9/9/72 Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Part of the "Debbie stash"
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the fresh DSD transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Bruce Harvie and Rob Bertrando for the Sony ECM-22P source which supplies some crowd and beginning of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:36 total), as well as a 0:44 patch in the beginning of "Stella Blue"
- Alternate soundboard source supplies an additional 0:22 patch in "China Cat Sunflower", as well as a 0:39 patch in "Truckin'"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

3:34:51

SBD

Taper:

Debbie Stash and Will Boswell

Transferrer:

Matt Smith, Scott Clusgston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1972-09-09.149457.sbd.boswell.smith.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Master Soundboard Cassettes (Uher deck) > Will Boswell's 1st generation reels @3.75 ips

Lineage:

1st generation reels (Technics 1506) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Part of the "Debbie stash"
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the fresh DSD transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Bruce Harvie and Rob Bertrando for the Sony ECM-22P source which supplies some crowd and beginning of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:36 total), as well as a 0:44 patch in the beginning of "Stella Blue"
- Alternate soundboard source supplies an additional 0:22 patch in "China Cat Sunflower", as well as a 0:39 patch in "Truckin'"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

gd1972-09-09.sbd.miller.105458.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD

Lineage:

CD -> Cool Edit Pro v1.5 -> Samplitude Professional v10.22 -> FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- All disc changes are seamless
-- This is a re-master of shnid=14086
-- The pitch is not perfect but is a lot better
-- Dozens of flaws cleaned up - some may still remain
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction

3:32:37

SBD

Transferrer:

Matt Smith and Will Boswell

SHNID:

gd1972-09-09.133002.sbd.boswell-smith.flac24

Source:

Recording Info: MC (Uher deck) > Will Boswell's reel @3.75 ips reel; Transfer Info: Technics 1506 > WAV (24bit/96k) > Apogee Mini Me 24/96 > Apogee Mini DAC monitoring and mastering > FLAC; Mastered By Matt Smith April, 2015

Taper Notes:

View NotesMatt's Comments:
Special thanks to Adam Aegart for the Technics RS1506.

Notes:
Brief cut at beginning of Stella Blue
Brief cut at 10:20 in Truckin'

3:32:37

SBD

Transferrer:

Matt Smith and Will Boswell

SHNID:

gd1972-09-09.133001.sbd.boswell-smith.flac16

Source:

Recording Info: MC (Uher deck) > Will Boswell's reel @3.75 ips reel; Transfer Info: Technics 1506 > WAV (24bit/96k) > Apogee Mini Me 24/96 > Apogee Mini DAC monitoring and mastering > FLAC; Mastered By Matt Smith, April 2015

Taper Notes:

View NotesMatt's Comments:
Special thanks to Adam Aegart for the Technics RS1506.

Notes:
Brief cut at beginning of Stella Blue
Brief cut at 10:20 in Truckin'

Hunter Seamons and Rob Bertrando

SHNID:

gd1972-09-09.mtx.seamons.bertrando.103311.flac16

Source:

Matrix mix (SBD/AUD)

Taper Notes:

View Notes*Matrix* 

----------------------------------------------------
SBD (shnid=14086):

Sbd: MR>DAT>CDR>SHN

Audio discs provided by Dyer O' Connor
eac>mkw>shn by popi n. feeldz

[Probably not MR>DAT]
[Momentary cuts in Tennessee Jed and Truckin']

----------------------------------------------------
AUD (shnid=32036):

mac > cass (u/k gen) > wav > flac > wav > flac
transfer: nak dr3 > audacity > cdwav

[Updated lineage: Bruce Harvie recorded the AUD:
Sony ECM 22P's > Sony 770 reel > reel > DAT > ?]

SIRMick
January 2006 

[First remaster by Zeb, 12-9-05]
[Missing Stella Blue and OMSN]
[Momentary cut in Truckin' and at the beginning of China Cat]

---------------------------------------------------
Thank you to Dyer O' Connor and popi n. feeldz for the SBD transfer,
to Bruce Harvey for recording the show,
and to Zeb and SIRMick for the AUD transfer.

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro
Pitch correction, normalization, and EQ work by Rob Bertrando

Notes:

1) These were not the most ideal sources in terms of quality, but putting them together has resulted in a significant improvement, and Rob Bertrando has done some sonic wizardry on the matrix to make it sound even better.

gd72-09-09.sbd.popi.14086.sbeok.shnf

View NotesSbd: MR>DAT>CDR>SHN

Audio discs provided by Dyer O' Connor
eac>mkw>shn by popi n. feeldz

Rob Berger, Rob Bertrando, Michael Johan

SHNID:

gd1972-09-09.131690.harvie-betrando-berger-johan.flac24

Source:

updated source info: aud 1st gen reel; Rob Bertrando's copy (via Michael Johan);

Lineage:

MAR > R; sony ecm 22p's > sony tc-770; taped by Bruce Harvie; transfer: tdk 1800-sd 7" reel @ 3.75 ips, dolby b: technics rs-1506 > teac an-180 > benchmark adc1 24/96 > tascam hd-p2, adobe audition cs6 > cd wave > flac; transfer & seeded by Rob Berger

Taper Notes:

View Notesthanks to Rob Bertrando for sharing his
copy of this nice aud and for his always
helpful audiophile tips.

gd1972-09-09.aud.131474.berger.flac24

Source:

lineage: MAR > R > R > R; master taped by Bruce Harvie; sony ecm 22p's > sony tc-770;

Lineage:

maxell ud-35-90 7" reel @ 3.75 ips, dolby b: technics rs-1506 > teac an-180 > benchmark adc1 24/96 > tascam hd-p2, adobe audition cs6 > cd wave > flac; transfer & seeded by Rob Berger 2014

Taper Notes:

View Notesnotes: 
no cassette gen in lineage,
no flip/cut in Truckin'
partial Stella Blue included,
One More Saturday Night included

gd1972-09-09.aud.sirmick.32036.flac16

Source:

mac > cass (u/k gen) > wav > flac > wav > flac

Lineage:

nak dr3 > audacity > cdwav

Taper Notes:

View NotesSecond source: sbd: mr> dat > cdr > shn > wav > flac


notes:

- as Zeb mentions in his notes below, there was some distortion.  I have reduced or removed it with some degree of success.  The result is very pleasing.
- I have patched Playin' at approx 0:08 (for approximately 1.5 seconds) and Truckin at 12:36 (for approximately 5 seconds) with the sbd source
- I have repaired a considerable number of small drop-outs and partial drop-outs.
- I have cleaned up the transitions and cross-faded, I also added back the sections that Zeb had faded out, just a personal preference!
- I decided to include Stella Blue and Saturday Night, from the sbd source, so that the show is complete.  Before doing so, I eq'd these tracks so that the sound was more in keeping with the rest of show.  I also eq'd the patch in Truckin'
- remastering was done with iZotope Ozone and Waves.  Hiss reduction with Steinberg Clean
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zeb's notes 10-20-05:

I downloaded this show from the Lossless Legs site (www.shnflac.net) a few months ago...when I gave it a first listen for sonic quality, I found that it was pitched too slow...so, after testing it numerous times to get the sound right (I don't claim to have perfect pitch, and I'm not a musician - but I have been listening to the Dead for nearly 25 years and feel I have a decent ear for their voices), I did the following:
- I merged the wavs for disc 1 into a big file using WavMerge, and corrected the pitch (to my ears) using GoldWave, then I did the same for discs 2 & 3...
Each of the 3 big files needed to be pitched up 1 semitone, and then they needed these additional tweaks (GoldWave calls it fine-tuning): disc 1 by -1 cent, disc 2 by -2 cents, and disc 3 by +8 cents...additional tweaks were made per the recommendation of a musician friend of mine (thanks Dr. Dave!), who knew upon first listen that a song wasn't pitched correctly by the song's key (guitar sounded sharp, piano notes were flat, etc.) - those adjustments were for d1t02,03 & 08 all of which needed a +1 cent speed change........now it's about as good as it's gonna get!

I added fades at the end of the 3 discs (after Deal, He's Gone and Sugar Magnolia), and needed to do some pitch correction to the lion's share of Playin' (there was a cut)...the same was true of Truckin', where the tape flip occurred...

I left the reel pauses intact, and located my track splits so that the reel pauses were at the beginning of the tracks - that seemed to be the most logical place for them...

I gotta say - this show is great!  The crowd enthusiastically claps along with the beat during several numbers, and it spurs the Dead on to great heights of ensemble playing!

This is indeed an awesome recording, especially for 1972 - it does need some work, though...many times, the microphone(s?) and tape deck just couldn't handle the sheer intensity and volume of what was being played, and so there is some distortion present...but it doesn't diminish the enjoyment I get from listening to this wonderful slice of history!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

SIRMick
January 2006

gd72-09-09.aud.pitch-corrected.zeb.31949.sbeok.flacf

Taper Notes:

View NotesNo editing was done to the recording except for the tape flip in "Truckin'". All reel pauses have been left intact.

This is a clean sounding low-generation tape and was a rare one back in the tape trading days (remember those?). I decided to transfer it for myself since this recording has not made it into the digital realm. Hopefully the master reel will surface as this is a great audience recording Â especially for 1972.

COMMENT:

What a difference an audience tape can make! This show really comes to life Â listen to the band and the audience interact Â a crucial dynamic missing from the soundboard counterpart.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Zeb's notes 10-20-05:

I downloaded this show from the Lossless Legs site (www.shnflac.net) a few months ago...when I gave it a first listen for sonic quality, I found that it was pitched too slow...so, after testing it numerous times to get the sound right (I don't claim to have perfect pitch, and I'm not a musician - but I have been listening to the Dead for nearly 25 years and feel I have a decent ear for their voices), I did the following:
- I merged the wavs for disc 1 into a big file using WavMerge, and corrected the pitch (to my ears) using GoldWave, then I did the same for discs 2 & 3...
Each of the 3 big files needed to be pitched up 1 semitone, and then they needed these additional tweaks (GoldWave calls it fine-tuning): disc 1 by -1 cent, disc 2 by -2 cents, and disc 3 by +8 cents...additional tweaks were made per the recommendation of a musician friend of mine (thanks Dr. Dave!), who knew upon first listen that a song wasn't pitched correctly by the song's key (guitar sounded sharp, piano notes were flat, etc.) - those adjustments were for d1t02,03 & 08 all of which needed a +1 cent speed change........now it's about as good as it's gonna get!

I added fades at the end of the 3 discs (after Deal, He's Gone and Sugar Magnolia), and needed to do some pitch correction to the lion's share of Playin' (there was a cut)...the same was true of Truckin', where the tape flip occurred...

I left the reel pauses intact, and located my track splits so that the reel pauses were at the beginning of the tracks - that seemed to be the most logical place for them...

I gotta say - this show is great!  The crowd enthusiastically claps along with the beat during several numbers, and it spurs the Dead on to great heights of ensemble playing!

This is indeed an awesome recording, especially for 1972 - it does need some work, though...many times, the microphone(s?) and tape deck just couldn't handle the sheer intensity and volume of what was being played, and so there is some distortion present...but it doesn't diminish the enjoyment I get from listening to this wonderful slice of history!

My copy of The Deadhead's Taping Compendium Vol. I doesn't even list this show, so this recording must not circulate much - I did find the SBD of it on The Live Music Archive, however, and grabbed it before it was too late! (see below)

***UPDATE*** - as of 11-23-05, all GD SBDs have been removed from the Live Music Archive, per the GD's request :-(
***UPDATE 2*** - the GD SBDs are once again available on The Live Music Archive, but only as streaming mp3s (no longer downloadable)

so, I offer this excellent *uncirculated speed-corrected version* of this Grateful Dead show, sonic warts and all, for everyone to enjoy!  If anyone would like to spend the time to clean it up a bit, that would be more than appreciated!

Zeb  12-9-05

View NotesNo editing was done to the recording except for the tape flip in "Truckin'". All reel pauses have been left intact.

This is a clean sounding low-generation tape and was a rare one back in the tape trading days (remember those?). I decided to transfer it for myself since this recording has not made it into the digital realm. Hopefully the master reel will surface as this is a great audience recording  especially for 1972.  

Missing: Stella Blue, One More Saturday Night

What a difference an audience tape can make! This show really comes to life  listen to the band and the audience interact, a crucial dynamic missing from the soundboard counterpart.