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Grateful Dead Live at Avalon Ballroom on 1966-09-16

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Grateful Dead Live at Avalon Ballroom on 1966-09-16

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Soundboard, LP, Davenport
Collection
GratefulDead
Band/Artist
Grateful Dead
Resource
DeadLists Project
Set 1

I Know You Rider
It Hurts Me Too
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Lindy
Dancin' In The Street

Encore
Midnight Hour

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Covers - Performances of a song with the same name by different artists

Song Title Versions Compilations Covers
I Know You Rider
It Hurts Me Too
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Dancing in the Streets
Midnight Hour
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Lindy
Stealin'
The Same Thing

Notes

Audacity 1.3.3-beta was used to make WAV files.
ClickRepair 2.1.1 was used to remove clicks at its lowest settings (Declick 1, Wavelet method, Decrackle off).
Trader's Little Helper 1.1.1 was used to make level 6 FLAC files

This is a new rip of the "semi-legal" bootleg LPs "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead", using high-quality analog equipment. I haven't listened to the other circulating versions, but this should be a substantial improvement assuming they were made with average analog equipment.

These recordings are commonly said to come from Avalon Ballroom 9-16-66 except the last two tracks, which I have seen attributed to The Matrix 11-29-66, though I haven't confirmed that myself. The sound quality of those two tracks is noticeably different. According to set lists for 9-16-66, tracks 06 and 07 were played between tracks 03 and 04, and track 05 was an encore. I have left the tracks in the LP order because crowd noise was inserted between the tracks of side one of Vintage Dead, so reordering the tracks would create an obvious break.

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2008-11-24 14:52:46
Identifier
gd1966-09-16.sbd.davenport.95970.flac16
Lineage
LP>WAV>WAV>FLAC (Lyra Helikon phono cartridge, Linn LP12/Lingo turntable, Linn Ittok tonearm, Audioquest LeoPard tonearm cable, PS Audio PS2 preamplifier, Kimber PBJ interconnect, M-Audio Audiophile USB A/D converter)
Location
San Francisco, CA
Run time
67:55.29
Source
SBD>MR>?>LP
Transferred by
Davenport
Type
sound
Venue
Avalon Ballroom
Year
1966

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Reviewer: Wastrel Way - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - May 25, 2022
Subject: I had this on vinyl back in the 70s...
... but it got stolen. The songs "Stealin'" and "Lindy" are the ones I remember best. Classic music. Unlike the "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead" albums, the record I had included all of this on 2 sides. I can't remember what label it was on but it had some clearly fictional liner notes about the Dead's behavior in an interview: "Turn the light on/off".
Confidential to whatnogravy: The m3u file contains the links to the mp3 versions of the songs. Now, if you use wget to download the m3u file, you can do the same for each of the songs and Bob is your uncle.
Reviewer: Awenindo - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - February 25, 2016
Subject: Best sounding version of this show
This is by far the best version of this show I have heard. There is very little hissing and clicking and the licks are sharp and clean. Great show and great job on the recording :)
Reviewer: pfr_77 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - August 2, 2014
Subject: Wow.
I made an account just to say this. These are some of my favorite performances, and Primal Dead is SO overlooked by almost everyone it seems, and I went in with a derisive attitude after reading the "substantial improvement" bit because it seemed too cool to be true... There is no way I could have expected *that*.

This upgrade is excellent.
So I'll say it again. Wow.
And thank you.
Reviewer: BawstonStrangler - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - June 2, 2012
Subject: Sweeter than Wine
After re-listening to both this & the High DL version thru headphones, this one is superior...More crisp. I think it has to do w more treble. Show rocks!
Reviewer: whatnogravy - favoritefavoritefavorite - May 12, 2010
Subject: History of the Dead Volume 2
I also heard most of these cuts on an album by that name in the mid-'70's. A friend of mine had it. Knowing him, he probably still does.
It must have been a cut-out, because it wasn't a bootleg. Now if I could just figure out how to download it...........
Reviewer: SkyDawg - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - December 18, 2009
Subject: Cut Outs
I bought both of these albums as "cut-outs' in 1971 a year or so after they were released. A "cut-out" is a record that did not sell very well and they used to cut the top corner of the record cover off and sell it at a discount.

These recordings are the early Grateful Dead at their tightest, recorded live before they had a recording contract and were probably used as demo recordings early on. Thanks for putting these two albums, "Vintage Dead" and "Historic Dead" together. This is essential listening for 1966 Grateful Dead music. You can hear the early magic here.

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