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Grateful Dead Live at Wembley Empire Pool on 1972-04-07

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1972-04-07 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Set 1: intro by Sam Cutler > Greatest Story Ever Told, Sugaree, Chinatown Shuffle, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Big Boss Man, Black-Throated Wind, Loser, Mr. Charlie, Beat It On Down The Line, Tennessee Jed, Playing In The Band, Casey Jones

Set 2: Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > El Paso > The Other One > Wharf Rat, Ramble On Rose, Sugar Magnolia, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Not Fade Away, One More Saturday Night

Notes

This is a remaster of shnid 6161.

This show is compiled from two aud masters, one which is no better than average sound and the other which is horrendous. I like a challenge so I thought I'd see what I could do, after all this show is from the golden year of 1972. The year when I stepped on the bus!

The worst tape supplies Greatest Story through Loser and Truckin' 8:30 through The Other One 9:24. The first section was easier than expected to get a better than hoped improvement from and is now very listenable. The second section was more problematic, but sounds less disastrous than it was. The other source now has a better sound. Whilst this will never be an audiophiles' dream, you can now, for the most part, get a better appreciation of the music. It is a very good show.

Addeddate: 2005-12-17 10:18:33

Discs: 3

Has_mp3: 0

Identifier: gd72-04-07.aud.sirmick.31329.sbeok.flacf

Lineage: AUD > mac (2 sources) > cass > cdr + M? > low-gen reel > CDR > ??? > wav > SHN > wav > FLAC16

Location: London, England

Shndiscs: 2

Source: Audience: Unknown Mics (remaster)

Transferred by: SIRMick

Type: sound

Venue: Wembley Empire Pool

Year: 1972

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Reviewer: njpg - - September 1, 2016
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Kinda hard to hear

Reviewer: EstimatedProphet082508 - - August 9, 2012
Subject: Big Boss Man/Casey Jones

These two are missing from the Europe '72 box set, and too bad these songs are here, but are terrible (Boss Man is cut from box set)wish there was a better sounding Casey Jones to fill it in to make it complete---oh well---at least they are here and somebody went through the trouble of posting it---thank you for you effort

Reviewer: Cliff Hucker - - April 30, 2010
Subject: "THE DEAD STORM BRITAIN"

"THE DEAD STORM BRITAIN" Melody Maker Magazine

This is a difficult show to score. Both audience sources archived here are extremely poor in sound quality, rendering both transfers virtually unlistenable. Perhaps due to Wembley being a "chilly, cavernous sports facility" this performance is not of the same caliber as many of the subsequent performances. But despite it's rather poor reputation, the music available from vault reel sources is excellent, particularly the jam suite on disk three of the Steppin' Out release.

The first set is unremarkable, with the exception of a well played China/Rider. The second set kicks off with an excellent performance of Truckin' that includes a very nice Garcia solo. After a drum break, it segues into a superb Other One featuring a brief Me and My Uncle Jam and a very nice melodic space segment. The reprise gets quite jazzy and there is some marvelous interplay between Jerry and Keith before the second verse.

Athough quite a few of the following shows on the tour feature more spectacular performances of The Other One, this one is certainly worthy of its inclusion on the official release.
(92 pts*)

*If this performance was released in its entirety from vault reel masters it would garner a score in the mid-nineties!

Reviewer: NYLifer - - April 7, 2010
Subject: Some rewarding bits of conversation

Not much more.

Reviewer: thelegroom - - December 20, 2008
Subject: Wembley vs Wimbledon

Thanx SirMick. I appreciate the Flac DLs a whole bunch. This knight makes life better. That being said, this is a tennis match of sounds. Both sides of the net take their tunes with the sound. You get some stellar rough patches, mixed with what 20 years ago would have made a great old recording. Going after Pigpen here, so I echo the fine folks previous. Peace

Reviewer: jjjbaggins - - August 20, 2007
Subject: Two Stars for effort

I agree with Brad that you gotta do what you can to complete the Europe '72 run, even though this is a curiosity at best in terms of sound. However, "Steppin' Out" now captures the highlight of the second set, and David Lemieux has been releasing board versions of several tunes from this show on www.dead.net in the taper's section. Between those and this muddy but listenable copy I have the whole show.

Reviewer: gratefulbrad95 - - November 13, 2006
Subject: Can't Polish A Turd

Like I said before, this is absolutely the worst recording I've ever heard. But, in order to complete my Euro '72 collection, I've gotta do what I gotta do. Do your ears a service & wait until a listenable source unearths.

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