Gizah Sound and Light Theater, Cairo, Egypt
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So, I love the Grateful Dead. And I love the audience recordings.
These gigs in Egypt are certainly legendary.
They're not exactly known for the performances. They're a bit ragged here and there.
But it's the freakin' pyramids, and the Sphinx is right there! Absolutely legendary. Who else did it???
Evidently the crowds they played for were pretty small. Some sources say it was a thousand people.
Some say a couple of thousand. I'm not sure.
But to me these recordings have an intimate feel to them. It kind of seems like a small town fair
in the midwest somewhere with everyone's favorite local bar band on a summer night. Except the pyramids are right there....
And it's the Grateful Dead!
These gigs are the start of Keith and Donna's last five months with the band.
I've been going through all of the five months, there's some great performances in there.
These captures were recorded by Eldon Porray. For the most part he got fantastic recordings.
Everyone in the band comes through. The bass guitar is very clear. These sound great on headphones. Nice headphones, I don't know what they
sound like on ear buds. lol
Below are the original notes for shn #103626.
The set list has been modified to show how I've tracked it.
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MOTB Release: 0107 24/96
Release Date: 2009-10-31
Band: Grateful Dead
Date: 1978-09-14 (Thursday)
Venue: Gizah Sound and Light Theater
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Analog Audience Source: FOB Master Cassettes (MAC)
Medium Stock Brands: MAC = 2 x Maxell UDXL-II
Analog Lineage: 2 x ECM280 >> Sony TC-158 >> MAC
Analog Sound Preservation: MAC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]
Taped By: Eldon Porray
Transfer By: Bob Menke
Mastering By: Brion Green
Set 1
01 - Ollin Arrageed*->
02 - Not Fade Away
03 - Me any My Uncle
04 - They Love Each Other
05 - Minglewood Blues
06 - Peggy-O
07 - Beat It On Down the Line
08 - Deal
Set 2
01 - Sugaree
02 - Samson & Delilah
03 - Scarlet Begonias->
04 - Fire On The Mountain
05 - Truckin->
06 - The Other One->
07 - Drums->
08 - Space->
09 - Black Peter->
10 - Around & Around
* with Hamza el-Din
Notes:
wavelab 5 > UAD Cambridge EQ > UAD Precision Buss Compressor >
UAD Precision Limiter > R8brain Pro > izotope Ozone 3 M Bit + > 16/44.1 Wave > flac lvl 8 (TLH)
- Patch in Not Fade Away is from shnID94536
- All tape pauses have been cross faded to preserve continuity.
Above are the original notes for shn #103626.
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This is a remaster of shn #103626.
All of the work was done in ocenaudio and Harrison Mixbus.
The included before and after screen captures show the whole show.
You can't see everything I do in them but they give an idea of how they are different from the original.
If the original files were high res then most of the work was done at that rate.
The finished product is CD quality. The files are tagged.
acetboy 2023-08-31
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Date Circulated
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Created At
Mon Sep 18 2023 13:48:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Wed Sep 20 2023 11:08:46 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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