| Identifier | 636354 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 0000701817 |
| Status | 1 |
| Media Type | cd |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Sound Rating | B- |
| Note | Jerry Garcia, David Crosby, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, John Cipollina and Hopkins
************ jam at Mickey's barn 8/21/71 Rick shared these words about this recording: "The New Riders of the Purple Sage were going to be taped by KQED (PBS) at Mickey Hart's Ranch in Novato and a friend asked me if I wanted to go (thanks Michael!). When we arrived, a stage was setup outside and there were lots of familiar San Francisco music scene people and their families present. The vibes were hip, and good, to say the least. The opening group was Shanti, followed by the New Riders. When the taping was finished some musicians meandered into Mickey's barn where he had a modest recording studio set up. When I walked in Jerry Garcia and David Crosby were trying some things out (Fresh Green Grass). I turned on my cassette recorder, lashed my mic to an open mic stand, and sat down to enjoy a remarkable early evening of music. Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, John Cipollina and others floated in and out of the lineup. At some point Crosby left, then Garcia. John had come in and had picked up a Rickenbacker slide guitar* that he detailed with his characteristic Quicksilver sound. He went to his car for his ax and came back to do his part in this recipe for jam. I taped until they all stopped, we all said good-bye and left.. Enjoy this recording of a spontaneous day. Recorded on a Sony TC-24 with supplied Sony stereo mic**. Not a bad unit for the day." * Rick adds "It probably was a Rickenbacker. It was the small grey kind you could put on your lap and play." ** it was the mike that came with the recorder- don't remember the microphone model # Easy Ed adds: the master analog cassettes were played back with no Dolby in a Nakamichi Dragon to transfer to a Sony D7 DAT, which was then transferred to PC via optical digital cable (DTC-700 was the playback unit) through a Zefiro ZA2 soundcard, tracked and normalized in Sound Forge and burned to 2 cdrs (61:47 and 42:41) using CD Architect. Nothing from the original tapes was omitted; one or two quick fades were done to make cuts less abrupt. As far as song titles are concerned, we're hurting. possibly appearing (but not in this order) are: Fresh Green Grass, Ghost Riders in the Sky, Winin' Boy, I'm Down and maybe Stars and Stripes Forever and Carousel Song. As you can hear, Rick paused his recorder in-between 'songs' or 'jams' that day. Rick adds, "My tape has some bits of me asking a guy near me to be quiet. I go shhhhhhh and say something" Easy Ed adds: that is a beautiful thing, Rick asking that person not to play tambourine right near his microphone, which tapers all over the world should be thankful for and take lesson from. Even if they could keep a beat, which this person couldn't quite do. Copies of this recording have been made for a few folks over the years, but only analog copies. This is the first time a digital transfer has been made directly from the master tapes. |
| Source Info | Sony TC-24 with supplied Sony stereo mic |
| Tech Note | N/A |
| Trades Allowed | |
| Attendence | 0 |
Performance
| Mickey Hart's Barn Jam 1971-08-21 Mickey Hart's Barn, Novato, CA | |
|---|---|
| Set 1 | Jam #1 Wall Song Jam #2 Noodle Part 1 Noodle Part 2 Jam #3 Jam #4 Stars And Stripes Forever Ghost Riders In The Sky Jam Winin' Boy Blues Bye Bye Blues Tore Down |
| Set 2 | |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Mickey Hart Jerry Garcia Bob Weir John Cipollina David Crosby Phil Lesh Nicky Hopkins Merl Saunders |