1988-10-20 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
-- Recorded by Don Pearson and Dan Healy
-- The levels on Cold Rain And Snow were extremely low on the master causing tape hiss
-- It took dozens of hours to repair the flutter issues but it was worth the effort
-- This is far from perfect but still a lot better than what I started off with
-- Thanks to Ted Mattes and Scott Clugston for the patch source
-- 152119 24 > 16 @ 44.1

SOURCE 2 OF 7

2:15:37

SBD

Rating:

8.00 / 1 rating

Taper:

Don Pearson and Dan Healy

Transferrer:

All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller [email protected] March 23, 2021

SHNID:

gd1988-10-20.152119.ultramatrix.healy-pearson.miller.flac2496

Source:

UltraMatrix SBD > Cassette Master (TDK MX-XG)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Sound Forge 13 Pro (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2020 > Izotope RX8 Advanced > Samplitude Pro X5 Suite > FLAC/24

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Recorded by Don Pearson and Dan Healy
-- The levels on Cold Rain And Snow were extremely low on the master causing tape hiss
-- It took dozens of hours to repair the flutter issues but it was worth the effort
-- This is far from perfect but still a lot better than what I started off with
-- Thanks to Ted Mattes and Scott Clugston for the patch source

SOURCE 3 OF 7

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1988-10-20.141656.schoeps.cmc3.mk41.pcm.mattes.miller.clugston.flac1644

Source:

Source Info: Ted Mattes' Master Audience PCM (OTS); Schoeps CMC3/MK41 > Oade P/S > Sony PCM-F1 > Sony SL-2000; Transfer Info: PCM (Sony SL-10)> Sony PCM-601ESD > Behringer Ultramatch Pro > Tascam DA-3000 (wav 16-bit/44.1k)> Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH flac16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Ted Mattes for the source PCM
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- "Built To Last" played for the first time

Mastered by Scott Clugston
April 4, 2018

SOURCE 4 OF 7

gd1988-10-20.Senn441.White.Keo.116358.Flac2496

Source:

Master Audience Sennheiser 441's>Sony D5>Sony D6 (Patched) Dolby C On; Taper White,Transfer By Keo; Tapes Maxell MX-90's; Transfer With Nakamichi MR-1,Dolby C Off>Korg MR-1000 @ 1 Bit/5.6 MHz; Tracking/Sample Rate Conversion/Flacked/Metadata Tagging; With AudioGate Software To 24 Bit/96 kHz

Taper Notes:

View Notes**!** First Built To Last **!**

 Comments:Another HUGE thanks out to Mr. White for
recording this show and sharing his source tapes!
Another excellent sounding recording with perfect
recording levels!The first song starts out with 
high recording levels then evens out and is missing
the start,"Queen Jane"missing the first few seconds 
or so from the tape flip.First "Built To Last"!Lots
of audience participation but a great listen!
As Always ENJOY!

SOURCE 5 OF 7

gd1988-10-20.Senn441.White.Keo.116357.Flac1644

Source:

Master Audience Sennheiser 441's>Sony D5>Sony D6 (Patched) Dolby C On; Taper White,Transfer By Keo; Tapes Maxell MX-90's; Transfer With Nakamichi MR-1,Dolby C Off>Korg MR-1000 @ 1 Bit/5.6 MHz; Tracking/Sample Rate Conversion/Metadata Tagging With AudioGate Software To 32 Bit Float/96 kHz; Dithered/Flacked With Korg Aqua To 16/44; SBE's Checked/Fixed With Trader's Little Helper

Taper Notes:

View Notes**!** First Built To Last **!**

 Comments:Another HUGE thanks out to Mr. White for
recording this show and sharing his source tapes!
Another excellent sounding recording with perfect
recording levels!The first song starts out with 
high recording levels then evens out and is missing
the start,"Queen Jane"missing the first few seconds 
or so from the tape flip.First "Built To Last"!Lots
of audience participation but a great listen!
As Always ENJOY!

SOURCE 6 OF 7

Jamie Waddell and Patrick White

SHNID:

gd1988-10-20.aud.dogman.gems.105858.flac16

Source:

AKG Microphones > Nakamichi550 1st Generation Maxell XLII-S Tapes ( the masters are gone ).

Lineage:

1st Gen Cassette > Nakamichi DR-1 [no dolby] > Lynx2 Studio Reference Interface > Wavelab 6.01 at 24 BIT 48 kHz Editing and Mastering on the GEMS Edit Station. Weiss Saracon for SRC and Pow-r 3 Dither to 16 BIT 44.1 kHz. Tracked in CDWAV Tag&Rename for Meta_Data. Trader's Little Helper for FLAC Level8

Taper Notes:

View NotesConcerning the show at The Summit in Houston, Texas (which, by the way, is now known as The Lakewood Church aka The Oasis of Love, run by televangelist Joel Osteen). But it was the night of October 20, 1988 when the last real service was held there! That was the night of a family outing for myself,Randy and my wife,(the late) Sandi Gardner and our three sons, Lenny, Hunter, and Cassidy; they were 12, 6 and 4 at the time. Although we had taken one or two with us before, this was the first time we took all three to see a show; and we even brought along their Godparents, Mary and Steve, who had never seen a Dead show before.... as well as a few friends. So this was a really great night with wonderful memories. I remember this was only one of two times when I was able to get all of us to wear tie-dyes at the same time! One of the cool things I remember about this show is that my wife, being the artist she was, had done a beautiful wood burning of the State of Texas with a Yellow rose in the middle of it, and it said "Dead in the Heart of Texas" across it. Just before the show began, she took it to the soundboard and gave it to whomever was there at the time and asked if they would take it to Bobby and give to him for his birthday. They promised they would, but of course she never knew whether he got it for sure or where it might be today. She always imagined that it would be hanging somewhere in the Dead's office or in his home. I hope that it is! Three years later she got a chance to meet Bobby after a show but was so excited she forgot to ask him if he had got it or not. But she did get him to sign a note to our son, Cassidy...to which he wrote, Hey Now Cassidy, and as he signed his name the sharpie began to run out of ink...and Bobby looks at Sandi and says, "what you have here is a dead pen"! Priceless!
Glad I hung on to this first gen tape since my friend Alan no longer has the masters. Only wish the Dead had used a better venue as the sound was never that great in here for any band to play. I remember many of the folks I worked with thinking it strange we were going as a family to see the Grateful Dead, because at that time I was a funeral director so I was already working with the dead all day long!
                                                   - Randy Gardner February 6, 2010

SOURCE 7 OF 7

gd1988-10-20.set2.akgC422.west.82488.sbeok.flac16

Source:

AKGC422 > Sony D5 8ft high 30 ft center (or D5 tuned up and Nak300)

Lineage:

JVC TD-V1050 cassette deck -> Lynx Two A/D (24-bit, 48kHz) -> Wavelab 6.0

Taper Notes:

View Notes-Set 2 only.
-Set Two contains the first version of Built to Last and this source is the first circulating copy of this concert
-The levels and vocals were very off in this recording and were mastered to a listenable point.
-DrumZ had a pause and for ease of listening I blended them to "sound seamless".  Music is missing.
-Hopefully a more pristine copy will surface.
-Noise Reduction would deteriorate the fragile vocals, therefore none was used.  Hiss is present.