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Grateful Dead Live at Great American Music Hall on 1975-08-13

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1975-08-13 ( check for other copies)

Topics: FM, Brian Flegel

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set I

Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklin's Tower >
The Music Never Stopped *
It Must Have Been The Roses
Eyes Of The World >
Drums >
King Solomon's Marbles

Set II

Around & Around
Sugaree
Big River
Crazy Fingers >
Drums >
The Other One >
Sage & Spirit > *
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad
U.S. Blues
Blues For Allah

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This date is featured on One from the Vault.
First time performed *

Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Keith Godchaux - Keyboards
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums
Donna Jean Godchaux - Vocals

Notes

--Burned direct to CD from Cassette using a ~1989 TC-WE475 Stereo Cassette Deck to a ~2001 Sony CD Burner.
Converted raw wav files to 14Hkbps / 44khz using Roxio import Cd function of Roxio Music Creator suite (2009).
Pitch Corrected by -1% using Adobe Audtion CC 2018.
Tracking, editing and patching using Roxio Sound Editor (2009).
Patched in '04 It Must Have Been the Roses' & a section of '07 King Solomon's Marbles' from the 'Make Believe Ballroom' bootleg LP
and patched in '16 U.S. Blues' & '17 Blues For Allah' from an alternate FM sourced cassette tape.
- this included some crossfading and volume adjustment for the patching and pitch correction as well.
In addition all tracks segues were adjusted to some degree with small crossfades or little edits to make a smooth a transition as possible.
Every .wav file Tagged using Windows 7 'Edit Song Information' function.
This was a total labor of love, because listening to the crackles and fuzz of an FM broadcast brings back beautiful nostalgia. I think there
is an energy that is lost on the official release that is very much alive on this recording - maybe you'll agree - either way the only other
source that circulates is doused in terrible noise reduction and has lost all of it's original glory that this one has, so enjoy what was
there to begin with!
All work done by Brian Flegel - brianflegel@gmail.com 01/09/2021, 01/10/2021, 01/11/2021, 01/12/2021 & 01/16/2021 & 01/30/2022--

Addeddate: 2022-02-06 09:26:36

Identifier: gd1975-08-13.155570.FM.flegel.flac1644

Lineage: Burned direct to CD from Cassette using a ~1989 TC-WE475 Stereo Cassette Deck to a ~2001 Sony CD Burner. Converted raw wav files to 14Hkbps / 44khz using Roxio import Cd function of Roxio Music Creator suite (2009). Pitch Corrected by -1% using Adobe Audtion CC 2018. Tracking, editing and patching using Roxio Sound Editor (2009).

Location: San Francisco, CA

Run time: 122:50.52

Scanner: Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4

Source: (Bootleg Tape - from FM broadcast - 9/1/75)

Taped by: Brian Flegel

Transferred by: Brian Flegel

Type: sound

Venue: Great American Music Hall

Year: 1975

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Reviewer: Nick512 - - February 4, 2023
Subject: bookmark

the sound on this tape is remarkable, just as if you were tuning in all these years later to the radio show happening tonight. against Lindley Meadows it would be hard to decide a stronger candidate for the Grateful Dead's hiatus year. What can you say? This tape knocks it out of the fucking park! Two incredible performances, with top shelf mastering work done...life is good * Nick

Reviewer: feel_like_stranger - - February 7, 2022
Subject: Big River

Big river is mislabeled as Spoonful.

Reviewer: Donnie L. - - February 6, 2022
Subject: The best FM source I've heard yet !

Hey Gang, of course this is a legendary show ... it was the 1st considered release of the "vault" series ... they did a marvelous job of remastering the original 16 track reels for the commercial release... however, it's nice to hear a FM mix

I'm not saying this recording is superior at all but what we have is a monitored two channel stereo feed that went to FM broadcast... for those that don't know ... this was during the "hiatus" of the GD after 1974 , only a small audience of friends and family were INVITED to the show .. no tickets were sold publicly ... this was to showcase the new GD LP "Blues for Allah" which I think is a real masterpiece LP for the GD ... a real departure from the country acid rock to a sophisticated jazzy and freeform space on a studio LP was very daring ... only the "music never stopped" really was single FM ready from the LP ... and maybe a edit of Franklin's tower?

The mix is nice and there is a color that is not on the remaster commercial release ... the performance is top notch and obviously rehearsed... and even Mickey Hart provides real sound effects with "crickets in a box with a microphone" yeah, Pink Floyd didn't even do that on stage and they did ALOT of sound effects ... no tape loops here ! This recording will sound great through my old tube amp and hi fi speakers !!!

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