This a flac encode & tagged version of shnid: 12168

Grateful Dead
4/11/72
City Hall, Newcastle, England
gd72-04-11.sbd.giles.12168.sbeok.flac16

SBD MC>D>CD>SoundForge>CD (?, see below)
remastered by Bill Giles
(http://www.ridethewind.btinternet.co.uk/Re-Masters.htm)
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--Set 1 / disc 1--
101-d1t01 - Greatest Story Ever Told
102-d1t02 - Deal
103-d1t03 - Mr. Charlie
104-d1t04 - Black-Throated Wind
105-d1t05 - Tennessee Jed
106-d1t06 - Big Boss Man
107-d1t07 - Beat It on Down the Line
108-d1t08 - Sugaree
109-d1t09 - Jack Straw
110-d1t10 - Chinatown Shuffle
111-d1t11 - China Cat Sunflower ->
112-d1t12 - I Know You Rider
--disc 2--
113 d2t01 - Playing in the Band
114-d2t02 - Next Time You See Me
115-d1t03 - Brown-Eyed Women
116-d2t04 - Looks Like Rain
117-d2t05 - Big Railroad Blues
118-d2t06 - Casey Jones

--Set 2--
201-d2t07 - Good Lovin'
202-d2t08 - Ramble On Rose
--disc 3--
203-d3t01 - Truckin' ->
204-d3t02 - Drums ->
205-d3t03 - The Other One ->
206-d3t04 - Comes A Time
207-d3t05 - Sugar Magnolia

--Encore--
208-d3t06 - Brokedown Palace
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sound is generally a bit muddy, some hiss
Pigpen's voice is almost inaudible at times
and sometimes distortion & pops from Keith's piano pick-up,
the best & most complete version currently in circulation

a lot of minor anomalies (mainly clicks) throughout discs 1 + 2
d3t03: tape warble @18:47-18:52, sounds like a master cassette flaw
d1t06: very beginning is missing (a few seconds worth)

Bill Giles remastering notes:
"What do you do with an excellent concert that circulates digitally on
muddy CD only and for which cassette copies, while superficially brighter,
carry a lot of noise and distortion? Frustrating. I suspect the CD's
lack of edge is the result of an uninspired noise reduction job [which
makes the MC>D>CD lineage questionable]. I've simply tried to brighten it
Dealup by re-equalisation. I've also rebalanced the tracks (the right track was
relatively overweight) and attenuated a few glitches. It ain't great, but it's
definitely better. From the master disc, the opening notes of Big Boss Man are
missing, and the start of Good Lovin' is an AUD patch; and there are some
crackles, particularly in Brown-Eyed Women and Truckin', and a number of
drop-outs and wobbles throughout the concert.

I would not describe it as 'remastered' - just 'tidied up'. I guess linage
should read: MR>??>CDR>Sound Forge 4.5>CDR
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A big thanks to Mole for the disc.
B. Proctor 1-26-08
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