Knudsen Tape Collection

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
Date on label: March 16, 1973
Note: There was only one side of one tape with this date in the Knudsen collection.

Here's what deadlists.com says occurred on this date and the sources in circulation at the time of this seed.
This release may or may not be one of these sources.
This entry is included as an aid to future researchers.
As always, listen, look at the pictures and judge for yourself.

Band 	Grateful Dead
Venue 	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Location 	Uniondale, NY
Date 	3/16/73 - Friday 	posters 	tickets, passes & laminates
One 	China Cat Sunflower [6:09] >
Jam [1:51] >
I Know You Rider [4:33] ;
Jack Straw [4:32] ;
Wave That Flag [5:35] ;
Looks Like Rain [7:01] ;
Ramble On Rose [6:23] ;
Box Of Rain [4:43] ;
Beat It On Down The Line [3:17] ;
They Love Each Other [5:28] ;
El Paso [4:34] ;
Row Jimmy [7:58] ;
Mexicali Blues [3:23] ;
Bird Song ;
Playing In The Band
Two 	The Promised Land [2:51] >
Bertha [5:38] >
Greatest Story Ever Told [4:57] ;
Loser [6:39] ;
Big River [4:15] ;
Don't Ease Me In [3:06] ;
Me And My Uncle ;
Dark Star [26:30] >
Truckin' [8:26] >
Morning Dew [11:33] ;
Sugar Magnolia
Comments 	The new soundboard in circulation is the complete show.

Rob Eaton Lists:
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale Ny - complete
4.7, 192min, Sbd, A1DO, Reel M->Cass 1->Dat 0, 44k
7inch Master Reels@7.5ips 1/2trk->Tascam 122mkIII 1st Gen Cass->3800 x O
Recordings 	200 SBD + AUD. The AUD supplies the first [10:12] of Playin plus the 2nd set complete except Sugar Magnolia.
Master recording source(s): 7inch Master Reels@7.5ips 1/2trk
Download/Listen Sources

    Unknown Audience Source
    Set 1: Betty MSR > PCM > DAT > CDR > EAC > SHN an
    Set 1: SBD -> Master Reel -> PCM -> Dat (44.1k) D
    Soundboard
    Soundboard

Contributors 	Tim Buller, Jim Powell, Gordon Sharpless, Nathan Wolfson, Kevin Weil
Caretaker 	Kevin Weil email update

********** 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

    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    43:16.941     747918974 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6933  gd1973-03-16.flac
    43:16.941     747918974 B                            0.6933  (1 file)




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
Date on label: August 1, 1973


Here's what deadlists.com says occurred on this date and the sources in circulation at the time of this seed.
This release may or may not be one of these sources.
This entry is included as an aid to future researchers.
As always, listen, look at the pictures and judge for yourself.

Band 	Grateful Dead
Venue 	Roosevelt Stadium
Location 	Jersey City, NJ
Date 	8/1/73 - Wednesday 	posters 	tickets, passes & laminates
One 	[59:33] ;
The Promised Land [3:02] ;
Sugaree [7:51] ;
The Race Is On [2:57] ;
You Ain't Woman Enough [3:04] ;
Bird Song [10:51] ;
Mexicali Blues [3:19] ;
They Love Each Other [5:07] ;
Jack Straw [4:39] ;
Stella Blue [7:23] ;
Big River [4:38] ;
Casey Jones [6:42]
Two 	[1:29:37] ;
Around And Around [5:14] ;
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [8:48] ;
Me And My Uncle [3:02] ;
Row Jimmy [8:42] ;
Dark Star [25:34] >
El Paso [4:12] >
Eyes Of The World [17:27] >
Morning Dew [13:29] ;
Sugar Magnolia [9:10]
Encore 	Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [9:20] >
One More Saturday Night [4:39]
Comments 	The complete show except The Promised Land, Sugaree & You Ain't Woman Enough, with a cut in Eyes of the World In inferior quality for SBD source 1. Source 2 Dark Star through Morning Dew. The AUD, in excellent quality, is complete and is the source for the timings. A fresh transfer of the original AUD reels was done in 2002, per the following:

AudMR > R > DAT > WAV > SHN

Uher mic > Uher 4000 Report L 5" reels > MacIntosh pre-amp > TEAC 1230 7" reel.

Recording by Jeffrey Siniawsky, Neil Merin, and Joel Smith from down front near the stage on Jerry's side; mic held high
Recordings 	180 SBD source 1 + 70 SBD source 2 + 180 AUD
Master recording source(s): 7inch Master Reels@7.5ips 1/2trk
Download/Listen Sources

    aud cassette master, akg d1000e>sony tc-110, tape
    Betty> BCM> DAT> DAT> DIO 2448> SHN
    Source: -- brand new Nakamichi 550 portable stere
    Source: taped and remastered by Monte Barry; Naka
    Source: taped and remastered by Monte Barry; Naka
    matrix of shnid 121129 (source 1) and shnid 92478
    source: aud cassette master; taped by Jimmy & Lau
    source: aud cassette master; taped by Jimmy & Lau
    Soundboard > 7.5ips Master Reel > Cassette > 20 b
    SBD>MSR>R2>D>CD and SBD>7.5ips Master Reel>Casset
    See Notes
    Audience Recording
    Soundboard with audience patches
    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



    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    44:15.714     764845550 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6499  gd1973-08-01-2B.flac
    44:15.714     764845550 B                            0.6499  (1 file)




SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
147750	1973-03-16	Nassau Coliseum	Uniondale	NY
flac 2448: 1 Maxell XLII 90 Side B > Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) > Sound Devices MixPre-3M. Transfer by: Jay Haines. #0041
148681	1973-08-01	Roosevelt Stadium	Jersey City	NJ
flac 2448: One Side Of 1 Maxell XLII 90 > Nakamichi CR-7A (Rebuilt by ESL August 2019) > Sound Devices MixPre-3M. Transfer by: Jay Haines. #0064

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