SHNID 150337 Knudsen Tape Collection 1982-04-25
The Stone, San Francisco, CA
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flac 2448: 2 Maxell UDXLII C90 > Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) > Sound Devices MixPre-3M
Transfer by: Jay Haines on June 28 and July 3, 2020. #0100
Transfer by: Jay Haines on June 28 and July 3, 2020. #0100
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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 June 28 and July 3, 2020. Jerry Garcia April 25, 1982 The Stone - San Francisco, CA AUD Lineage: Master Cassettes > Cassette1 (by Jeff himself. All his collection is such. This was done by him get the show in order on tapes, as set one was on both tape sides A and set two was recorded on both sides B. Ah the days of analog! ) Taper: Jeffrey Knudsen Equipment: AIWA-HS1 Casette Deck and Marantz SuperScope Microphones. Location: " I always taped with the recorder simply laying on the table in full view. There was a piece of tape over the red 'on" light and the mics were black with black chords. I took napkins from the venue and folded a wad up and taped the two mics together with the napkins separating the front ends and the back end were together. That way the mics had some angular separation. I then put the whole mess in a black sock and stuck it in my armpit. Everyone stands the moment the show starts (except at the front row balcony tables in Berkeley) so I would point my shoulder at the stage when Jerry was instrumental and then I would point my shoulder up to the overhead monitors when he sang. In Berkeley I just had the mics taped, in a sock and laying on the table, and pointing at the stage. Tape 1 Side 1 01. How Sweet it Is 02. Catfish John 03. Valerie 04. Second that Emotion Side 2 01. Mississippi Moon 02. Tangled Up In Blue Set 2 03. The Harder they Come 04. Don't Let Go Tape 2 01. Mystery Train 02. The Night they Drove Ol' Dixie Down 03. Dear Prudence 04. Midnight Moonlight ********** 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 38:57.100 673084784 B cxx h- ---xx flac 0.6316 jg1982-04-25-1A.flac 41:49.837 722833226 B cxx h- ---xx flac 0.6436 jg1982-04-25-1B.flac 39:41.528 685880012 B cxx h- ---xx flac 0.6468 jg1982-04-25-2.flac 120:28.465 2081798022 B 0.6408 (3 files)
Media Size
1.24 GB(1334033701 bytes)
Media Size Uncompressed
0
SHN Disc Count
0
WAV Disc Count
0
Date Circulated
07/04/2020
Entered By
1478
Created At
Sun Jul 05 2020 13:19:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Mon Jul 06 2020 14:20:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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