Grateful Dead
September 2, 1980
Rochester, New York
War Memorial 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 New Minglewood Blues
s1t02 Sugaree ->
s1t03 El Paso
s1t04 Friend Of The Devil
s1to5 Tuning
s1t06 It's All Over Now
s1t07 China Cat Sunflower ->
s1t08 I Know You Rider ->
s1t09 Lost Sailor ->
s1t10 Saint Of Circumstance ->
s1t11 Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
s2t01 Althea
s2t02 C C Rider
s2t03 Tuning
s2t04 Ship Of Fools
s2t05 Estimated Prophet/ ->
s2t06 /Terrapin Station ->
s2t07 Playin' In The Band ->
s2t08 Drums ->
s2t09 Space ->
s2t10 Iko Iko ->
s2t11 Morning Dew ->
s2t12 Sugar Magnolia
encore:
s2t13 Tuning
missing Alabama Getaway



