Grateful Dead
December 26, 1979
Oakland Auditorium Arena
Oakland, CA

"Only surviving copy, first generation safety tape transferred on a Nakamichi CR-7A"


"Mason B. Taylor was a taper from Chicago that recorded concerts by many bands in the Chicagoland area and on Dead tours. He used a Nakamichi 550 with Nakamichi 300 mics with shotgun capsules for most of his earlier recordings. In later years he used Sony D-5 and Sony D-3 cassette recorders with Nakamichi 300 mics.

Mason captured spectacular musical moments and loved to share them with his closest friends. In honor of Mason and all the love he put into his recordings we are now able to share these moments with those who can appreciate them most.

As the shows get uploaded we would love for you to share your stories about the epic times the music evokes so we can all dial back into that moment when the magic was happening.

Thanks to Mason’s family and his Chicago and Cleveland friends for opening up Mason’s Jar…"

Recorded By Mason Taylor on a Nakamichi 550 Cassette Deck,
on chrome tapes, with Nakamichi microphones.


Set Two Only

01. Uncle John's Band  >
02. Estimated Prophet  >
03. He's Gone  >
04. The Other One  >
05. Drums  >
06. Space  >
07. Not Fade Away/
08. Brokedown Palace  >
09. Around And Around  >
10. Johnny B. Goode
11. Crowd

Encore
12. Shakedown Street  >
13. Uncle John's Band Reprise

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