Grateful Dead
Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, IL
08/23/1971

Source: Audio Cassette (3rd gen) from the collection of Doug Lamarre.
Transfer: cassette > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 #2 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam Hi Res Editor >wav 24/96 - transferred by Matt Vernon
Lineage: wav 24/96 > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX 11 Advanced > iZotope Neutron 3 > CD Wave > Flac 24

Set I

01 Big Railroad Blues
02 Playing In The Band
03 Mr. Charlie
04 Sugaree
05 El Paso
06 Next Time You See Me
07 Bertha
08 Me And Bobby McGee
09 Cumberland Blues
10 Big Boss Man
11 Loser
[MISSING]Promised Land
[MISSING]China Cat Sunflower >
[MISSING]I Know You Rider
[MISSING]Casey Jones

Set II

[MISSING]Truckin'
01 Bird Song
02 Cryptical Envelopment >
03 Drums >
04 The Other One >
05 Me And My Uncle >
06 The Other One >
07 Cryptical Envelopment >
08 Wharf Rat
Deal
Brokedown Palace
[MISSING]Sugar Magnolia
[MISSING]Not Fade Away >
[MISSING]Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
[MISSING]Not Fade Away >
[MISSING]Johnny B. Goode

Comments:

-This show is usually listed on tapes and in Deadbase as 8/24/71. But, according to Dwight Holmes the circulating aud tapes for this show were made by Stephen Wade, who says that he only taped the first show (8/23) and not the second (8/24). Additional evidence from Jeff Tiedrich also indicates that this is 8/23 and not 8/24.

Notes:

- The passage of time has not been kind to these tapes, so it has been necessary to carry out a considerable amount of restoration and repair work. I think it's been worth it though because this sounds much better that the other source that circulates, seeded by Jeff Cotmans and which also derives from the same master as this. However, the first 2 or 3 minutes of "Birdsong" sounds a little rough. There are several small patches where the speed wavers a little, which it has not been possible to correct
- All tracks pitch corrected.
- A number of small patches have been put in using shnid 125886, thank you Charlie Miller. On a couple of occasions a matrix was put in as it gives a more pleasing result.
- Some eq has been applied

Thanks to Doug Lamarre for providing this source.

Thanks to Matt Vernon for the transfer and facilitating.

edited and mastered
SIRMick
September 2023