Mickey Hart & The Marin County Collective (*)
1972-1974 Novato, Marin County, California Mickey's Ranch
Rolling Thunder Studios aka "The Barn"

"Fire On The Mountain" Studio Collection ~ Mk2 VERSION with UPGRADE & 2 ADDED VERSIONS (M/M1/M3)

~*~ Carefully remastered fixing various issues & pitched (plus alternate mixes & pre-EQ versions) ~*~

01.[03:15]- Fire On The Mountain ("Area Code 415" sessions ~ 38f source) +EQ
02.[03:34]- Fire On The Mountain (Jim McPherson sessions ~ GD Hour source) NO EQ
03.[05:04]- Fire On The Mountain ("Fire On The Mountain" sessions 38f source) +EQ
04.[04:09]- Fire On The Mountain (Jim McPherson sessions ~ Hart source_Mix #2) NO EQ
05.[02:02]- Fire On The Mountain (WBCN Hart 'single' tape ~ JD source) NO EQ

Listening Time ::: 18:05

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This collection is intended as a FiVe HiT tRiP (**), so STOP here. However, if you want to hear the 2 McPherson session Hart source alternate mixes or don't care for the 2 DimeTravel EQs above, resequence as you like using the trax below.
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06.[04:09]- Fire On The Mountain (Jim McPherson sessions ~ Hart source_Mix #1) NO EQ
07.[04:08]- Fire On The Mountain (Jim McPherson sessions ~ Hart source_Mix #3) NO EQ
08.[03:15]- Fire On The Mountain ("Area Code 415" sessions ~ 38f source) NO ADDED EQ
09.[05:04]- Fire On The Mountain ("Fire On The Mountain" sessions 38f source) NO ADDED EQ

Total Time ::: 34:41

::: EXC studio outtakes, now better than ever. Check samples for 'byte me' potency or instant ear bliss.
::: Warts: basically none - couple of small quirks noted below.
::: Material recorded and/or mixed for unissued Mickey Hart and/or Jim McPherson albums.
::: CONTRAST CLAUSE: This UPGRADEs & ADDS to the original upload (now refered to as Mk1).
::: NOT really possible to combine with the original upload - delete that & grab this.
::: Versions 1,3,5 from the same original session but differ in mix, length & much more.
::: Versions 2 & 4 partly from the same session but are extremely different - especially the intrumentation.
::: Tracks 6 & 7 are alternate mixes NOT included in the first version of this collection.
::: Tracks 8 & 9 are NON-EQ'd duplicates of tracks 1 & 3 (in that order).
::: Precursor to an in-progress, remastered Mickey Hart & The Marin County Collective collection, but don't hold your breath.
::: Corry's cool blog has some background on The Barn scene: http://www.johncipollina.comwww.hooterollin.blogspot.de/2012/08/album-projects-recorded-at-mickey-harts.html
::: (*) "Mickey Hart & The Marin County Collective" is NOT an authentic group name but a description of an ever-changing clan who recorded at The Barn circa '71-76.
::: (**) If it's yr 1st 5-hit trip, play by Jorma's rules. "Stop your doubt, push the world on by with your hand... If your head spins round, try to see the ground if you can".
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Fire On The Mountain 01/06 ("Area Code 415" sessions mix & edit ~ source: 38f) Recorded 1972.
Lineage: Multi-track master studio reel -> master stereo reel -> EQ -> CD > EAC -> wav -> flacs -> Audacity for remastering.
2015 remaster notes: serious offset fixed, levels lowered slightly, pitch/speed fixed (+.7% = A440).
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Fire On The Mountain 02 (Jim McPherson sessions ~ source: Grateful Dead Hour #7 1988-10-17) Recorded 1974.
(Later re-broadcast on Grateful Dead Hour #500, #710 [nice number!], #1107 - and others?).
Lineage: pre-FM (show #710) -> DAT (transfer: Fostex D-5 -> Tascam US-144 -> SoundForge 9.0 (edited w/Bias Peak Pro 5.2 by BRUNO '09) -> flacs -> Audacity for remastering.
2015 remaster notes: some peaks lowered & volume increased, fade fixed, slight offset adjustment, pitch/speed fixed (+.7% = A440).
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Fire On The Mountain 03/09 ("Fire On The Mountain" sessions mix & edit ~ source: 38f) Recorded 1972 (remixed '73?).
Lineage: Multi-track master studio reel -> master stereo reel -> EQ -> CD > EAC -> wav -> flacs -> Audacity for remastering.
2015 remaster notes: reel transfer too hot so levels lowered -5 & clipfix applied at 95%, offset fixed, left channel dropout at 1:06 mostly repaired, pitch/speed fixed (+2% = A440).
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Fire On The Mountain 04/06/07 (Jim McPherson sessions ~ source: Hart) Recorded 1974. Versions 1&3 shorten the intro by a beat & have subtle mix differences. This session tape has erroneously circulated as "Mickey Hart with Steve Miller" (McPherson sounds a lot like Miller).
Lineage: studio master stereo mixdown reel(s) -> Hart's listening cassette -> cassette -> Maxell XLII-S 90 cassette, Dolby B on -> 2015 playback on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity for remastering.
2015 remaster notes: overall levels fixed, offset fixed, pitch/speed fixed (-1/-1.3/-1.3% = A440).
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Fire On The Mountain 05 (WBCN-FM Grateful Dead rarities show ~ source: J.D.) Recorded 1972 (possibly remixed '73).
Perhaps announced as a "Mickey Hart upcoming single". A shorter edit & quite different mix than the "Area Code 415" & "Fire On The Mountain" versions.
Lineage: WBCN-FM Boston stereo radio broadcast circa '74 -> off-air master reel -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette (circa '79 reel to cassette transfer was possibly EQ'd) -> 2014 playback on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity for remastering.
2015 remaster notes: overall levels fixed, offset fixed, pitch/speed fix to A440.
NEW Mk2 INFO: Bill Lichtenstein, resident WBCN Deadhead DJ in the early 70s, emailed, "I interviewed the G Dead in 1973 on WBCN, & a few weeks later I was sent a tape of that song by one of their engineers, if I recall."
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Line-up (tracks 1,3,5 - and 8,9) ::: Barry Melton - electric guitar, background vocals // Jerry Garcia - electric guitar // Robert Hunter - vocals // Mickey Hart - drums, percussion // David Freiberg - electric bass, background vocals.
Line-up (track 2) _unconfirmed_ ::: Jim McPherson - vocals, electric guitar? // Mickey Hart - drums, percussion // John McFee - pedal steel // Kathy McDonald - background vocals // John Cipollina(?) - electric guitar // Barry Melton(?) - electric guitar // David Frieberg - electric bass, keyboards.
Line-up (track 4,6,7) _unconfirmed_ ::: Jim McPherson - vocals, electric guitar? // Mickey Hart - drums, percussion // John McFee - pedal steel // Steve Schuster - flute // Kathy McDonald - background vocals // John Cipollina(?) - electric guitar // Barry Melton(?) - electric guitar // David Frieberg - electric bass, keyboards.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

General DimeTravel remaster notes 2014/2015 ::: Versions from the same sessions were pitched individually to A440 so may differ VERY slightly. flacs -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch, bump, pop, click, dropout & dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, speed fixes as noted above with single pass per song after frequency analysis & with pitchpipe verification, NO added equalisation except as noted] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. First uploaded week of 2015-05-16.

DimeTravel 094 ::: Thanks to 38f, BRUNO, JD, taperchuck3, ckyhim1990, hanwaker ::: Corrections welcome ::: Right after the original collection was uploaded, I discovered I actually had a MUCH better known generation copy of the Hart Jim McPherson sessions with the 3 mixes of "Fire" (Yes, I was embarrassed). This made it possible to upgrade the old one, delete the EQ'd version (no longer needed at all!) & add the 2 alternate mixes. If you listen carefully, it is now possible to hear the slight differences in mixes since the quality is so much better. I had originally left those alternates out of the collection. This has been a LONG time coming. Some folks may ask why this project exists at all, but they should probably keep their heads buried in the sand as I suspect I am not the only one around who has some emotional attachment to this song of this vintage. Some of the versions needed help & some haven't really done the digital world rounds 'til now. The WBCN Fire is shortest of 3 different edit/mix versions from the same original studio session but a very different mix & a worthy addition to the puzzle. The Hart McPherson source versions (3 mixes) are VERY different & much longer than the one Hart played on the GD Hour & have some trippy Schuster flute, an alternate intro right at the start of one of them & assorted other slight mix variations (between the 3). For some decades I'd wanted to hear all the the versions of "Fire" in one place & speed corrected, with some continuity & level adjustments. Finally did it, hope you dig it. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

Support the artists and/or their families! http://www.mickeyhart.net -- http://www.dead.net -- http://www.jimmcpherson.net -- http://www.counterculture.net/thefish (Barry Melton) -- http://www.johncipollina.com -- http://www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com (David Freiberg). Special note: Check out the Jim McPherson compilation CD "A Promise Kept"!

Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!