Grateful Dead
May 30, 1980
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Auditorium

"Mason B. Taylor was a taper from Chicago that recorded concerts by many bands in the Chicagoland area and on Dead tours. He used a Nakamichi 550 with Nakamichi 300 mics with shotgun capsules for most of his earlier recordings. In later years he used Sony D-5 and Sony D-3 cassette recorders with Nakamichi 300 mics.

Mason captured spectacular musical moments and loved to share them with his closest friends. In honor of Mason and all the love he put into his recordings we are now able to share these moments with those who can appreciate them most.

As the shows get uploaded we would love for you to share your stories about the epic times the music evokes so we can all dial back into that moment when the magic was happening.

Thanks to MasonÂ’s family and his Chicago and Cleveland friends for opening up MasonÂ’s JarÂ…"

Recorded By Mason Taylor on a Nakamichi 550 Cassette Deck,
on chrome tapes, with Nakamichi microphones.

Transferred on Mason's restored Nak500 properly.

Set 1:
s1t01 Tuning
s1t02 Jack Straw ->
s1t03 Franklin's Tower
s1t04 Tuning
s1t05 Me & My Uncle ->
s1t06 Big River
s1t07 Friend Of The Devil
s1t08 Passenger
s1t09 Tuning
s1t10 Easy To Love You
s1t11 Althea
s1t12 The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
s2t01 - Tuning
s2t02 - Scarlet Begonias ->
s2t03 - Fire On The Mountain
s2t04 - Playing In The Band ->
s2t05 - Drums ->
s2t06 - Space ->
s2t07 - Not Fade Away ->
s2t08 - Black Peter ->
s2t09 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
s2t10 - Good Lovin'
encore
s2t11 - Tuning
s2t12 - Alabama Getaway
