Greatest Story Ever Told | 1981-08-12 | Grateful Dead

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Frank Streeter for the 1st generation reels
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the audience source which supplies "Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told", the first 0:39 of "Friend Of The Devil", a 0:27 patch in "Lost Sailor", from 0:24 of "Estimated Prophet" thru the first 4:00 of "Eyes Of The World", as well as from 2:38 of "Around & Around" thru the first 0:10 of "Good Lovin'
- Thanks to SIRMick for the shnid95346 audience source which supplies a 0:31 patch in the "Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World" transition 
- Thanks to Charlie Miller and Rob Eaton for the shnid139593 soundboard source which supplies the end of "Truckin'", "Morning Dew" and the first 2:40 of "Around & Around", as well as from 0:10 of "Good Lovin'" thru the end of the show
- There's some hi-hat/cymbals distortion in the left channel at spots throughout the show (also present on shnid139593)
- Spanish Jam space included in "Spanish Jam"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2018

Taper: Frank Streeter

3:00:43

SBD

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller and Matt Smith

SHNID:

gd1981-08-12.142955.sbd.healy.streeter.smith.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

<b/>flac16/48 </b> Source Info:Dan Healy's Master Soundboard Cassettes (Sony TC-D5M/TDK MA-R90/Dolby B)> Frank Streeter's 1st generation 1/4 track Reels @ 3.75 ips (Sony TC770/Maxell UD35-90B)Transfer Info:1st generation Reels (Technics RS-1506)> Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp 24/96 > Adobe Audition 3.01 > TLH flac2496. Mastered by Scott Clugston.

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Frank Streeter for the 1st generation reels
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the audience source which supplies "Alabama Getaway > Greatest Story Ever Told", the first 0:39 of "Friend Of The Devil", a 0:27 patch in "Lost Sailor", from 0:24 of "Estimated Prophet" thru the first 4:00 of "Eyes Of The World", as well as from 2:38 of "Around & Around" thru the first 0:10 of "Good Lovin'
- Thanks to SIRMick for the shnid95346 audience source which supplies a 0:31 patch in the "Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World" transition 
- Thanks to Charlie Miller and Rob Eaton for the shnid139593 soundboard source which supplies the end of "Truckin'", "Morning Dew" and the first 2:40 of "Around & Around", as well as from 0:10 of "Good Lovin'" thru the end of the show
- There's some hi-hat/cymbals distortion in the left channel at spots throughout the show (also present on shnid139593)
- Spanish Jam space included in "Spanish Jam"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
August 2018

Transferrer: Charlie Miller

gd1981-08-12.139593.sbd.miller.flac1648

Source:

SBD > Cassette Master (Sony TC-D5M) > Reel > Dat (48k)

Lineage:

Dat (Sony PCM-R500) > Tascam DA-3000 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/

Transferrer: Happy Jack

gd1981-08-12.139592.PartialShow.SaltPalace.UT.sbd.msc.happyjack.Flac24

Source:

Partial Show; Monitor Mix sbd [Jerry's side]; Source: sbd > > Sony TC-D5 > Master Cassettes;

Lineage:

Clone [Maxell MX90 Cassette] > Nakamichi CR-3A > Sony PCM-M10 > Scandisc Ultra MicroSD 8gb [class 10]; Recording Mode: LPCM [wav] 96.00kHz/24bit; Lineage: 96.00kHz/24bit wav > Adobe Audition 3.0. > WaveLab6 > iZotope Ozone 3 > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 24

Taper Notes:

View NotesShow Notes
^ - 1st for Brent
AWESOME slow version of Althea
One of the BEST Scarlet > Fire
Great early version of Women r Smarter & CC Rider
I wish this entire show was not stolen a GREAT Morning Dew in the 2nd set

Source Notes
Missing first 2 songs getting there late & setting up as usual trying to find the patch cord they left us. LOLS
* - Tape Flip - Very little music lost end of song. Missing 1 verse. Now a days with digital less tape flipping. LOLS

Mastering Notes
added +2db gain
Fixed tape flip transision
Removal of DC offset.
Removal of White noise
Pitch Corrected

Band Members
Jerry Garcia - guitar & vocals
Bob Weir - guitar & vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
Phil Lesh - bass & vocals
Mickey Hart - percussion 
Brent Mydland - keyboards & vocals

Transferrer: Bill Guarneri

gd1981-08-12.sbd.130235.MrBill.flac16

Source:

Recording Info: SBD > MC > R > DAT > CD; Transfer Info: CD > WAV > Sound Forge 10 > TLH > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View NotesRemastered version of shnid 10548. All patches from aud shnid 95346.
Several patches were on 10548, including Disc 1, tracks 1-2
and first 36 seconds of track 3. Disc 3, track 1 starting at 0:24 to end
Disc 3, track 2, 0:00 - 2:07

I used shnid 95346 to patch the following;
Disc 1, track 9, 3:33 - 4:03
Disc 3, track 8, 2:30 - end 
Disc 3, track 9, 0:00 - 0:11
Pitch corrected in set 2... set 1 was OK.
This fine show, neglected for many years, is now back in circulation.

Source 6 of 9

gd81-08-12.sbd.munder.10548.sbeok.shnf

Taper: Jim Vita

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-08-12.153257.sony.vita.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Sony Stereo mic > Sony TC-D5M (Maxell XLII-S)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

Taper: Jim Vita

Scott Clugston and Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-08-12.153256.sony.vita.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Sony Stereo mic > Sony TC-D5M (Maxell XLII-S)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition CC 2020 > TLH flac2496

Transferrer: SIRMick

gd1981-08-12.aud.sirmick.95346.sbeok.flac16

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:

- it was neccessary to re-assemble the show in the correct running order as it had been cut up to
   fit on the tapes.
- dc offset removed
- all tracks have been pitch corrected using the circulating sbd as a guide.  They were running between
   4% and 10% too fast
* tuning and the first 1:32 of "Alabama Getaway" patched in from shnid 10548.
- the first 7 seconds of "Althea" are missing.
- the start of "Might As Well" is clipped, 3 or 4 notes are missing.
- The first 6:52 of "Althea", all of "Might As Well"and the first 1:42 of "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"
   have an inferior sound quality.  They sounded quite muffled  and have a higher level of tape hiss,
   compared to the rest of the show.  I have brightened these sections to make them sound more
   consistent with the other tracks.  
-  there is a problem with "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"at 4:11.
- the tape was paused between songs, or these sections were cut out when the tapes were originally
   assembled, on a number of occasions.  Crossfades have been put in to smooth these out.

 

Comments:

This recording reveals that the circulating sbd has approximately 2:49 missing from "Eyes Of The World",
2:22 from the end of the first verse to about half way through the second and 27 seconds at the end.  Also
about 4 seconds at the start of "Good Lovin'" that is missing from the sbd.  Only about 8 seconds of music is
missing from the whole show!

This is somewhat of a "Curate's Egg" as regards the sound.  When it's good it's very good and there ARE a lot of very good parts!  Hopefully this version will prompt someone to dig deep and come up with a better copy of what is a great show.



Thanks to Uncle Barry for providing the tapes and Roeret for helping me out with the patch source


edited with Adobe Audition, mastered with iZotope Ozone, and resampled & dithered with iZotope RX Advanced

transferred, edited and mastered
SIRMick
October 2008