1978-10-20 | Grateful Dead

View NotesTagging notes:
Show information is embedded within the header of each flac file. 
It will display on any player capable of directly playing flac files. 
If converted to wav during processing, all tags will be stripped, 
however audio data will remain unaffected. 
If you must transcode to a lossy format, do so directly Flac > Lossy.
Use ffp to validate audio integrity.
Md5 values will change if tagging is altered.
Dave Usborne 04-14-2016

SOURCE 2 OF 13

2:47:06

SBD

gd1978-10-20.sbd.miller.92542.sbeok.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Cassette Master (Maxell UDXL-I) -> PCM (Analog Out) -> DSony R500 (A>D Only) -> Peak -> AIFF D

Lineage:

AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v10.1 -> FLAC (3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

Taper Notes:

View Notes-- Set 2 is seamless
-- Patch material supplied by Pat Lee and transferred by Matt Smith
-- Patch was recorded by Reinhart Holwein on a Sony TC-158 cassette deck

SOURCE 3 OF 13

2:42:38

SBD

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.sbd.nugs.21245.sbeok.flac16

Source:

SBD>Master Reel>Cassette>DAT>WAV

Taper Notes:

View NotesDespite some minor flaws, this is the best representation of what went
down at Winterland in October of 1978 (short of an official Vault
release which we can only hope for). All five shows come from
soundboard sources of varying degrees of quality. Some sets are
spliced together from various sources, with an audience patch at the
end of 10/21/78 Stella Blue. There are some cuts due to cassette
flips.

Special thanks to dug for the sources.

SOURCE 4 OF 13

gd78-10-20.sbd.lai.4159.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD; transferred and seeded to etree by Mike Lai, from Bruce Fried DAT

SOURCE 5 OF 13

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net October 24, 2020Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.150755.s1.s2p.akg-c12a.miller.flac16

Source:

AKG C12A > Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550) > Cassette (Nakamichi 1000/Maxell UDXLI)

Lineage:

Cassette (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Sound Forge Pro 13 (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2020 > Samplitude Pro X5 Suite > FLAC/24

Taper Notes:

View NotesPatch Info:
Sony ECM-270 > Cassette Master (shnid=148357) supplies:
Franklin's Tower (8:20 - end of track)



Notes:
-- Thanks to Dennis Koda for the cassette
-- Thanks to Mark Severson and Scott Clugston for the patch source
-- This file set is 16 bit @ 44.1

SOURCE 6 OF 13

gd1978-10-20.150752.akg24.koda.miller.flac2496

Source:

AKG C12A > Cassette Master (Nakamichi 550) > Cassette (Nakamichi 1000/Maxell UDXLI)

Lineage:

Cassette (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Sound Forge Pro 13 (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2020 > Samplitude Pro X5 Suite > FLAC/24

Taper Notes:

View NotesPatch Info:
Sony ECM-270 > Cassette Master (shnid=148357) supplies:
Franklin's Tower (8:20 - end of track)

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
October 24, 2020

Notes:
-- Thanks to Dennis Koda for the cassette
-- Thanks to Mark Severson and Scott Clugston for the patch source

SOURCE 7 OF 13

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.148356.1p.2.sony.ecm270.severson.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Mark Severson's Master Audience Cassettes; Sony ECM-270 mics > Sony TC-158SD > 1st generation cassettes

Lineage:

1st generation cassettes (Nakamichi CR7-A)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Mark Severson for the 1st generation cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the MOTB folks for the shnid100700 (FOB) AKG S224E source which supplies the first 0:12 of "Mississippi Half-Step"
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the shnid92542 soundboard source which supplies a 0:06 patch in "Drums"
- NFA space included in "Not Fade Away"
- Pitch corrected
- Unfortunately, Mark's masters of both the Egypt and Winterland run of shows were stolen. This is Mark's "car copy" he made which comprises highlights from the 1st set and the 2nd set in its entirety

Mastered by Scott Clugston
November 2019

SOURCE 8 OF 13

gd1978-10-20.166111.aud.remaster.acetboy.flac1644

Source:

2 x AKG D224e => Sony TC-158 >> MAC

Lineage:

MOTB Release: 0021 24/96

Taper Notes:

View NotesThis is a remaster of shn #100700.

There are small patch's in FT and NFA from the soundboard not mentioned in the original notes.
I have smoothed them out and disguised them a bit more here.

Thanks to the taper and the MOTB people and all who bring this stuff to share.
All of the work I do is in ocenaudio and Harrison Mixbus.
Everything I do is basically about levels.  Keeping them the same in both channels
throughout the frequency range.  When I speak of levels I mean RMS levels.  Average levels.
I also tighten up phase issues when needed. Clear up any gaps that may be found.
If original files are high res, I have done most of the work at the higher sample frequency
and bit depths.  Then towards the end I've converted to 44.1 16 bit.

About the screen grabs:

One can not see everything I do in these images but it shows something about
how the audio has changed between before and after.

If I'm working from high res files the before FFT and Spectral images look
quite a bit different inherently.  But you can still see how they differ otherwise.

acetboy 2023-10-20

SOURCE 9 OF 13

2:42:38

Taper:

Mike Martin and Mark Bunton

Transferrer:

Mike Martin

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.sonyecm280.martin-bunton.102073.flac24

Source:

Two Sony ecm-280 microphones (shoulder high) > Teac PC-10 w/ Dolby > TDK SA-C90 tape

Lineage:

Nakamichi CR3A w/ Dolby > Audigy 4 Pro @ 24/44.1 > Editing with NERO > Tracked With CD Wave

Taper Notes:

View NotesThe tape was flipped during Franklins Tower (disc 2 track 2 at 6:51).
The tape was again flipped in the Space > Not Fade Away transition (disc 3 track 4 at 0:12).
These breaks were spliced together with NERO wave editor.
NERO was also used to make volume adjustments and to surgically remove distracting ôclapsö one at a time.
As a note, the Sony ecm-280 cardiod microphone specification page describes the frequency response as 30 to 18KHz.
No Eq or Noise reduction used.
There is a slight fluttering noise in the master cassettes during the quieter sections.
Thanks to John Musgrave for the use of his recording equipment.
Mike Martin July 2009

SOURCE 10 OF 13

Mike Martin;Mark Bunton;Chuck

Transferrer:

Mike Martin

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.sonyecm280.martin-bunton.102072.flac16

Source:

Recorded by: Mike Martin and Mark Bunton with Chuck helping out. Our location was on the floor under the mirrored ball about 20-25 feet from the stage dead center. Equipment: 2 Sony ecm-280 microphones (shoulder high) > Teac PC-10 w/ Dolby > TDK SA-C90 tape.

Lineage:

Nakamichi CR3A w/ Dolby > Audigy 4 Pro @ 24/44.1 > Editing with NERO > Tracked With CD Wave > Dithered to 16 bit with Audacity > Flac (level 8)

Taper Notes:

View NotesThe tape was flipped during Franklins Tower (disc 2 track 2 at 6:51).
The tape was again flipped in the Space > Not Fade Away transition (disc 3 track 4 at 0:12).
These breaks were spliced together with NERO wave editor.
NERO wave editor was also used to make volume adjustments and to surgically remove distracting claps one at a time.
Finally Audacity was used to dither the files to 16 bit and then the FLAC conversion was performed at level 8.
As a note, the Sony ecm-280 cardiod microphone specification page describes the frequency response as 30 to 18KHz.
No Eq or Noise reduction used.
There is a slight fluttering noise in the master cassettes during the quieter sections.
Thanks to John Musgrave for the use of his recording equipment.
Thanks to Bill Fridl for the permission to use his nice photos from these shows
Mike Martin September 2009

SOURCE 11 OF 13

Bob Menke and Derek McCabe

SHNID:

gd1978-10-20.fob.akgd224e.holwein.motb.100700.flac24

Source:

2 x AKG D224e => Sony TC-158 >> MAC

Lineage:

MAC >> Nakamichi CR-7a => Korg MR-1000 DSF >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]