Grateful Dead

July 07, 1981
Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena,
Kansas City, MO
Sets I & II

Source: ?? mics > ?? lead deck > Sony TC-D5 > Master Cassettes (Maxell XLIIS-90's)
Transfer: Master Cassettes > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24/96 > Adobe Audition > FLAC 2496

Master Cassettes Recorded by Jon Bernstein
Transfer & Mastering by Ray Ackerman
Edited & Processed w/ add'l Mastering by Joe Noel
January 24, 2026

Patch info
- shnid 134089 (Recording by Brian Schley) Nakamichi CM300/CP4 shotguns > Sony TC-D5 > Maxell XLII (S1) and Hitachi ME-Metal (S2) supplies;
- TLMD; last ten secs
- LL; start - 00:33
- Drums; 1:28 - EoT

Notes;
- while time has claimed the memory of the gear, a quick listen reveals the taper was FOB & centered.
- checksums & tags created in xACT

Thanks to;
- Jon Bernstein for his recording efforts & sharing his masters
- Ray Ackerman for the quality transfer
- Brian Schley for the patch source

- Set I -
[crowd - tuning]
New Minglewood Blues ->
Bertha ->
Dancing in the Street
Big Railroad Blues ->
El Paso
To Lay Me Down
Lazy Lightning ->
Supplication
Bird Song ->
Looks Like Rain ->
Deal
rt; 1:17:40.986

- Set II -
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
Candyman
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes of the World ->
Drums->
Space ->
Truckin' ->
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
Black Peter ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Good Lovin'
- encore -
Don't Ease Me In
rt; 1:25:48.426
trt; 2:43:29.412

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[J.Noel 07 January 2026]


