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Animal Liberation Orchestra

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Grateful Dead

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1981

Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA

1:36:29

1 tape

12/31SBD

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Oakland Auditorium Arena

Fiesta Hall, San Mateo County Fairgrounds

Events Center, U. of Colorado

Des Moines Civic Center

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Assembly Hall, U. of Illinois

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands

War Memorial Auditorium

Stabler Arena, Lehigh U.

Compton Terrace Amphitheatre

McArthur Court, U. of Oregon

Portland Memorial Coliseum

Seattle Center Coliseum

Salt Lake City, UT, USA

McArthur Court, University Of Oregon

McNichols Sports Arena

McNichols Sports Arena

Alpine Valley Music Theatre

St. Paul Civic Center

Kansas City Municipal Auditorium Arena

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

San Francisco, CA, USA

Onondaga County War Memorial

Barton Hall, Cornell University

Athletic Center, Rutgers U

New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Providence Civic Center

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Glenns Falls Civic Center

Glenns Falls, NY, USA

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Veterans' Memorial Coliseum

Utica Memorial Auditorium

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Cole Field House, U. of Maryland

College Park, MD, USA

Sources

Transferrer: Remastered By Charlie Miller [email protected] November 22, 2025

44:56

SBDREMASTER

Transferrer:

Remastered By Charlie Miller [email protected] November 22, 2025

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.175257.sbd.set1p.miller.phase-repair.flac1644

Source:

SBD > Cassette Master > Reel > DAT (48k)

Lineage:

Transfer Info: DAT (Sony PCM-R500) > Apogee Ensemble > Peak > AIFF Mastering Info: AIFF > Samplitude Pro v11.2 > Adobe Auditon v1.5 > FLAC Remastering Info: FLAC > iZotope RX11 Advanced > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- I repaired the vocal phase issue on shnid=113101
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for the pitch correction settings

Transferrer: Remastered by Charlie Miller [email protected] November 22, 2025

3:02:56

SBDREMASTER

Transferrer:

Remastered by Charlie Miller [email protected] November 22, 2025

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.175256.sbd.miller.remaster.flac1644

Source:

Set 1: SBD > Cassette Master > Reel > DAT (shnid=113101) Set 2: SBD > Old Mono Cassette (shnid=33336)

Lineage:

Remastering Info: FLAC > iZotope RX11 Advanced > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- I repaired the vocal phase issue on the Set 1 soundboard
-- I did a lot of work to the Set 2 soundboard
-- Thanks to Rob Eaton, Jake Feinberg, Bob Wagner and Scott Clugston
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for the pitch correction settings

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

gd1981-03-13.pset1.sbd.digitalrbb.miller.113101.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Cassette Master -> Reel -> Dat (48k)

Lineage:

Dat (Sony R500) -> Apogee Ensemble -> Peak -> AIFF Mastering Info: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> Adobe Auditon v1.5 -> FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Only half the set was on the Dat
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for helping with the pitch correction

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

gd1981-03-13.set1.sbd.digitalrbb.miller.112659.flac16

Source:

SBD -> Cassette Master -> Reel -> Dat (48k)

Lineage:

Dat (Sony R500) -> Apogee Ensemble -> Peak -> AIFF Mastering Info: AIFF -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
-- Only half the set was on the Dat

Source 5 of 15

Old cassette > Sony TC-D5M > Soundblaster > WAV > Soundforge > CD-Wave > TLH v.1.0.0.72 > FLAC

Taper: Bob Wagner

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.147852.fob.nak700.wagner.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Bob Wagner's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 700 mics (with bass EQ)> Sony D5M (dolby B)(Maxell XLIIS)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Alan Zimmerman and all the folks responsible for the shnid81392 Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:19 patch in "The Music Never Stopped", as well as the "Don't Ease Me In" encore in its entirety
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid33336 soundboard source which supplies a 0:21 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2019

Taper: Bob Wagner

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.147851.fob.nak700.wagner.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Bob Wagner's Master (FOB) Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 700 mics (with bass EQ)> Sony D5M (dolby B)(Maxell XLIIS)

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz)> dBpoweramp > Adobe Audition CC 2019 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Bob Wagner for the master recording
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Alan Zimmerman and all the folks responsible for the shnid81392 Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:19 patch in "The Music Never Stopped", as well as the "Don't Ease Me In" encore in its entirety
- Thanks to the folks responsible for the shnid33336 soundboard source which supplies a 0:21 patch in "Drums"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2019

Taper: Frank Streeter

Charlie Miller and SIRMick

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.140010.FOB-akg-d330bt.streeter.miller.sirmick.flac2496

Source:

Source: AKG D330BT's >Sony TC-D5M > Cassette Master (TDK MA90) - Taped by Frank Streeter; Transfer : Cassette Master > Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.8 MHz) > KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH > flac 2496 - Transferred by Charlie Miller; Lineage: Wav > Adobe Audition 3 > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac24; edited and mastered SIRMick November 2017

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:

- tape flips after "Jack-A-Roe" and during "Space" patched with shnid 132621 - Thank you Jim Wise and David Minches.
- tapes pauses smoothed with crossfades.
- All tracks have been pitch corrected.

Thanks to Frank Streeter and Charlie Miller.

edited and mastered
SIRMick
November 2017

Taper: Bob Wagner

gd1981-03-13.nak700.wagner.miller.90455.sbeok.flac16

Source:

(FOB) Nakamichi 700 (With Bass EQ) -> Cassette Master (Sony D5M/Maxell DXLIIS/Dolby B) D

Lineage:

Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) ->

Taper Notes:

View NotesPatch Info:
Sennheiser 421 -> Cassette Master -> Sound Forge -> CD (shnid=4167) supplies:
The Music Never Stopped (6:55 - 7:15)
Don't Ease Me In (complete track)

Notes:
-- All disc changes are seamless
-- Thanks to Bob Wagner for lending me his masters

Taper: Master Cassettes Recorded by Jon Bernstein

2:56:14

Taper:

Master Cassettes Recorded by Jon Bernstein

Transferrer:

Transfer by Ray Ackerman Edited & Mastered by Joe Noel September 30, 2025

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.174927.aud.Bernstein.ackerman.noel.flac2496

Source:

?? mics > ?? lead deck > ?? Deck > Master Cassettes

Lineage:

Master Cassettes > Nakamichi Cassette Deck 1 > Oade modified Grace Design Lunatec V3 > M-Audio MicroTrack II > WAV 24/96 > Adobe Audition > FLAC 2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes;
- The mics can't be recalled, but a quick listen reveals our taper was centered & upfront.
- All tape flips were x-faded where applicable

Thanks to;
- Jon Bernstein for his recording efforts & sharing his masters
- Ray Ackerman for the quality transfer
- Bob Wagner for the patch source

Taper: Jim Wise

gd1981-03-13.132621.aud.sennheiser421.flac24

Source:

Cassette Audience Master recorded by Jim Wise; Sennheiser MD 421 mic's mounted on a stand- Sony TC D-5 Cassette Recorder; Location @ Soundboard; Analog to Digital: Dolby B Decoded Maxell XL-11 High-Bias(CrO2)Cassette Masters played back on Nakamichi Dragon-Korg MR-1000(DSF[1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo]) Korg AudioGate-WAV[24/96] Transfer by David Minches; Editing(Adobe Audition CC)-FLAC encoding(dBpoweramp); Tagging(Tag & Re-name) Jim Wise

Taper: Jim Wise

gd1981-03-13.132620.aud.sennheiser421.flac16

Source:

<b>flac16/48kHz</b>; Cassette Audience Master recorded by Jim Wise; Sennheiser MD 421 mic's mounted on a stand-Sony TC D-5 Cassette Recorder; Location @ Soundboard; Analog to Digital: Dolby B Decoded Maxell XL-11 High-Bias(CrO2)Cassette Masters played back on Nakamichi Dragon-Korg MR-1000(DSF[1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo]) Korg AudioGate-WAV[24/96]; Transfer by David Minches; Editing(Adobe Audition CC)-FLAC encoding(dBpoweramp); Tagging(Tag & Re-name)-Sample Rate Conversion(r8brain) by Jim Wise

Taper: Steve Rolfe

gd1981-03-13.nak700.rolfe.minches.99104.flac16

Source:

2 Nak 700s> Sony TC-D5

Lineage:

Master played back on Nak Dragon> Grace Lunatec V3 (24/96)> Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe> Adobe Audition 2.0> (dither/downsample)> FLAC encoding

Taper Notes:

View NotesThis is the 16 bit/44.1 kHz version.

Thanks to Joe B. Jones for pitch correction.

Taper: Alan Zimmerman

gd1981-03-13.senn421.zimmerman.minches.81392.sbeok.flac16

Source:

2 Sennheiser 421s (Alan thinks)> Sony TC-158 (Fuji FX-I 90s) > MAC

Lineage:

MAC > Nakamichi Dragon > ART DI/O > Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe soundcard > Cool Edit 2000 > flac encoding > FLAC

Taper: Jim Wise

Jim Wise and Jamie Lutch

SHNID:

gd1981-03-13.wise.lutch.4167.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Senn 421 > D5 > MAC > Nakamichi Dragon > A/D Conversion via Sony R700 (no DAT gen) > COAX to ZA2 > Soundforge > Master CDR

Lineage:

Master CDR > CDR > EAC > Soundforge > CD WAV > SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesJim Wise did the taping and the Analog > Digital conversion
Jamie Lutch created the SHNs from a copy of the Master CD

Level Flux at beginning of Jack-A-Roe - smoothed a bit in Soundforge
Cassette Flip Drums>Space- crossfaded
Cassette Flip beginning of Sugar Magnolia - crossfaded
Cassette Flip beginning of Eyes - crossfaded