Grateful Dead (Debut Master Transfer) Poplar Creek Music Theater Hoffman Estates IL USA * June 28th 1983  ** POSTED BY ANALOG **

Archive first time May 16th 2020

A Covid-19 quarantine release! :)
Hot Off The Heads Production! :)

Mics: Mics: AKG 460B with the CK1 capsules
Recorder: 1981 TCD-5M Sony Cassette Pro Portable
Location: Sec 100 Row C Seat 107
Cassettes: Fuji Metal Bias C90: Dolby on but left off for this playback
Playback: Sony TCD-5M unit calibrated to this era (not same identical unit). Tape speed and head alignment
Chord Company Interconnect Cable (Naim Co.)
Run through the Naim Audio NAC-52 preamp to the Sound Devices-722 @ 24b/192kHz
Sound Forge just to track. NO OTHER BULLSHIT!
-16 Bit version-




Second night of two. Yes I did go to both. I thought this came out best. Really the only Dead show I really liked. Good ol Poplar Creek. Thank goodness for Archiv.org in getting a setlist and knowing where each song ends. This plays nice and loud on a good stereo system! I forgot until now that I was hitting the pause button between some songs. They sure knew how to waste time between those songs. Enjoy RB






Understand that all this archiving that is recorded in 24b/192khz I am doing SOLELY for myself. It is the best sound! Now sharing it in cd format is lossy. Besides I have enough work to do and consider yourself lucky if I do upload a CD format. If you really enjoy these archives get them at this resolution despite the file size. Down the road you will not be sorry. Is this a nice enough way to say it?


***Everything I do for my stereo room and gear is carefully chosen for the finest of quality control. This means A to B comparisons for EVERYTHING! I leave no stone unturned. I decide if what I do will end up being a more musical experience and not the opposite like more processed sounding. I split hairs!! I have learned what is more musical from all the decades of listening to differences. Stereo and audio gear is not nearly as subjective as people make it out to be. It is either more musical or more processed sounding at the end of the day. One more thing I learned, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE SAME! Practically the same yes! The same, NO! So with this all said…..I thank all the people here for the great compliments since I came here in 2006. It means a lot to me after decades of sleepless nights and stressful days carrying in top shelve equipment every time out!***


With every digital transfer the master tapes become obsolete. If you try any which way to transfer them again they won't sound as good. As long as there are ample backups of course there is no need for them.






SETLIST/TRACKLIST





01 - tuning
02 - Feel Like A Stranger
03 - Dire Wolf
04 - It's All Over Now
05 - Brown Eyed Women
06 - Little Red Rooster
07 - Tennessee Jed
08 - Looks Like Rain
09 - Deal
10 - Help On The Way
11 - Slipknot
12 - Franklin's Tower
13 - Women Are Smarter
14 - He's Gone
15 - Drums
16 - space
17 - Throwing Stones
18 - Not Fade Away
19 - Stella Blue
20 - Sugar Magnolia
21 - Sunshine Daydream
22 - Iko Iko
23 - fade out

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14 - He's Gone.flac:a34eb9f4fddfcf9c9fad6c5d6817cb70
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17 - Throwing Stones.flac:4c5faf83506117fffcd5275697f72338
18 - Not Fade Away.flac:c7797dd07d7a3924c2531e7b7bf28043
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21 - Sunshine Daydream.flac:99d2db706ff618a6e31dc6f3a54a6167
22 - Iko Iko.flac:e580e836bba23fa08e64ea6a4bca1772
23 - fade out.flac:96e26c7d97987c1ae12deb2f4d05e6dc

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