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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 1978-07-08 (July 8, 1978)

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Collection: GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: July 8, 1978 (check for other copies)
Venue: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Location: Morrison, CO

Source: SBD + AUD Matrix 2 Source Mix(40%-SBD/60%-AUD)
Transferred by: Kevin Tobin
Keywords: Soundboard; Matrix; Kevin Tobin

Description

Set 1

Bertha ->
Good Lovin'
Dire Wolf
El Paso
It Must Have Been The Roses
New Minglewood Blues
Ramble On Rose
The Promised Land
Deal

Set 2

Samson And Delilah
Ship Of Fools
Estimated Prophet ->
The Other One ->
Eyes Of The World ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Wharf Rat ->
Franklin's Tower ->
Sugar Magnolia

Encore
Terrapin Station ->
One More Saturday Night
Werewolves Of London

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Reviewer: njpg - - September 29, 2011
Subject: Great show,
but this recording is very thin-sounding and bottomless. Or maybe they never did get the bass working right, but the AUD of this show is way better sounding.

Reviewer: Alto_Madness - - September 27, 2011
Subject: Fantastic
Fantastic show. Jerry's guitar, Bobby's voice, Donna's harmonies, and the choice of songs make it so. Jerry's choice of guitar sounds and licks is impeccable - with that uncanny sense of timing and nuance, he evokes Chuck Berry, Chicago style blues, Tennessee bluegrass, British Invasion, psychedelia, and '60s folk revival over the course of three hours. The rhythm section never sounded better, and really shine on a hard-driving "Drums -> Space". The songs draw from the best of the Dead's repertoire, and strike the perfect balance between the folksy and psychedelic aspects of the band. Also, any show that has both "Dire Wolf" and "Wharf Rat" will almost automatically get a high rating in my book. All I can say is, I wish I had been there, though I was born too late for that - as a one-year-old, I probably would not have appreciated it fully, though I'm sure I would have enjoyed the friendly faces.

Reviewer: Schneidawg - - June 6, 2011
Subject: God save the child who rings that bell
Speechless, full of joy and sadenss at the same time. This was Garcia, Donnna, Bobby, Phil, Mickey and Billy at their absolute finest up to that moment. One amazing night in the foothills of the rocky mountains.

The recording is bar-none for the energy and quality it converys. Thank you to those who made it possible.

Reviewer: 7andrew7 - - January 17, 2011
Subject: Warren f-in Zevon!!!
The absolute best version of one of the best songs of the entire last century!!! Does anyone know of other versions?? I did a search but could find jack-----Bob and Donna nail that stuff!!!

Reviewer: RawBC - - September 16, 2010
Subject: Wow!
I can't stop listening to this show, it's great! I keep coming back to it when I need something to listen to while I work. What a great slice of history preserved for all of us to enjoy. Thank you to everyone who made this one possible, and thank you Internet Archive. Weird side note, I was in Wal-Mart (I know, I know...) the other day and stumbled on a reproduction of the shirt from this concert...

Anways, enjoy!

Reviewer: gratedude69 - - July 14, 2010
Subject: solid
the bertha rips opening, just kick ass, rest of first set is pretty good, the second set here is awesome, love the estimated through eyes and the wharf through sugar, great stuff

dont even need to discuss the encore, its great!

Reviewer: myhungryhippo - - July 8, 2010
Subject: impressed at the AUD recording
like the 40sbd 60AUD mix

gives just the extra bump of channel/panning we need

Reviewer: Jeff Knorek from Nova Scotia - - March 19, 2010
Subject: this even ~sounds~ like a summer show
Spring is an intense time of year, what with change and rebirth and regrowth and all. So it is no wonder that the Spring '78 run was, as a whole, more intense than this summer show...but summer has that easy-glide, smooth action slurpy-slippery yummy fuck-as-much-as-we-want-to kinda' vibe, and this show reflects this is a great way..."let's party and let's ROCK and *Love each other* all the while"...this recording is a must have.

Reviewer: oneprowierdo - - December 8, 2009
Subject: N I C E !
picked this up at some other site an it is simply fan-fuckin-tastci >sweet matrix .second set is an all time favorite of mine ,,no matter how many times I hear it , it just gets better THANK YOU goes out to all who was involved in bringing this out ; CHEERS and keep sharing the joy

Reviewer: gastheavalon - - September 2, 2009
Subject: His hair was perfect
Man, there is something about this show. The thin air must've gone to their heads or somethin'. Donna is great here. Bobby is also kills it. Not something written all that often. They sound like it's a party and everything's hitting them just right. Bobby's freaky slide experiments somehow keep paying off, and Donna is keeps flying off the handle and for some reason it sounds very right. Not to mention her back and forth with Garcia on Werewolves : oh yeah? yeah? awwww! It even sounds cool that Jerry's voice is all horse and rough. Sometimes it all comes together...

Reviewer: rdeadbuck - - April 22, 2009
Subject: Quality Show
I have always felt that this show never quite got the raves it deserves. Outside of the killer 2nd set and three encores to boot, the overall energy of this show is phenominal. As far as the recording goes, I have never heard a show that has Bob in the mix as clear as this one does. Anyone who doubts Bob's importance as a musician to this band has not heard this show. It is a must have!!!!!!!

Reviewer: kapowsin - - April 20, 2009
Subject: Quality Matrix...
I would like to draw attention to this matrix. It's very well done...I've heard matrixes where it sounds you have reverb on everything because the two recordings are not perfectly in sync (your ear can detect if it's off even 1/1000's of a second), and this matrix does not have that problem. Also, the ratio of sbd/audio seems perfect to me. On one hand it has that 'it's--like-you're-actually-there' feel, but the music is finally loud and clear too. In my experience as a listener, that balance is hard to find...so hard for me, in fact, that I can't really tolerate very many pure audience recordings...Anyway...It's a great concert...About as vibrant as 1978 gets (4/24 and 12/31 are my other favorites from the year)...A highlight for me is '>wharf rat> franklin's tower'. I've been on a bit of a GD bender the last few weeks, so excuse me if I sound delerious...

Notes

Audio Source Information
SBD (shnid=294)

Source: SBD> [?]> DAT>CDR
Notes: No known flaws.

AUD (shnid=91766)
MOTB Release: 0068 16/44.1
Release Date: 2008-05-03
Band: Grateful Dead
Date: 1978-07-08 (Saturday)
Venue: Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Location: Morrison, CO
Analog Audience Source: FOB Master Cassettes (MAC)
Medium Stock Brands: MAC = 3 x Maxell UD XL II C90
Analog Lineage: Unknown Mircophones => Unknown Tape Deck [Patch] => Nakamichi 550 [Dolby Encode] >> MAC
Analog Sound Preservation: MAC >> Nakamichi DR-1 => Grace Design Lunatec V3 [Pre-Only] => Korg MR-1000 >> DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] >> Korg MR-1000 => Korg AudioGate >> WAV [24/96]
Taped By: Timothy Knight
Transfer By: Adam Egert
Mastering By: Kevin Tobin
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- Mixed by kevtobin@yahoo.com
- FLAC conversion 10-APR-2008
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Multitrack Mixdown Settings

SET ONE

Stereo Matrix
SBD -1
AUD -0

SET TWO

Stereo Matrix
SBD -1
AUD -0
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Audio Patches:

1) At the beginning of soundboard, 11 minutes and 56.291 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source. This includes a Bobby joke while they waited to get Phil's bass started.

2) Between Good Lovin' and Dire Wolf, 13.013 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

3) Between Dire Wolf and El Paso, 1 minute and 01.201 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

4) Between El Paso and It Must Have Been The Roses, 06.233 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

5) Between It Must Have Been The Roses and Minglewood Blues, 16.811 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

6) Between Minglewood Blues and Ramble On Rose, 44.768 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

7) Between Ramble On Rose and Promised Land, 3 minutes and 01.306 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

8) At the beginning of the second set soundboard, 06.010 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

9) Between Samson And Delilah and Ship Of Fools, 42.181 seconds were missing from the audience source and was filled in with audio from the soundboard source. This includes the first 20 seconds of Ship Of Fools.

10) Between Ship Of Fools and Estimated Prophet, 14.755 seconds were missing from the audience source and was filled in with audio from the soundboard source.

11) 11 minutes and 40 seconds into Estimated Prophet, 09.855 seconds were missing from the audience source and was filled in with audio from the soundboard source.

12) 09 minutes and 54 seconds into Eyes Of The World, 44.700 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

13) 04 minutes and 13 seconds into Drums, 25.765 seconds were missing from the audience source and was filled in with audio from the soundboard source.

14) At the start of Wharf Rat, 05.332 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

15) 07 minutes and 13 seconds into Franklin's Tower, 12.374 seconds were missing from the audience source and was filled in with audio from the soundboard source.

16) Between Sugar Magnolia and Terripan Station, 1 minutes and 30.000 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

17) Between One More Saturday Night and Werewolves Of London, 28.646 seconds were missing from the soundboard source and was filled in with audio from the audience source.

18) Matrix\DTS were synced using the audience as the reference due to
being more consisent and better known lineage.

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