Grateful Dead
October 30, 1980
Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY

Source: 10Ó 1/4 track SBD Feed Master Reels @ 7.5ips
(Total Running Time: 03:36:03)

Lineage: 10Ó 1/4 track Reels (Revox A-77 playback) -> Lexicon Lambda (24/96) -> Logic (mastering: speed correction, track indexing, dithering to 16/44.1) -> AIFF -> Xact (sbe correction) -> wav -> flac

Transfer (November 2009) and mastering (October 2017) by Alan Bershaw

Personnel:
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
Bill Kruetzman - drums, percussion
Mickey Hart  - drums, percussion
	guest:
Billy Cobham - drums (on drums, space & The Other One)

	Set 1 (acoustic)
101 John Scher Introduction		00:36
102 banter & tuning			02:33
103 Deep Elum Blues			04:59
104 banter & tuning			01:30
105 Dark Hollow				04:10
106 banter & tuning			01:23
107 I've Been All Around This World	04:57
108 banter & tuning			02:01
109 On The Road Again			03:07
110 banter & tuning			02:08
111 To Lay Me Down			08:39
112 banter & tuning			01:59
113 Heaven Help The Fool		06:33
114 banter & tuning			01:25
115 Ripple				04:42

	Set 2 (electric)
201 banter & tuning			03:07
202 Alabama Getaway ->			04:44
203 Promised Land			04:23
204 banter & tuning			01:41
205 Peggy-O				07:28
206 banter & tuning			01:58
207 Mama Tried ->			02:34
208 Mexicali Blues			04:37
209 banter & tuning			02:07
210 Loser				08:16
211 banter & tuning			00:30
212 New New Minglewood Blues		06:58
213 banter & tuning			02:13
214 Althea ->				08:03
215 Lost Sailor ->			06:33
216 Saint Of Circumstance		06:29
217 break announcement			00:35

	Set 3 (electric)
301 banter & tuning			04:18
3302 Shakedown Street			12:54
303 Samson And Delilah			06:55
304 banter & tuning			01:31
305 He's Gone -> jam ->			14:12
306 TruckinÕ ->				09:36
307 drums (with Billy Cobham) ->	10:55
308 space ->				02:39
309 The Other One ->			06:11
310 Wharf Rat ->			09:29
311 Good LovinÕ 			06:46
312 encore applause & tuning		01:52
313 Johnny B. Goode			04:18
314 applause & PA music			01:06


Notes:
This is a previously uncirculated soundboard direct recording of this show. It was recorded in mono onto two 10" 1/4 track reels at 7.5ips. It is 100% complete, from John Scher's introduction prior to the acoustic set right through to the P.A. music following the 3rd set encore. All three sets run seamlessly with nothing missing.

This was recorded surreptitiously from a monitoring feed in one of the executive offices at RCMH. This entire recording is a single source, with the lone exception of a 29 second sequence (during Althea 4:28 -> 4:57), where the reels were changed. My old friend Kieth Gatto's audience recording (id 120537) was used to patch that song to completion.

The only other downside is that Garcia's vocal could be brighter and louder at times. It is otherwise a very clear recording that captures everything relatively well, including a lot of stage banter between songs. You can even hear the hilarious off-mic banter between band members. I usually don't bother tracking out the downtime, but since its not just crowd noise and at times lengthy, I did in this case.

I've wanted to share this recording for a long time, but a track or two was officially released and the bonus tracks on the Dead Ahead DVD are also sourced from this show, so it prevented me from sharing this at the usual places. My nephew Stu, who often shares my recordings for me, tried making a case for it being an alternate source and different mix than anything that was officially issued, but it was a no go.

I'd like nothing better than to get this to anyone who'd enjoy it, especially since only audience recordings seem to circulate, but maybe sharing it now will at least get that ball rolling.   Alan - October 2007



