Grateful Dead
February 26, 1981
Chicago, Illinois
Uptown Theater

"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 Sony D5 Cassette Deck,
on chrome tapes, with Nakamichi microphones.

Transferred on a Nak Cr7A.

Set 1:
s1t01 Tuning
s1t02 Feel Like A Stranger
s1t03 Althea ->
s1t04 /Little/ Red Rooster
s1t05 Bird Song
s1t06 Me And My Uncle ->
s1t07 Big River
s1t08 Peggy-O
s1t09 Tuning
s1t10 Passenger
s1t11 /Ten/nessee Jed
s1t12 The Music Never Stopped

Set 2:
s2t01 Tuning
s2t02 China Cat Sunflower ->
s2t03 I Know You Rider
s2t04 Samson And Delilah
s2t05 He's Gone ->
s2t06 Ja/m ->
s2t07 Drum/s ->
s2t08 /Space ->
s2t09 Trucki/n' ->
s2t10 Black Peter ->
s2t11 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
s2t12 J/ohnny B. Goode
Encore:
s2t13 U.S. Blues


