| Identifier | 5806428 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | CDR |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Show Rating | A |
| Sound Rating | A |
| Source Info | Matrix (SBD/AUD mix) |
| Tech Note | Grateful Dead War Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY 9-26-81 Sick Bits Vol. 10 Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mix): SBD: (SHN ID # 18110) - via Charlie Miller SBD>Cm>Cass>Dat>CD AUD: (SHN ID # 12554) - via popi n. feeldz Set 1: Nak 100's w/cardioid capsules>Uher CR-240>DAT>CDR Set 2: AKG 414's>Revox cassette deck (Cass. Master)>DAT>CDR (Recorded by Dan Healy at the sbd) cdr>eac(secure mode)>shn Transfer/Editing: Both sources were SHN files downloaded from LMA and converted to WAV > Sony Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8) Matrixed by Chris Chappell 7-17-05 scarfire@liquidcity.com ___________________________________________________________________ Set I: d1t01 - Shakedown Street d1t02 - CC Rider d1t03 - They Love Each Other d1t04 - Cassidy d1t05 - Jack A Roe d1t06 - On The Road Again d1t07 - Ramble On Rose d1t08 - Looks Like Rain d1t09 - Brown Eyed Women d1t10 - Let It Grow d1t11 - Don't Ease Me In Set II: d2t01 - Tuning d2t02 - Playin' In The Band -> d2t03 - Bertha -> d2t04 - Estimated Prophet -> d2t05 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad -> d2t06 - Drumz/ d2t07 - /DrumSpace -> d2t08 - Not Fade Away -> d2t09 - Morning Dew -> d2t10 - Playin' Reprise -> d2t11 - One More Saturday Night Encore: d2t12 - Johnny B. Goode Total Times: Disc 1 [79:03] Disc 2 [73:53] - for track times see shntool output ___________________________________________________________________ General Notes: By popular vote, this show got the nod for Sick Bits Vol. 10 for obvious reasons. First and foremost, this show absolutely rocks, with Jerry often employing a telecaster style twang on the likes of Ramble On Rose, Bertha, GDTRFB, Johnny B Goode and epitomized in Playin' - that country twang thang (uptempo, the way I like it - especially in the Reprise). Morning Dew is impressive, but the spirit of the aforementioned tunes is where the sickness is, especially the Goin' Down The Road, the highlight of an amazing second set. Of note is the second electric 'On The Road Again' since 1966 (3 in that year), and it is one of 4 played in '81 (one of those being acoustic - Melk Weg) with there only being 12 electric versions post 1980 when it was a staple in their acoustic set. Three sources from the LMA provided coverage for this matrix: an okay SBD, and different, but nice sounding AUDs for each set. The result in my mind is a very worthy matrix, because each source on its own do not do this show justice. There are some mix issues from Healy's end on the SBD (covered in the editing notes), and it should be known that the first two tunes (Shakedown and CC Rider) and Drums do not circulate in SBD, so there is no resulting matrix. This show was not easy to matrix, but in the end it was well worth it. I definately ended up rediscovering this gem, mainly because the power that is conveyed in the recording is palpable; and that same energy, albeit raging, was more diffuse in the AUD I've enjoyed for years. So here's the best of both worlds - this one is a definate candidate for most improved sound, even though the final result is not nearly as crisp as the '81 Chicago Uptowns (SB Vols. 2). -------Reviews from the LLama: "The Dead came on stage about an hour or more late because they were catching a Rolling Stones concert in Pennsylvania or somewhere. So they owed us a bit when they finally arrived." "This is a very active, high pitched show where nearly every song is in dance mode. Especially good were the GDTRFB and Morning Dew in the 2nd set." "This was a strange little 3 show mini-tour, and very hot. The band was smoking right out of the gate. Shakedown very explosive. The highlight is the killer Playin-Bertha-Estimated-GDTRFB. Morning Dew came as the final sermon, delivered by Jerry to the faithful. I am really starting to believe the 1981 May - Sept. tours were amoung the best. Brent by now, had really started to find his tone." ------- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the SBD; and Dan Healy for recording the set 2 AUD source. Thanks to John Tallmadge for the AUD source discs; and popi n. feeldz for the eac>shn transfer of the AUDs. Enjoy! Chappy Attached: Shntool output Editing Notes FLAC Fingerprint SBD & AUD source Notes ___________________________________________________________________ SHNTOOL output: length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename 13:20.43 141221180 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t01.flac 8:04.52 85499948 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t02.flac 6:56.42 73481228 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t03.flac 5:29.21 58085036 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t04.flac 4:25.68 46905980 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t05.flac 3:20.49 35395292 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t06.flac 6:32.40 69242924 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t07.flac 10:04.57 106679708 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t08.flac 5:50.21 61789436 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t09.flac 11:16.27 119309948 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t10.flac 3:41.33 39062060 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d1t11.flac 0:56.51 9998396 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t01.flac 10:07.56 107206556 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t02.flac 6:49.10 72171164 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t03.flac 10:12.05 107968604 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t04.flac 7:05.00 74970044 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t05.flac 8:02.23 85078940 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t06.flac 2:31.32 26711708 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t07.flac 5:56.05 62810204 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t08.flac 10:09.45 107533484 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t09.flac 2:47.40 29552924 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t10.flac 4:51.16 51370076 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t11.flac 4:25.09 46767212 --- -- ---xx gd81-09-26d2t12.flac 152:56.70 1618812052 B (totals for 23 files, 0.6303 overall compression ratio) ___________________________________________________________________ Timeline/Tracking Notes: Each set fits on a disc nicely, however there is a small portion of Drums missing from the second set. Also, Shakedown, CC Rider and about 8 minutes of Drums are AUD only. Editing Notes: - Pitch Each of the three sources were pitched differently, the set 2 AUD being the closest to A=440Hz. For the first set, I used the SBD as my pitch reference and pitched the AUD down on average about -.20 (20 cents), the result is very close to A=440Hz, leading me to think there is different lineage for the SBD set to set. For the second set I used the AUD as my pitch reference and pitch corrected each track of the SBD to it. The SBD on average had to be ptched up on average about .20 (20 cents) to achieve pitch correction for the first part of set 2 (through Estimated). At that point the SBD source changes and is more full and vibrant requiring a pitch correction up on average of only about .04 (4 cents) - 1.00 being 100 cents which is a semitone. The result is very close to A=440Hz, however there is some fluctuation throughout the show due to the age of the recordings. - Synch Even after pitch correcting the AUD and the SBD, because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits were performed to keep the sources synched (too many edits to list). - Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio/Source mixes No EQ was applied to any of the sources, but the SBD did receive a little Waves L2 (limiter) to give it a little more punch and presence. Conceptually, all I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is pretty dry, by using the ambience 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 SBD/AUD ratio would be somewhere between 3:1 and 4:1, leaning more towards the 3:1 end of things. The SBD is peak shaven at points mostly during loud chorus sections. Healy finally dials in the left channel of the SBD during Bertha and the mix is balanced from then on out; before that however, the left channel is a little lower than the right for the whole first set. There seems to be a source change in the SBD after the cut in the intro to GDTRFB. Things get fuller, and Phil is more present. Minor distortion appears at peaks, but it is not that noticeable even at it's worse during Drums. The AUDs are both great, providing enough "hash" to liven up the SBD. - Edits The following are places where the SBD or AUD had holes or incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline. SBD: d1t01 all - missing d1t02 all - missing d1t10 (0:01 - 0:08) - missing d1t05 (0:16 - 0:27) - missing (source change) d2t06 all - missing d2t11 (3:16 - 3:18) - right channel only AUD: d1t08 (8:34 - 9:53) - missing (crowd) d2t01 (0:00 - 0:57) - missing (crowd) d2t07 (0:00 - 0:12) - missing - Recap Almost full coverage was achieved by combining both sources, with the exception of an unknown amount of Drums missing. This was a tricky matrix due to what would seem to be multiple SBD sources and two AUD sources, all of which were pitched differently. The hard part was matching the SBD/AUD ratio (and resulting blend) source change to source, so what I did was to minimize the difference within reason. The most noticeable is the change during the intro to GDTRFB; thus everything before that has more AUD than after, which is pretty board heavy especially because they rock every tune till the end. CC ___________________________________________________________________ FLAC Fingerprint: gd81-09-26d1t01.flac:ef4b92945d545501a5845ce137b62aea gd81-09-26d1t02.flac:ab99fcb1df43343ea68aecc8f853e9e0 gd81-09-26d1t03.flac:72513ef73395ed27fe8fca5a255e0af1 gd81-09-26d1t04.flac:c593e25c57a5f4e398f9113bf153911e gd81-09-26d1t05.flac:ceab1f51372dbb4c0e6ff54ec6256bda gd81-09-26d1t06.flac:26f1deb48316f9321546dbcf6440b729 gd81-09-26d1t07.flac:f6e05b36940119e00911da22afce94f6 gd81-09-26d1t08.flac:209385dfe7e16291714fae2363da6b75 gd81-09-26d1t09.flac:fb4b9c51a0fd2b5c3777d84cc85cf684 gd81-09-26d1t10.flac:da2da9f58378127e0f64b17a0d0c5186 gd81-09-26d1t11.flac:46c4232ce953a61cd872d8fd55e09007 gd81-09-26d2t01.flac:0e4b9a9908d6ebe44875dafc58ee522c gd81-09-26d2t02.flac:4206802825235dbb044ad70669f16fa2 gd81-09-26d2t03.flac:fdcdb8bc626a492bb75fb6f0855dde55 gd81-09-26d2t04.flac:3d556d7edb836c81723421586607e573 gd81-09-26d2t05.flac:f9c843cc1a578ff4e2b4eacb47f338e9 gd81-09-26d2t06.flac:43a2eec365c976a9366c147fff21c144 gd81-09-26d2t07.flac:3902fb2088980dec4f9c1da642a58a5f gd81-09-26d2t08.flac:d9e86153f6e2e3cddebf326601f2a9c1 gd81-09-26d2t09.flac:627115b0fe40859b402e74ef851c227a gd81-09-26d2t10.flac:11df8712ab1019452fba0b6eb0674338 gd81-09-26d2t11.flac:6148c12f076f5eac55bbaad1d20f7a41 gd81-09-26d2t12.flac:7d658aee3d7f9dae239709220b1667f1 ___________________________________________________________________ AUD text file: Grateful Dead War Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, New York September 26, 1981 Set 1: Nak 100's w/cardioid capsules>Uher CR-240>DAT>CDR Set 2: AKG 414's>Revox cassette deck (Cass. Master)>DAT>CDR (Recorded by Dan Healy at the sbd) cdr>eac(secure mode)>shn Thanks to John Tallmadge for the discs eac>shn popi n. feeldz DISC ONE: (I Set) 1. Shakedown St. 2. CC Rider 3. They Love Each Other, Cassidy 4. Jack A Roe 5. On The Road Again 6. Ramble On Rose 7. Looks Like Rain 8. Brown Eyed Women 9. Let It Grow 10. Don't Ease Me In DISC TWO: (II Set) 1. Playin' 2. Bertha 3. Estimated 4. GDTRFB 5. Drums 6. Space, Not Fade Away 7. Morning Dew 8. Playin' 9. Saturday Night 10. * Johnny B. Goode ___________________________________________________________________ SBD text file: 9/26/81 - Grateful Dead War Memorial Auditorium Buffalo, NY Recording Info: SBD>Cm>Cass>Dat>CD Transfer Info: CD>EAC>Samplitude>SHN (Patched w/Nak 100/CP4>Cm>Dat>CD) The patch supplies Shakedown Street, CC Rider And Drums I used Samplitude v6.0 to do the patch and normalize the complete show. All transfers and edits done by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net 6/16/03 Set 1: d1t01 - Shakedown Street -> d1t02 - CC Rider d1t03 - They Love Each Other d1t04 - Cassidy d1t05 - Jack-A-Roe d1t06 - On The Road Again d1t07 - Ramble On Rose -> d1t08 - Looks Like Rain d1t09 - Brown Eyed Women -> d1t10 - Let It Grow -> d1t11 - Don't Ease Me In Set 2: d2t01 - Tuning d2t02 - Playing In The Band -> d2t03 - Bertha -> d2t04 - Estimated Prophet -> d2t05 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad -> d2t06 - Drums -> d2t07 - Space -> d2t08 - Not Fade Away -> d2t09 - Morning Dew -> d2t10 - Playing In The Band -> d2t11 - One More Saturday Night Encore: d2t12 - Johnny B. Goode SHNTOOL OUTPUT: length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 13:20.43 141221180 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t01.wav 8:04.52 85499948 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t02.wav 6:56.57 73516508 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t03.wav 5:31.19 58433132 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t04.wav 4:31.47 47914988 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t05.wav 3:19.58 35240060 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t06.wav 6:33.28 69391100 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t07.wav 10:08.61 107394716 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t08.wav 5:46.37 61121468 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t09.wav 11:10.49 118303292 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t10.wav 3:58.41 42079676 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d1t11.wav 1:02.23 10990940 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t01.wav 10:12.13 107987420 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t02.wav 6:52.51 72796796 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t03.wav 10:19.73 109363340 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t04.wav 6:54.45 73135484 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t05.wav 8:11.37 86699468 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t06.wav 2:37.41 27791276 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t07.wav 5:53.64 62419772 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t08.wav 10:08.23 107305340 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t09.wav 2:47.72 29628188 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t10.wav 4:52.64 51659372 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t11.wav 4:25.52 46868348 --- -- --- gd81-09-26d2t12.wav 153:42.00 1626761812 B (totals for 23 files) MD5: 8f023dce1cd21fc02d65068b1ae3407b *gd81-09-26d2t11.shn 317ba7c324ee5b5e773d64d246022b06 *gd81-09-26d1t02.shn cbda05aa7a231843176430e8c68cea14 *gd81-09-26d1t03.shn 5966b9bf4d35e9e9758485dff4f5e61e *gd81-09-26d1t04.shn 24aa1cee7b7c963f4381d6d34f21ff10 *gd81-09-26d1t05.shn 5d0bd789d5ca870263ae86ed21eba74a *gd81-09-26d1t06.shn 044a1d2cd7108a574a5e7334d88752a6 *gd81-09-26d1t07.shn 8ce5f6f40e1269f03614dfc16f2007fd *gd81-09-26d1t08.shn 30c27b66696715ed39c751cc5ca6f6e2 *gd81-09-26d1t09.shn ff0c0518ccec64dac0cb234a4b153c63 *gd81-09-26d1t10.shn 5c2095a530efd025316126fb8a01d2e8 *gd81-09-26d1t11.shn 17cb727d78899b02ba37d4f44b93f545 *gd81-09-26d2t01.shn 76a7c632aff9e3bb542cb9543604fb8b *gd81-09-26d2t02.shn da0f0a1e58da7796d554f509b7d4bec9 *gd81-09-26d2t03.shn 132d69a8382189b4ac1b743d0c0ae311 *gd81-09-26d2t04.shn 29e4f40b0e8b332955134859317f1aba *gd81-09-26d2t05.shn 6f01a69abbcb627087bd4c3c8e387558 *gd81-09-26d2t06.shn 532ad4a0381586fbff1383cedb956f3e *gd81-09-26d2t07.shn e09b20873e4c4c0ca5309bd199f8d31b *gd81-09-26d2t08.shn f36b69ff76068ffc0aaaa7221565a45c *gd81-09-26d2t09.shn 3f292acfd85e1f8d9735ecfecc53bac2 *gd81-09-26d2t10.shn 69f8e877ccaf6c75b6fbbb8600707e47 *gd81-09-26d1t01.shn c0b8c28365c27a697b05f4f6839d1843 *gd81-09-26d2t12.shn f6c75b6fbbb8600707e47 *gd81-09-26d1t01.shn c0b8c28365c27a697b05f4f6839d1843 *gd81-09-26d2t12.shn |
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Performance
| Grateful Dead 1981-09-26 Community War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY | |
|---|---|
| Set 1 | Shakedown Street > C.C. Rider They Love Each Other Cassidy Jack-A-Roe On The Road Again Ramble On Rose Looks Like Rain Brown Eyed Women Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In |
| Set 2 | Playing In The Band > Bertha > Estimated Prophet > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew > Playing In The Band Reprise > One More Saturday Night Encore: Johnny B. Goode |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Jerry Garcia - Guitar Bob Weir - Guitar Brent Mydland - Keyboards Phil Lesh - Bass Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Mickey Hart - Drums |