Grateful Dead
1989-04-16
The Mecca
Milwaukee, WI

Source:  AKG 460B omni capsules, 7' high, 6' spread > Crown phantom power >
         Sony TC-D5M (pass-thru) > Yamaha MT1X (dbx type II encode,
         Maxell XL-IIS)

Transfer:  Yamaha MT120S (dbx type II decode) > Tascam DA-20 (D/A conversion) >
         coax/optical converter > Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 > Amarok >
         Cool Edit (edits and fades) > CDWAV > FLAC

Taped and transferred by Pat Volkerding <volkerdi@gmail.com>, 2008-11.

Disc 1
1. Hell in a Bucket
2. They Love Each Other
3. Little Red Rooster
4. Stagger Lee
5. Mama Tried >
6. Mexicali Blues
7. Bird Song
Length:  47:49

Disc 2
1. Scarlet Begonias >
2. Fire on the Mountain
3. Saint of Circumstance
4. Truckin' >
5. Drums >
Length: 43:21

Disc 3
1. Space >
2. The Other One >
3. Stella Blue >
4. Throwin' Stones >
5. Turn on Your Lovelight
   Encore:
6. Box of Rain
Length: 44:40

All disc transitions are seamless.  This can be rearranged to fit on 2 discs.

Known flaws:
- Two short bits of silence occured in Mexicali Blues.  It seemed the phantom
  supply lost power for some reason.  The silence was clipped out, but these
  are otherwise unpatched.
- Screaming maniac during Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue, after
  which he was dragged away by security.

The only time I taped omni, and a very accurate (perhaps too much in places)
representation of how the show sounded.  A good recording of an excellent show,
and possibly good raw material for a multichannel mix.

Enjoy!

shntool output:
    length     expanded size   cdr  WAVE problems filename
     6:49.44       72251132    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t01.flac
     7:15.20       76781084    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t02.flac
     9:20.08       98802860    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t03.flac
     5:40.56       60107756    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t04.flac
     2:40.13       28254620    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t05.flac
     4:25.11       46771916    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t06.flac
    11:38.25      123186044    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d1t07.flac
     8:56.61       94693916    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d2t01.flac
    11:15.58      119206460    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d2t02.flac
     6:07.10       64762364    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d2t03.flac
     8:09.45       86365484    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d2t04.flac
     8:52.10       93868364    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d2t05.flac
     5:45.24       60914492    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t01.flac
     7:14.30       76628204    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t02.flac
     8:03.49       85316492    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t03.flac
     9:34.50      101371244    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t04.flac
     7:00.60       74229164    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t05.flac
     7:01.52       74386748    ---   --   ---xx   gd89-04-16d3t06.flac
   135:51.26     1437898344 B                     (totals for 18 files, 0.5675 overall compression ratio)
