Knudsen Tape Collection

In 2018 Jeff Knudsen donated his 5000+ cassette tape collection to www.shnflac.net.
The ensuing GEMS Lossless Legs production is releasing each of these tapes as raw transfers in digital format, one file per cassette side.

Transfer info: Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) -> Sound Devices MixPre-3M
Transfer by: Jay Haines on January 15, 2021.


**From Deadlists.com **

Band 	Grateful Dead
Venue 	Springfield Civic Center Arena
Location 	Springfield, MA
Date 	4/23/77 - Saturday 	posters 	tickets, passes & laminates
One 	Sugaree [11:17] ;
Cassidy [4:29] ;
Loser [7:25] ;
New Minglewood Blues [4:34] ;
Ramble On Rose [6:55] ;
Me And My Uncle [2:52] ;
Row Jimmy [9:34] ;
It's All Over Now [6:17] ;
Scarlet Begonias [7:07] >
Fire On The Mountain [10:32]
Two 	Estimated Prophet [7:34] ;
Bertha [7:03] ;
The Music Never Stopped [5:59] ;
Help On The Way [4:25] >
Slipknot! [8:53] >
Franklin's Tower [10:24] >
Around And Around [6:49] >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:49] >
Not Fade Away [11:14]
Encore 	One More Saturday Night [4:40]
Comments
Recordings 	AUD 180 multiple masters, SBD 180
Download/Listen Sources

    Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)
    SBD->MR->DAT->CD
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD D
    SBD -> ?
    Recorded by Steve Hopkins Master Audience Cassett
    Audience Recording: Sony ECM 99A
    Audience Recording: Sony ECM-33Ps
    Soundboard with audience patches


********** The GEMS Knudsen Tape Project  **********

In 2018, Jeff Knudsen bestowed his tape collection to the AZ GEMS
team for distribution and archiving. We have cherry picked some shows
and released them but have only scratched the surface. The process
of producing a complete and accurate mastered file set is time consuming:
select the show, compare to existing sources, adjust the tape deck,
transfer to digital, speed correct, master, aquire the source ID and
torrent. We realized we would never release most of collection using this
method.

As long as music is on tapes in a closet, it is useless. If it circulates
it is preserved for others and for the future. Rather than go through
the whole file set creation process, we transfer each tape or tape
side as a single digital file. A two tape concert consists either two big
audio files, 1 for each tape or 4 big audio files, one for each side of
the two cassettes.  We transfer professionally using the best gear and
a high quality Analog to Digital device. The Azimuth and Dolby settings
are correct. We release these files for everyone. We do not evaluate
the quality of the source, master it, or track it.

The Knudsen Tape Project is about sharing the tapes.

In each numbered release, along with the digital music files, we
include a photo of the tapes. The goal is to release as many of the
tapes as possible to the website www.shnflac.net.

We think the fruits of this project will become more interesting as time
passes. We believe that access to raw, properly transferred audio will
be of value to both present and future listeners, researchers and others.
Audio mastering technology is moving at breakneck speed. We can only imagine
the future technology that will be available. Having access to unmastered sources
could be invaluable.

HISTORY

The collection was started with a box of tapes Jeff Knudsen recieved
from his friend Dick Latvala in the late 70's. Dick was just a regular
guy in Pahoa, Hawaii and had not yet begun officially working with the
Greatful Dead. Over time, Jeff's collection grew. At that time, tapes were
currency and Jeff had gold. His collection increased to about 5000 coveted
tapes, via mail trades and all night copy-athons. Jeff shared them freely
and widely. If you had a soundboard tape in your collection years ago there
is a good chance it came from Jeff Knudsen.

WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT ?

Every release in this project is from a band that allows it's fans
to trade music non-commercially. We neither add or take away from that
permission. We only ask that you credit the Knudsen Tape Project if you
use the material. We ask nothing else of you and you do not need
to ask permission to use them. Since we ask only for source credit, we would
rather not hear complaints. Take what you need and leave the rest.

LINEAGE QUESTIONS

The notion of documenting lineage is a modern one, or simply one Jeff
did not entertain. We do not have lineage information on most of these
tapes. Any information we have will be in the photo of the tapes.
Some of the tapes sound absolutely fantastic. Others may remind
you of a tape you had long ago.

Now the rest is up to the community, with whom we have absolute faith
in the ability to discern.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Contact shnflac@gmail.com if you need more information.


SHNTOOL OUTPUT



    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    47:24.987     819356426 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.7189  gd1977-04-23-A.flac
    56:59.794     984900632 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.7165  gd1977-04-23-B.flac
   104:24.781    1804257058 B                            0.7176  (2 files)




In 2018 Jeff Knudsen donated his 5000+ cassette tape collection to www.shnflac.net.
The ensuing GEMS Lossless Legs production is releasing each of these tapes as raw transfers in digital format, one file per cassette side.

Transfer info: Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) -> Sound Devices MixPre-3M
Transfer by: Jay Haines on January 15, 2021.


**From Deadlists.com **

Band 	Grateful Dead
Venue 	Mosque
Location 	Richmond, VA
Date 	5/25/77 - Wednesday 	posters 	tickets, passes & laminates
One 	Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [9:54] ;
Jack Straw [5:44] ;
They Love Each Other [6:52] ;
Mexicali Blues [3:13] ;
Peggy-O [7:16] ;
Cassidy [4:47] ;
Loser [8:02] ;
Lazy Lightnin' [3:13] >
Supplication [4:27] ;
Brown Eyed Women [5:33] ;
The Promised Land [4:23]
Two 	Scarlet Begonias [10:22] >
Fire On The Mountain [11:09] ;
Estimated Prophet [8:48] >
He's Gone [13:53] >
Drums [5:14] >
The Other One [14:55] >
Wharf Rat [10:37] >
The Other One [4:15] >
The Wheel [5:29] >
Around And Around [8:23]
Encore 	Johnny B. Goode [4:06]
Comments
Recordings 	AUD 180, multiple masters. SBD 180
Master recording source(s): 7inch Master Reels@7.5ips 1/2trk
Download/Listen Sources

    Recorded with Nakamichi CM-300s> Nakamichi 550 (e
    flac16; DTS 5.1 Mix ; SBD1 (shn id 87591)Recordin
    Matrix 2 Source Mix - SBD1 (shn id 87591)Recordin
    SBD
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD D
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD D
    Soundboard
    Recorded with Nakamichi CM-300s> Nakamichi 550 (e
    Soundboard


********** The GEMS Knudsen Tape Project  **********

In 2018, Jeff Knudsen bestowed his tape collection to the AZ GEMS
team for distribution and archiving. We have cherry picked some shows
and released them but have only scratched the surface. The process
of producing a complete and accurate mastered file set is time consuming:
select the show, compare to existing sources, adjust the tape deck,
transfer to digital, speed correct, master, aquire the source ID and
torrent. We realized we would never release most of collection using this
method.

As long as music is on tapes in a closet, it is useless. If it circulates
it is preserved for others and for the future. Rather than go through
the whole file set creation process, we transfer each tape or tape
side as a single digital file. A two tape concert consists either two big
audio files, 1 for each tape or 4 big audio files, one for each side of
the two cassettes.  We transfer professionally using the best gear and
a high quality Analog to Digital device. The Azimuth and Dolby settings
are correct. We release these files for everyone. We do not evaluate
the quality of the source, master it, or track it.

The Knudsen Tape Project is about sharing the tapes.

In each numbered release, along with the digital music files, we
include a photo of the tapes. The goal is to release as many of the
tapes as possible to the website www.shnflac.net.

We think the fruits of this project will become more interesting as time
passes. We believe that access to raw, properly transferred audio will
be of value to both present and future listeners, researchers and others.
Audio mastering technology is moving at breakneck speed. We can only imagine
the future technology that will be available. Having access to unmastered sources
could be invaluable.

HISTORY

The collection was started with a box of tapes Jeff Knudsen recieved
from his friend Dick Latvala in the late 70's. Dick was just a regular
guy in Pahoa, Hawaii and had not yet begun officially working with the
Greatful Dead. Over time, Jeff's collection grew. At that time, tapes were
currency and Jeff had gold. His collection increased to about 5000 coveted
tapes, via mail trades and all night copy-athons. Jeff shared them freely
and widely. If you had a soundboard tape in your collection years ago there
is a good chance it came from Jeff Knudsen.

WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT ?

Every release in this project is from a band that allows it's fans
to trade music non-commercially. We neither add or take away from that
permission. We only ask that you credit the Knudsen Tape Project if you
use the material. We ask nothing else of you and you do not need
to ask permission to use them. Since we ask only for source credit, we would
rather not hear complaints. Take what you need and leave the rest.

LINEAGE QUESTIONS

The notion of documenting lineage is a modern one, or simply one Jeff
did not entertain. We do not have lineage information on most of these
tapes. Any information we have will be in the photo of the tapes.
Some of the tapes sound absolutely fantastic. Others may remind
you of a tape you had long ago.

Now the rest is up to the community, with whom we have absolute faith
in the ability to discern.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Contact shnflac@gmail.com if you need more information.


SHNTOOL OUTPUT



    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    41:33.462     718117064 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6099  gd1977-05-25-1A.flac
    37:15.359     643783400 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6132  gd1977-05-25-1B.flac
    49:50.860     861367766 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6235  gd1977-05-25-2A.flac
    48:55.454     845410712 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6222  gd1977-05-25-2B.flac
   177:35.134    3068678942 B                            0.6178  (4 files)




SHNID	Artist	Date	Venue	City	State
151449	Knudsen Tape Collection	1977-04-23	Springfield Civic Center	Springfield	MA
flac 2448: 1 Maxell XLII 110 > Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) > Sound Devices MixPre-3M. Transfer by: Jay Haines on January 15, 2021. #1049
151450	Knudsen Tape Collection	1977-05-25	The Mosque	Richmond	VA
flac 2448: 1 Maxell XLII 90, 1 Maxell XLII 110 > Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) > Sound Devices MixPre-3M. Transfer by: Jay Haines on January 15, 2021. #0150

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