Grateful Dead
August 24, 1980
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Center

"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 Mason’s family and his Chicago and Cleveland friends for opening up Mason’s Jar…"

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 They Love Each Other
s1t04 Tuning
s1t05 Cassidy
s1t06 Brown Eyed Women
s1t07 Passenger
s1t08 Peggy-O
s1t09 Looks Like Rain
s1t10 Althea
s1t11 Let It Grow ->
s1t12 Deal

Set 2:
s2t01 Tuning
s2t02 Samson And Delilah
s2t03 Tuning
s2t04 Ship Of Fools
s2t05 Feel Like A Stranger
s2t06 Tuning
s2t07 China Cat Sunflower ->
s2t08 I Know You Rider ->
s2t09 Drums/ ->
s2t10 /Space ->
s2t11 Not Fade Away ->
s2t12 Black Peter ->
s2t13 Sugar Magnolia
encore
s2t14 Tuning
s2t15 Don't Ease Me In



