Grateful Dead
April 28, 1971
Fillmore East
New York, NY

Lineage:MR@ 7.5 ips>R @ 7.5 ips.(Wilson Boswell).  Transfer info:Akai GX636 > Apogee Mini Me @24/96>Mini DAC(monitoring/mastering)>Lynx One soundcard>Wavelab 5.0 > FLAC

24bit

Transfered and mastered by Matt Smith 6/11


Set 1
disc #1
01. Truckin' (14:39)
02. Beat It On Down The Line (3:59)
03. Loser (8:15)
04. El Paso (6:54)
05. The Rub (6:15)
06. Bird Song (9:14)

disc #2
01. Crowd/Tuning (1:54)
02. Playing In The Band (6:24)
03. Cumberland Blues (7:07)
04. Ripple (6:12)
05. Me & My Bobby McGee (6:06)
06. Crowd/Tuning (2:57)
07. King Bee (8:15)
08. Bertha (6:14)

Set 2
disc #3
01. Crowd/Tuning (2:41)
02. Morning Dew (12:52)
03. Me & My Uncle (3:56)
04. Deal (6:14)
05. Hard To Handle (9:36)
06. Cryptical Envelopment (2:05) >
07. Drums (4:41) >
08. The Other One (13:14) >
09. Wharf Rat (9:27)

disc #4
01. Sugar Magnolia (7:16)
02. Crowd/Tuning (6:01)
03. Dark Star* (14:16) >
04. Saint Stephen* (6:20) >
05. Not Fade Away* (3:35) >
06. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad* (6:36) >
07. Not Fade Away* (3:35)

*with Tom Constanten




Matt's note:

Thanks to Bob Menke for the patch sources

'bird song', 'bertha' patched with 2 track Ramrod source..
'other one > wharf rat' patched with 16 track source..


I decided to put this out for a number of reasons but mainly it's an improvement as to what circulates.  The main reason being Will's reels are in prime condition and have never had to be baked over a number of times.  The exact lineage of all the 4/71 FE reels are still a mystery so perhaps we will really never know the whole story BUT some low gen reels @ 7.5 ips. have survived in one piece and these are some of them..  According to the story from Wilson and Pat Lee, Peter Kafer and Bill Gadsden "purchased" the supposed masters from a guy named Buddy Miller(now a country musician) and brought them up to the Northwest for them to copy back in 1973.  Will's are 7.5 ips. and Pat's are 3.3/4 ips.  Nobody for sure knows exactly which were masters since Buddy decided to keep a few for himself which is truly the crux of the mystery or if even Buddy had masters himself.  I realize in some circles this is considered heresy but it's true and until Buddy comes forward and flat out states he had masters this should be considered as a possibility.  We can only now just listen carefully and try to figure it out that way.. Anyhow please enjoy!



My notes:
Big Thanks to Matt. Wonderful!!
Thanks to jpc3 for tagging these files
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