| Identifier | 7818431 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 0006662444 |
| Status | 1 |
| Media Type | flac |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Note | GRATEFUL DEAD
Oakland Auditorium Arena Oakland, CA 12-27-82 Sick Bits Vol. 18a Matrix: SBD/AUD mix Sources: SBD: Set I (shnid=32134) SBD > MC(?) > Cx > DAT > DAT from Dr. Bruce Fried > FLAC transferred by Bill Koucky, remastered/encoded by Chris Ladner Set II (shnid-????) SBD > ? > FLAC via Bill Koucky via Scott Clugston AUD: (shnid=?????) recorded by Steve Aldeman FOB Sennheiser 441s > Sony D5 > Sony D5 (1st gen CM) > FLAC - transferred and encoded by Bill Koucky and remastered/encoded by Chris Ladner Transfer/Editing/Mixing/Encoding: All sources were FLAC files from Bill Koucky. I converted them to WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8) Matrixed by Chris Chappell ScarFireATliquidcityDOTcom 3/11/06 Set I d1t01 - Bertha -> d1t02 - Greatest Story Ever Told d1t03 - Bird Song d1t04 - Beat It On Down The Line d1t05 - They Love Each Other d1t06 - Me & My Uncle -> d1t07 - Big River d1t08 - Brown-Eyed Women -> d1t09 - Let It Grow Set II d2t01 - Scarlet Begonias -> d2t02 - Fire On the Mountain d2t03 - Playin' In the Band -> d2t04 - Drums -> d2t05 - Space -> d2t06 - The Wheel -> d2t07 - The Other One -> d2t08 - Black Peter -> d2t09 - Sugar Magnolia Encore: d2t10 - US Blues Total Times: Disc 1 [59:09] Disc 2 [77:58] ___________________________________________________________ General Notes: Bill Koucky contacted me and wanted me to try and matrix this sick but relatively unknown show because neither source really did it justice. I said I'd give a whirl and sure enough the mix turned out to be a big improvement. The Oakland Auditorium Arena later became the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center so this nice FOB sounds great when coupled with a so-so SBD which needed much digi snit removal (thanks Chris Ladner) which I used for set 1 - the second set I used was the Clugston source but there is nothing in the db, so it is unclear if Scott remastered the problematic Bruce Fried source or got it somewhere else. Bill K's 1st gen FOB from Steve Aldeman that he duped 23 years ago serves as an excellent AUD source. The first set is on fire with Garcia constantly trying to slow things down in his song selection (Birdsong as the 3rd tune?!! and TLEO is quite spirited) but he finally gives and cranks out a ripping Brown-Eyed so Weir can stretch out on a monster Let It Grow. Second set opening with Scarlet > Fire is big and groovy, and the Playin' that follows has Jerry referencing the Woody Woodpecker theme (4:57). The whole show is played well, no big surprises, just good ole Grateful Dead. On the FOH side of things Healy seemed to be playing with a short delay effect (15ms or so) for most of the first set on both Garcia's guitar and all the vocals. It is very noticeable in spots, especially on Garcia's solo in Bertha and the vocals in BIODTL. The result is a flange effect which some might misconstrue as bad synching, but let it be known this is how it sounded in both sources and is not the result of the matrix. Thanks to Steve Aldeman for recording the AUD, and to Bill Koucky and Chris Ladner for transfering, encoding and remastering both SBDs and the AUD source. Thanks to Scott Clugston for the mystery SBD II source, and to Dr. Bruce Fried for the SBD I source. Special thanks to Bill Koucky for motivating me to matrix this wonderful yet obscure show (even the LlaMA doesn't have anything for this date). Artwork by Zman - thanks! Enjoy! Chappy ___________________________________________________________ Editing Notes: - Pitch Set 1: Both sources were not very close in pitch. The SBD had to be pitched down between 53 and 59 cents, while the AUD had to be pitched down only 49 cents. Set 2: The SBD was relatively close in pitch so I left it as is and pitched the AUd down about 50 cents. - Synch Because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits were performed to keep the sources synched. Since the AUD was my master pitch and time ref, the SBD was synched to the AUD (too many edits to list). - Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio No EQ was applied to either of the two sources. I applied very sparingly Waves L2 (limiter) to the master 2 buss to keep things contained, the levels rarely hitting zero, thus the limiting is quite scarce. All I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD 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 2.5:1 and 2:1. - Edits The following are places where the SBD and AUD had splices, holes or incomplete coverage in reference to the final matrix timeline. SBD: d1t01 (0:00 - 0:14) - missing (tuning) d1t01 (0:14 - 1:11) - multiple volume moves to smooth out levels d1t01 (1:39) - feedback - minimized on both sources d1t01 (3:57) - drum distortion - minimized on SBD source d1t01 (6:15) - feedback - minimized on both sources d1t03 (0:03 - 0:16) - 11 pops removed (electrical not digital) d1t07 (5:57 - 6:01) - missing (tuning) d2t04 (6:19 - 6:25) - missing (tape flip) d2t10 (0:00 - 0:06) - missing AUD: d1t04 (3:28 - 3:45) - missing (crowd) d2t04 (5:28 - 6:18) - missing (tape flip) d2t10 (1:40) - dropout - removed Full coverage is seemingly achieved although there may be a few seconds missing from Drums at 6:19 where the SBD had a splice which I corrected and moved to its proper place. To maintain fluidity in the listening experience I made a crossfade here from the SBD to the AUD rather than a full fade out and fade in. ___________________________________________________________ SHNTOOL: length expanded size cdr WAVE problems filename 7:41.23 81374540 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t01.flac 4:06.63 43542620 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t02.flac 9:41.33 102566060 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t03.flac 3:42.71 39327836 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t04.flac 8:13.61 87108716 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t05.flac 3:10.59 33654812 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t06.flac 6:02.30 63927404 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t07.flac 5:04.58 53762060 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t08.flac 11:22.58 120441260 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d1t09.flac 10:43.36 113509916 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t01.flac 10:08.53 107375900 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t02.flac 10:48.69 114469532 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t03.flac 6:42.01 70915196 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t04.flac 4:09.51 44043596 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t05.flac 5:53.03 62276300 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t06.flac 7:10.11 75877916 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t07.flac 8:53.50 94138844 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t08.flac 8:24.01 88907996 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t09.flac 5:02.54 53399852 --- -- ---xx gd82-12-27d2t10.flac 137:03.35 1450620356 B (totals for 19 files, 0.6490 overall compression ratio) ___________________________________________________________ FLAC Fingerprint: gd82-12-27d1t01.flac:dea876395ac58155f9a48e7a5705f1f3 gd82-12-27d1t02.flac:1658da3494a049655e88bc065486fcc2 gd82-12-27d1t03.flac:5d440666845df02e916afd37608d83bf gd82-12-27d1t04.flac:0dc12e5679b7cba177d052e91fb57fe8 gd82-12-27d1t05.flac:55345a43c486e0a6ff6eab6ad7503026 gd82-12-27d1t06.flac:3ba2f23607d529a5c43b63250b7b4115 gd82-12-27d1t07.flac:a98c29799b80f2c78b5cd708b28bde12 gd82-12-27d1t08.flac:6036801634cf36c9267c79d47f91c236 gd82-12-27d1t09.flac:a9134f649e33eb3c9e5118d43d401795 gd82-12-27d2t01.flac:706cbd0bca98a91cea931c8c76bbdf60 gd82-12-27d2t02.flac:c12226818cce6d79901dc68d7c0e4740 gd82-12-27d2t03.flac:d757806950c2a66b6b06c4e3f52389c7 gd82-12-27d2t04.flac:05061178ee378adcd65347d1a365909f gd82-12-27d2t05.flac:a2b4708abeac101af8eb0d8ddd40e291 gd82-12-27d2t06.flac:a89fc873251f918a05bbdee297077963 gd82-12-27d2t07.flac:5ee5199d23a8db13ce5ad37d13fb1b01 gd82-12-27d2t08.flac:a99fc65439fc8eed7623592625ed0ffa gd82-12-27d2t09.flac:911343abf20cf287a2ef045b704af96e gd82-12-27d2t10.flac:15d645bb7c05ca1008a4739e4fe6c7a6 ___________________________________________________________ SBD Source Notes: Grateful Dead 12/27/1982 Oakland Auditorium Oakland, California Source: SBD > MC(?) > Cx > DAT > DAT from Dr. Bruce Fried, 4/96 > Panasonic SV 3700 DAT> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC > WAV/FLAC > WAV (depopping/retracking, see below)> FLAC (level 5). Original digital transfer and FLAC seeded by billk@neci.edu, January 2006 via planetflac. Remastering and retracking by C.Ladner. Disc I - Set I 01 Bertha > [07:12] 02 Greatest Story Ever Told [04:18] 03 Bird Song [09:12] 04 Beat It On Down The Line [03:36] 05 They Love Each Other [08:05] 06 Me & My Uncle > [03:05] 07 Big River [05:46] 08 Brown-Eyed Women > [04:55] 09 Let It Grow [11:00] Total time: 57:11 Disc 2 - Set II 01 Scarlet Begonias > [10:24] 02 Fire On the Mountain [09:49] 03 Playin' In the Band > [10:15] 04 Drums > [06:07] 05 Space > [03:49] 06 The Wheel > [05:37] 07 The Other One > [07:03] 08 Black Peter > [08:33] 09 Sugar Magnolia [08:10] Encore 10 U.S. Blues [04:54] Total time: 74:44 Original Seeder Notes: This is a poor recording of an excellent but very rare show. I put this out in hopes of finding an upgrade or possibly using it to make a matrix with my 1st gen sen 441 aud that I have put up. It sounds like it could be a monitor mix at times not all of the instruments are there and the crowd is silent in the tape. Very strange when compared to the aud and when being in the audience myself. Tons of energy and power that just does come accross on this recording. Take it for what it's worth. The Mix in general poor editing from cassette to DAT-dead air after Big River and Drums at flips Whitch leads me to belive that the master was a cassete, no reel to reel at the time anyway...HELP!!! send comments to billk@neci.edu Enjoy!!! C.Ladner's remastering comments: - there were multiple tiny little micropops throughout the show which I was able to sucessfully remove using Waves X-Crackle and Wavelab 5 without coloring the sound. - dead space associated with tape splices removed using Wavelab 5. - levels adjusted by + 1.7 dB and mastering using Waves L3 Multimaximizer > tracking into individual tracks (previously Me and My Uncle > Big River and Scarlet > Fire were one long track) and FLAC encoding (level 5) using CDWAV 1.9. No NR or selective frequency augmentation was used. - I spliced in the first 8 seconds of the encore (US Blues) from 1st Gen Aud Cass Sen 441> Sony D5 FOB source. This is easily the best SBD recording of this performance I have heard (having accumulated half a dozen different digital sources). SHNTOOL LEN OUTPUT: length expanded size cdr WAVE probs filename 7:12.00 76204844 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t01.flac 4:18.12 45539468 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t02.flac 9:12.33 97450460 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t03.flac 3:36.42 38201228 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t04.flac 8:05.15 85589324 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t05.flac 3:05.18 32676380 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t06.flac 5:46.38 61123820 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t07.flac 4:54.64 52012172 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t08.flac 11:00.48 116536940 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d1t09.flac 10:24.35 110155964 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t01.flac 9:49.39 103991372 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t02.flac 10:15.36 108570716 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t03.flac 6:07.21 64788236 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t04.flac 3:49.36 40480316 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t05.flac 5:37.06 59460956 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t06.flac 7:03.38 74706620 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t07.flac 8:32.69 90479132 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t08.flac 8:10.02 86440748 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t09.flac 4:54.48 51974540 --- -- -xx gd1982-12-27d2t10.flac 131:56.00 1396383236 B (totals for 19 files) ___________________________________________________________ AUD Source Notes: Grateful Dead 12/27/1982 Oakland Auditorium Oakland, California Source: FOB Sennheiser 441s > Sony D5 > Sony D5 (first gen CM). Transfer: Playback on Nakamich BX-100 > Panasonic SV 3700 DAT> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC > WAV > FLAC. Recording, transfer, and original encoding by Bill K. Remastering: FLAC > WAV > Wavelab 5 (smoothed pauses/flips with crossfades > Waves L3 Multimaximizer (-2 dB threshold/-0.1 dB ceiling/type I dither/ultra shaping) > WAV > CDWAV1.9 (tracking and level 5 FLAC encoding) > FLAC by Chris L. Disc I - Set I 01 Bertha > [07:28] 02 Greatest Story Ever Told [04:01] 03 Bird Song [09:23] 04 Beat It On Down The Line [03:22] 05 They Love Each Other [07:56] 06 Me & My Uncle > [03:07] 07 Big River [05:52] 08 Brown-Eyed Women > [04:57] 09 Let It Grow [11:01] Total time: 57:08 Disc II - Set II 01 Scarlet Begonias > [10:26] 02 Fire On the Mountain > [09:52] 03 Playin' In the Band > [10:20] 04 Drums > [06:15] 05 Space > [03:44] 06 The Wheel > [05:48] 07 The Other One > [07:06] 08 Black Peter > [08:32] 09 Sugar Magnolia [08:11] Encore 10 U.S. Blues [04:55] Total time: 75:10 Original seeder flaw notes: Pauses between 1st set tunes quick pause before encore. Remaster comments: There is some minor hiss during the quietest portions of the show which may be distracting to some listeners. I left as is - no NR. Grateful Dead Oakland Auditorium Oakland, California December 27, 1982 Lineage: 1st Gen Aud Cass Sen 441> Sony D5 FOB Remastered Dec 2005 Nak BX-100>Panasonic SV 3700 DAT> Tascam CD-RW 700>Flac Disc 1 57:21 -Set 1- 1.Bertha> 7:27 2. Greatest Story Ever Told 4:03 3.Bird Song 9:22 4.BIODTL 3:26 5.TLEO 7:53 6.Me & My Uncle>Big River (flip)9:03 7.Brown-Eyed Women> 5:01 8.Let It Grow 11:00 Disc 2 75:13 -Set 2- 1.Scarlet Begonias> 10:26 2.Fire On the Mountain 9:51 3.Playing In the Band> 10:34 4.Drums// Flip 5:46 5.Space> 4:01 6.The Wheel> 5:44 7.The Other One> 6:49 8.Black Peter> 8:49 9.Sugar Magnolia 8:12 10.E: US Blues 4:56 Notes: This is a great show from a underated year 1982. The band had a great sound at the time simple garrage band sound, none of the special effects of brent and Healy wasn't messing with the vocals yet (Hartford 84...). This is a 1st gen of Steve Adleman's master that I've had since spring of 83. This show is not circulated and I challange anybody to seed a better copy because they are in fact out there. I have soundboard (????) to DAT copy from Dr. Bruce Fried that is not great and would not want circulate. Anyway, I was at the run of 5 showsand this and the 28th were played at the same energy and were the best of the set, with New Years being the letdown. So please dig up the true SB or cleaner Aud Master.... Flaws: Pauses between 1st set tunes quick pause before encore send comments to billk@neci.edu Enjoy!!! |
| Source Info | Matrix: SBD/AUD mix(see notes for details) |
| Tech Note | ALL |
| Trades Allowed | |
| Attendence | 0 |
Performance
| Grateful Dead 1982-12-27 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, CA | |
|---|---|
| Set 1 | Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told Bird Song Beat It On Down The Line They Love Each Other Me & My Uncle > Big River Brown Eyed Women Let It Grow |
| Set 2 | Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Playing In The Band > Drums > Space > The Wheel > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia Encore: U.S. Blues |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Jerry Garcia - Guitar Bob Weir - Guitar Brent Mydland - Keyboards Phil Lesh - Bass Bill Kreutzmann - Drums Mickey Hart - Drums |