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June 12th
6 shows
73 tapes
Years
1995
29.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h58178
7d1.2k161
30d29.9k4.2k
49 shows
341 tapes
1994
10.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h797111
7d3.3k419
30d10.3k1.4k
85 shows
460 tapes
1993
39.1k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.4k458
7d5.2k664
30d39.1k5.1k
83 shows
656 tapes
1992
38.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h4.8k627
7d4k520
30d38.3k5.1k
57 shows
538 tapes
1991
35.5k
PlaybackListensHours
48h6.9k859
7d9.2k1.3k
30d35.5k4.9k
78 shows
973 tapes
1990
46.4k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.2k419
7d16.3k2k
30d46.4k6k
78 shows
1,139 tapes
1989
47.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3k369
7d5.5k678
30d47.2k5.9k
78 shows
1,017 tapes
1988
20.5k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.2k137
7d2.5k289
30d20.5k2.4k
82 shows
882 tapes
1987
33.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h4.4k496
7d4.1k462
30d33.3k3.6k
88 shows
1,025 tapes
1986
11.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1k113
7d1.7k189
30d11.7k1.3k
47 shows
684 tapes
1985
22k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.8k209
7d3.3k382
30d22k2.6k
73 shows
1,356 tapes
1984
20k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.5k408
7d6.6k784
30d20k2.5k
67 shows
1,075 tapes
1983
25.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.4k179
7d2.8k375
30d25.2k3.3k
71 shows
1,069 tapes
1982
41.5k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.3k156
7d2.9k361
30d41.5k5.1k
63 shows
753 tapes
1981
42.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.9k236
7d4k504
30d42.9k5.4k
92 shows
868 tapes
1980
67.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h5k600
7d11.4k1.2k
30d67.9k7.9k
91 shows
794 tapes
1979
20.8k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.7k229
7d3.1k439
30d20.8k2.9k
79 shows
600 tapes
1978
45.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.9k257
7d3.8k519
30d45.2k6.1k
87 shows
592 tapes
1977
285.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h8.7k1.2k
7d41.3k5.7k
30d285.7k39.4k
64 shows
418 tapes
1976
60.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h21.9k2.9k
7d15k2.1k
30d60.2k8.2k
45 shows
298 tapes
1975
6.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h23425
7d1.2k123
30d6.3k646
25 shows
63 tapes
1974
93.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h3.5k459
7d12k1.6k
30d93.6k11.9k
42 shows
324 tapes
1973
84.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h6k832
7d15k2k
30d84.9k10.8k
75 shows
445 tapes
1972
65.4k
PlaybackListensHours
48h2.4k304
7d5.1k634
30d65.4k8k
88 shows
361 tapes
1971
33.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.6k178
7d3.5k392
30d33.2k3.8k
82 shows
357 tapes
1970
44.2k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.4k168
7d7k718
30d44.2k4.7k
101 shows
375 tapes
1969
26.7k
PlaybackListensHours
48h1.4k176
7d3.7k584
30d26.7k4k
112 shows
326 tapes
1968
7.3k
PlaybackListensHours
48h42555
7d1.5k191
30d7.3k921
41 shows
125 tapes
1967
1.6k
PlaybackListensHours
48h14318
7d23934
30d1.6k214
23 shows
55 tapes
1966
7.9k
PlaybackListensHours
48h39528
7d66742
30d7.9k523
32 shows
78 tapes
1965
618
PlaybackListensHours
48h191
7d1127
30d61836
2 shows
2 tapes
1970
11/20/70
Cold Rain & Snow
3:28
Me & My Uncle
3:16
Next Time You See Me
3:48
China Cat Sunflower
6:06
I Know You Rider
4:39
Sugar Magnolia
5:39
Friend Of The Devil
3:43
Mama Tried
2:35
Good Lovin'
22:10
Cumberland Blues
4:43
Candyman
7:36
Truckin'
7:12
The Other One
5:10
St. Stephen
5:14
Not Fade Away
3:33
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
7:43
Not Fade Away
2:29
I'm A King Bee
7:04
Casey Jones
4:47
It's All Over Now
7:03
Jam
1:30
tuning
0:32
Around & Around
4:19
Jam
11:43
Darling Corey
4:59
Jam
3:06
tuning
1:40
Jam
11:26
Uncle John's Band
5:57
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.