Here's something special to commemorate the August anniversaries of Jerry's birthday (8/1/42) and passing (8/9/95)...
The Grateful Dead
Mtx'ing through the 80s - live "concert" all-matrix mix from 1980s highlights
The inspiration for this live mix came from the excellent Garcia Discs/Jerry Compilation seeded by icculus18 on etree. Specifically, one track - Morning Dew from 9.18.87 - opened my eyes to an entire decade that had been previously under-represented in my collection. It also reinforced my belief that there is nothing better than a good matrix, which captures both the music and spirit of a performance. So I naturally went overboard and downloaded every matrix from the 1980s (about 35 shows) and started listening. And I also naturally (because it is what I do when I get inspired by music) began to make notes for a live mix containing songs that I thought would sound exceptional alongside one another in a "concert" format (first set, second set, encore).
While I normally don't comment on live mixes that I create, I'm going to make an exception because my role as window dresser (selection, mixing/smoothing transitions, volume normalization) pales in comparison to the effort of those who took the time to properly matrix the best available soundboard and audience recordings. I just listened to this live mix from start to finish for the first time since completing it a couple of weeks ago and was completely blown away. You can't lose: worst case scenario this live mix is a sampler of matrices from 20 different concerts; best case scenario the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and it gets heavy rotation for a while. SPECIAL THANKS to all those (especially HS) that created these matrices (see info file for full reference info and shn id #).
On a side note, I created a matrix mix for one song (D3T1) and it took me nearly 2 hours for the one song! Some time was spent to patch a gap in the sbd with an aud recording, but it should give you some sense of how long it takes to create a matrix. Of course if there's a magic button or great program out there please do tell. Until then I suppose it will be necessary to adjust the pitch of one source and then merge the two 30-60 seconds at a time in order to remain in synch.
All tracks were normalized and transitions mixed to flow like a concert. Transitions between songs are generally no more than 20 seconds in length.
I suggest not looking at the track listing before listening. Allow yourself to be surprised, as there are so few pleasant surprises in life: LET THIS BE ONE. You can email me later to thank me for the suggestion :-)
I created and included some basic artwork, which is intended as a placeholder until someone creates some proper artwork.
The etree entry is here: http://db.etree.org/myshows_detail.php?showid=8597049
Note to the moderators: To my knowledge, none of the tracks in this mix have been commercially released. As a resource, I used the "Grateful Dead releases by recording date," which looks to be the most complete and accurate account of commercially released GD and can be found here: http://www.deaddisc.com/GDFD_Dead_By_Date.htm
Finally, the the resources "Dead to the Core" and The Deadhead's Taping Compendium were a great help in narrowing some very tough selections.
Source: Various > EAC > Sound Forge 8.0 (normalized, mixed) > CDWave > 2flac/3cdr
ALS, August 2010
DISC ONE / "First Set"
1. Shakedown Street - 6/30/85, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
2. Greatest Story Ever Told - 6/20/80, West High Auditorium, Anchorage, AK
3. Peggy-O - 3/30/80, The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
4. Jack Straw 10/26/80, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
5. Dupree's Diamond Blues - 9/17/82, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
6. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
7. Music Never Stopped - 6/26/88, Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
8. Ramble On Rose 6/21/80, West High Auditorium, Anchorage, AK
9. Looks Like Rain - 7/3/88, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
10. Deal - 5/22/82, Greek Theatre, U. of California, Berkeley, CA
DISC TWO / "Second Set"
1. Scarlet Begonias -> Touch Of Grey -> Fire On The Mountain - 7/13/84, Greek Theatre, U. of CA, Berkeley, CA
2. Playing In The Band -> Eyes Of The World -> Drums - 4/18/82, Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
3. Samson and Delilah - 6/24/85, River Bend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
4. Terrapin Station - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
DISC THREE
"Third Set"
1. Feel Like A Stranger - 10/12/84, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
2. China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider - 3/9/81, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
3. Truckin' - 8/6/82, St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN
4. Morning Dew - 9/18/87, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
"Encore"
5. Casey Jones - 5/23/82, Greek Theatre, U. of California, Berkeley, CA
6. Sugar Magnolia - 6/21/85, Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
7. US Blues - 3/30/80, The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
8. Good Love - 6/30/87, Kingswood Music Theater, Maple, Ontario, Canada
9. Brokedown Palace - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
"First Set"
1. Shakedown Street - 6/30/85, Merriweather Post Pavilion
, Columbia, MD
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shn/94642
2. Greatest Story Ever Told - 6/20/80,
West High Auditorium, Anchorage, AK
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shn/92783
3. Peggy-O - 3/30/80, The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
http://db.etree.org/shn/96455
4. Jack Straw 10/26/80, Radio City Music Hall,
New York, NY
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shn/101967
5. Dupree's Diamond Blues - 9/17/82, Cumberland County Civic Center,Portland, ME
Mixed by dan@am-dig.com
http://db.etree.org/shn/82208
6. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
http://db.etree.org/shn/82725
7. Music Never Stopped - 6/26/88, Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
Range extracted/seeded by Doug Nawrocki
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=5608
8. Ramble On Rose 6/21/80, West High Auditorium, Anchorage, AK
Mixed by dan@am-dig.com
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=28470
9. Looks Like Rain - 7/3/88, Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, ME
Mixed by dan@am-dig.com
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=92585
10 Deal - 5/22/82, Greek Theatre, U. of California, Berkeley, CA
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=101450
"Second Set"
1. Scarlet Begonias -> Touch Of Grey -> Fire On The Mountain - 7/13/84, Greek Theatre, U. of California,
Berkeley, CA
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=105570
2. Playing In The Band -> Eyes Of The World -> Drums - 4/18/82, Hartford Civic Center
, Hartford, CT
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=107090
3. Samson and Delilah - 6/24/85,
River Bend Music Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=94663
4. Terrapin Station - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
http://db.etree.org/shn/82725
"Third Set"
1. Feel Like A Stranger - 10/12/84, Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, ME
Matrix by als (this song only)
Aud source: http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=99198
Sbd source: http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=5585
Missing sbd section patched with aud source above as well
2. China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider - 3/9/81,
Madison Square Garden
, New York, NY
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=101159
3. Truckin' - 8/6/82, St. Paul Civic Center,
St. Paul, MN
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=101618
4. Morning Dew - 9/18/87, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY2. China/Rider - 3/9/81
Matrix by hansokolow
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=96139
"Encore"
5. Casey Jones - 5/23/82, Greek Theatre, U. of California,
Berkeley, CA
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=102124
6. Sugar Magnolia - 6/21/85, Alpine Valley Music Theatre,
East Troy, WI
Matrix by Hunter Seamons
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=108266
7. US Blues - 3/30/80, , The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
http://db.etree.org/shn/96455
8. Good Love - 6/30/87, Kingswood Music Theater, Maple, Ontario, Canada
Bill Tetzeli
http://db.etree.org/shninfo_detail.php?shnid=34404
9. Brokedown Palace - 3/3/87, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
http://db.etree.org/shn/82725