I Need A Miracle > | 1985-04-04 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Probably a cassette master with a cassette generation, maybe two. It's possible the sets are from different sources, as the channels needed to be corrected for the 1st set and the pitch changed for the 2nd set
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for this upgrade, which he found hidden away on a harddrive
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies the first 0:08 of "Friend Of The Devil", the set break announcemnet, some crowd and the first few notes of "I Need A Miracle" (0:13 total), as well as "Drums > Space" and the beginning of "The Wheel (11:17 total)
- This transcription includes the "US Blues" encore
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
April 2020

SOURCE 3 OF 22

2:18:02

SBD

XLII tapes BX-300 w/o Dolby on playback > Philips standalone CDR > CDWav to split and encode as Flac (level 5).

Taper Notes:

View NotesThis is likely from the same source as the ciruclating soundboards, but without the apparent Dolby Abuse on the others. Discussing it with the friend I got this from, we think it's no more than 4 or 5 generations.  Obvious care was exercised in handing this down the line... probably nothing but Maxells and Nakamichi cassette decks were used.  It sounds very nice!  Except for:

## --there is a very unfortunate cut in She Belongs to Me at 4:06.56, which lasted for 5.48 seconds.  It appears that someone forgot to "pop the top" off their cassette, so I suspect it's not present on the master (wherever that might be).
--there is some "rolling hiss" at the beginning of Miracle.  Chalk this one up to the ravages of time on cassettes.
** --segments of Drums and Space are obviously missing. The right channel is missing for a few seconds at the beginning of Space. There is a cut between Space and the intro to The Wheel. I have made no attempts at patching these.
--there is no tuning or crowd noise at end of set 1, beginning of set 2 or before the encore. All the songs are there in full, however.



My hope is that this seed will get people to check their cassette collections.  Does anyone have a better version of this?

SOURCE 4 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.sbd.tetzeli-orig-fix-11704.33816.shnf

Source:

fix of shnid = 11704

Taper Notes:

View Notes-----------------------------------------------------------
Okay, here's the damage I (un)did to this source.  I patched in the missing space from Doug Oade's excellent recording.  In order to match the levels with Drums at the beginning and Wheel at the end, I had to put up with a certain amount of clipping on the drums during the space set - just where the snares are hit really hard.  It's worth it, though, first to make the transitions smoother, second to illustrate how an AUD can shine.  Doug Oade was obviously not using any limiter, which Amy probably was, at least for her recording - you can instantly tell the difference in clarity.  A local soundman friend of mine once told me, "I don't mix for tapes, I mix for the room".  Soundboard snobs take heed!

I also eliminated a short gap at the end of The Wheel, restoring the seamless transition into Stella Blue.  The gap was possibly a TAO artifact.

The US Blues encore from the original fileset is probably also from the Oade AUD.

Bill Tetzeli ([email protected])
3/23/2006
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SOURCE 5 OF 22

gd85-04-04.sbd.willy.11704.sbeok.shnf

Source:

SBD>HiFi Video (Lighting crew)>MC>CDR

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD>HiFi Video (Lighting crew)>MC>CDR; Missing Space (tape flip); via Tommy Danscuk; Seeded to etree by Willy

SOURCE 6 OF 22

Charlie Miller and Mark Goldey

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.151192.nak701s.barnum.miller.flac2496

Source:

3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5

Lineage:

Transfer: Cassette Master > Nakamichi DR-1 > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (24/96) Lineage: Wav24/96 > Wavelab 10 (tracking, pitch correctio, levels, resample, MBit+ dither) > FLAC 2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesPitch corrected using the Oade PCM.  Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer.

Levels on this recording were extremely low, and tending to wander a bit from left to right.  In two places, the left channel dropped almost completely for a second or two, and has been replaced by the right.  Ozone maximizer used to bring everything up and even it out a bit.  Sounds much better now.

SOURCE 7 OF 22

Charlie Miller and Mark Goldey

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.151191.nak701s.barnum.miller.flac16

Source:

3x Nak 701s > MX-100 > D5

Lineage:

Taper Notes:

View NotesPitch corrected using the Oade PCM.  Thanks to Charlie Miller for the C > D transfer.

Levels on this recording were extremely low, and tending to wander a bit from left to right.  In two places, the left channel dropped almost completely for a second or two, and has been replaced by the right.  Ozone maximizer used to bring everything up and even it out a bit.  Sounds much better now.

SOURCE 8 OF 22

2:30:22

Taper:

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

Transferrer:

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.149316.senn441.hunt.mattes.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes' Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 441 mics > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies a 0:51 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch verified

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

SOURCE 9 OF 22

2:30:22

Taper:

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes

Transferrer:

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.149315.senn441.hunt.mattes.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes' Master Audience Cassettes; Sennheiser 441 mics > Sony D5M

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp (24/96) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Rob Hunt and Ted Mattes for the master cassettes
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to the Oade's for the Schoeps CMC4 MK41 source which supplies a 0:51 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch verified

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2020

SOURCE 10 OF 22

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Robert Bryant for the master audience cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid77029 Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:36 patch in "Drums"

Mastered by Scott Clugston
January 29, 2018

SOURCE 11 OF 22

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Robert Bryant for the master audience cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid77029 Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:36 patch in "Drums"

Mastered by Scott Clugston
January 29, 2018

SOURCE 12 OF 22

2:25:36

Taper:

Recorded by: Executive Crew: Tom Pinney; Kyle Holbrook; JJ Hance; Eric Britt, Sean Murtha; Gary Steel; Mike Davis; Kenny Davis

Transferrer:

Kyle Holbrook

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.152128.beyerm88.holbrook.flac2448

Source:

Master AUDCA: Beyer M88's XY > Sony TCD5M no nr > Maxell MX 90s No Dolby -lead deck Location: 55 feet from stage, DFC, head level (19th row)

Lineage:

Taper Notes:

View Notesopen the text files for tour stories

SOURCE 13 OF 22

2:25:36

Taper:

Recorded by: Executive Crew: Tom Pinney; Kyle Holbrook; JJ Hance; Eric Britt, Sean Murtha; Gary Steel; Mike Davis; Kenny Davis

Transferrer:

Kyle Holbrook

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.152127.beyerm88.holbrook.flac1644

Source:

Master AUDCA: Beyer M88's XY > Sony TCD5M no nr > Maxell MX 90s No Dolby -lead deck Location: 55 feet from stage, DFC, head level (19th row)

Lineage:

Taper Notes:

View Notesopen the text files for tour stories

SOURCE 14 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.145469.aud.lamarre.berger.flac16

Source:

source: aud cassette master taped by Doug Lamarre sennheiser 441's > sony d5, maxell xl-IIS90's

Lineage:

nakamichi dragon > benchmark adc1 @ 24/96 > adobe audition cc > fission > xACT flac transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2019

SOURCE 15 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.145468.aud.lamarre.berger.flac24

Source:

source: aud cassette master taped by Doug Lamarre sennheiser 441's > sony d5, maxell xl-IIS90's

Lineage:

nakamichi dragon > benchmark adc1 @ 24/96 > adobe audition cc > fission > xACT flac transferred & seeded by Rob Berger 2019

SOURCE 16 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.132860.at-akg.ackerman.flac1644

Taper Notes:

View NotesNote: ID-23848 patches; Jack Straw 0:18 > 0:27, Sailor 0:00 > 0:09, 
and Drums 6:40 > 6:54. Left cross-faded onto Right partial drop-out: 
Dire Wolf 3:04 > El Paso 1:02.

SOURCE 17 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.124813.chasingwilma.flac24

Source:

lineage: (3) audio technica atm 11 (fob)> optimus> d-5mc> sony tc we435> sony pcm m-10 24bit/96khz> soundforge> cdwave> traders little helper encoding option 8; conversion rate: 96000/24 bit

SOURCE 18 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.118787.BeyerM160.daweez.d5scott.flac16

Source:

Source: 2 Beyer M160 microphones > Sony TC-D5M - analog master cassettes;

Lineage:

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

Taper Notes:

View Notes---------------------------------
R.I.P. Sandy - aka "Bigfoot"  
---------------------------------

SOURCE 19 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.nak100.holtz.jaz.95626.flac16

Source:

Nakamichi CM 100's with CP-4 shotguns -> D-5

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Maxell Metaxial 90) -> Tascam 112 -> RCA to XLR -> Edirol M-10dx 24bit 96kHz -> COAX -> M-Audio Delta 1010lt -> Wave Lab 5.0 -> R8brainPro 16bit 44.1kHz -> Traders Little Helper flac 8

Taper Notes:

View NotesCross fades applied between most songs do to tape pauses.

SOURCE 20 OF 22

gd1985-04-04.nak300.damico.87352.sbeok.flac16

Source:

nak 300 mics > sony d-6 > mac

Lineage:

mac > nak dragon tape deck > creative extigy soundcard > cool edit pro > flac frontend

SOURCE 21 OF 22

Mark McCue, Adam, Monica, Johnny Kelly and Davey the beeker meade

Transferrer:

Alex Ford

SHNID:

gd1985-04-04.senn421.mccue.ford.77029.sbeok.flac

Source:

MAC; 2 Sennheiser 421s > Sony D5 > 2 TDK MA90s

Lineage:

Master Audience Cassettes>Nakamichi CD2(azimuth adjusted)> rca>xlr>Lunatec V3> coax>Audiophille 2496>CEP 2.0>Trader's Little Helper>FLAC16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:

- 2 patches were made to compensate for tape flips using the Oade AUD source (SHNID=23848) 
on track d1t08 (08:33-09:05) and track d3t03 (06:38-07:23).
- There were SBE's and they were fixed and verified with Trader's Little Helper.
- Files were encoded @ level 6.
- Mark's personal photos from 4/4/85 at the Biltmore Hotel and a CD cover are included with this fileset. 
- Mark asked each band member separately to play Crazy Fingers. He really bugged Jerry in the hotel elevator on the way to the show. He told them about being shut out of Richmond '83 (last time played) and wanting them to play it. They all said they'd talk to the other band members. And so it was...

SOURCE 22 OF 22

Doug Oade - Darren Sacks

SHNID:

gd85-04-04.oade-schoeps.sacks.23848.sbeok.flacf

Source:

Schoeps CMC441s (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1

Lineage:

Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > Flac

Taper Notes:

View NotesRecorded by the Oade Brothers
Transferred by Doug Oade, tracked by Darrin Sacks ([email protected])
Field:
Schoeps CMC441s (90deg, 17cm) > Oade M118 > Oade mod SONY PCM-F1
Transfer:
Master PCM > DAW (via SEKD Prodif) > Wav > cdwav > Flac