Grateful Dead

December 31, 1991
Coliseum Arena,
Oakland, CA, USA

Recording: Schoeps MK4 CMC3mod (ORTF, FOB/DFC)> MIT shotgun XLR> TAO/Oadie > MIT shotgun XLR > Panasonic SV250mod> Master DAT (BStand)

Transfer: Master DAT> Panasonic SV3800 > S/PDIF(16bit48kHz) > Edirol-R4 (transferred: 2019-06-01, 2nd pass of Tape 2: 2020-04-24) > WAV 48/16

Master Digital FOB Recording & Transfer by Marcus Buick
Edited & Mastered by Joe Noel
April 26, 2020

Production Note from Marcus;

The Annual Year-End Bash had a somewhat muted feel this time around as it was the first one without Bill.  New YearÕs with the Grateful Dead was not only legendary (people traveled the world-over to be there) it was also BillÕs Annual gift to all who attended and he always threw the biggest, and the best, events; The atmosphere was always of celebration and revelry and even without Bill in person, his presence presided over the event with a warm embrace.

1991 was a strong taping year for me personally after coming off a difficult 1990.  The rig we were rolling with this evening was consistently capturing an unrivaled accuracy and a robust sound; Technique was certainly a part of that equation as well.

New Years is customarily taken as a night off for tapers (usually because the broadcast sounds better) and up until this evening that had always been the case for me; For some reason I felt strongly that an audience representation of this evening had to be made, so here it is.

There has been no adulteration to these tapes/recordings; No indexing, editing or dynamics of any type has been introduced into the audio signal path of these 16bit 48kHz digital files.  These are exactly as they were captured 29 years ago, FOB DFC.

Recording, Transfers, and Production Notes by Marcus Buick

Additional Notes;
- Thanks to Marcus Buick for sharing this incredible recording
- Thanks to John Ammons for his coordinating efforts
- Thanks to Pete Oshman for the use of the SV3800
- Thanks to Keith Litzenberger for the patch source
- Babatunde Olatunji & Drums Of Passion, Rebirth Brass Band & Bela Fleck & The Flecktones were also on the bill
- Nine (9) count BIODTL
- Set II features Airto Moreira on percussion
- s2t09 has a minor digi-hit @ 1:29:05
- A very light eq was applied, mainly in the second set after tempering the balloons.

Patch info:
- shnid 94248 (Senn ME-80) supplies;
- s2t07; 08:55 - 09:02
- s2t08; 00:46 - 00:50, 05:14 - 05:21, 
- s2t09; 00:35 - 00:41
- s2t10; all

- Set I -
d1t01 - crowd - tuning
d1t02 - Hell in a Bucket
d1t03 - Candyman
d1t04 - Beat It On Down The Line
d1t05 - It MustÕve Been The Roses
d1t06 - Black Throated Wind
d1t07 - West L.A. Fadeaway
d1t08 - When I Paint My Masterpiece
d1t09 - Help on the Way ->
d1t10 - Slipknot! ->
d1t11 - FranklinÕs Tower

- Set II -
d2t01 - Midnight Madness ->
d2t02 - Not Fade Away ->
d2t03 - Eyes of The World ->
d2t04 - Estimated Prophet ->
d2t05 - Drums -> 
d2t06 - Space ->
d2t07 - The Other One ->
d2t08 - Wharf Rat ->
d2t09 - Sugar Magnolia
d2t10 - encore break
d2t11 - KnockinÕ On HeavenÕs Door

Total Run Time; 03:04:03.0

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