(009069) Grateful Dead 1986-06-20 Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA (24-bit) (FLAC)

Grateful Dead

Date 1986-06-20

Greek Theatre

Berkeley CA

Set 1

d1t01 - In The Midnight Hour

d1t02 - Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

d1t03 - El Paso

d1t04 - West L.A. Fadeaway

d1t05 - equipment break

d1t06 - Me And My Uncle

d1t07 - Mexicali Blues

d1t08 - Candyman

d1t09 - Let It Grow

Set 2

d2t01 - tuning

d2t02 - Uncle John's Band >

d2t03 - Playing In The Band >

d2t04 - Comes A Time >

d2t05 - Jam >

d2t06 - Drums >

d2t07 - Space >

d2t08 - I Need A Miracle >

d2t09 - Black Peter >

d2t10 - Around And Around > **

d2t11 - Good Lovin' **

encore The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) &&

Notes:

!! Pre-amp Bass distortion throughout, sometimes heavy; minimized as best as could

** Left channel battery started to die on master. At segue after Around & Around swapped Right channel over and inverted for last song.

&& Not on 1st gen tapes

Recording Information:

Source: 1GEN CA

Microphones: AKG c422 "omnioid" (X-Y at 90')|AKG B18

Recorder: Sony TC-D5M| Maxell MX 90's no Dolby (2nd in line)

Location: approximately 20 feet from stage handheld

Transfer: Nakamichi CR-5A> Sonic AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD

Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC| foobar 2000 tagger

Recorded by: Executive Crew; Mike Davis, Tom Pinney, Aaron, John Hance

Transferred: Kyle Holbrook

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For the Bass players in da house!

the story:

The tape case says 20 feet from stage. The audio signature corroborates this as there is basically only Phil's bass along with a bit of guitar and vocals throughout most of the show. The first set when they had to thoroughly hide it

at what sounds like chest height or lower has a certain muddiness to it which cannot be characterized as quaint. I thought about asking one of my mastering guru friends to work with this, but it just doesn't seem to have the potential. there sure is some incredible bass aside from the distortions when the mic overloads the pre-amps. By the time it gets to Candyman/Let it Grow and the mic raised it up a bit the sound quality gets slightly better.

The second set is much easier to listen to, albeit still not the best of the AKG c422's ever made. There are the same bass distortions during the entire set but much less than set 1. Give it a listen if for no other reason than to hear the FINE Jerry solo in Comes A Time!

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