This is a tagged version of shnid: 95970<br />
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Grateful Dead<br />
9-16-66<br />
Avalon Ballroom<br />
San Francisco, California<br />
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Source: SBD>MR>?>LP>WAV>WAV>FLAC<br />
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Equipment used for A/D conversion: Lyra Helikon phono cartridge, Linn LP12/Lingo turntable,<br />
Linn Ittok tonearm, Audioquest LeoPard tonearm cable, PS Audio PS2 preamplifier, <br />
Kimber PBJ interconnect, M-Audio Audiophile USB A/D converter. <br />
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Audacity 1.3.3-beta was used to make WAV files.<br />
ClickRepair 2.1.1 was used to remove clicks at its lowest settings (Declick 1, Wavelet <br />
method, Decrackle off).<br />
Trader's Little Helper 1.1.1 was used to make level 6 FLAC files <br />
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NOTE-This is a new rip of the "semi-legal" bootleg LPs "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead",<br />
using high-quality analog equipment. I haven't listened to the other circulating versions, <br />
but this should be a substantial improvement assuming they were made with average analog <br />
equipment.<br />
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These recordings are commonly said to come from Avalon Ballroom 9-16-66 except the last <br />
two tracks, which I have seen attributed to The Matrix 11-29-66, though I haven't confirmed<br />
that myself. The sound quality of those two tracks is noticeably different. According to <br />
set lists for 9-16-66, tracks 06 and 07 were played between tracks 03 and 04, and track 05 <br />
was an encore. I have left the tracks in the LP order because crowd noise was inserted <br />
between the tracks of side one of Vintage Dead, so reordering the tracks would create an <br />
obvious break. <br />
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The LPs used for the transcription are both Sunflower LPs. Vintage Dead is SUN-5001 and <br />
Historic Dead is SNF-5004. Vintage Dead has a yellow LP label with an orange flower and <br />
two orange MGM logos. The label has the catalog number SUN 5001 (MGS 2418) on side 1 and <br />
SUN 5001 (MGS 2419) on side 2. The vinyl has what appears to be SHN 5001 MGS 2418-1 2 Sept <br />
'70 E.C. engraved in the inner groove on side 1, and SHN 5001 MGS 2419-1 2 Sept '70 E.C. <br />
engraved in the inner groove on side 2. Historic Dead has the same LP label with SNF-5004 <br />
MGS-2558 on side 1 and SNF-5004 MGS-2559 on side 2. Its inner groove has SNF 5004 and <br />
MGS 2558 engraved 180 degrees away from each other on side 1, and SNF 5004 and MGS 2559 <br />
engraved 180 degrees away from each other on side 2. <br />
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The cover of Vintage Dead is yellow-orange with a Grateful Dead Avalon poster laid out <br />
diagonally and an open Ripple bottle. The back cover is shades of light blue with <br />
semi-transparent portraits of the boys and liner notes by Robert E. Cohen. It has a <br />
diagonal cut-out in the upper left corner of the front cover. Historic Dead has a largely <br />
blank blue front cover with black border, and a black and white back cover with the track <br />
information at the top and shadowy portraits of the boys that merge into a watery surface <br />
with upside-down skull reflections at the bottom. I've never had the opportunity to <br />
compare original vs. bootleg copies of these LPs, but these both look on the up-and-up. <br />
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You can hear the results from yourself. While I generally prefer European vinyl, these <br />
both have pleasantly quiet surfaces, and the occasional light clicks were largely <br />
eliminated by ClickRepair. Considering that I only have one copy of each of these LPs,<br />
and their covers are far from mint, I was gratified by how clean they sound. There are <br />
only the faintest traces of occasional tracking distortion in a few tracks. One nice <br />
thing about high-end analog gear is that it can often penetrate through the shortcomings <br />
of inferior vinyl. <br />
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01 - I Know You Rider [4:22]<br />
02 - It Hurts Me Too [4:20]<br />
03 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [4:57]<br />
04 - Dancing in the Streets [6:53]<br />
05 - Midnight Hour [18:20]<br />
06 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [11:05]<br />
07 - Lindy [2:53]<br />
08 - Stealin' [3:02]<br />
09 - The Same Thing [11:59]<br />
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C. Muehlfeld 2010-08-31
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