1966-09-16 | Grateful Dead

View NotesAudacity 1.3.3-beta was used to make WAV files.
ClickRepair 2.1.1 was used to remove clicks at its lowest settings (Declick 1, Wavelet method, Decrackle off).
Trader's Little Helper 1.1.1 was used to make level 6 FLAC files 

This is a new rip of the "semi-legal" bootleg LPs "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead", using high-quality analog equipment. I haven't listened to the other circulating versions, but this should be a substantial improvement assuming they were made with average analog equipment.

These recordings are commonly said to come from Avalon Ballroom 9-16-66 except the last two tracks, which I have seen attributed to The Matrix 11-29-66, though I haven't confirmed that myself. The sound quality of those two tracks is noticeably different. According to set lists for 9-16-66, tracks 06 and 07 were played between tracks 03 and 04, and track 05 was an encore. I have left the tracks in the LP order because crowd noise was inserted between the tracks of side one of Vintage Dead, so reordering the tracks would create an obvious break.

SOURCE 3 OF 6

1:09:13

SBD

Rating:

9.00 / 2 ratings

SHNID:

gd1966-09-16.vintagedead.25283.sbeok.shnf

Source:

SBD>MR>??>CDR

Taper Notes:

View NotesTwo semi-legal LPs of the show were released, "Vintage Dead," in October 1970, and 
"Historic Dead," in June 1971. It was later released in 1972 as "Pop History Volume 23," 
comprised of both albums. The albums were released on Sunflower Records, and were not 
official releases, but were tolerated by the band, so not all-out bootlegs.

SOURCE 4 OF 6

gd66-09-16.sbd.tzuriel.11503.sbeok.shnf

SOURCE 5 OF 6

Raoul Duke and Matt Vernon

SHNID:

gd66-09-16.sbd.vernon.9127.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard

Lineage:

SBD> MR> ??> CDR > EAC(secure) > DePopper (remove clicks) > CD Wave (retrack) > mkwACT > SHN (seekable)

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD> MR> ??> CDR; via Raoul Duke; Seeded to etree by Matt Vernon; Note- There are two shn sets listed for this show, one 'original' and one 'de-popped'.  ONLY 'de-popped' versions circulate for the last two tracks.

SOURCE 6 OF 6

38:48

Transferrer:

Matt Smith and Brian Flegel

SHNID:

gd1966-09-16.146098.vintage-dead.smith.flegel.flac1648

Source:

(Reel to Reel) 1970

Lineage:

transfered by Matt Smith on 3/28/19 to 9600 Hz Stereo, 24-bit Wave --tracked and downsampled to 4800 Hz Stereo, 16 bit, adjusted pitch by (-1) semitones on the first 4 tracks, and the last track by (+0.5) semitones. and increased volume of all tracks by 140%. All post work done by Brian Flegel 4/03/19--

Taper Notes:

View NotesFrom deaddisc.com:
Sunflower SUN-5001

LP release of live material from 1966. This was a legal release but was not released with the permission of the Grateful Dead. The album reached the Billboard 200 album chart.

Side 1

    I Know You Rider (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)
    It Hurts Me Too (James)
    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan)
    Dancin' In The Streets (Stevenson/Gaye/Hunter)

Side 2

    In The Midnight Hour (Cropper/Pickett)

Musicians

    Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
    Bob Weir - rhythm guitar
    Pigpen (Ron McKernan) - organ, vocals
    Bill Kreutzmann - drums
    Phil Lesh - bass

Credits

    Producer, engineer, notes - Robert Cohen
    Edit, remix - Richard Delvy
    Cover art - John Pierce, Mokelvey
    Back cover photos - Baron Wolman
    Poster design - Kelly / Mouse Studios
    Ripple Bottle by Gallo
    Thought to have been recorded on September 16 and 17, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco