Grateful Dead
May 4, 1980
Baltimore Civic Center,
Baltimore, MD

"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 1:
01. Tuning
02. Mississppi Halfstep ->
03. Franklin's Tower ->
04. Feel Like A Stranger
05. Tuning
06. Althea
07. El Paso
08. Easy To Love You
09. Brown Eyed Women
10. It's All Over Now
11. Don't Ease Me In
12. Promised Land

Set 2:
01. Tuning
02. Scarlet Begonias ->
03. Fire On The Mountain
04. Samson And Deliah
05. Ship Of Fools
06. Playing In The Band ->
07. Drums ->
08. Space ->
09. Black Peter ->
10. Sugar Magnolia ->
11. Sunshine Daydream
Encore:
12. Tuning
13. U.S. Blues

