Ratdog
Sideshow Music Hall
Lackawanna, NY
November 11, 1998


Lineage: Maxell XL-II cassette (1) > Adobe Audition 1.5 (recording at 24/96) > Izotope Rx (aggressive NR) > Adobe Audition 1.5 again (EQ, limiting, track indexing) > Xrecode 2 (conversion to flac 8)

From the collection of chopper7
Transferred and mastered by }{eywood

Note: although recorded at 24/96 this is a 16 bit release because somewhere in the pass through Izotope it got downconverted.  I didn't do this intentionally, but by the time I noticed it I had mastered and cut the first two tape sides already and was not about to go back and do it all over for a hi res version.

What a great show!  I am not what you'd consider a Deadhead, mostly because I am not a fan of Jerry Garcia, but I do have a fairly large GD collection, and I am really impressed with this concert.  It contains a lot of my favorite Bob songs like Black Throated Wind, Looks Like Rain (what I consider the best love song ever), Throeing Stones, and my favorite GD song(s) ever: Lost Sailor/Saint of Circumstance.  These songs were rarely played by the Dead, and pretty much only in 1980-81 when they were new.  Great to see them given new life with Ratdog.  In fact the only thing I really don't like about this show is KOHD as the encore (I despise this song and think far to many bands record and play this utterly boring POS.  They should knock harder.  Perhaps then they'll be let in before I have to hear this thing again).

The tape is really good sounding but had a lot of high end hiss that I removed with Izotope.  The beginning of the show is missing, likely because the taper started late.  Other than that it is a wonderful recording that took very little tweaking to get to the point you hear now.

01 Easy Answer
02 Bombs Away
03 It's All Over Now Baby Blue
04 Youngblood
05 It's All Over Now
06 Black Throated Wind
07 He Travels Fastest
08 Heaven Help The Fool
09 Looks Like Rain
10 Little Red Rooster
11 Lost Sailor
12 Saint of Circumstance
13 Drums
14 Jam
15 Throwing Stones
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

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33fba60179bc2c44bf13721d976b357d *16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door.flac

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02 Bombs Away.flac:1c8f754a01222c324f04787a902a88fa
03 It's All Over Now Baby Blue.flac:ca24e0ff73410f0d85d7832040f3e1f7
04 Youngblood.flac:5a29d17acf3fac63e89b4b249e7f83df
05 It's All Over Now.flac:1ca5ee05877bdf127759915a42d78863
06 Black Throated Wind.flac:24c1a1af1c9aad0fe9b143aaae6791c7
07 He Travels Fastest.flac:aa270fe6d4b3e7fb7dbb02b823a0dec4
08 Heaven Help The Fool.flac:de024e4f0b0b66a58be60a5179f62ed9
09 Looks Like Rain.flac:1bcb0d6cc94a6cf969eaebb9b9e85c3e
10 Little Red Rooster.flac:01fd4d32ebee2c2fd4f78e2521a999cb
11 Lost Sailor.flac:bfd9fbba87992af0e794dc3ed2c64d16
12 Saint Of Circumstance.flac:130459950843fb8e07727574f38224e1
13 Drums.flac:71cf27cf523c76dc80e765b46a05bd16
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15 Throwing Stones.flac:a6b6c5b932060831858f0f83e604ef37
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door.flac:ca45ce13a4656f480b5c2027f828ca7b