Grateful Dead
December 14, 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 Masons family and his Chicago and Cleveland friends for opening up Masons Jar"

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

Transferred on Mason's restored Nak550 properly.


Set 1:
01. //Bertha >
02. Greatest Story Ever Told
03. Tuning
04. Althea
05. Little Red Rooster*
06. Loser
07. Me And My Uncle >
08. Big River//
09. Tuning
10. Bird Song
11. Passenger
12. Candyman >
13. Looks Like Rain >
14. Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
01. Tuning
02. Cold Rain And Snow >
03. Samson And Delilah
04. It Must Have Been The Roses
05. Estimated Prophet >
06. The Wheel >
07. Drums >#
08. Space >#
09. The Other One >
10. Stella Blue >
11. Around And Around >*
12. Good Lovin'
Encore:
13. Applause
14. Brokedown Palace

*W/ Matthew Kelly on harmonica
#w/ Airto Moreira and Flora Purim

