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5 shows
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1995
30.1k
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48h45662
7d2.4k331
30d30.1k4.2k
49 shows
341 tapes
1994
9.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.7k212
7d2.8k366
30d9.7k1.4k
85 shows
460 tapes
1993
40.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.3k306
7d10.6k1.4k
30d40.9k5.4k
83 shows
656 tapes
1992
38k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.7k225
7d5.8k743
30d38k5k
57 shows
539 tapes
1991
37k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.6k466
7d13.8k1.9k
30d37k5.1k
78 shows
973 tapes
1990
42.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h8.3k1k
7d13.6k1.7k
30d42.9k5.6k
78 shows
1,139 tapes
1989
48.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.6k318
7d7.8k968
30d48.2k6k
78 shows
1,017 tapes
1988
21.5k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.1k131
7d3.2k373
30d21.5k2.5k
82 shows
882 tapes
1987
34.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.1k238
7d5.7k640
30d34.3k3.7k
88 shows
1,025 tapes
1986
12.1k
PlaybackListensHours
48h895101
7d2.1k235
30d12.1k1.4k
47 shows
684 tapes
1985
22k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.7k202
7d4.4k519
30d22k2.6k
73 shows
1,356 tapes
1984
17.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h4.8k558
7d4.8k601
30d17.6k2.3k
67 shows
1,075 tapes
1983
34k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.2k161
7d3.7k487
30d34k4.5k
71 shows
1,069 tapes
1982
42.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.2k145
7d4.3k534
30d42.2k5.2k
63 shows
753 tapes
1981
46.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.2k278
7d5.2k660
30d46.6k5.8k
92 shows
868 tapes
1980
71.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.2k251
7d16.2k1.8k
30d71.2k8.3k
91 shows
794 tapes
1979
23.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.5k215
7d3.6k521
30d23.6k3.3k
79 shows
600 tapes
1978
52.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.8k241
7d6.6k883
30d52.6k7.2k
87 shows
592 tapes
1977
296.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h12.2k1.6k
7d47.3k6.6k
30d296.7k40.9k
64 shows
419 tapes
1976
54.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h15.2k2k
7d13.3k1.9k
30d54.7k7.5k
45 shows
298 tapes
1975
6.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h18419
7d2k188
30d6.6k671
25 shows
63 tapes
1974
101.1k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.6k474
7d14.7k1.9k
30d101.1k12.9k
42 shows
324 tapes
1973
83.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h10.4k1.4k
7d13k1.7k
30d83.3k10.6k
75 shows
445 tapes
1972
69.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.9k245
7d7.9k979
30d69.3k8.4k
88 shows
361 tapes
1971
34.4k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.5k176
7d5k553
30d34.4k3.9k
82 shows
357 tapes
1970
46k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.7k193
7d16.5k1.7k
30d46k4.9k
101 shows
376 tapes
1969
27.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.1k150
7d6.9k1.1k
30d27.2k4.1k
112 shows
326 tapes
1968
7.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h56872
7d1.7k223
30d7.3k926
41 shows
125 tapes
1967
1.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h7312
7d34649
30d1.6k215
23 shows
55 tapes
1966
8k
PlaybackListensHours
48h42728
7d75952
30d8k536
32 shows
78 tapes
1965
595
PlaybackListensHours
48h614
7d1076
30d59534
2 shows
2 tapes
1966
7/17/66
Big Boss Man
0:30
Cold Rain And Snow
3:28
It's All Over Now Baby Blue
4:56
Cream Puff War
4:37
King Bee
9:04
Stealin'
3:57
Dancin' in the Streets
7:18
FIN
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Sources
Transferrer: Charlie Miller
33:50
SBD
Rating:
8.13 / 16 ratings
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
SHNID:
gd66-07-17.sbd.miller.21064.sbeok.shnf
Source:
Soundboard
Lineage:
SBD > Reel Master (10 Inch Reels @ 15ips 1/2trk) > DAT > Sonic Solutions > CD > EAC > SHN
Taper Notes:
View NotesThis is the complete 7/17/66. What was earlier had as 7/17/66 is really part of 7/16/66.
Transferrer: sbe fix etc by Marmar of original Jay Serafin seed
24:49
SBD
Rating:
8.40 / 6 ratings
Transferrer:
sbe fix etc by Marmar of original Jay Serafin seed
SHNID:
gd1966-07-17.13959.serafin-marmar-sbefix-4458.flac16
Source:
SBD > RTR @ 15 I.p.s. > PCM > D > SSSB
Taper Notes:
View NotesJAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS: It's REALLY AMAZING that I find a LOT of 1966-68 shows which sound better than a lot of the 1970's reel to reel-originated shows, and even a lot of the early PCM shows. NOTE: When PCM was first made available on the commercial market, it was only limited to 8 bit quality sound, and would only work with certain Sony BetaMax videocassette decks. As time and technology grew, the PCM units became easier to use, they would work will almost ANY VCR (be it VHS or the now-dying BetaMax formats)... and finally they were able to get 16-bit sound to work CORRECTLY around the mid-1980's. But, a little known factoid about the sound quality: the Dead weren't always the ones who were setting up the RTR decks. The record companies were bringing in the Otari 2" 4 and 8 track decks which ran at a minimum of 15 i.p.s., and were able to be better calibrated to more brands and formulations of open reel tape. This is why a lot of these shows sound so pristine... but yet there were a lot of reel changes (when there weren't two RTR decks there... one to run, and the other on "standby" so that the recording could be started as the first deck began to run out of tape! So, this is why some shows literally have no gaps where the reels were changed! It is my understanding that for this show, a single Otari 4 track 1" wide tape running at 7.5 i.p.s. was used. Some of the songs from this Fillmore run were going to be used as promos, and possibly as a live album early on. The record companies were REALLY hot on the Dead, and they wanted the Boyz to also try new songs to see how they would be received by the audience, as well as how they would sound live. Hence, "one-offs" like In The Pines, Cardboard Cowboy, were played, and then evaluated by the record companies. The PCM archive tape is deteriorating, as can be heard in the left (vocals) channel (only). On very loud vocal peaks, you can just hear a very slight distortion. It's not really as bad as it look "in print", but it can be heard. Again, it's only during the loudest vocals, and not on any of the instruments (right channel). This is a problem inherent to ALL tape-based media, in that it will deteriorate over time. Thank goodness that the Vault is very regulated as far as it's climate, air quality and purity, and that a lot of shows are being re-archived onto non-tape-based media. In The Pines and Cardboard Cowboy are FIRST / LAST / ONLY TIMES PLAYED songs. In The Pines is good, a song of sorrow. But Cardboard Cowboy, I can live without. It just doesn't "make it" with me. Other people like it, maybe because it's very rare to hear a good quality copy of it, or to even hear it at all, or just because it's a Dead song... who knows?!?!? The entire show had an "energy" to it, but not a very high level. There weren't any real between-song lulls like we've come to expect, and sometimes it can be heard when the guitars are slightly out of tune (and adjusted during the songs). Bobby is pretty prominent in the mix, Pig's organ is really present (no dirty jokes, please!), but Jerry's guitar, depending on the song and how attentive the engineers were at any point in time, was either present, low volume (being picked up by the other instrument microphones nearby, or "invisible" for very short periods of time. It never ceases to amaze me that audio engineers, especially with the Dead and the Fillmore's own crew, who were excellent most of the time, could be so ignorant of the fact that things weren't right! But, that just makes the show all that much more interesting, I would imagine! This is the ENTIRE show... all songs are included, so you get the "feel" of how
Transferrer: Jay Serafin
24:49
SBD
Rating:
9.50 / 8 ratings
Transferrer:
Jay Serafin
SHNID:
gd1966-07-17.sbd.serafin.4458.shnf
Source:
SBD > RTR @ 15 I.p.s. > PCM > D > SSSB
Taper Notes:
View NotesUploaded exclusively to GDLive.com by: John "Jay" Serafin, owner/audio engineer @ Serafin Station Studio B "Making Kindness Dubs For Everyone!" No Profits Or Copyright Infringements EVER! Web Info: http://members.home.com/kinddubs E-Mail: [email protected] JAY'S PERSONAL COMMENTS: It's REALLY AMAZING that I find a LOT of 1966-68 shows which sound better than a lot of the 1970's reel to reel-originated shows, and even a lot of the early PCM shows. NOTE: When PCM was first made available on the commercial market, it was only limited to 8 bit quality sound, and would only work with certain Sony BetaMax videocassette decks. As time and technology grew, the PCM units became easier to use, they would work will almost ANY VCR (be it VHS or the now-dying BetaMax formats)... and finally they were able to get 16-bit sound to work CORRECTLY around the mid-1980's. But, a little known factoid about the sound quality: the Dead weren't always the ones who were setting up the RTR decks. The record companies were bringing in the Otari 2" 4 and 8 track decks which ran at a minimum of 15 i.p.s., and were able to be better calibrated to more brands and formulations of open reel tape. This is why a lot of these shows sound so pristine... but yet there were a lot of reel changes (when there weren't two RTR decks there... one to run, and the other on "standby" so that the recording could be started as the first deck began to run out of tape! So, this is why some shows literally have no gaps where the reels were changed! It is my understanding that for this show, a single Otari 4 track 1" wide tape running at 7.5 i.p.s. was used. Some of the songs from this Fillmore run were going to be used as promos, and possibly as a live album early on. The record companies were REALLY hot on the Dead, and they wanted the Boyz to also try new songs to see how they would be received by the audience, as well as how they would sound live. Hence, "one-offs" like In The Pines, Cardboard Cowboy, were played, and then evaluated by the record companies. The PCM archive tape is deteriorating, as can be heard in the left (vocals) channel (only). On very loud vocal peaks, you can just hear a very slight distortion. It's not really as bad as it look "in print", but it can be heard. Again, it's only during the loudest vocals, and not on any of the instruments (right channel). This is a problem inherent to ALL tape-based media, in that it will deteriorate over time. Thank goodness that the Vault is very regulated as far as it's climate, air quality and purity, and that a lot of shows are being re-archived onto non-tape-based media. In The Pines and Cardboard Cowboy are FIRST / LAST / ONLY TIMES PLAYED songs. In The Pines is good, a song of sorrow. But Cardboard Cowboy, I can live without. It just doesn't "make it" with me. Other people like it, maybe because it's very rare to hear a good quality copy of it, or to even hear it at all, or just because it's a Dead song... who knows?!?!? The entire show had an "energy" to it, but not a very high level. There weren't any real between-song lulls like we've come to expect, and sometimes it can be heard when the guitars are slightly out of tune (and adjusted during the songs). Bobby is pretty prominent in the mix, Pig's organ is really present (no dirty jokes, please!), but Jerry's guitar, depending on the song and how attentive the engineers were at any point in time, was either present, low volume (being picked up by the other instrument microphones nearby, or "invisible" for very short periods of time. It never ceases to amaze me that audio engineers, especially with the Dead and the Fillmore's own crew, who were excellent most of the time, could be so ignorant of the fact that things weren't right! But, that just makes the show all that much more interesting, I would imagine! This is the ENTIRE show... all songs are included, so you get the "feel" of how things were played back then. Short sets, a lot of bands for the evening, nothing like what we've been accustomed to for the past 20 years. I personally did see a few of these "huge number of artists" shows back in my early days, and it had a circus-like atmosphere sometimes. Depending on who was playing, everyone shared everyone else's amps, drum sets, etc. Even the Dead did, though they would bring out quite a bit of their own equipment to supplement what was on stage. And there was only about 10-15 minutes between acts, so either you rushed to the washroom, or you "held it in" for 3-plus hours. The Fillmore did have a curfew, which USUALLY was enforced, but sometimes they would run over. Bill Graham always tried to orchestrate the start time of the shows so that every group got a pretty good amount of time, but there were a number of shows where some groups only got to play 3 or 4 songs, as the band(s) before them ran long, or the "headline" act(s) were going to play long. As with the 7/16/66 show which I uploaded here, this show will fit onto a single 74-minute CD (in fact, you can put BOTH the 7/16/66 and 7/17/66 shows onto a single 74-minute CD with 2 minutes to spare!). NONE of the shows I upload to GDLive will ever require "overburning", as that goes against a number of industry standards (one being that the maximum allowable recording time be 76:14). And some people's equipment cannot play back correctly the 80 minute discs which are prevalent lately. Not to mention that unless your CD-R/RW recorder specifically is made to record 80 minute discs, there's going to be problems with the recording (it's technical, but the abbreviated version is that the stepping motor, which positions the recording laser, can only be positioned in certain designated spots, and cannot go "between" point A and point B on the disc... if it tries to, it can partially overwrite what has been already recorded onto the media). Enjoy the show! PERSONAL RATINGS: (on a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being excellent) Audio Mix: 9.2 (Jerry's disappearing act is what lowered this rating) Audio Quality: 9.7 Energy Level: 8.5 Show "Completeness": 10.0 (entire set) Song Selection: For the time period, nothing out of the ordinary at all. Surprises: In The Pines and Cardboard Cowboy