Bird Song | 1982-12-27 | Grateful Dead

View NotesPatch Info:
SBD -> Cassette Master (shnid=81515) supplies:
Scarlet Begonias (0:00 - 0:13) (7:18 - 7:22)
Fire On The Mountain (3:11 - 8:21)

Notes:
-- First few notes of U.S. Blues missing
-- Thanks to Michael Kirschner for lending me his PCM tapes

SOURCE 2 OF 7

1:18:43

SBD

Rating:

5.33 / 3 ratings

Taper:

Cassettes provided by Joani Walker and Paul Scotton

Transferrer:

Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.set-2.sbd.miller.81515.sbeok.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550/Maxell XLIIS-90)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Tascam 122mkII) -> Apogee MiniMe (24bit/48k) -> Samplitude Professional v8.01 -> FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Thanks to Paul Scotton and Joani Walker for the Cassettes
-- The circulating 1st Set sbd sucks, so I didn't include it
-- First few notes of U.S. Blues missing

SOURCE 3 OF 7

2:11:48

SBD

Transferrer:

Bill Koucky and Chris Ladner

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.sbd.ladner.32134.sbeok.flac16

Source:

SBD > MC(?) > Cx > DAT > DAT from Dr. Bruce Fried

Lineage:

4/96 > Panasonic SV 3700 DAT> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC > WAV/FLAC > WAV (depopping/retracking, see below)> FLAC (level 5).

Taper Notes:

View NotesOriginal Seeder Notes:  This is a poor recording of an excellent but very rare show. I put this out
in hopes of finding an upgrade or possibly using it to make a matrix with my 1st gen sen 441 aud
that I have put up. It sounds like it could be a monitor mix at times not all of the instruments are
there and the crowd is silent in the tape. Very strange when compared to the aud and when
being in the audience myself. Tons of energy and power that just does come accross on this recording
Take it for what it's worth.  The Mix in general poor editing from cassette to DAT-dead air after Big River and Drums at flips Whitch leads me to belive that the master was a cassete, no reel to reel at the time anyway...HELP!!!  send comments to [email protected] Enjoy!!!

C.Ladner's remastering comments:
- there were multiple tiny little micropops throughout the show which I was able to sucessfully remove using Waves X-Crackle and Wavelab 5 without coloring the sound.
- dead space associated with tape splices removed using Wavelab 5.
- levels adjusted by + 1.7 dB and mastering using Waves L3 Multimaximizer > tracking into individual tracks  (previously Me and My Uncle > Big River and Scarlet > Fire were one long track) and FLAC encoding (level 5) using CDWAV 1.9.  No NR or selective frequency augmentation was used.
-I spliced in the first 8 seconds of the encore (US Blues) from 1st Gen Aud Cass Sen 441> Sony D5 FOB source.

This is easily the best SBD recording of this performance I have heard (having accumulated half a dozen different digital sources).

SOURCE 4 OF 7

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.147919.senn421.hecht.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Chris Hecht's Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 421 mics > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Bill Koucky and Chris Ladner for the shnid777463 (FOB) Sennheiser 441 source which supplies the end of "Let It Grow", the crowd and first 0:15 of "Scarlet Begonias" (3:31 total), as well as a 0:13 patch in "Space"
- Beginning of "US Blues" muffled
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2019

SOURCE 5 OF 7

2:17:46

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.147920.senn421.hecht.miller.clugston.flac2496

SOURCE 6 OF 7

Bill Koucky and Chris Ladner

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.senn441.koucky.ladner.77463.sbeok.flac16

Source:

FOB Sennheiser 441s > Sony D5 > Sony D5 (first gen CM)

Lineage:

Playback on Nakamich BX-100 > Panasonic SV 3700 DAT> Tascam CD-RW 700> EAC > WAV > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesOriginal seeder flaw notes:
Pauses between 1st set tunes quick pause before encore.

Remaster comments:
There is some minor hiss during the quietest portions of the show which I left as is - no NR.

SOURCE 7 OF 7

Bill Koucky and Chris Ladner and Chris Chappell

SHNID:

gd1982-12-27.mtx.sb18a.34705.sbeok.flac16