1970-10-23 | Grateful Dead

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2,066 shows

17,452 tapes

Phil Lesh and Friends

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Animal Liberation Orchestra

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Bernie Worrell Orchestra

Blueground Undergrass

Circles Around The Sun

G. Love and Special Sauce

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

Hard Working Americans

Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Infamous Stringdusters

Jazz Mandolin Project

208 shows

258 tapes

Jeff Austin and Chris Castino

12 shows

14 tapes

Jeff Austin And Friends

Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons

692 shows

843 tapes

Jerry's Middle Finger

115 shows

129 tapes

Joe Russo Presents: Hooteroll? + Plus

1 show

2 tapes

Joe Russo's Almost Dead

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

New Riders of the Purple Sage

391 shows

571 tapes

North Mississippi Allstars

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

String Cheese Incident

1,247 shows

1,996 tapes

Surprise Me Mr. Davis

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

The California Honeydrops

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Yonder Mountain String Band

Grateful Dead

1970

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Golden Hall, Community Concorse

Springer's Inn Portland

Honolulu Civic Auditorium

Honolulu Civic Auditorium

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Austin Municipal Auditorium

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

3:35:20

4 tapes

3/07

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

Santa Monica, CA, USA

Travelodge Theatre in the Round

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

Field House, U. of Cincinnati

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Spring 1970

Foss Hill, Wesleyan University

Dupont Gymnasium M.I.T.

Farrell Hall, S.U.C.N.Y.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Merramac Community College

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Philadelphia, PA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Honolulu Civic Auditorium

Pauley Ballroom, U. of California

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

4:01:10

9 tapes

7/00

Festival Express Train

Winnipeg, Manatoba, Canada

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Golden Hall, Community Concorse

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

Early Show New York, NY, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Marion Shea Auditorium

McDonough Arena, Georgetown U.

Pritchard Gym, S.U.N.Y.

Pritchard Gym, S.U.N.Y.

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

Late Show Port Chester, NY, USA

46th Street Rock Palace

46th Street Rock Palace

Early Show New York, NY, USA

1:43:09

3 tapes

11/20

The Palestra, U. of Rochester

Sargent Gym, Boston U.

Santa Rosa Fairgrounds

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

1:47:49

4 tapes

10/23/70

Sources

SOURCE 1 OF 3

gd1970-10-23.aud.wolfson.motb-0004.85071.flac16

Source:

Audience by Cary Wolfson AUD > Sony TC-124 > MAC

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 > Grace Design Lunatec V3 > S/pdif > Marantz PMD671 > WAV

Taper Notes:

View NotesMastering Info:
Bias Peak Pro 5.2 / Audiofile Engineering Wave Editor 2.2 / Izotope Ozone 3.0 / xACT 1.59

SOURCE 2 OF 3

David Gans and Cary Wolfson

SHNID:

gd70-10-23.aud.wolfson.15080.sbefail.shnf

Source:

Audience

Lineage:

AUD > Sony TC-124 (MCass) > DAT > DAT > CDR > SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource: AUD-MCass>DAT>DAT>CDR
DAT speed-corrected by David Gans
Various glitches edited out by CW

posted to abgd 11/2002

SBE's on all tracks except d2t03

Cary Wolfson's notes:

My friend Norm Sartorius and I had seen the Dead for the first time at the Fillmore West in April 1970 after driving cross-country in (of course) a VW microbus. This was the run where Miles Davis opened for them. We came back to Baltimore (where I grew up) babbling to friends but we didn't have anything to play for them except Live Dead and, when it first came out, Workingman's Dead. Then we heard that they were coming to Georgetown U. After work on a Friday we loaded up whoever would fit into Norm's VW bus and took off for D.C. The place (a big, very hot gym) was packed when we got there. At the 4-12-70 show I was leaning against the stage (right in front of Pig), so there was no way were going to be in the back bleachers. Besides, I had this new Sony TC-124 tape deck. So we wormed our way up the aisle to the front. They were actually trying to keep a fire aisle open across the front. We bribed the security guy with a hit of mescaline and he let us in. We ended up maybe 15 feet back from the stage. I stood there the whole night with my hand in the air. The New Riders played and Garcia joined them. I taped this, too, but trust me, you don't want to hear it. The sound was awful.

There was a long break, during which people passed water jugs up to the stage and some of the crew would fill them up with water and pass them back -- it was so hot and crowded. Finally, they got everything set up. The announcer says, "Once again, the Grateful Dead," which led one writer to speculate that maybe there was more to this show, but he was just referring to the Riders set with Jerry. It's a short show, but Wow! BTW, the guy making the most noise on the tape is NOT me, but this goofy guy who'd been on the California trip with us. Still, you can hear me say at one point, sarcastically, "You think they've got it on tonight?" and this guy respond, equally jokingly, "Maybe half-lit." Hey, we were all well-dosed and enjoying a Grateful Dead concert the way it was supposed to be.

As far as taping went, I really didn't know what the hell I was doing. This was way before Maxell XL-IIs came in vogue and I was using one no-name "assembled in Mexico" cassette and one Mallory Duratape (taping over the first Hot Tuna album). The TC-124 didn't have a pause button and, like other tapers of that era, I hit the stop button a lot between songs to save tape. In spite of that, this still sounds pretty damn good, even 32 years later. Supposedly there was a radio broadcast, but no copy of it has ever materialized.

SOURCE 3 OF 3

gd1970-10-23.aud-wolfson.sketchy-bontempo.12227.shnf

Source:

Sony TC124 with a 1 point stereo mic 15 feet back from stage

Lineage:

MC > C > DAT > ??? > CD > EAC > shn

Taper Notes:

View NotesThis is my best guess at the lineage and the source.  NRPS played before the Grateful Dead, but you put the shows in whatever order you wish to.

There is some question as to whether the Me & My Uncle was played before or after the Good Lovin'.  Based on the information from www.deadlists.com, I placed it after.  You can choose to do whatever you wish with it.  In addition, you'll note that this is far less than two disks worth of material.  If anyone has any more of the NRPS show, I'd recommend adding to the rest of the NRPS material and sending me a copy as well.