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 January 2, 2021. Happy New Year!


**From Deadlists.com **

Band 	Grateful Dead
Venue 	Winterland Arena
Location 	San Francisco, CA
Date 	10/16/74 - Wednesday 	posters 	tickets, passes & laminates
One 	Bertha ;
Jack Straw ;
Deal ;
Mexicali Blues ;
It Must Have Been The Roses ;
Beat It On Down The Line ;
Scarlet Begonias ;
Me And Bobby McGee ;
Tennessee Jed ;
Cumberland Blues ;
Row Jimmy ;
Playing In The Band
Two 	Seastones [14:15] >
Wharf Rat [10:36] >
Space [5:46] >
Eyes Of The World [14:23] ;
Big River [4:26] ;
Ship Of Fools [6:37] ;
Truckin' [9:52] >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:06] >
Uncle John's Band [7:19] ;
Johnny B. Goode [3:58]
Encore 	U.S. Blues
Comments
Recordings 	245 AUD + 245 SBD: the complete show including Seastones circulates in very good AUD, generally in the scrambled sequence listed in DB III. There is also pre FM-SBD circulating of Scarlet Begonias, Me and Bobby McGee, Musta Been Those Roses, Big River, and Playin (there is a reel-flip in Playin); part of Seastones, Wharf Rat, Big River, Happy Birthday Bobby and US Blues.
Master recording source(s): 7inch Master Reels@7.5ips 1/2trk
Download/Listen Sources

    2 Source Matrix by Dusborne; Soundboard (shnid:90
    Sony ECM 250 >> Sony 110 (mono) >> MAC
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k) D
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat (48k) D
    SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (44.1k) D
    Soundboard
    Soundboard


********** 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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    44:34.397     770226446 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.5848  gd1974-10-16-1A.flac
    46:41.170     806736956 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.5976  gd1974-10-16-1B.flac
    46:40.868     806649998 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.5984  gd1974-10-16-2A.flac
    46:37.574     805701344 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6015  gd1974-10-16-2B.flac
    46:22.281     801297020 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6287  gd1974-10-16-3A.flac
    44:50.126     774756494 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6263  gd1974-10-16-3B.flac
    50:29.384     872462684 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6755  gd1974-10-16-4A.flac
    49:34.688     856710086 B   cxx   h-   ---xx   flac  0.6719  gd1974-10-16-4B.flac
   375:50.488    6494541028 B                            0.6242  (8 files)

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gd1974-10-16-1B.flac:a8ce62d82eaf961fd91e1c5db145edd6
gd1974-10-16-2A.flac:405e15e9932ed3e4ce84af8af0af1b82
gd1974-10-16-2B.flac:d90f9b40ef1c04324cf9ecfe7bfbcb70
gd1974-10-16-3A.flac:c59844e54b31544998f0d19dc4e462d9
gd1974-10-16-3B.flac:41522cf9814af01eb6d0785b3dc62d97
gd1974-10-16-4A.flac:85b584939faa64fafac4e59cddb47381
gd1974-10-16-4B.flac:b245dc79a2639d21070986221642c855