Set 1



The Promised Land

Sugaree

Mexicali Blues

Bird Song

Big River

Tennessee Jed



Set 2



Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

Me And My Uncle

Jam ->

Wharf Rat

Around And Around

*Matrix*







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SBD (shnid=27779):







Recording Info:



SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat (48k)







Transfer Info:



Dat (Sony D8) -> RME Hammerfall Digiface -> Sony Vaio C1VP ->



Samplitude v7.02 Professional -> FLAC



(2 Discs Audio / 1 Discs FLAC)







Transferred and Edited By Charlie Miller



charliemiller87@earthlink.net



1/19/05







Notes:



-- The circulating 1st Set came labled Master Reel, but obviously is not.







[Cuts]







24 second cut in Bird Song



15 second cut in Tennessee Jed



1:20 length cut in Half-Step



32 second cut in Soundcheck Jam







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AUD (shnid=26363):







AudMC > ? > C > DAT > WAV > SHN







unknown taper; stereo recording







A > D by Noah Weiner, October, 2004







Cassette playback on Nakamichi MR-1 > Fostex D5 DAT (A>D



only) > Turtle Beach Montego II Digital I/O > Sound Forge



(wav edits and track IDs) > SHNTOOL (SBE fix) > MKW Audio



Compression Tool (shn)







[Cuts]







Sugaree: whole track



Bird Song: from 11:21 - 11:46



Tennessee Jed: from 7:25 - 7:37



Me And My Uncle: first 00:26



Wharf Rat: from 06:33 - 07:03







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Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,



and to Noah Weiner for the AUD transfer.







Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (SHN>AIFF>Final Cut>Soundtrack>WAV>FLAC16)



August 1, 2009















Notes:







1) Promised Land in the AUD source appears to be patched from a different AUD recording.







2) Mexicali Blues in the AUD source had some "warping" issues in the earlier portion and does not sound as good as the AUD songs that follow, so I decided not to matrix it.







3) Set 2 sounds better due to the better sounding SBD source (master reel), which is not the same as set 1.







4) Soundtrack Pro was used to clean up numerous instances of light static in the set 1 SBD source.







5) The AUD had some tuning and stage banter between songs, which were not present on the SBD.







6) Set 2 jam is extremely stellar.

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Reviewer: deadheadnedwhite - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 28, 2016

Subject: gorgeous ! i'll never get tired of this one.



many grateful thanks to all involved. - July 28, 2016gorgeous !

Reviewer: wharfrat67 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 9, 2016

Subject: Love the Jam Like many, my favorite part of this "performance" is the Jam before Wharf Rat. It is, to me, the essence of the Dead. It is spontaneous improve jamming where the music plays the band. What the members have said about jams like this is that they are composition in real time. You really see that here as FOTM starts to take shape, years before it ever became a "song." What I did not realize until listening to this today is that Keith sits out the first 10 minutes of this jam and then comes in with a fury on his electric piano, which he did not play nearly enough for my liking during his tenure. Great stuff. - January 9, 2016Love the Jam

Reviewer: c-freedom - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 22, 2014

Subject: Best sound for the jam Sweet! - November 22, 2014Best sound for the jam

Reviewer: musicinmarin - favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 27, 2013

Subject: It was a very fine time indeed. One of my all time favorite Bird Songs. People often wax poetic about Jerry, but this is a shining example of superb ENSEMBLE playing. Listen to what Billy is doing on cymbals, Bob's counterpoint, Phil's lower register exploration, and Jerry's use of the pick and his fingers - rather than all the effects that came later on.



There were thousands and thousands of very high people here, and the music reflects that. It just floats... - August 27, 2013It was a very fine time indeed.

Reviewer: Zatharas - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 27, 2013

Subject: Happy This show just makes me happy.

Good sound, good set list.

Love the stage banter. - July 27, 2013Happy

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 27, 2013

Subject: -- Great stuff here, although one really can't compare this to other "shows" - it IS a soundcheck, after all, and lacks that familiar dramatic arc that connects the entire experience of a Dead show together. This is just a bunch of tunes lazily sort of scattered together - they repeat a few the next night, so take your pick as to which are better.



That said, there is some *seriously* heady music here - Bird Song glides along as easy as you please for damn near 15-20 minutes, and the big, famed jam that leads into Wharf Rat is, I think, the first time the band played around with Mickey's Happiness Is Drumming (aka Fire). Ironic that Mickey wouldn't be there for the "debut", as it were, of this oh-so-familiar chord pattern, but I think it does show just how connected he still was to the band.



So, yeah, great stuff abound here, an easy five stars for the audacious ballsiness of the band's intuition to turn a soundcheck into a full-blown afternoon of music, the tunes themselves, and this beautiful matrix - I think is my favorite way to listen to this most famous of warm-ups. And, no, I do NOT think this is better than the actual show - the actual Watkins-Glen show is something to behold. - July 27, 2013--