My Brother Esau | 1983-10-31 | Grateful Dead

View Notes- Of at least 165 live versions, the GD played St. Stephen 3 times in 83, returning it on 10/11 after a 352 show hiatus,
the last version being 1/10/79. They played another version on 10/15, and then this one, which is the last live performance.
- Nak700 aud used for first few minutes of Wang Dang Doodle, a few seconds in Deal, and throughout the show, tuning between some tunes
- The weird sound in the first minute of Peggy-O is one the sbd and the aud, the fans heard it.

Originally shared at www.shnflac.net on December 23, 2020.  Hippy Holidaze.

Transferrer: Bill Tetzeli

2:38:13

SBD

gd1983-10-31.sbd.tetzeli.34934.sbeok.shnf

Source:

Soundboard > Cassette

Lineage:

Master Cassette>DAT>CDR>EAC>CDWAV>SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesFix of shnid 3827

I made the transition between CDs 2 and 3 seamless.  SBEs resulting from the fix were fixed and verified using shntool.  Overlapping fade tracks were added to the end of CD 2 and the beginning of CD 3.  For seamless playback simply remove the fade tracks.

Source 3 of 8

gd83-10-31.sbd.gardner.3827.sbeok.shnf

Source:

SBD> MC> DAT> CDR> EAC> CDWAV> SHN

Taper Notes:

View NotesSBD> MC> DAT> CDR> EAC> CDWAV> SHN; via Tony Gardner with thanks to Paul Bottiglio

Transferrer: Scott Clugston

gd1983-10-31.sbd.clugston.3811.shnf

Source:

Master Soundboard Cassette > DAT > CDR

Taper Notes:

View Notesthe 1st 2:36 of "Wang Dang Doodle" sounds like some sort of a matrix mix, with the Audience source most prominent, the mix then changes to one where the Soundboard source is predominant.

Taper: Rich Gastwirk provided

2:39:04

Taper:

Rich Gastwirk provided

Transferrer:

Charlie Miller and SIRMick

SHNID:

gd1983-10-31.138759.nak700.gastwirt.miller.sirmick.sbeok.revised.flac16

Source:

Source: FOB Audience recording > Nakamichi 700s > ??? > dbx cassette master >dat (44.1k); Provided by Rich Gastwirt; Transfer: Dat > Panasonic SV-3700 > Tascam DA-3000 . wav 16/44.1; Transferred by Charlie Miller; Lineage: wav > Adobe Audition 1.5 > iZotope RX6 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac 16; edited and mastered SIRMick July 2017; the original source had "messed up the tracking on the first 6 tracks of set 1"; please don't circulate that version

Taper Notes:

View NotesAirto Moreira joined the band throughout the First Set and Second Set through Drums.

Taper: Scott Wiseman

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1983-10-31.176653.akg.se5.wiseman.miller.clugston.flac.2496

Source:

Scott Wiseman's Master Audience Cassettes; AKG SE-5E mics with CE-1 cardioid capsules > Sony TC-D5 (Maxell UDXLII 90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi BX-150) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (24/96 .wav) > Adobe Audition 2026 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Scott Wiseman for the source cassettes and transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Terry and Charlie Miller for the Marantz Superscope source which supplies some crowd and noodle into "Wang Dang Doodle" (0:27 total), 0:07 patch in the "Saint Of Circumstance > Deal" transition, a 0:07 patch in "Eyes Of The World", as well as a 0:10 patch in the "Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away" transition
- Airto Moreira on drums for the entire 1st Set and until about half-way through "Space"
- Final "St. Stephen"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2026

Taper: Scott Wiseman

Scott Clugston, Charlie Miller

SHNID:

gd1983-10-31.176652.akg.se5.wiseman.miller.clugston.flac.1648

Source:

Scott Wiseman's Master Audience Cassettes; AKG SE-5E mics with CE-1 cardioid capsules > Sony TC-D5 (Maxell UDXLII 90)

Lineage:

Master Cassettes (Nakamichi BX-150) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (24/96 .wav) > Adobe Audition 2026 > TLH flac2496

Taper Notes:

View NotesNotes:
- Thanks to Scott Wiseman for the source cassettes and transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Mark Terry and Charlie Miller for the Marantz Superscope source which supplies some crowd and noodle into "Wang Dang Doodle" (0:27 total), 0:07 patch in the "Saint Of Circumstance > Deal" transition, a 0:07 patch in "Eyes Of The World", as well as a 0:10 patch in the "Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away" transition
- Airto Moreira on drums for the entire 1st Set and until about half-way through "Space"
- Final "St. Stephen"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
March 2026

Source 8 of 8

gd83-10-31.horvath-nak.ladner.19894.sbeok.shnf

Source:

FOB(Nak 700)>MC>DAT>CDR>WAV>SHN.

Taper Notes:

View NotesSource: FOB(Nak 700)>MC>DAT>CDR>WAV>SHN.
Taper:  Mark Horvath.  SHN encoding via C.Ladner.