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Grateful Dead
3/21/70
Capitol Theater
Port Chester, NY
gd70-03-21.5315.aud-early.sbeok.flac16

Source: AUD
Lineage: Aud > cassette x 2 > CD, mics balcony center 15' spread
This is from the Usher Tree; for further source info,
the notes from that tree are appended following the track list.
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--Early Show--
101-d1t01 - Walkin' the Dog
102-d1t02 - Me & My Uncle
103-d1t03 - Death Don't Have No Mercy
104-d1t04 - Interlude
105-d1t05 - Good Lovin' ->
106-d1t06 - Drums ->
107-d1t07 - Good Lovin'
108-d1t08 - Interlude
109-d1t09 - Dire Wolf
110-d1t10 - Big Boss Man
111-d1t11 - Interlude
112-d1t12 - He Was a Friend of Mine ->
113-d1t13 - Viola Lee Blues -> The Eleven ->
114-d1t14 - Cumberland Blues

D1t13 (Viola Lee Blues): analog tape distortion
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B. Proctor 10-17-09
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"Source Information for The Usher's Tapes Tree

"The person who is responsible for the bulk of the capitol theatre
audience recordings is a fellow by the name of ken Lee (not sure of
his last name spelling). This is the guy who was employed by Howard
Stein (local NY area promoter of the time). My source is his brother in
law, Mark C (a long time dead head & quite a nice & unassuming person)
I owe Mark a huge debt of gratitude.

Ken's port chester masters were recorded on a sony cassette deck
(don't have the 'model # or mic info) his positioning was generally
center lodge with mic's mounted on the rail. 3/21/70 had the mic's
spaced at over 15 feet, and the recording bears out that information.
6/24/70 set#2 was mastered on a 120-minute cassette.

Ken is reported to be very un-friendly and intimidating (6 foot 5 inches
with a security guard attitude). He was at Tompkins Square Park,
NYC 6/67 and reported a � hour dancin' in the street. Fwiw. he recorded
many local shows (queens college, all 4 stands at port chester, Manhattan
center.etc. Mark says he was doing this only for himself and never did
much of anything at all with his recordings. At Port Chester he had
Howard Steins permission to tape, with the footnote of never letting them
out.

So...Marks older sister Judy is married to this guy & he would occasionally
let Mark have tapes & Mark was apparently pretty free with his copies
over the years. Most of what circulates from gd @ port chester originated
mainly from Mark's 1st gen copies, not ken's masters. As time went on
their relationship deteriorated (now they are estranged) and ken
literally & figuratively shut the door on Mark.

Marks last score from Ken's tapes was back in 1986. When Ken was out,
Mark & an instigating friend went armed with Sony tc d5m's and recorded
as much from the masters as they could get away with. Ken arrived in the
middle of all this and was outraged and shut it all down & proceeded to
take all the copies (not all it turned out) Mark told me that at that
point in time, all the tapes he witnessed were badly in need of
restoration (and this was back in 1986). I am sad to relay that even
though these master still exist, there are rotting in un-kind hands. It
took me close to 2 years & many phone calls to hook up with Mark, and
then only for one day. Things were haphazard & I taped what I could given
the time I had on hand.

Mark had 2 separate copies of 6/24/70 late show. the older copy he
received with ken's blessing in the mid '70's. This was on a xl 2, no
dolby, the fresher copy was from the incident in 1986. This was on a
mx metal cassette and had a better frequency response, but there was a
bad squeal & lisp on the right hand channel and proves the deterioration
of the recording. I went with the older copy that was made when the
master was in better condition set list has; nfa, easy wind (very
powerful), me & my uncle, dark star, ikyr, then uncle johns band
(which is not the encore, as they never leave the stage. The encore is
an acoustic "swing low sweet chariot" it was mia, but I WILL get it.

3/21/70 has never sounded this good. It's actually quite fantastic in
spots. it's the best recording i've ever heard coming out of that room.

11/5/70 is a powerful psychedelic feast. i could never sit through it
before, because of the abysmal quality

I want to, and enjoy bringing pleasure to fellow music lovers. Please
let it be known I have zero tolerance for any suspicion, or dishonesty.
criticism. On the other hand, I can handle fairly well. So give me a few
days & I'll get seeds to someone who has already volunteered to handle
the administration and decimation on deadlist. Our 1970 caretaker,
Jim Powell, will get cd's from me for his analysis.

that's the story"

THANKS, Jim!

info file above compiled from info at
http://www.homestead.com/fvenezia/files/cap70/cap70tree.htm
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