Mexicali Blues | 1981-12-09 | Grateful Dead

View NotesPatch Info:
Sennheiser 421 -> Master Cassette -> CD (By Jim Wise) supplies:
Bird Song (last 8 seconds - post song tuning)
Mama Tried (complete song)
Mexicali Blues (0:00 - 1:38)
Scarlet Begonias (6:20 - 7:35)
Space (4:52 - end of track)
The Other One (0:00 - 4:19)

Notes:
-- All disc changes are seamless
-- I cleaned up many flaws and fixed the patches

Transferrer: Scott Clugston

3:03:03

SBD

gd81-12-09.sbd.clugston.13061.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard and Audience composite

Lineage:

Master Soundboard Cassette > Reel to Reel > DAT> CDR Sennheiser 421 Audience patch source

Taper Notes:

View NotesMaster Soundboard Cassette > Reel to Reel > DAT> CDR

Sennheiser 421 Audience source supplies "Mama Tried" (d1t06),
the first 1:38 of "Mexicali Blues" (d1t07), as well as from 4:54 of "Space" (d3t01)
thru 4:13 of "The Other One" (d3t02)

Patching / CD Mastering by Scott Clugston
EAC'ed / Shn'ed by Scott Clugston
10/02/02

Transferrer: MOTU

gd1981-12-09.sbd.motu.11626.shnf

Source:

SBD>Rm>Dat>CD

Lineage:

Transferrer: Willy Munder

gd1981-12-09.sbd.willy.7827.sbeok.shnf

Lineage:

DAT > via 20bit SBM>DATPort>Cool Edit (NR@ 5% to reduce tape hiss)>CDWAV(split tracks)>CDR>(Via CDRWin)>EAC>SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesWilly used Sound Forge, CD Wave and Shntool to retrack, remove minutes of silence (not tuning, dead air) at the start of both discs, and to fix sb's afterwards.  No other changes were made.

d2t03 Cut at :11 starts again at the end of the first verse (Rider)
d2t06 & d2t07 Cut in the segue between songs , I used this as the track break (Estimated>He's Gone)
d2t07 Cut from 10:25 to 10:30 (Post He's Gone)
d3t05 Fades at 7:22 (Good Lovin)

Taper: Jim Vita

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-12-09.167567.nak300.vita.miller.clugston.flac2496

Source:

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 300 mics > Sony D5M (Maxell XLIIS 90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k)> Adobe Audition CC 2022 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Vita (RIP) for the master cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Frank Streeter for the Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:13 patch in "Drums"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
June 2022

Taper: Jim Vita

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1981-12-09.167566.nak300.vita.miller.clugston.flac1648

Source:

Jim Vita's Master Audience Cassettes; Nakamichi 300 mics > Sony D5M (Maxell XLIIS 90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (24-bit/96k)> Adobe Audition CC 2022 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Jim Vita (RIP) for the master cassette source
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the transfer and coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Frank Streeter for the Sennheiser 421 source which supplies a 0:13 patch in "Drums"
- Other One space included in "The Other One"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
June 2022

Source 7 of 9

3:02:47

SHNID:

gd1981-12-09.158935.mtx.seamons.ht152.flac16

Source:

Matrix by Hunter Seamons using Final Cut Pro (FLAC > AIFF > Final Cut w/EQ > AIFF CD tracking via Audacity > FLAC16 via xACT w/meta-tagging) December 9, 2022

Taper Notes:

View NotesSome light PA static throughout but the matrix helps mask this issue.

SBD dead air/tuning trimmed.

A minuscule repeat "hiccup" in the SBD between Fire On The Mountain and Estimated Prophet was removed.

There was some above average clipping of the waveform in the SBD source, particularly during Cold Rain And Snow. Levels were not increased (or decreased) for the matrix.

AUD tape flips during He's Gone and The Other One were patched with Rip Tompkins' recording (#147222 via Andrew F., with thanks to Richie Stankiewicz, 7/30/19).

Taper: Rip Tompkins & Richie Stankiewicz

3:00:20

Taper:

Rip Tompkins & Richie Stankiewicz

Transferrer:

Andrew F.

SHNID:

gd1981-12-09.147222.beyer.tompkins.flac2448

Source:

Source: BeyerDynamic M88's > Sony TC-D5M > TDK MA (1st Set and Satisfaction) and Maxell XLIIS (2nd Set thru USBlues). Concert recording by Rip Tompkins, & with thanks to Richie Stankiewicz!

Lineage:

Transfer: MAC > Nakamichi CR-5A (Dolby-B in) > Edirol FA-66 > Wavelab 2448 > CD-Wave (24bit output) > TLH > FLAC 2448 tagged. Transferred by Andrew F. 07/2019

Taper Notes:

View NotesNote: Patches from ID-81299 as follows; Cold Rain & Snow 0:00 >
0:10, Drums 2:44 > Space 0:38, and Satisfaction 0:12 > 0:20.

Taper: Jim Wise

gd1981-12-09.senn421.wise.82199.sbeok.flac16

Source:

Sennheiser 421's > Sony TC-D5 > MAC > CD likely Nakamichi Dragon > HHB CDR burner > CDR

Lineage:

CDR > EAC > WavMerge > Soundforge > CD-Wave > TLH > FLAC

Taper Notes:

View Notes- Stealth recording with audience noise, mic shifting, etc.
- WavMerge and CD-Wave used to make new track-ID markers.
- Audible mic bumping and small drop-outs during Mama Tried.
- Tape flip at end of He's Gone (it's the break between D2 & D3).
- Audible static coming from PA system during Drums and Space.
- Tape flip (mended) near the end of The Other One, at 07.23.227.
- Level adjustments at start of Cold Rain, Scarlet, and US Blues.