My Brother Esau | 1983-06-20 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the AKG D330BT Sennheiser 421 blend source which supplies the crowd and first notes of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:16 total), as well as the end of the Jam out of "Truckin'" and "Drums" (8:23 total)
- Pitch Corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2022

SOURCE 2 OF 13

2:48:43

Taper:

Jim Vita

Transferrer:

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1983-06-20.163431.senn421.vita.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Jim Vita's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 421 mics (18th row, center) > Sony D5M (Maxell XLII-S)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A)> Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k .wav) > Adobe Audition CC 2022 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the AKG D330BT Sennheiser 421 blend source which supplies the crowd and first notes of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:16 total), as well as the end of the Jam out of "Truckin'" and "Drums" (8:23 total)
- Pitch Corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2022

SOURCE 3 OF 13

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1983-06-20.148016.fob.akg.d330bt.senn421.hecht.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Chris Hecht's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; (2) AKG D330BT mics + (1) Sennheiser 421 > Fostex Mixer > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to David Minor and Matt Vernon for the shnid83762 Sony 939LT source which supplies the crowd and first notes of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:25 total), as well as a 0:53 patch in the pre-drums "Jam"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2019

SOURCE 4 OF 13

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1983-06-20.148015.fob.akg.d330bt.senn421.hecht.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Chris Hecht's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; (2) AKG D330BT mics + (1) Sennheiser 421 > Fostex Mixer > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Chris Hecht for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to David Minor and Matt Vernon for the shnid83762 Sony 939LT source which supplies the crowd and first notes of "China Cat Sunflower" (0:25 total), as well as a 0:53 patch in the pre-drums "Jam"
- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his assistance with the pitch correction

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2019

SOURCE 5 OF 13

2:15:36

Taper:

Dave Barfield and David Lane

Transferrer:

david barfield

SHNID:

gd1983-06-20.140672.nak300.barfield.lane.flac2496

Source:

source: nak 300 (location ?) > tcd5m MX90 +dolby > master > tascam 122mkii > apogee rosetta 200 (24/96) > audacity (normalize, tracks, fades) > flac2496 > act (tags, checksums); recorded: david lane + david barfield; transferred/seeded: barfield

Taper Notes:

View NotesNOTE: 3 songs top of show missing due to loop traffic +utter chaos at venue

(GONE — New Minglewood Blues
They Love Each Other
Little Red Rooster)

SOURCE 6 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.119816.aud.chasingwilma.flac24

Source:

source: (3) audio technica atm11> d-5; conversion: sony tc we435> soundcard> cdwave 44100/stereo/24 bit> traders little helper encoding option 8

SOURCE 7 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.117531.Sennheiser421.daweez.d5scott.flac16

Source:

source: 2 Sennheiser 421 microphones > Sony TC-D5M - analog master cassettes;

Lineage:

Sony TC-D5M (origional record deck) > Pre Sonus Inspire GT > Sound Forge > .wav files > Trader's Little Helper > flac files

Taper Notes:

View Notesnote:
* with "Bob Star" 
---------------------------------
R.I.P. Sandy - aka "Bigfoot"  
---------------------------------

SOURCE 8 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.nak300.morris.102042.sbeok.flac16

Source:

Nakamichi CM-300 (CP-1) x2 > Cassette Master (Sony TCD5M/Maxell UDXLII C-90); Recorded from Section Right Loge, Row J, Seat 208

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1) > Korg MR-1000 (1-bit/5.6MHz) > Audiogate (1-bit/5.6MHz > 16-bit/44.1KHz) > cdwav (edits)

SOURCE 9 OF 13

David Minor and Matt Vernon

SHNID:

gd1983-06-20.fob.minor.vernon.83762.sbeok.flac16

Source:

fob about the 12th row ctr. or so with a sony 939lt stereo - single point mic > d6

Lineage:

MAC > CD > EAC > Cool Edit Pro > CDWAV > flac16 level 8

Taper Notes:

View Notesshow notes
- final "Bob Star"
- "Aboriginee dream" rap during "Sugar Magnolia"
- lightning throughout show causes some PA volumne drops

source notes
- volume adjustment at the start of Minglewood (could be PA?)
- tape pause after Peggy-O
- tape flip after My Brother Esau
- minor volume change in West LA near end (could be PA?)
- drop the tuning/crowd track from disk 1 to fit onto 80 minute audio cd
- about 12 secs from patch source 32795 in Truckin' after verses completed
- most of drums from shnid 11931 (this source has left channel limited clipped ),
shnid 32795 also was missing drums "We didn't record drums since that would've taken one extra flip and with the weather"
shnid 32643 was also missing the same segment in drumz not covered by this source and 11931.

Patch Source 1 : Nakamichi 300's > Sony TCD5M > Sony D-6 Maxell XLIIS Master (Dean Grabski recording) shnid 32795
Patch Source 2 (Most of Drums) : FOB-Sennheiser 421>MasterCass>Dat>CD shnid 11931
Conversion tracking etc by Matt Vernon

SOURCE 10 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.nak300.grabski.32795.sbefail.flac16

Source:

Nakamichi 300's > Sony TCD5M > Sony D-6 Maxell XLIIS Master (outside in the insane weather and thick sound!) Thanks to Ted (?) for the patch.

Lineage:

Maxell XLIIS Master > Nakamichi DR-3 > Apogee MiniMe (16/44.1) > EGOSYS WT2496 (soundcard) > SoundForge 7 > CDWAVE 1.93.3 > FLAC frontend 1.7.1

Taper Notes:

View NotesLocation: Outside on the lawn, slightly right of center about 30 ft from the repeaters.  The sound was incredibly clear - of course you can hear the rain during quieter parts of the second set, but for those there it just adds to the intensity of the listening experience.

Notes: This is one of the most memorable Grateful Dead concerts I've attended. The weather and band were incredibly fierce.  There are so many vivid memories of this night - of course the intense weather; there were record rainfall amounts set and huge bright lightning bolts filling the sky. The thoughts that go through ones head when lightning is crackling all over the place and you have an aluminum microphone stand (lightning arrestor) up in the air with a tape deck wired directly to your chest! Were we dedicated, insane or both? I remember the microphones owner dressed up in sailing foul weather gear looking like a mad ship captain around the mast -"ah mate bring it on"..   There were others patched out of me and another rig or two set up during the 1st set but they all bailed shortly into the 2nd set or during the break.

During the 2nd set there were a few times when the power would go out, it's pretty wild to listen to since you can hear the stunned audience come up from the silence, then the power comes on with a speaker pop and Phil just wails!

Walking out I was completely stunned by the whole experience, getting into my car and trying to find a hotel since there was no way we were going to try to camp that night?    Sorry for taking so long to share it with you.

Flaws: We didn't record drums since that would've taken one extra flip and with the weather

SOURCE 11 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.fob.senn421.coyotte.muletaper.32643.sbeok.flac16

Source:

FOB-35FT off Stage@10ft 2 Sennheiser Md421's>Sony TCD5>Maxell XL2 Cassettes

Lineage:

Sony TCD21>Soundforge 8.0(record,resample,fades,anti-alias filter in highest setting)>CDWav(tracks)>Flacfrontend(flac16bit)

Taper Notes:

View Notesfinal "Bob Star" - 
"Aboriginee dream" rap during "Sugar Magnolia"

Notes:This file required hours of editing to bring it to its best digital quality.Fades have been applied to the beginning and end of alot of songs.It does not hurt the quality.When recorded,pause was used between songs to save space on the cassette Master.This was a common practice on most analog cassettes taped then.we tried to save as much space as possible when we could back then.Coyotte did a great job of hitting pause at the right times.no music was lost except a few seconds between truckin' and Space.I blended this the best I could using Soundforge 8.0,but you wont notice it.This is the first of many of Coyotte's  FOB Masters being released for you all to enjoy. Many more unrealeased sources of his will follow this.be on the lookout,his recordings are really great. Enjoy this and please feel free to leave comments,or let me know if there are any problems I missed.( I dont think there are any....but you never know.)

please note during wharfrat,there is a huge lightning strike that distorts the pa for a few seconds after getting charged with 50,000 volts..lol..and the PHIL BOMBS that follow...  M.T.

A special thanks for Rick for making these possible for everyone to enjoy!!!

SOURCE 12 OF 13

gd83-06-20.fob-senn.sws.11931.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Set 1 and Set 2 up to Drums is: FOB-Sennheiser 421>MasterCass>Dat>CD

Taper Notes:

View NotesSet 1 and Set 2 up to Drums is: FOB-Sennheiser 421>MasterCass>Dat>CD;
Set 2 From Space to Sugar Mags is FOB-Sennheiser 441>PCM>Dat>CD; Seeded to etree by SWS

SOURCE 13 OF 13

gd1983-06-20.aud-set2.silberman.3926.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Sen. 441 -> D5 -> Dat

Lineage:

Pan SV3700 -> Za2 -> .shn

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes: Just before the start of the set, listen for the 
thunder in the background. At several points during the show
the power goes outand back on, creating a big pop.

Distortion in Wharf Rat is on the master.