Bertha | 1973-07-28 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Eaton for both the master reel source and transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- All of the 1st set and most of the 2nd set has been pitch corrected. The 1st set was a mess. As I understand it, the deck was inadvertantly on battery power and it wasn't until after "Here Comes Sunshine" that someone realized that the deck was not plugged in. Consequently, there were serious speed issues, culminating in the "chipmunks on speed" version of "Here Comes Sunshine". What made things even more difficult was the fact that the speed issues were non-linear, requiring the pitch to be adjusted in as little as 0:10 increments, with the speed being both slow, then fast, in a matter of seconds. Just to give an idea of the severity, the raw transfer of "Here Comes Sunshine" (HCS Raw) has been included in this torrent for your listening pleasure.
- Sadly, this copy also exhibits a "static" like scratching noise in parts of "He's Gone" and "Truckin'", which has been minimized as best as possible
- Thanks to audiohead22 for his help with the pitch corrections, as well as the "static" like scratching noise present at the end of "He's Gone" and the beginning of "Truckin'"
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid135381 Sony ECM22p source which supplies the "Intro" and first few notes of "Bertha" (0:43 total), as well as a 0:26 patch in "Eyes Of The World" 
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid123407 Candelario source which supplies a 0:24 patch in "Loose Lucy", a 0:27 patch in "Truckin'", as well as a 1:17 patch in "I Know You Rider"
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid14196 source for the FM source which supplies a 0:19 patch in "Here Comes Sunshine" where the speed issues could not be corrected, as well as the tuning and first 0:19 of "Looks Like Rain" (0:32 total)
- Multiple sources were used for patching due to the varying sound qualities/wind noise present on each version, at any given time
- There's a tape flip in "Playin' In The Band" that has been smoothed and not patched. Available patch sources didn't lend themselves as patch material,so it was left alone. It is virtually transparent
- Mix issues during "Bertha"
- Levels were smoothed 

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 9, 2018

SOURCE 2 OF 15

3:21:44

SBD

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.141306.sbd.eaton.miller.clugston.flac1644

Source:

Recording Info: SBD > Master Reels > .wav 24-bit/96k (Master Reels transferred by Rob Eaton); Mastering Info: .wav 24-bit/96k > Adobe Audition 3.0 24/96 > TLH > flac2496; 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Eaton for both the master reel source and transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- All of the 1st set and most of the 2nd set has been pitch corrected. The 1st set was a mess. As I understand it, the deck was inadvertantly on battery power and it wasn't until after "Here Comes Sunshine" that someone realized that the deck was not plugged in. Consequently, there were serious speed issues, culminating in the "chipmunks on speed" version of "Here Comes Sunshine". What made things even more difficult was the fact that the speed issues were non-linear, requiring the pitch to be adjusted in as little as 0:10 increments, with the speed being both slow, then fast, in a matter of seconds. Just to give an idea of the severity, the raw transfer of "Here Comes Sunshine" (HCS Raw) has been included in this torrent for your listening pleasure.
- Sadly, this copy also exhibits a "static" like scratching noise in parts of "He's Gone" and "Truckin'", which has been minimized as best as possible
- Thanks to audiohead22 for his help with the pitch corrections, as well as the "static" like scratching noise present at the end of "He's Gone" and the beginning of "Truckin'"
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid135381 Sony ECM22p source which supplies the "Intro" and first few notes of "Bertha" (0:43 total), as well as a 0:26 patch in "Eyes Of The World" 
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid123407 Candelario source which supplies a 0:24 patch in "Loose Lucy", a 0:27 patch in "Truckin'", as well as a 1:17 patch in "I Know You Rider"
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid14196 source for the FM source which supplies a 0:19 patch in "Here Comes Sunshine" where the speed issues could not be corrected, as well as the tuning and first 0:19 of "Looks Like Rain" (0:32 total)
- Multiple sources were used for patching due to the varying sound qualities/wind noise present on each version, at any given time
- There's a tape flip in "Playin' In The Band" that has been smoothed and not patched. Available patch sources didn't lend themselves as patch material,so it was left alone. It is virtually transparent
- Mix issues during "Bertha"
- Levels were smoothed 

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 9, 2018

SOURCE 3 OF 15

4:40:58

SBD

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.150454.SBD-AUD.composite.t-flac16

Source:

Soundboard Aud Composite

Taper Notes:

View Notes- #1 source supplies both 1st & 2nd sets including the encore.
- #1 source was not modified in any way.
- #2 source (remastered) supplies the Summer Jam Finale; tracks s3t01 - s3t08
- #3 source (remastered & pitch corrected) supplies s3t09 - s3t11
- Summer Jam bill was; GD opened, followed by The Band, and the Allman Brothers headlined
- Summer Jam Finale is w/ members of The Band, Allman Brothers & the Grateful Dead

SOURCE 4 OF 15

gd1973-07-28.136693.sbd.sirmick.flac16

Source:

Source: Soundboard > Master-Reel > Reel (1st gen) > DAT (48k)

Taper Notes:

View Notes- This version has been provided by an anonymous source.
- The speed of some tracks in Set I were all over the place, in parts they were as much as 30% too fast.  The Start of "Looks Like Rain" was so mangled I have put in a 17.5 second patch using Matt Smith's transfer of Will Boswell's copy of Jerry's master aud.  I edited it a little so that it is a better fit.
- The whole of Set I and the first two tracks of Set II have been speed adjusted by reference to Matt Smith's transfer.
- A number of level adjustments have been made.
- Cuts in "Playing In The Band", "Loose Lucy","Truckin'", "I Know You Rider" and "Eyes Of he World" have been smoothed, as far as possible, with crossfades.
- There is some static like noise during parts of "He's Gone" and "Truckin'" 
- All files are tagged.


Comments:

- NFA, Mountain Jam and Johnny B. Goode with the Allman Brothers and the Band. This show remains the largest rock concert in history.
- As you can see from the above this is far from perfect but when it's good, it's very good and you do get 5 tracks that have not previously circulated in soundboard quality.



edited and mastered
SIRMick
February 2014

SOURCE 5 OF 15

gd73-07-28.sbd.weiner.14196.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard with audience patches

Lineage:

Soundboard Master Reel>DAT>CD>SHN , with FM, AUD, and other-source SBD patches.

Taper Notes:

View NotesSoundboard Master Reel>DAT>CD>SHN, with FM, AUD, and other-source SBD patches. 

Fits to two .shn discs by placing d1 & d4 .shns on one 80 min. disc, d2 & d3 .shns on another.

SOURCE 6 OF 15

gd1973-07-28.sbd.weiner.181.shnf

SOURCE 7 OF 15

Gerry Moskal & Brian Mandel

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.152006.moskal-mandel.sonyecm.flac24

Source:

Sony Stereo ECM ->SONY TCD126 Location: **

Lineage:

Transfer: Gerry Moskal Master Cassette Transfer->RR ->Cassette Transfer/editing//flac Conversion Brian Mandel [email protected] Cassette Transfer Nakamichi BX300->Sony PCM-10 24bit 44.1 Wave ->CDWave ->TLH ->flac24

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
* Special Thanks to Gerry for Taping this and sharing his masters with me, these were transferd from Gerry's Reel's in the Mid 1980's.

**
From Gerry

"They had tower set out in the field with delays so that it all sounded okay. Pretty neat PA, I can't recall anyone doing that. Well anyway it made taping easy. I was able to stand in fornt of the first set of towers, about 200-300 ft from the stage and I stood about 20 feet in front of that pa setup, so I had pretty clear sound. I recorded everything on a tc-126 with the 2-point stereo micrphone."

SOURCE 8 OF 15

Gerry Moskal & Brian Mandel

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.152004.SonyStereo.ECM.Moskal.t.flac24

Source:

Sony Stereo ECM ->SONY TCD126 Location: **

Lineage:

Transfer: Gerry Moskal Master Cassette Transfer->RR ->Cassette Circa (1984) 3-04-21 Transfer/editing//flac Conversion Brian Mandel [email protected] Cassette Transfer Nakamichi BX300->Sony PCM-10 24bit 44.1 Wave ->CDWave ->TLH ->flac24

Taper Notes:

View NotesKnown Flaws:
cut in on  /Loose Lucy
cut out on Sing Me Back Home/

Notes:
* Special Thanks to Gerry for Taping this and sharing his masters with me, these were transferd from Gerry's Reel's in the Mid 1980's.

**
From Gerry

"They had tower set out in the field with delays so that it all sounded okay. Pretty neat PA, I can't recall anyone doing that. Well anyway it made taping easy. I was able to stand in front of the first set of towers, about 200-300 ft from the stage and I stood about 20 feet in front of that pa setup, so I had pretty clear sound. I recorded everything on a tc-126 with the 2-point stereo micrphone."

SOURCE 9 OF 15

gd1973-07-28.135585.aud.cooper.berger.flac16

Source:

source: aud cassette master; taped by Jim Cooper; sony ecm22p’s > hitachi trq-232;

Lineage:

nakamichi dragon > benchmark ADC1 24/96 > tascam HD-P2, compact flash > mac > adobe audition > fission 16/44.1 > xACT flac; transferred and seeded by Rob Berger

Taper Notes:

View Notesnotes: Grateful Dead played first, then the Band,
followed by The Allman Brothers then the jam finale

** patched from Jerry Moore’s master, akg d1000e>sony tc-110, mono

SOURCE 10 OF 15

gd1973-07-28.135584.aud.cooper.berger.flac24

Source:

source: aud cassette master; taped by Jim Cooper; sony ecm22p’s > hitachi trq-232;

Lineage:

nakamichi dragon > benchmark ADC1 24/96 > tascam HD-P2, compact flash > mac > adobe audition > fission > xACT flac; transferred and seeded by Rob Berger

Taper Notes:

View Notesnotes: Grateful Dead played first, then the Band,
followed by The Allman Brothers then the jam finale

** patched from Jerry Moore’s master, akg d1000e>sony tc-110, mono

SOURCE 11 OF 15

Will Boswell, Matt Smith, Noah Weiner

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.aud.weiner.106794.flac16

Source:

AudMR > Reel(3 3/4ips) > DVD(WAV 24/96) > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesReel dubbed in 1979 by Will Boswell from Jerry Garcia's personal collection. Original recording made by the sound crew at the soundboard.  It is assumed that the 1979 dub came direct off of the master. This is the same master recording that is heard on shnid=6019, but casts that lineage into question as this transfer is a clear upgrade.

While you may find this to be one of the very best sounding 1973 audience recordings you have encountered, please note the persistence of wind noise here and there throughout the show. Ambient most of the time, mildly distracting only occasionally, and intrusive only a handful of times, the wind element in no way overshadows the brilliance of the recording, but bears mentioning, none-the-less.

d1t01 from Jerry Moore master
d1t02 first 1:23 from Jerry Moore master. 01:23-02:21 no right channel (left channel mixed mono).
d2t01 16:35 - 16:50 master reel flip patched from Jerry Moore master
d2t04 10:12 - 10:38 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master
d3t02 04:03 - 04:28 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master
d3t04 19:23 - 19:58 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master

SOURCE 12 OF 15

Will Boswell, Matt Smith, Noah Weiner

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.aud.weiner.106793.flac24

Source:

AudMR > Reel(3 3/4ips) > DVD(WAV 24/96) > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesReel dubbed in 1979 by Will Boswell from Jerry Garcia's personal collection. Original recording made by the sound crew at the soundboard.  It is assumed that the 1979 dub came direct off of the master. This is the same master recording that is heard on shnid=6019, but casts that lineage into question as this transfer is a clear upgrade.

While you may find this to be one of the very best sounding 1973
audience recordings you have encountered, please note the persistence of wind
noise here and there throughout the show. Ambient most of the time, mildly
distracting only occasionally, and intrusive only a handful of times, the
wind element in no way overshadows the brilliance of the recording, but
bears mentioning, none-the-less.

Notes:
d1t01 from Jerry Moore master
d1t02 first 1:23 from Jerry Moore master. 01:23-02:21 no right channel (left channel mixed mono).
d2t01 16:35 - 16:50 master reel flip patched from Jerry Moore master
d2t04 10:12 - 10:38 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master
d3t02 04:03 - 04:28 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master
d3t04 19:23 - 19:58 master reel flip patched from Jeff Siniawsky master

SOURCE 13 OF 15

gd1973-07-28.akgd1000e.moore.berger.100612.flac16

Source:

akg d1000e>sony tc-110, tdk c-120sd cassettes, no nr

Lineage:

nak dragon>hd-p2 24/48>hd>cd wave>adobe 2.0 16/44>flac

Taper Notes:

View Notesnotes: @ glitches during brown eyed, mexicali

SOURCE 14 OF 15

Jeffrey Siniawsky, Joel Smith

SHNID:

gd73-07-28.siniawsky-smith.weiner-gdADT11.11474.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Audience Recording: Uher mic

Lineage:

Uher mic > Uher 4000 Report L 5in reels > MacIntosh pre-amp > TEAC 1230 7in reel

Taper Notes:

View NotesUher mic > Uher 4000 Report L 5" reels > MacIntosh pre-amp > TEAC 1230 7" reel; via Jeffrey Siniawsky and Joel Smith; Seeded to etree by Noah Weiner. [Note: Circulates with 7/27 Soundcheck which has a separate entry]

SOURCE 15 OF 15

Bob Menke and Derek McCabe

SHNID:

gd1973-07-28.141310.aud.motb.0233.flac1644

Source:

Analog Audience Source: Sony ECM 270 mic > Sony TC 110 deck; Medium Stock Brands: TDK C120SD; Analog Sound Preservation: MAC > Nak DR-1 > Korg MR-2 2.8mhz > AudioGate 2496 WAV; Recorded by: Louis Falanga; Transferred by: Bob Menke; Mastering by: Derek McCabe