Grateful Dead Tuesday August 18, 1970 Fillmore West San Francisco, California a clear windy day, high of 66, gusts to 25 mph Source: Unknown > Cassette > FLAC From the Collection of Jeff Knudsen Transfer by Tom Markson Speed Correction by Jason Chastain Critical Listening assistance from John Wenzel Mastering by Jamie Waddell Art work by Gene Taback 24 bit 48 kHz FLAC Note: I erroneously rendered SHNID 142414 at 44.1khz. This supercedes 142414 and is 24/48khz-- TM Acoustic Set 01 Truckin * 02. Dire Wolf 03. FOTD 04. Dark Hollow 05. Ripple > * 06. Brokedown Palace * 07. Operator * 08. Rosalie McFall 09. New Speedway Boogie 10. Cold Jordan ** 11. Swing Low Sweet Chariot ** Electric 12. Dancin' in the Streets 13. Next Time You See Me 14. Mama Tried 15. Cryptical Envelopment > 16. Drums > 17. Other One > 18. Cryptical reprise > 19. Sugar Magnolia [ 3rd version ] 20. Attics of My Life 21. It's a Man's World 22. Not Fade Away 23. Casey Jones > 24. Uncle John's Band * - First recorded performances ** - with John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson Source - We suspect that this audience recording was made by the same unknown taper as the shnid 1346, circulated in August of 2000. Gene Taback's recorder was taken away on this evening, so it is not his, though he managed a more stealth taping of 8/19 with success. In 2018 an attempt was made to speed correct 1346 and digitally process, resulting in shnid 141071, received with mixed results at best. Because of the inherent issues in the original shnid and the attempted fix, we chose to transfer Jeff's copies of the audience tapes and were pleased with the sound. Seemingly one generation closer to the master, but unlabeled as usual for tapes of that era. The speed is right and the channel placement is correct. In the Deadhead's Taping Compendium, Harvey Lubar writes: "This show, as well as that on the night following, first appeared in tape circulation in 1974, when the original recordist contacted my partner for a trade. These shows catch the Dead as they were introducing the music that would later appear on American Beauty. We took the original cassette masters from both shows and transferred them to reels. Then, in 1990, I transferred my reels to PGM/Beta. The taper noted that it was Pigpen who played a stand-up piano throughout the acoustic set." Judging from the previous shnid and Harvey's comments, we suspect a reel and possibily beta is in the lineage. The guess is Cass > Reel > Beta > Jeff's Cass. There is tape hiss, but the hiss really becomes listenable quickly, and allows the nuances of the music to remain. No reduction was employed digitally. Jeff Knudsen has been an avid Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead and San Francisco Sound music fan for over 40 years. From a letter to Dead Relix Magazine asking for help cultivating a tape collection, Jeff developed a relationship with Dick Latvala and many other tapers, building an enormous music collection. He also taped many Jerry Garcia shows at venerable institutions like the various Keystones. Jeff loved to share tapes in a twinkle of an eye. He was a key player in leaking the Betty Boards back in the day. A few years ago, he decided he should pass his collection on to someone who could properly archive and transfer. After a few years of offering it publicly, there were no takers. In 2018, Arizona LL members Jamie and Tom felt the Knudsen collection was too valuable to let go. After a flight so bumpy that we almost cried, and a great visit, albeit too short, with Jeff... 1200 lbs of tapes, gear and cds were lovingly packed at his Florida homestead. The next era of his beloved collection is summer camp for the tapes in the desert... an ongoing process of cataloging and transferring the contents to share. Born from decades of Jeff's passion for live music collecting and the archival efforts of many, it's an honor and a privilege to share the Knudsen Tapes with you. Enjoy! originally shared at www.shnflac.net App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned