claps to deal with, so I left those as-is.
CD-Wave used for track-ID?s, and FLAC Frontend for lossless compression.

Notes:

My seat was in the center, but far back and under the roof of the mezzanine. This
resulted in the tape sounding a bit distant, and with a ton of audience noise.
This tape is definitely of the "warts-n-all" variety, but I decided to release it
since the circulating sbd is muffled and has static, and I haven't yet found a
good audience upgrade.

On the plus side, it's a great show for mid-80's fans, and Brent give a great
performance. The sound mix coming from the stage improves in the second set. The
30-minute Thunder Machine > Space > Other One segment is the show's highlight.

For those who don't know, the Thunder Machine was a day-glo painted contraption
on bike wheels that was made of old car fenders, piano wires, things to bang on,
and pieces of horns attached to hoses. Kesey and the Pranksters "played" it by
hitting it and manipulating it in various ways. It also appeared at 8/16/81 and a
few other shows. At this show, Jerry, Bob, Mickey, and Billy played along.

[d2t05]: There was a moment when the drummers left and the stage was empty while
they wheeled out the Thunder Machine. I used this opportunity to flip the tape.

d3t05: The little wind-down jam at the end of Miracle is cut where I faded and
changed tapes. I managed to get it done before the start of Morning Dew.

d3t08: The band skipped Sunshine Daydream and went straight to Brokedown.

Enjoy!

[5/1/05]

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Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
and to Andrew F. for recording the show.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut > Soundtrack > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)
November 14, 2015


Set I
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d1t01 - Beer Barrel Polka
d1t02 - Jack Straw
d1t03 - Cold Rain And Snow
d1t04 - Minglewood Blues
d1t05 - Candyman
d1t06 - Me And My Uncle ->
d1t07 - Mexicali Blues
d1t08 - Tennessee Jed
d1t09 - Looks Like Rain ->
d1t10 - Might As Well

Set II
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d2t01 - Scarlet Begonias ->
d2t02 - Touch Of Grey ->
d2t03 - Women Are Smarter
d2t04 - Terrapin Station ->
d2t05 - Drums
d3t01 - The Thunder Machine* ->
d3t02 - Space* ->
d3t03 - The Other One ->
d3t04 - Wharf Rat ->
d3t05 - I Need A Miracle ->
d3t06 - Morning Dew

Encore
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d3t07 - Sugar Magnolia ->
d3t08 - Brokedown Palace


*with Kesey and the Merry Pranksters


Notes:

Something happened with the SBD tape, beginning with Terrapin Station, where the speed fluctuated much more heavily and frequently, making the project about three times as difficult and requiring much smaller increments to work with. Also, the weird "mid-80's" static in the mix during the second set affected the speed/position slightly at times. I had not worked on a matrix as difficult as this since 9/9/72 (Vol. 64). All this being the case, the second half of the matrix is not quite as stable as the first half, but still pretty good overall.

Soundtrack Pro was used to remove several digital anomalies.



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     6:15.48       66262940 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6833  gd84-05-08d1t02.flac
     6:04.48       64322540 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6721  gd84-05-08d1t03.flac
     7:49.12       82759868 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6609  gd84-05-08d1t04.flac
     6:44.32       71340908 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6448  gd84-05-08d1t05.flac
     2:52.14       30373772 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.7405  gd84-05-08d1t06.flac
     5:30.45       58317884 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6977  gd84-05-08d1t07.flac
     7:47.54       82505852 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6752  gd84-05-08d1t08.flac
     7:57.20       84189884 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6480  gd84-05-08d1t09.flac
     4:17.20       45381884 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.7113  gd84-05-08d1t10.flac
    11:01.45      116706284 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6634  gd84-05-08d2t01.flac
     5:54.74       62619692 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.7308  gd84-05-08d2t02.flac
     8:07.66       86062076 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6817  gd84-05-08d2t03.flac
    12:31.48      132589340 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5869  gd84-05-08d2t04.flac
     6:43.37       71176268 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5414  gd84-05-08d2t05.flac
     5:41.23       60206540 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5179  gd84-05-08d3t01.flac
    12:59.08      137434460 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5152  gd84-05-08d3t02.flac
    10:23.48      110010140 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6113  gd84-05-08d3t03.flac
     9:19.59       98746412 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5935  gd84-05-08d3t04.flac
     4:25.09       46767212 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6364  gd84-05-08d3t05.flac
    11:58.49      126770492 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5605  gd84-05-08d3t06.flac
     5:07.27       54218348 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.7168  gd84-05-08d3t07.flac
     5:10.48       54796940 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6479  gd84-05-08d3t08.flac
   168:41.09     1785366580 B                            0.6261  (23 files)



