Mickey and the Hartbeats [Jerry Garcia with Howard Wales]
The Family Dog at the Great Highway
San Francisco, California
August 28, 1969
[w/ dropout + tick and pop repairs and hum/hiss noise reduction]
Feels a little sacrilegious to mess with a Charlie Miller transfer but here goes.....take it if you want or don't.
original text page precedes my repair notes
Recording Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master -> DAT -> CD
Transfer Info:
CD -> Adobe Audition v3.0 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2.1 -> FLAC
(1 Disc Audio / 1 Disc FLAC)
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
December 10, 2012
Notes:
-- Show will fit on one disc with an overburn
-- My research shows that this is from the master
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Setlist:
d1t01 - It's A Sin [72 repairs - mono]
d1t02 - Hi-Heel Sneakers [36 repairs - mono]
d1t03 - Dark Star -> [mono > stereo @ 22:22][60 Hz hum removal up to 22:22][167 repairs]
d1t04 - The Eleven [0 repairs stereo]
additional lineage:
iZotope RX4 advanced > TLH (flac level 8)
song information embedded with Stamp ID3 tag editor
Repairs---------
There were technical problems up to 22:22 of (track 03) Dark Star
Then the recording became stereo and the problems went away
A very strong 60 Hz hum with many dropouts and electrical clicks prior to that point
Additionally the entire recording had a thick layer of tape hiss
To eliminate the loud hum a 60 Hz tone and its harmonics were removed
Dropouts and electrical noises repaired by various methods
Lowered the wall of hiss by reducing the "noisy" content and leaving the "tonal" content alone
Plenty of tape hiss remains although not quite as much
The hum is completely gone
All modifications/repairs performed manually with iZotope RX4 advanced
Many of the repairs were very small and sometimes took multiple repairs per noise or dropout
Certainly missed some things but it is much cleaner now.
Changed the filenames to be a Jerry Garcia project
Hope you don't mind me messing with your stuff Charlie...
-M- (March 2016)
Flying M Productions