Grateful Dead
"Formerly The Warlocks"
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, VA
October 9, 1989

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=80840):

Recording Info:
SBD -> Dat (48k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony R500) -> SEK'D Prodif Plus -> Samplitude Professional v8.01 -> FLAC
(3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
August 26, 2006

Patch Info:
The following songs were patched from Cassette Master SBD
Little Red Rooster, Ramble On Rose, Jack-A-Roe through Row Jimmy

Notes:
-- This has an upgraded patch source
-- Discs 2 and 3 can be re-joined seamlessly

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AUD (shnid=125738):

**16 bit/44.1khz**

Source: Schoeps CMC3/MK4 > Oade P/S > Panasonic SV250 (48 khz)
Location: FOB
Transfer: Sony PCM-2600(Apogee AES/EBU)>Sound Devices 722 (16/48)>
Firewire>Macbook>Sound Studio 3.6(fades, normalize peak, +gain, track)>
Wave Editor 1.5.7 (iZotope Resampler)>
xACT 2.21(align on sector boundaries, encode, tag, fingerprint)>flac16 (level 8 )
Taped by: Ted Mattes
DAT clone (2) provided by: Craig Hillwig
Transferred and seeded by: Lenny Stubbe

Seeded to etree on:

09/22/2013

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Thank you to Charlie Miller for the SBD transfer,
to Ted Mattes for recording the show,
and to Lenny Stubbe for the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Soundtrack Pro and Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Soundtrack and Final Cut > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging)
October 9, 2022


Set I
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d1t01 - Feel Like A Stranger
d1t02 - Built To Last
d1t03 - Little Red Rooster
d1t04 - Ramble On Rose
d1t05 - We Can Run
d1t06 - Jack-A-Roe
d1t07 - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
d1t08 - Row Jimmy
d1t09 - The Music Never Stopped

Set II
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d2t01 - Playing In The Band >
d2t02 - Uncle John's Band >
d2t03 - Playing In The Band >
d2t04 - Dark Star >
d2t05 - Drums >
d3t01 - Space >
d3t02 - Death Don't Have No Mercy >
d3t03 - Dear Mr. Fantasy >
d3t04 - Hey Jude >
d3t05 - Throwing Stones >
d3t06 - Good Lovin'

Encore
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d3t07 - Attics Of My Life


Notes:

The cassette master soundboard patches were pitch corrected: Little Red Rooster, Ramble On Rose, Jack-A-Roe, Memphis Blues, and Row Jimmy.

Clicks and pops removed throughout the SBD recording.

A tonal shift occurs at the beginning of Memphis Blues in the SBD.

No EQ done for this matrix.


Review:

On this day in 1989 the Grateful Dead played at Hampton Coliseum for the second night of their now-famous pair of shows there, billed as “Formerly The Warlocks.” The sudden change to the group’s original thaumaturgic name was part of their larger logistical efforts to diminish what had become a roving sea of Dead Heads and partygoers to their concerts, an enduring psychedelic scene that had grown enormously since Jerry Garcia’s near-death experience in 1986 and the subsequent mainstream success of In The Dark and its hit single, “Touch Of Grey,” in 1987. The thousands of extra people invading towns by then was becoming a major issue for some locals and the authorities, along with the occasional problems such gigantic party gatherings outside the venues could precipitate. So, in light of several incidents the previous year that resulted in the Dead being banned from the Coliseum, these October dates in Hampton were their first “stealth” shows to maintain a low profile and curb the traveling circus. There were no mail-order tickets and the concerts were announced about a week before they occurred. Additionally, per a signed letter by the band that was sent out to fans and forwarded to media outlets, no vending or camping was allowed on the tour. The strategy seemed to work overall. While tons of people still managed to show up for the festivities, there were no troubles in Hampton that year and the Dead would return for two more shows in 1992.

Now regarding the music from this evening, this was not just another well played fall ’89 show from a great tour; October 9 in Hampton would prove to be one of the Dead’s most historically significant shows of their career. The Warlocks moniker was important, for sure, but adding to the show’s mystique was the epic return of “Dark Star” since its last performance five years earlier. The audience reaction on this recording says it all and can barely be contained, as fans cheer wildly for a whole minute before Jerry comes in with the first verse, where they erupt into cheers again. They play “Dark Star” for almost twenty minutes, replete with new MIDI effects and some ominous deep-dives through sonic interstellar space, a real beast of a version. Out of the following “Drums/Space” segment the crowd gets treated to an ultra rare performance of Reverend Gary Davis’s “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” blues number, hearkening back to 1969 and the Live/Dead album. Then we get yet another revival for the encore, “Attics Of My Life,” the melancholic Garcia/Hunter ballad from American Beauty, last played on 10/28/72. Brent Mydland now contributes to the vocal harmonies on this haunting rendition. Also worth mentioning is that the show’s opener, “Feel Like A Stranger,” would eventually become the first song on their 1990 live album, Without A Net. . . . We are pleased to offer up this magical night on its 33rd anniversary as a newly forged matrix, using John Cutler’s 24-track recording mixed with Ted Mattes’s superb audience tape, gratefully presented here as Volume 144.

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