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 September 10 and October 3, 2020.

There were 7 tapes in the knudsen collection belonging to this date. They are all included in this torrent. Tape 1 stands alone, tapes 2 and 3 go together, as do tapes 4 and 5 and then again 6 and 7. The attached pictures should make it clear. The three or four different lineages are all of varying quality.


Grateful Dead
March 23, 1974
Cow Palace - Daly City, CA

SBD


Tape 1 (Marked "GD 1974-02-24 TP2")

Side 1

Set 1

01. U.S. Blues
02. The Promised Land
03. Brown-Eyed Women
04. Mexicali Blues
05. Tennessee Jed
06. Black-Throated Wind
07. Scarlet Begonias
08. Beat it On Down the Line
09. It Must Have Been the Roses

Side 2

01. El Paso
02. Deal
03. Cassidy
04. China Cat Sunflower
05. I Know You Rider
06. Weather Report Suite (Prelude)
07. Weather Report Suite, Pt. I
08. Weather Report Suite, Pt. II (Let it Grow)


Tape 2

Side 1

end Set 1

01. El Paso
02. Deal
03. Cassidy
04. China Cat Sunflower
05. I Know You Rider
06. Weather Report Suite (Prelude)
07. Weather Report Suite, Pt. I
08. Weather Report Suite, Pt. II (Let it Grow)

Side 2

blank


Tape 3

Side 1

01. Playing In the Band
02. Uncle John's Band
03. Morning Dew
04. Uncle John's Band
05. Playing in the Band

Side 2

01. Bertha
02. Around and Around
03. Wharf Rat
04. Sugar Magnolia
05. Casey Jones


Tape 4

Side 1

01. Playing In the Band
02. Uncle John's Band
03. Morning Dew
04. Uncle John's Band
05. Playing in the Band

Side 2

01. Ship of Fools
02. Big River
03. Ramble On Rose
04. Me and My Uncle
05. Bertha
06. Around and Around


Tape 5

Side 1

01. Weather Report Suite (Prelude)
02. Weather Report Suite, Pt. I
03. Weather Report Suite, Pt. II (Let it Grow)
04. Wharf Rat
05. Sugar Magnolia
06. Casey Jones
07. One More Saturday Night

Side 2

01. Playing In the Band (5/21/74 Seattle)


Tape 6

Side 1

01. U.S. Blues
02. The Promised Land
03. Brown-Eyed Women
04. Mexicali Blues
05. Tennessee Jed
06. Black-Throated Wind
07. Scarlet Begonias
08. Beat it On Down the Line
09. It Must Have Been the Roses

Side 2

01. El Paso
02. Deal
03. Cassidy
04. China Cat Sunflower
05. I Know You Rider
06. Weather Report Suite (Prelude)
07. Weather Report Suite, Pt. I
08. Weather Report Suite, Pt. II (Let it Grow)


Tape 7

Side 1

01. Playing in the Band
02. Uncle John's Band
03. Playing in the Band
04. Morning Dew
05. Uncle John's Band
06. Playing in the Band
07. Ship of Fools//

Side 2

01. Big River
02. Ramble On Rose
03. Me and My Uncle
04. Bertha
05. Around and Around
06. Wharf Rat
07. Sugar Magnolia


********** 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



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