8/21/93 Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
-- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl and Smokestack Lightning with Huey Lewis on harmonica

2:19:05

SBD

Rating:

gd93-08-21.sbd.nawrocki.15035.sbeok.shnf

Source:

SBD > DAT > CDR > EAC > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 > CDWave > mkwACT

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource:
SBD > DAT > CDR > EAC > Cool Edit Pro 2.0  > CDWave > mkwACT
First few minutes of Here Comes Sunshine patched by Pat Volkerding with FM > DAT source
Various patching/crossfades by Doug Nawrocki with Jay Serafin liberated bootleg source
EAC'd/SHN'd by Doug Nawrocki

gd1993-08-21.sbd.serafin.11269.shnf

Source:

SBD > Pre-FM RTR > ? > ILLEGAL BOOTLEG CD > D > SSSB

Taper Notes:

View NotesBAND:             GRATEFUL DEAD
SHOW DATE:        08/21/93
VENUE:            AUTZEN STADIUM @ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
LOCATION:         EUGENE, OR
SET(S):           I / II
LINEAGE           SBD > D > ILLEGAL BOOTLEG CD > SSSB
LINEAGE ADDITIONAL INFO:  REFERENCE AUDIO SECTIONS: MY MARIN COUNTY SOURCE SBD > SHOW MASTER D
AUDIO RATING:     AR1
MEDIA REQUIRED:   DAT: 1x180 min.
                  CD-R / MINI DISC: 2

SEEDED FOR THE GDLIVE RELEASE BY: "SUPERNOVA" (JERRY FORD), JAY SERAFIN, AND IN PART, JAY'S MARIN COUNTY SOURCE 

RELEASED ON:	10/25/01

JAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS:

First off, I want to thank "SuperNova" ( Jerry Ford... [email protected] ) for his sending me his copy of the ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS to compare with the same ones I had given to me many years ago.  His seed CD's gave both credence and complete verification to the audio I had.  Also, my Marin County source sent me multipple "snippets" from this show from 6 different songs, which were used as a "reference" to how the mix and the audio actually sounded at the venue that night and was archived by the Dead.  These were used to process the show's audio to match (with 98.4% accuracy) with that of the ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS, which were the actual "seed audio" for this release.  Jerry's CD's, which were the same as mine (slight variations in the jewel case inserts were noted, especially the "Copyright" year from the illegal bootleg company called KTS ("Kiss The Stone") which is based in Italy.

Unfortunately, the acappella opening for Here Comes Sunshine, as well as the first 30 or so seconds of the opening music do not appear on the ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS.  This is a shame, as my source did NOT send me this material to include in this show release.  It is my understanding that this show will, in the future, become a commercial release, and the full HCS opening will be used in that 3-disc release.  This, supposedly, will occur in late 2002 or early 2003.

Well, on with the review... EXCELLENT AUDIO QUALITY FROM OPENING NOTE TO THE CLOSING CHORDS' FADEOUT.  Very crisp, clear, no hiss other than that of the recording equipment itself (this hiss is -60 dB or lower, so it doesn't interfere with the show's audio at all).  You can listen closely when the between-song lulls occur, and hear the noise gates for the instruments and microphones opening and closing, that's how high the audio quality is for this show.

This show is not missing any songs.  The only "problem" is that the company that made these ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS, "KTS", had to edit parts of Drums to make it fit onto the 2nd CD disc.  Many of these edits were quite noticeable (there were 7 edits in all, and because of their "subtle abruptness", I chose to cross-fade the offending edits, matching up the segments beat for beat.  You cannot tell now where the edits actually were.

Because of the clarity of the audio of this show, only a very minor amount of processing was done.  This was in the form of less than 1 dB of attenuation or boost in extremely narrow frequency bands (less than 50 Hz wide) at the lowest audio frequencies (below 100 Hz), as well as 3 narrow bands in the vocal areas between 6,200 and 7,400 Hz.  This was done to perfectly match the "reference audio" of the Dead's master archive of this show as opposed to what KTS did to make the show sound the way it did on their ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS.

Bird Song was a very smooth and very energetic (in  laid-back way) version, and was a good 14+ minutes in length.  That segued right into a smoking The Promised Land.

Huey Lewis didn't fail to help out in the instrumental portions of Good Morning Little School Girl through Smokestack Lightning.  He also was in the background during Space, and his harmonica was very evident during the last bit of Space.  So, make a note in your databases that he also played on that song (no database I've seen gives this information).

Although this was the beginning show a long West Coast area run, Jerry seemed to run out of steam by Standing On The Moon in his vocals.  His guitar playing was top shelf for the entire show, so there was no lack of energy on his part.  Bobby filled the gap very nicely, and he was "just right" in the overall mix.  The keyboards were not lacking in their contributions at all, and not overly present in the mix.  Just right.

Billy and Micky were ON this night, playing in sync as well as "off of each other" quite well.  Space was cut by KTS by about 2 minutes, which is a shame.  But, that's what you come to exepect from ILLEGAL BOOTLEG DISCS, no matter who makes them.

A typical and "no frills" I Fought The Law closed out this very wonderful show.  Even though the audience "ambience mikes" were not really in the mix much, what you can hear lets you know that this show was very much appreciated, and the gave the Boyz their "props" that night.  And the band reciprocated.

PERSONAL RATINGS: (on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being excellent)
Audio Mix: 9.9
Audio Quality: 10
Energy Level: 9.6
Show "Completeness": 9.2 (the edits in Drums and Space account for this rating level)
Song Selection: Nothing special
Surprises: None

gd1993-08-21.sbd.nawrocki.561.shnf

Source:

SBD -> DAT -> CDR

Lineage:

EAC -> Cool Edit '96 (removed digipop prior to music in beginning of d1t1) -> CDWAV -> Shorten32

Taper Notes:

View Notes*w/Huey Lewis on harmonica
Here Comes Sunshine fades in

Charlie Miller and SIRMick

SHNID:

gd1993-08-21.140172.fob.Schoeps-MK41.miller.sirmick.140172.flac.1648

Source:

<b>flac16/48kHz</b>; Source: (FOB) Schoeps MK41 > Panasonic SV-255 > dat(48k); Transfer: dat > Sony PCM-R500 > Tascam DA-3000> wav 16/48; Lineage: wav > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > Cd Wave > TLH > Flac 1648; edited and mastered SIRMick December 2017

Joe Noel and John Ammons

SHNID:

gd1993-08-21.141530.S2.FOB.AMS.ST-250.Silberman.Ammons.Noel.t-flac1648

Source:

<b>flac16/48kHz</b>; John Ammons & Jeff Silberman Digital FOB Recording; AMS ST-250 (ambisonic mode) > 4 track Nagra D open reel 24 bit digital deck > 2 channel stereo DAT using a Blumlein pattern > DAT (mics on 6' stand); John Ammons

Lineage:

Tascam DA20 Mark II DAT > Roland SRC-2 sample rate/format converter (from SPDIF to Optical) > Mac Mini > Audacity 3.0 at 48K > Wave

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- There's unique Dead taping, and then there's ambisonic.
- Indigo Girls opened
- from John's clone of the master
* w/ Huey Lewis on harmonica
- Garcia's driving!
- While there are many SotM's, for a moment in time, there was only this one.

gd1993-08-21.119060.neumannKMF4.daweez.d5scott.flac16

Source:

2 Neumann KMF4 microphones > Sony TC-D5M

Lineage:

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

Taper Notes:

View NotesTruckin', Good Morning Little School Girl, Smokestack Lightnin', and The Last Time with Huey Lewis on harmonica.

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

gd1993-08-21.fm.albright.87555.flac16

Source:

FM Signal (KLCC 89.7) -> Harmon Kardon receiver -> HiFi Stereo VCR

Lineage:

HiFi Stereo VCR -> Teac P20 DAT -> Edirol UA-3FX -> Amadeus -> Flac

Taper Notes:

View NotesGood sound quality but there is some high pitch noise.

DAT Clone from Dat Master from collection of Todd Evans

Transferrer:

Edited and Mastered By Jamie Waddell on the GEMS Edit Station

SHNID:

gd1993-08-21.fob-schoeps.evans-waddell.87291.flac16

Source:

Mk2 Omni Capsules (the two mic stands were �human� � capsules were in hat and the �stands� were 10� apart) -> Schoeps Active Cables -> Schoeps CMC 3 Mic Body -> Monster M1000 Jumper -> Oade Supply -> Canare Cable -> Panasonic sv255

Lineage:

DAT > TASCAM DA-20 > M-Audio Audiophile 192 > Soundforge 8.0 wav.

Taper Notes:

View Notes-First audience recording in digital circulation. And a mighty fine one at that.
-Both GMLSG and Smokestack Lightnin' timed at 5:33.  Just strange.
-Emotional version of Standing on the Moon.
-fits on two 80 minute CD-Rs

           **GEMS**   www.shnflac.net

*w/Huey Lewis on harmonica