Grateful Dead
Des Moines Civic Center
Des Moines, IA
December 7, 1981

Jerry Garcia - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Phil Lesh - Electric Bass, Vocals
Brent Mydland - Keyboards, Vocals
Bob Weir - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals


*Matrix*


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SBD (shnid=141898):

SBD > Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M/Maxell UDXL-II)

Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) >
KORG AudioGate 4 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24
(1 DVD FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
April 13, 2018

Notes:
-- This file set is 16 bit @ 44.1 htz

[7-second cut in Drums]

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AUD (shnid=8448):

Unknown Audience Source

Notes-

I used CD Wave to retrack and Shntool to verify sb's.

Cass flip @ 2:42 d2t05 (Drums)

One 'tribute' to my old (and departed) friend Tom Greenleaf. Hear him blow a whistle back at Bobby going into Truckin'. Miss ya' Tommy :O(

EAC/SHN by Willy
_willy_@junkiesplace.com
Seeded to etree 03/23/02
Audio discs provided by Scot Mellor

[30-second cuts in Drums and Space, patched with Frank Streeter's recording]

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Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
to the unknown taper and Frank Streeter for recording the show,
and to Scot Mellor, Willy, Charlie Miller and Scott Clugston for the AUD transfers.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut w/EQ > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)
December 7, 2022


Set I
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d1t01 - Bertha >
d1t02 - Greatest Story Ever Told
d1t03 - Friend Of The Devil >
d1t04 - C.C. Rider
d1t05 - Dire Wolf
d1t06 - Me And My Uncle >
d1t07 - Big River
d1t08 - Deep Elem Blues
d1t09 - Cassidy
d1t10 - Althea
d1t11 - The Music Never Stopped


Set II
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d2t01 - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo >
d2t02 - Franklin's Tower >
d2t03 - Lost Sailor >
d2t04 - Saint Of Circumstance >
d2t05 - Des Moines River Jam >
d2t06 - Drums >
d3t01 - Space >
d3t02 - Truckin' >
d3t03 - Nobody's Spoonful Jam >
d3t04 - Black Peter >
d3t05 - Sugar Magnolia

Encore
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d3t06 - Don't Ease Me In


Notes:

Jerry's guitar gets very low in the SBD mix for Bertha and Greatest Story Ever Told but the matrix helps correct this. Most other songs have Jerry a little low, but not as much after matrixed.

SBD dead air trimmed out.

A subtle ringing feedback noise occurs in the PA for a couple minutes during Althea.

Reduced the left channel of the SBD for five seconds during Saint Of Circumstance to compensate for brief louder levels.

Frank Streeter's recording (#143938 via Charlie Miller and Scott Clugston) patches 30 seconds of Drums in the unknown audience source (opted for a one-minute patch here) and 30 seconds of Space.

Compared to other audience recordings for this tour, the unknown source had a bit muddy sound, but it still brought a nice ambient effect, good crowd levels, and fleshed out the instrumentation for the matrix. With a somewhat uneven soundboard recording at times as well (occasional hot vocals, hot keyboard, low guitars, etc.), the results were better than anticipated.