GRATEFUL DEAD
August 28, 1968
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco CA
All that circulates

5.1 LPCM Surround Sound Mix (44k)

01 - //Dark Star
02 - Saint Stephen
03 - The Eleven
04 - Death Don't Have No Mercy
05 - Turn On Your Lovelight

Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Phil Lesh - Bass
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - Keyboards
Tom (T.C.) Constanten - Keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums

5.1 LPCM Surround Sound (44k) mixed in Adobe Audition CC 2014 using the following sources:

Audio Source Information
SBD (shnid = 10162)

Source: SBD: ? > Latvala's reel>PCM>CDR>EAC>CDR
Conversion: CDR > EAC (secure) > Cool Edit (minor fix) > CDWav(tracking) > mkwact(seekable) > shn by mvernon54@attbi.com 5/29/2002
shntool confirms tracks on sector boundaries

NOTES:
1. Mastered to CDR by Steve Martin: "I transfered Dicks reel on a revox A77 onto a Sony F2 PCM unit. My Beta Pcm I transfered to CD-R directly Using Cardas cables."  Hiss predominant through first 28 seconds of d1t1 then improves considerably.
2. flaws noted by mvernon
d1t2 - drop out ~2:44 - 2:47
d1t3 ~ initial vocals extremely weak, barely audible
spectral analysis shows almost no frequencies higher than ~5khz, imparting a distant, slightly "tunnel" sound.  Nevertheless, it is quite listenable.
3. Vol. 1 of the Taper's Compendium lists a "Schoolgirl" as the first number along with a Bill Graham introduction. At this time these are no longer associated with this date.
4. Deadlists has the following comments:
The first two bars of Dark Star are clipped. In the first verse, Jerry sings: "Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis."  And then, instead of "Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion" he sings: "Glass hand dissolving... recedes in the nights of goodbye".  He realizes he's out in no man's land as he sort of trails off a bit while singing "goodbye".  The next verse is: "Shall we go, you and I while we can, Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?"  He sings "transitive NIGHT fall of diamonds" as if expecting Phil to hit the high harmonies, but realizing as soon as he sings "night" that no one's coming to the rescue.

Original  AUD (shnid = 154145)
Aud Master > ??? > Latvala's Reel @3 3/4 ips
Mastered to CDR by Steve Martin: "I transfered Dicks reel on a revox A77 onto a Sony F2 PCM unit. My Beta Pcm I transfered to CD-R directly Using Cardas cables"
Conversion: CDR > EAC (secure) > Adobe Audition > CDWav(tracking) > TTD > FLAC by Kevin Tobin 10/27/21

BHP Notes: Steve Martin sent this to me along with the SBD (shnid 10162) for a matrix project. When compared to other circulating sources, the wave files are almost identical to (shnid 133762) AUD UNKNOWN LINEAGE > REEL > EDIROL USB UA-1EX AUDIO INTERFACE so this is a new transfer of the same materail.
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- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 28-OCT-2021 - Trader Little Helper
- Tagged 28-OCT-2021 - Tag&Rename
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Brokedown House Production

964076a885ffe02455e4156813678cb8 *01 Dark Star.flac
73380f57793529576e2fcee8fbc400fb *02 Saint Stephen.flac
523ab3d4b243e9686561cf0e55d8b52d *03 The Eleven.flac
42e36cb54f2fd2ffe30b80d9f830baaf *04 Death Don't Have No Mercy.flac
97b1129ced56ec93177ceb1f338cc6b4 *05 Turn On Your Lovelight.flac

01 Dark Star.flac:b9c3d1718012d4d22283a4c196008b8b
02 Saint Stephen.flac:9fa7330147ec588baa29fac32b9dfe48
03 The Eleven.flac:3e9634d0175c9a966e4ec3d7cf97b563
04 Death Don't Have No Mercy.flac:29646e7682c8599137fd044124ebca69
05 Turn On Your Lovelight.flac:80376cb158d50e97f84aec699c412e4a