San Mateo College Jazz Band with Phil Lesh
San Mateo College
San Mateo, CA
April 4, 1959*

01. Finnegan's Awake, 4:13
02. Whale Frail, 4:42
03. I'll Remember April, 4:16
04. unknown, 4:20
05. unknown, 3:06

remastered by Monte Barry on March 14, 2010
upgraded using Samplitude Pro ver 7.22

happy 70th birthday Phil - March 15, 2010

I downloaded Duane's pitch-corrected tracks 1 and 2 from his item on The Archive, desribed below as source 2. Then I downloaded the other 3 tracks from item 16866 on The Archive. These tracks -- 3, 4, and 5 -- were pitch-corrected all the same way. All 5 tracks were dehissed. I removed the dead-spots from the ends of tracks. Track changes are seamless.

Notes:

pitch correction algorithm for tracks 3, 4, 5
-- resample mode
-- old BPM = 120, new BPM = 110
-- pitch reduction = -1.51 half steps
-- time factor = 1.0909

dehisser level parameters for all 5 tracks
-- reduction = -25 db
-- absorption = 60

track level fixes
-- on tracks 3, 4, and 5, I matched the left and right channels

peace,
Monte

Monte the Taper -- have you downloaded my old tapes?
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22Monte%20Barry%22&sort=-date

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source 1
http://www.archive.org/details/1959-04-05.smcjb.aud.vernon.16866.sbeok.flacf

Source: AUD(?) >  ? > CDR
Encoding: EAC(secure) > Cool Edit > CDWAV > mkwact(seekable) mvernon54@attbi.com

Thanks to Patrick Hayes for the disks

Part of The Music Never Stopped Project 2003

SET1
01. I'll Remember April
02. Whale Frail
03. Finnegan's Awake
04. unknown
05. unknown

Deadlists COMMENTS:
RECORDINGS 20 A?. Differences from song-to-song in recording quality and tone suggests this material spans more than one date.

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source 2
http://www.archive.org/details/phil1959-04-05dd.flacf

*per deadlists: "Differences from song-to-song in recording quality and tone suggests this material spans more than one date."

Source: AUD(?) >  ? > CDR
Encoding: EAC(secure) > Cool Edit > CDWAV > mkwact(seekable) > ProTools LE 6.2.3 >  .wav > xACT > .shn

SET1
01. Finnegan's Awake
02. Wail Frail

Audience recordings of the San Mateo College Jazz Band.
Both tracks composed by Phil Lesh, who also plays lead trumpet on track 1.

Earliest recorded music from any member of the Grateful Dead.

NOTES:

These 2 tracks are pitch-shifted (and otherwise cleaned up) versions of two tracks 2 and 3 on the original etree distribution encoded by Matt Vernon.  Details and upload info for the original versions of these tracks can be found at:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=21606

I did not attempt any remastering on the other three tracks as those were not Phil Lesh compositions, and therefore they were of less interest to me.

phil1959-04-05dd-d1t01.shn is entitled "Finnegan's Awake" and the corresponding file on the earlier upload was Track 3, phil59-04-05d1t03.flac. This track was lowered 3 semitones, and I resynched the left and right tracks to reduce a funky flanging sound.  Phil plays lead trumpet on this track.

phil1959-04-05dd-d1t02.shn is entitled "Wail Frail" (per Dennis McNally's book) and the corresponding file on the earlier upload was Track 2, phil59-04-05d1t02.flac. This one was lowered about 1 semitone and the left and right tracks resynched. According to the spoken introduction, Phil does not actually play on this track, choosing to sit out so he can listen to this debut performance.

Both tracks are now in the key of B-flat, a favorite key of many brass players. I am not sure that this is the correct key, but the announcer on the two tracks now sounds like the same person, a human male who has not just inhaled a large quantity of helium.

I did not do any hiss reduction or EQ on the tracks, but they would probably both benefit from such processing.

- Duane
