Grateful Dead
December 13, 1980
Long Beach Arena,
Long Beach, CA

"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:
01. Tuning
02. Feel Like a Stranger >
03. Sugaree >
04. C.C. Rider
05. To Lay Me Down >
06. New Minglewood Blues
07. Ramble On Rose
08. Tuning
09. Lost Sailor >
10. Saint of Circumstance >
11. Deal

Set 2:
01. Tuning
02. Scarlet Begonias >
03. Fire on the Mountain
04. Tuning
05. Playing in the Band >
06. Drums >
07. Space >
08. Not Fade Away >
09. Black Peter >
10. Sugar Magnolia >
11. Sunshine Daydream
encore:
12. Tuning
13. One More Saturday Night

Drums/Space with Airto Moriera, Flora Purim and Greg Errico

