GRATEFUL DEAD
Saturday August 16, 1980
Mississippi River Festival
Edwardsville, IL


"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 Nak550 properly.

Set One
s1t01 Tuning 1:55
s1t02 Alabama Getaway> 5:21
s1t03 The Promised Land 4:30
s1t04 They Love Each Other 8:20
s1t05 Me And My Uncle> 3:05
s1t06 El Paso 4:43
s1t07 Althea> 8:00
s1t08 Looks Like Rain 8:18
s1t09 Tennessee Jed 8:44
s1t10 Easy To Love You 3:49
s1t11 New Minglewood Blues 7:16
s1t12 Deal 5:19

Set Two (partial)
s2t01 Tuning 0:39
s2t02 C C Rider> 6:20
s2t03 China Cat Sunflower> 5:52
s2t04 I Know You Rider 6:42

Mics pulled...  Rain

Missing

Ship Of Fools
Estimated Prophet>
He's Gone>
Drums>
Space>
The Other One>
Black Peter>
Sugar Magnolia
Encore
Iko Iko
One More Saturday Night

