Grateful Dead
Winterland Arena
San Francisco, CA
6-17-75
Sick Bits Vol. 7

* Bob Fried Memorial Boogie

Source:
Matrix: (SBD/AUD mix)

SBD: MR> ?gen cass>PCM>SEK'D Prodif96Pro>wav>SHN (shn ID #20084)

AUD: MAC: 

Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette (shn ID #233)
AUD CM>DAT>CD>
EAC>SHN
Recorded by Rob Bertrando

Transfer/Editing:
Both sources were shn files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFire@liquidcity.com
6/02/05

set 1 (partial)

d1t01 [9:06] Peggy-O
d1t02 [4:13] Me and My Uncle
d1t03 [3:27] *Help on the Way >
d1t04 [9:41] Slipknot >
d1t05 [9:39] Franklin's Tower

Total Time: 36:08
* no vocals

General Notes:

In an effort to find something to matrix from 1975, I found this 5 song stretch
at the end of set 1 from the Bob Fried Memorial Boogie that is the only portion of
this show that circulates in SBD.  Because this version of Peggy-O is ultimately
responsible for turning me "on" to the Dead, I decided it was worth an effort to 
see what a matrix would sound like.  The SBD suffers from multiple cassette gens
and has no high end at all.  My expectations were pretty low becasue of the SBD
quality, but I was pleasantly surprised when coupled with the AUD at about a 1:1
ratio, that the low end from the SBD (Phil esp.) really helped round out the amazing
AUD recorded by Rob Bertrando.  If you don't have this show in its entirety, do 
yourself a favor and download Rob's AUD, because it really is a quintessential
Dead bootleg. The show opener, Crazy Fingers (1st ever), is worth the download alone.

Other breakouts from this show include Help on the Way (sans vocals) and Franklin's
Tower.  Blues For Allah would not be released for another 2 months, so it's likely
that Help was a work in progress, thus the lack of lyrics for it's debut.  Slipknot!
appears only for the 3rd time, although it's the first time in this classic trio.

Thanks to Rob Bertrando for recording the AUD and others responsible for converting
and seeding this classic recording.  Also thanks to the Music Never Stopped Project
for finding the SBD source and getting it out there even though it's only a partial.

Enjoy!
Chappy

Edit and Source notes [see attached]
FLAC Fingerprint [see attached]
Shntool output [see attached]

Grateful Dead
Winterland Arena
San Francisco, CA
6-17-75
Sick Bits Vol. 7

* Bob Fried Memorial Boogie

Source:
Matrix: (SBD/AUD mix)

SBD: MR> ?gen cass>PCM>SEK'D Prodif96Pro>wav>SHN (shn ID #20084)

AUD: MAC: 

Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette (shn ID #233)
AUD CM>DAT>CD>
EAC>SHN
Recorded by Rob Bertrando

[complete text files for each source appended at end]

Transfer/Editing:
Both sources were shn files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
ScarFire@liquidcity.com
6/02/05

set 1 (partial)

d1t01 [9:06] Peggy-O
d1t02 [4:13] Me and My Uncle
d1t03 [3:27] *Help on the Way >
d1t04 [9:41] Slipknot >
d1t05 [9:39] Franklin's Tower

Total Time: 36:10
* no vocals

Editing Notes:

- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the SBD being the sharpest, 
and the AUD being the flatest.  I used the AUD as my master timeline 
and pitch referenced the SBD to it. The SBD on average had to be pitched
down about -.17 (17 cents) to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being 
100 cents which is a semitone.  I did not reference A=440 as I did not 
desire to pitch adjust the AUD.  It is very close though to A=440.

- Synch 
Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Because the AUD was my
master pitch and time ref, the SBD was synched to the SBD (too many
edits to list).

- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
The only dynamic processing I employed was a little bit of compression 
(Sony Track Comp.) to the SBD source. All I was trying to do here is to add some 
punch to the AUD by using the low end presence of the AUD. The result is a 
lively but clear recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at the show. 
If I had to guess the AUD/SBD ratio would be somewhere around 1:1.

- Edits
The following are places where the SBD and AUD had splices, holes or
incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline. Crossfades
were used throughout for smooth transitions to a single source.

SBD:
d1t01 (0:00 - 1:00) - missing 
d1t02 (0:00 - 0:58) - missing (crowd)
d1t03 (0:00 - 0:19) - missing (mostly crowd - about 6 secs of Help intro)
d1t04 (7:51 - 8:02) - missing 

AUD:
d1t01 (5:55 - 6:15) - left channel only due to bad dropouts in the right channel

Even though this is a partial recording, all of the music is intact, full 
coverage being achieved by the combination of both sources.

_______________________________________________________________________________

Here are the source notes for both AUD and SBD:

AUD (shn ID #233)

6-17-75 
Winterland Arena 
SF CA 
(2 audio)


AUD CM>DAT>CD>
EAC>SHN



Recorded by Rob Bertrando 

Sony ECM-280 mics > Sony TC-152 SD cassette > playback on Nak Dragon > DAT;  

audience from Winterland floor, about 30-35' back, 
just to the  left of dead  center.



Disc One


SET1 

Crazy Fingers

Beat It On Down The Line

Deal

Big River

Peggy-O

Me And My Uncle

Help On The Way (1) >

Slipknot! >

Franklin's Tower



Disc Two


SET2

Blues For Allah >

Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey >

Drums > 

Stronger Than Dirt Or Milkin' The Turkey >

Blues For Allah

Sugar Magnolia


E: U.S. Blues



COMMENTS (1) no lyrics



_______________________________________________________________________________

SBD (shn ID #20084)

Grateful Dead

06/17/75

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA



Soundboard: 
missing Crazy Fingers through Deal [45 minutes]
 


sbd>? gen cass>PCM>SEK'D Prodif96Pro>wav>SHN



01. Peggy-o

02. Me And My Uncle

03. Help On The Way->Slipknot

04. Franklin's Tower



Another installment of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003!!

Shntool output:

D:\>shntool len matrix/*.flac

length     expanded size   cdr  WAVE problems filename
 9:06.13       96345020    ---   --   ---xx   matrix/gd75-06-17matrix-d1t01.flac
 4:13.44       44732732    ---   --   ---xx   matrix/gd75-06-17matrix-d1t02.flac
 3:27.29       36583052    ---   --   ---xx   matrix/gd75-06-17matrix-d1t03.flac
 9:41.70      102653084    ---   --   ---xx   matrix/gd75-06-17matrix-d1t04.flac
 9:39.15      102170924    ---   --   ---xx   matrix/gd75-06-17matrix-d1t05.flac
36:08.21      382484812 B (totals for 5 files, 0.5576 overall compression ratio)

gd75-06-17matrix-d1t01.flac:4acfd4a120b0b5f0814e65be2acfa49d
gd75-06-17matrix-d1t02.flac:6434c10c493999733f8946976dc4bc44
gd75-06-17matrix-d1t03.flac:f62cb96f43fb36c8666cca75c680b673
gd75-06-17matrix-d1t04.flac:007232e363b4f7765760c3e7fade8255
gd75-06-17matrix-d1t05.flac:a1fbbdfb7244f5314cd0c8fb91284d04

87a6466e80bacd406761ea837eae6f3d *gd75-06-17matrix-d1t01.flac
faa96fe6eb9b823a467886f287bebf17 *gd75-06-17matrix-d1t02.flac
069777a35e8abff98c55e0a531925bdb *gd75-06-17matrix-d1t03.flac
60bfff712214cf1fb76c997a8888450c *gd75-06-17matrix-d1t04.flac
b06750927cce4b0dff64e562649b31af *gd75-06-17matrix-d1t05.flac