This a tagged version of shnid: 29753
Grateful Dead
6-30-73
Universal Amphitheater
Universal City, CA
Sick Bits Vol. 9 - gd73-06-30.mtx.chappell-SB9.29753.sbeok.flac16
Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mix):
SBD: (SHN ID # 177)
SBD> ?> DAT> CD> EAC> SHN via A. Jerugim
AUD: (SHN ID # 6019)
AudMR > R > DAT > WAV > SHN via Noah Weiner
Transfer/Editing:
Both sources were SHN files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Sony Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)
Matrixed by Chris Chappell
6-22-05
scarfire@liquidcity.com
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--Set 1--
101-d1t01 - Promised Land
102-d1t02 - They Love Each Other
103-d1t03 - Mexicali Blues
104-d1t04 - Tennessee Jed
105-d1t05 - Looks Like Rain
106-d1t06 - Birdsong
107-d1t07 - Cumberland Blues
108-d1t08 - "don't panic folks..."
109-d1t09 - Row Jimmy
110-d2t01 - Jack Straw
111-d2t02 - Deal
112-d2t03 - Beat It On Down The Line
113-d2t04 - Black Peter
114-d2t05 - Playin' In The Band
--Set 2--
201-d3t01 - Greatest Story Ever Told
202-d3t02 - Ramble On Rose
203-d3t03 - El Paso
204-d3t04 - Dark Star ->
205-d3t05 - Eyes Of The World ->
206-d3t06 - Stella Blue
207-d3t07 - Sugar Magnolia
--Encore--
208-d3t08 - One More Saturday Night
Total Times:
Disc 1 [52:15]
Disc 2 [38:22]
Disc 3 [79:11]
- for track times see shntool output
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General Notes:
Two sources from the LMA provided coverage for this matrix: a relatively
decent SBD, and a pretty nice sounding AUD recorded probably at the board
via the "Debbie connection". The result is an interesting matrix,
with the vocals a little hot in the overall outcome - typical of this era's
SBD mixes, although that's irrelevant when you're deep in the Dark Star.
One of the things I like about the resulting matrix is the ability to bring
back that amphitheater sound. Many people were yipping and whooping in
between songs just to hear their own echo.
Check out these comments from DeadBase:
"On Saturday night, one of the crew lit a fireworks fountain up on one of
the PA towers creating a moment of panic for some folks who thought it was
an electrical fire but Garcia calmed 'em down with a simple, 'Don't panic
folks, this is the movies - remember..'.
"In an interesting footnote to these shows, the official Grand Opening of
this brand new venue on the Universal Studios backlot was the following
weekend with a week-long series of Frank Sinatra shows but the Dead gave
it a real shakedown acid test first."
A review from the LLama:
"The Playin is typically great for 1973, and the Dark Star>Eyes>Stella Blue
combination puts this one over the top for me. Very unique jams. And BTW,
the Wall of Sound seems to work pretty well tonight. Nice quality. An
overlooked show that will knock you out!" - Dr. Flashback
Thanks to A. Jerugim for the SBD, and Noah Weiner for the A>D transfer of
the AUD as well as all the folks involved with the Audience Devotional Tree.
Enjoy!
Chappy
Attached:
Shntool output
Editing Notes
FLAC Fingerprint
SBD & AUD source Notes
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Tagging notes:
Show information is embedded within the header
of each flac file. It will display on any player
capable of directly playing flac files.
If converted to wav during processing, all tags
will be stripped, however audio data will remain
unaffected. If you must transcode to a lossy format,
do so directly Flac > Lossy.
Use st5 to validate audio integrity.
Md5 values will change if tagging is altered.
B. Proctor 4-21-08
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Timeline/Tracking Notes:
The transition between all three discs can be put together seemlessly.
I tracked this show so that disc 3 contains the entire second set.
It would be possible to edit out 40 seconds of crowd/tuning from the
first set and burn a 90 minute CDR.
Editing Notes:
- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the AUD being the sharpest,
and the SBD being the flatest. The AUD on average had to be pitched
down on average about .05 (5 cents), and the SBD had to be pitched up
about .15 (15 cents) to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being 100 cents
which is a semitone. The result is very close to A=440Hz, however there
is some fluctuation throughout the show due to the age of the recordings.
- Synch
Even after pitch correcting the AUD and the SBD, because of the speed
fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits were performed to keep
the sources synched (too many edits to list).
- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
The AUD did receive a little EQ to revive some of the high end that was lost
to previously employed NR. The SBD remained untouched sonically. Conceptually,
all I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is
pretty dry, by using the ambience of the AUD. The result is a lively but clear
recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at the show. If I had to guess
the SBD/AUD ratio would be somewhere between 3:1 and 4:1, leaning more towards
the 3:1 end of things.
- Edits
The following are places where the SBD had holes or incomplete coverage
in reference to the final matrix timeline.
SBD:
d1t02 (5:16 - 5:27) - missing (crowd)
d1t04 (7:33 - 7:37) - missing (crowd)
d1t05 (7:07 - 7:10) - missing (crowd)
d1t06 (7:43 - 8:57) - missing
d1t06 (10:03 - 10:07) - missing (crowd)
d1t07 (5:28 - 5:34) - missing (crowd)
d1t09 (8:07 - 8:16) - missing (crowd)
d2t01 (4:47 - 6:12) - missing (crowd)
d2t02 (0:00 - 0:02) - missing
d2t02 (4:40 - 4:46) - missing (crowd)
d2t03 (0:00 - 0:03) - missing
d2t03 (3:17 - 3:22) - missing (crowd)
d2t04 (8:53 - 8:59) - missing (crowd)
d2t05 (14:52 - 14:56) - missing (crowd)
d3t01 (0:00 - 0:03) - missing
d3t01 (5:03 - 5:43) - missing (crowd)
d3t02 (6:13 - 8:13) - missing (crowd)
d3t03 (4:15 - 4:51) - missing (crowd)
d3t04>d3t05 (16:16 - 0:07) - missing
d3t05 (11:39:21 - 11:39:39) - missing
d3t06 (8:06 - 9:15) - missing (crowd)
d3t07 (9:04 - 9:13) - missing (crowd)
AUD:
d1t01 (0:00 - 0:10) - missing
d1t01 (3:04 - 3:06) - missing (crowd)
d1t02 (5:27 - 5:32) - missing (crowd)
d1t06 (10:07 - 10:09) - missing (crowd)
d2t01 (3:33 - 3:52) - missing
d2t05 (10:29 - 10:46) - missing
d3t04 (6:23 - 6:42) - missing
d3t06 (0:37 - 0:47) - missing
- Recap
Full coverage was achieved by combining both sources. The most significant
pieces missing from the SBD are 1:14 in the middle of Birdsong, and 20
seconds of the transition from Dark Star > Eyes, both likely due to reel
changes. The rest is tuning/crowd and a few clipped intros. All of it
is covered nicely by the AUD. The missing elements from the AUD are also
likely due to reel changes, and are not that noticeable, although I encourage
the avid listener to locate those points so as to hear the matrix coming back
in - this will reveal the effect of the combination of the two sources.
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AUD source notes:
Audience Devotional Tree
Round 6 - November, 2001
GRATEFUL DEAD
Saturday, June 30, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA
Audience Recording
AudMR > R > DAT > WAV > SHN
Reel labeled: through the Debbie connection: P.A.
Harmon Kardon; probably recorded from the soundboard.
A > D transfer by Noah Weiner (noahbw@home.com) - August, 2001
DISC ONE
set one-a:
1 //Promised Land 2:56
2 They Love Each Other 5:27
3 Mexicali Blues 3:40
4 Tennessee Jed 7:35
5 Looks Like Rain 7:13
6 Bird Song 10:12
7 Cumberland Blues 5:56
8 Row Jimmy 8:59
9 Jack Straw 5:51*
10 Deal 4:46
11 Beat It On Down The Line 3:23
12 Black Peter 8:59
total time: 74:57
*tape cut in Jack Straw at 3:32 repaired with a cross fade
DISC TWO
set one-end:
1 Playin' In The Band 14:40*
set two-a:
2 Greatest Story Ever Told 5:41
3 Ramble On Rose 8:11
4 El Paso 4:46
total time: 33:18
*tape cut in Playin' at 10:29 repaired with a cross fade
DISC THREE
set two-end:
1 Dark Star> 16:33*
2 Eyes Of The World> 19:09
3 Stella Blue 8:58*
4 Sugar Magnolia 9:08
encore:
5 One More Saturday Night 5:28
total time: 59:16
* tape cut in Dark Star at 6:45 repaired with a cross fade
* tape cut in Stella Blue at 0:37 repaired with a cross fade
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SBD Source notes:
Grateful Dead
June 30th 1973
Universal Amphitheater - Universal City, Ca.
Disc #1:
Set One
1. Promised Land
2. They Love Each Other
3. Mexicali Blues
4. Tennessee Jed
5. Looks Like Rain
6. Bird Song
7. Cumberland
8. Row Jimmy
9. Jack Straw
10. Deal
11. BIODTL
Disc #2:
Set One (cont)
1. Black Peter
2. Playin'
Set Two
3. Tuning
4. Greatest Story
5. Ramble On Rose
6. El Paso
Disc #3:
Set Two (cont)
1. Tuning
2. Dark Star ->
3. Eyes of the World ->
4. Stella Blue
5 Sugar Magnolia
6. E1: Saturday Night
7. E2: U.S. Blues
SBD>?>DAT>CD>EAC>SHN conversion by AJ - a2k@pacbell.net - 2/14/00
According to Tiedrich's Grateful Dead Tapes In Circulation:
reel master>1 reel generation>DAT>1 cassette generation>DAT>circulation
Known Flaws - Some digi-noise at the beginning of Promised Land (d1t1)
Reel flip in the middle of Bird Song (d1t6).
Reel flip seconds before Eyes begins (d3t2).
This is one of my favorite shows of all time - two words - Dark Star. Enjoy!