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Billy & the Kids

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1969

Unknown Location

Boston Tea Party

Boston, MA, USA

Boston Tea Party

Boston, MA, USA

Boston Tea Party

Boston, MA, USA

International Speedway

Hollywood, FL, USA

McFarlin Auditorium, S.M.U.

Dallas, TX, USA

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, CA, USA

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, CA, USA

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, CA, USA

Swing Auditorium

San Bernardino, CA, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Cal Expo, Building A

Sacramento, CA, USA

Crockett, CA, USA

Fillmore Auditorium

1GbnL43DSgDRIIvKTVDSjP San Francisco, CA, USA

Fillmore Auditorium

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Jose State College

San Jose, CA, USA

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA, USA

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA, USA

Winterland Arena

San Francisco, CA, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Alembic Studios

San Francisco, CA

The Family Dog at the Great Highway (?)

San Francisco, CA

Family Dog at the Great Highway

San Francisco, CA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Baton Rouge Int. Speedway

Prairieville, LA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at the Great Highway

San Francisco, CA

St. Helens, OR, USA

Seattle, WA, USA

Max Yasgur's Farm

Bethel, NY, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

Family Dog at The Great Highway

San Francisco, CA, USA

NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park

Queens, NY, USA

NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park

Queens, NY, USA

Atlanta, GA, USA

Electric Theater

Chicago, IL, USA

Electric Theater

Chicago, IL, USA

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Veterans Auditorium

Santa Rosa, CA, USA

Veterans Auditorium

Santa Rosa, CA, USA

The Great Lawn, Central Park

New York, NY, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Monterey Performing Arts Center

Monterey, CA, USA

Fresno Convention Center

Fresno, CA, USA

California Hall

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Framcisco, CA

McArthur Court, U. of Oregon

Eugene, OR, USA

Portland, OR, USA

Robertson Gym, U.C.S.B.

Isle Vista, CA, USA

Seminole Indian Reservation

Hollywood, FL, USA

Seminole Indian Reservation

Hollywood, FL, USA

Campolindo High School

Moraga, CA, USA

Aztec Bowl, San Diego State College

San Diego, CA, USA

Pasadena, CA, USA

Polo Field, Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA, USA

Rocklin, CA, USA

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Electric Theater

Chicago, IL, USA

Electric Theater

Chicago, IL, USA

Boston, MA, USA

Boston, MA, USA

Boston, MA, USA

Atwood Hall, Clark U.

Worcester, MA, USA

Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U.

Lafayette, IN, USA

The Quadrangle, Washington U.

St. Louis, MO, USA

Ballroom, U. of Colorado

Boulder, CO, USA

Student Union Ballroom, U. of Utah

Early Show Salt Lake City, UT, USA

University Auditorium, U. Of Arizona

Tucson, AZ, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Student Center, Modesto Jr. College

Modesto, CA, USA

Pasadena, CA, USA

Hilton Hotel Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Vallejo, CA, USA

Vallejo, CA, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Electric Factory

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Electric Factory

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Late Show New York, NY, USA

Stanley Theatre

Late Show Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Kiel Auditorium

St. Louis, MO, USA

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall

Kansas City, KS, USA

Minneapolis, MN, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA, USA

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Civic Auditorium

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Sources

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

9.45 / 12 ratings

gd1969-04-21.sbd.miller.88465.sbeok.flac16

SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD D

CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC

View NotesPatch Info:
Alternate SBD source provides:
Introduction (complete track)
2nd Cryptical Envelopment (1:21 - 6:19)
Dark Star (14:52 - 16:36)
Turn On Your Lovelight (23:56 - end of track)
Notes:
-- Cleaned up numerous flaws and fixed the levels
-- Alligator has a false start
-- Tape runs out during Feedback

Transferrer: Charlie Miller and J. Ashley

9.27 / 35 ratings

Charlie Miller and J. Ashley

gd69-04-21.sbd.bertha-ashley.19841.sbeok.shnf

Soundboard - Bertha Remaster

SBD > MR > DAT > CDA > DAW(Bertha) > CDA/SHN

View NotesBertha Remaster of the Master Reel source; SBD>>MR>>DAT>>CDA>>DAW(Bertha)>>CDA/SHN

Transferrer: Tomp

10.00 / 3 ratings

gd1969-04-21.sbd.miller.tomp.124439.flac16

SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD

CD -> Samplitude Professional v9.12 -> FLAC

View NotesThe original is one of the best GD SBDs Ive heard from this era, one of the last of the setlists mainly
from (IMHO) their great 1968-9 era. It has all the dynamic range preserved, low noise and no processing.
Of the 3 recent Ark shows, the lack of an extra cassette stage in the lineage really shows compared to
the other two (22nd & 23rd). IMHO this one is way the best !!

Huge thanks must go to the original recorder and of course, the great Charlie Miller for his enormous 
body of dedicated work and with whom I had an Email exchange, where he gave me a go-ahead.

The work I did was fairly subtle, but the sound of Phil Lesh's bass is restored to closer to it's wonderful
powerful best, whilst the general sound and dynamics are significantly better. Despite the improvement in
the frequency extremes, there has been absolutely no EQ, compression or NR used here, just correcting
recording and venue artifacts, so to my ears it sounds clearer and more dynamic than the Bertha version.

I'm also particularly please with the improvement in the previously poor sounding Lovelight patch.

TomP post on Dime, April 2013...Enjoy !!

TomP Changes Made (Nero 8):
---------------------------
Phase correction 0.05msec
- louder bass
- generally clearer sound
Further substantial phase inversion and offset correction of Lovelight patch
Cross-mixed all channels (95:5)
- voice and instruments clearer and more to the foreground in the stereo field
- moves the drums from extreme left and right (behind the ear) towards the middle
- a little incidental noise cancellation
Fixed glitches at 0.02 d1tr02, 0.04 ditr02
Corrected balance change 0.42-1.22 d1tr02
Corrected lots of small balance and volume fluctuations
Reduced left channel of most tracks by 3-6% to centre stereo image
Cut 1min+ of no-tuning during Tuning (d3tr01)
Fixed phase inversion in patch at end of Lovelight
Added flac tags

Transferrer: Bob Menke and Derek McCabe

8.40 / 6 ratings

Bob Menke and Derek McCabe

gd1969-04-21.sbd.motb-0129.107347.flac16

MSC >> Nakamichi CR7a => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96] > ? > flac/16

Transferrer: Scott Clugston

9.43 / 9 ratings

gd1969-04-21.sbd.clugston.6182.shnf

MSR > DAT > CDR

View NotesUpdated possible gen: MSR> DAT > CDR (had been marked MSR > Cassette > DAT > CDR); intro from alternate SBD; d1t6, d3t2 have cuts from reel; 1/20/68 filler; via Scott Clugston, Lee Revell