Grateful Dead
May 6, 1980
State College, Pennsylvania
Recreation Building - Penn State

"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.

Transferred on Mason's restored Nak500 properly.

Set 1:
s1t01 Tuning
s1t02 Alabama Getaway ->
s1t03 Greatest Story Ever Told
s1t04 Tuning
s1t05 Peggy-O
s1t06 Me & My Uncle ->
s1t07 Big River
s1t08 Loser
s1t09 Tuning
s1t10 Far From Me
s1t11 Tuning
s1t12 Lazy Lightnin' ->
s1t13 Supplication
s1t14 Althea
s1t15 Tuning
s1t16 Lost Sailor ->
s1t17 Saint Of Circumstance


Set 2:
s2t01 Tuning
s2t02 Take A Step Back Jam ->
s2t03 China Cat Sunflower ->
s2t04 I Know You Rider
s2t05 Tuning
s2t06 Feel Like A Stranger ->
s2t07 He's Go/ne ->
s2t08 The Other One ->
s2t09 Drums ->
s2t10 Space ->
s2t11 Wharf Rat ->
s2t12 Around & Around ->
s2t13 Johnny B. Goode
encore:
s2t14 Brokedown Palace

the tape flips in He's Gone and Wharf Rat were masterfully done by Mason, barely any appreciable music missing, no patches applied in this seed.

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