This is a tagged version of shnid: 102155

Grateful Dead
September 28, 1975
Lindley Meadows, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA

Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Donna Jean Godchaux - Vocals
Keith Godchaux - Keyboards
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Phil Lesh - Electric Bass, Vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals


*Matrix*
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SBD (shnid=22257):
Bertha Remaster of the master reel source.

SBD>>MR>>DAT>>CDA>>WAV(EAC)>>SHN>>DAW(Bertha)>>CDA/SHN - Sound A

Digitally remastered using a custom built, Dual-DAW, nicknamed Bertha,
by jashley@deadacated.com on February 6, 2004.

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AUD (shnid=91769):

MOTB Release: 0069 16/44.1
Release Date: 2008-05-05
Band: Grateful Dead
Date: 1975-09-28 (Sunday)
Venue: Lindley Meadows - Golden Gate Park
Location: San Francisco, CA

Analog Audience Source: FOB Master Cassettes (MAC)
Medium Stock Brands:
MAC = 2 x Maxell UD 120
Analog Lineage: 2 x Sony ECM-270 => Sony TC-152 >> MAC
Analog Sound Preservation: MAC >> Nakamichi DR-8 => Korg MR-1000 >>
DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]
Taped By: Bob Menke and Louis Falanga
Transfer By: Bob Menke
Mastering By: Derek McCabe

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Thank you to Jay Ashley for the SBD transfer,
to Bob Menke and Louis Falanga for
recording the show,
and to Bob Menke and Derek McCabe for the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (SHN & FLAC>AIFF>Final Cut>WAV>FLAC16)
October 24, 2009
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--Song List-
101-d1t01 - Tuning
102-d1t02 - Help on the Way ->
103-d1t03 - Slipknot!
104-d1t04 - The Music Never Stopped
105-d1t05 - They Love Each Other
106-d1t06 - Beat It on Down the Line
107-d1t07 - Franklin's Tower
108-d1t08 - Big River
109-d1t09 - It Must Have Been the Roses
110-d2t01 - Truckin' ->
111-d2t02 - Jam ->
112-d2t03 - Drums ->
113-d2t04 - King Solomon's Marbles ->
114-d2t05 - Not Fade Away ->
115-d2t06 - Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad ->
116-d2t07 - One More Saturday Night
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Notes:
While I chose to use the Bertha Remaster (Ashley source) of the SBD (even though I
tend to avoid remasters where a bunch of EQ work has been done), I do not consider
the Ashley source to be better or worse than the Fink SBD (shnid=9392) - it really
is a matter of taste.

There are pros and cons to both sources, depending on what one is looking for in terms
of sound. If one wants a more accurate representation of the original recording
intentions, I would recommend the Fink source. There are good reasons to say why the
Fink source is better sonically, but then there are good reasons to say why the Ashley
source is better sonically.

The Fink source is the more traditional and historically accurate recording, like what
you'd find on a Dick's Picks. The Ashley source has some enhancements that give it a lot
of ambience (similar to what a matrix attempts to achieve, among other things), and
there's some boost in the highs and lows, with a detraction, or side effects, to other
aspects of the waveform, most likely. In this sense, the Ashley source is less true to
the original recording, and it could be considered a degradation of the original sound.

Whatever tricks Ashley employed on the SBD, it sounds more like an indoor recording,
like the Grateful Dead are playing at the Paramount Theatre in Oregon or at the Capitol
Theatre in New Jersey, not in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The fuller, more ambient
soundof the Ashley source, however, seems to be more in keeping with what people would
want to hear in a matrix source, but that does not rule out the benefits of making a
matrix using the Fink source, which I would still consider doing, especially if folk
would prefer that instead.

In any case, the Bertha Remaster has received very positive reviews at the Archives,
including negative ones by people who really know their stuff about audio, but it has
been considered an "upgrade" in general (not saying here that it is). Since I did a
matrix of the next show (6/3/76) that uses a Bertha source with pleasing results, this
keeps things consistent in that respect. Also, mixing in the excellent MOTB AUD helps
round out and brighten what the Bertha source may be lacking in.
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