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June 11th
5 shows
52 tapes
Years
1995
30.1k
PlaybackListensHours
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
1970
11/20/70
Cold Rain And Snow
5:29
Me And My Uncle
3:57
Next Time You See Me
4:25
China Cat Sunflower
6:01
I Know You Rider
4:34
Cumberland Blues
5:41
Candyman
8:09
//drums
9:55
jam and Good Lovin (reprise)
12:09
Sugar Magnolia
5:40
Friend Of The Devil
3:56
Mama Tried
2:39
Casey Jones
4:45
Truckin'
7:30
drums//
1:38
//The Other One
4:14
St. Stephen
6:14
Not Fade Away
3:44
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
7:33
Not Fade Away
2:29
I'm A King Bee
7:14
Uncle Johns Band
5:55
tuning up (patched)
1:35
Its All Over Now
7:01
noodling Instrumental (Jorma)
1:32
Jam
11:38
Darling Corey
5:05
Jam
2:57
Jam
10:47
tuning ditty 1
0:13
tuning ditty2 and false start (to Around And Around)
0:19
Around And Around
4:17
FIN
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Sources
Taper: Bob Stone
2:49:15
Taper:
Bob Stone
Transferrer:
David Bernis;Doug Rice;Alan Bershaw
SHNID:
gd1970-11-20.175675.StereoAud.BetaHiFi.stone.bernis.rice.bershaw.flac2448
Lineage:
Lineage: Stereo Audience Master Cassettes > ? > Beta HiFi (Sony L-750 ES, dubbed in the late 1980s by David Bernis) > Sony SL-HF400 Super Beta HiFi VCR > 24/48 wav (transferred two times by Doug Rice AKA BFOQ -12/2025) > LogicPro (level and speed adjustments, DC offset correction, 3 patches utilizing other source, dropout repair utilizing transfer #2 and sequencing by Alan Bershaw 12/2025) > 24/48 wav > FLAC
Taper Notes:
View NotesNotes: This may only be of interest to the hardcore Grateful Dead collectors out there - especially those who love their 1970 era. Thanks to my friend Doug, who has been scouring and preserving private collections in the Rochester, NY area for many years, we're sharing this newly discovered source of Bob Stone’s hand-held audience recording of the November 20, 1970 Grateful Dead concert at The Palestra. Unlike what has been circulating for decades, Doug's new transfers are NOT sourced from Marty Weinberg’s reel copies, but from an alternate and substantially different sounding Beta HiFi tape copy that had never been transferred or circulated before. While generally inferior to the known source and not without issues of its own, this new transfer has several things going for it, including additional material unavailable on previous versions of this show (including more of ‘Cold Rain And Snow’, ‘St. Stephen’ and 'King Bee') and it was not EQ’ed during playback. The source of this Beta tape suffered from vacillating speed issues, some of which were extreme. These have largely been corrected, but some speed instability issues remain. It does not suffer from any “radio interference” or several other anomalies that have been noted on previously circulated copies and it is sequenced differently, which I believe makes more sense and is closer to being accurate. The Jefferson Airplane performed at the War Memorial in Rochester that same evening. Following their concert, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady (and according to some accounts, Grace Slick) headed over to the University of Rochester campus, arriving around 2:00 a.m, as the Dead were winding up their 2nd set. Their arrival motivated a 3rd set of oldies and spontaneous jamming, with Jorma joining in on all of it (and Jack possibly joining in for some of it), which according to first hand reports ended in the 3 to 3:30 a.m. range. Like all other copies, the initial pre-drums portion of ‘Good Lovin’ is missing, as is part of ‘The Other One,’ which are presumed not to have been recorded or lost during tape changes. Bob Stone either did not record the New Riders Of The Purple Sage opening set, or possibly recorded over it, to facilitate recording everything else. In an effort to save tape, Bob also paused recording between individual songs, which allowed him to get as much music as he thankfully did. While this alternate source will primarily appeal to completists and those who can still enjoy 1970 audience recordings, this also has portions that I find superior to previous versions, like the “Jam > Darling Corey > Jam” sequence with Jorma Kaukonen joining in, which sounds more natural than the heavily EQ’ed version everyone is familiar with. The entire recording also has better low end. My sincere thanks to Bob Stone, who originally recorded this, David Bernis, who made the BetaHiFi copy back in the late 1980s, and especially Doug Rice, who discovered this Beta tape and meticulously did two 24/48 transfers of it, so that I could work it up to it's current state. For 1970 hand-held technology in a school gymnasium, it's a surprisingly listenable recording from the woefully under-recorded Fall 1970 tour. If nothing else, this new source can be used to patch several missing parts on the only other source. I hold out hope that Bob Stone's master cassettes still exist and may even surface someday. If you have any leads on that, please get in touch. Happy New Year! Alan Bershaw (January 2026)
Taper: Marty Wienberg
2:43:10
Rating:
7.53 / 17 ratings
Taper:
Marty Wienberg
Transferrer:
Jeff Cook and JCotsman
SHNID:
gd70-11-20.aud.cotsman.9001.sbeok.shnf
Source:
Audience
Lineage:
AUD > MR > PCM > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN
Taper Notes:
View NotesThis is a reported Marty Weinberg audience recording. Many songs have been clipped at the beginning or end, though most of these cuts are minor. There are occasional, faint moments of static or degradation throughout this recording. Besides the flaws, which are minor, this is one of the better audience recordings of the year. Several large dropouts were adjusted, such that extremely low levels were normalized and smoothed over using Sound Forge: d1t06 @ 1:30 d1t06 @ 3:20 d1t09 @ 4:02 (irreparable) d1t09 @ 4:20 d1t09 @ 6:10 d2t03 @ 1:22 (irreparable) d2t05 @ 1:20 d3t07 @ 0:35 d3t09 @ 10:03 other notes: --reel flip @ 0:55 in FOTD --tape flutter at beginning of St. Stephen --it seems the recording has picked up a nearby radio station as overlapping music can be heard during parts of St. Stephen --the order of the songs is uncertain, as the placement of Good Lovin' is questionable.