The Knudsen Tape Collection is a 5000 cassette collection that is going to
digital FLAC format one entire tape or tape side at a time.

All transfers and numbered releases are "raw" files. They are unedited,
unmastered and untracked @ one digital flac file per tape or tape side.

The cassettes were donated to www.shnflac.net by Jeff Knudsen in 2018.
This is a GEMS Lossless Legs production.

Gear: Nakamichi CR-7A -> TASCAM DA-3000
      Transfer by Tom Markson

Date on the tape is most likely mislabeled.  Songs do seem to agree with
the J-Card.  Tape is labeled 3/7/70 but it seems to be 3/8/70. Renamed to
3/8/70. Please listen,look at the photos of the J-cards and judge for youself.

http://deadlists.com/deadlists/showresults.asp?KEY=3/8/70

Band	Grateful Dead
Venue	Travelodge Theatre in the Round
Location	Phoenix, AZ
Date	3/8/70 - Sunday	posters	tickets, passes & laminates
One	[1:32:39] ; Cold Rain And Snow [#3:35] ; [0:40] ; Yellow Dog Story [2:16] ; China Cat Sunflower [2:56] > Jam [2:13] > I Know You Rider [4:12] > High Time [7:00] ; [0:46] ; Dire Wolf [3:47] ; [1:10] ; Hard To Handle [4:49] ; [3:33] ; Monkey And The Engineer [1:38] ; [0:10] ; I've Been All Around This World [3:48] ; [0:44] ; Me And My Uncle [3:22] ; [0:41] ; Black Peter [8:30] ; [1:42] ; Katie Mae [2:10] > Wake Me Shake Me [9:29] ; [0:10] ; Not Fade Away [9:41] > Turn On Your Lovelight [13:19] > Drums [0:33#]
Comments	During the pause after Hard To Handle they switch to acoustic, shifting back to electric during the impromptu blues with an unknown vocalist following Katie Mae. The unknown vocalist continues his bizarre contributions, including some harmonica, during Not Fade Away > Lovelight. Latvala reports that there are two reels in the vault labeled with this date; the second is blank; the contents of the first are listed here. Perhaps we are missing the rest of the concluding electric set, although this seems complete as listed. Jim Blackwood notes that this was Vince Welnick's 1st Dead show (as an audience member).
Recordings
Download Sources
SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD
SBD>?>DAT>CDR
Soundboard
Contributors	Jim Powell, Jim Blackwood, Dick Latvala, David Gans
Caretaker	Jim Powell email update



********** The GEMS Knudsen Tape Project  **********

In 2018, Jeff Knudsen bestowed his tape collection to the AZ GEMS
team for distribution and archiving. We have cherry picked some shows
and released them but have only scratched the surface. The process
of producing a complete and accurate mastered file set is time consuming:
select the show, compare to existing sources, adjust the tape deck,
transfer to digital, speed correct, master, aquire the source ID and
torrent. We realized we would never release most of collection using this
method.

As long as music is on tapes in a closet, it is useless. If it circulates
it is preserved for others and for the future. Rather than go through
the whole file set creation process, we transfer each tape or tape
side as a single digital file. A two tape concert consists either two big
audio files, 1 for each tape or 4 big audio files, one for each side of
the two cassettes.  We transfer professionally using the best gear and
a high quality Analog to Digital device. The Azimuth and Dolby settings
are correct. We release these files for everyone. We do not evaluate
the quality of the source, master it, or track it.

The Knudsen Tape Project is about sharing the tapes.

In each numbered release, along with the digital music files, we
include a photo of the tapes. The goal is to release as many of the
tapes as possible to the website www.shnflac.net.

We think the fruits of this project will become more interesting as time
passes. We believe that access to raw, properly transferred audio will
be of value to both present and future listeners, researchers and others.
Audio mastering technology is moving at breakneck speed. We can only imagine
the future technology that will be available. Having access to unmastered sources
could be invaluable.

HISTORY

The collection was started with a box of tapes Jeff Knudsen recieved
from his friend Dick Latvala in the late 70's. Dick was just a regular
guy in Pahoa, Hawaii and had not yet begun officially working with the
Greatful Dead. Over time, Jeff's collection grew. At that time, tapes were
currency and Jeff had gold. His collection increased to about 5000 coveted
tapes, via mail trades and all night copy-athons. Jeff shared them freely
and widely. If you had a soundboard tape in your collection years ago there
is a good chance it came from Jeff Knudsen.

WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT ?

Every release in this project is from a band that allows it's fans
to trade music non-commercially. We neither add or take away from that
permission. We only ask that you credit the Knudsen Tape Project if you
use the material. We ask nothing else of you and you do not need
to ask permission to use them. Since we ask only for source credit, we would
rather not hear complaints. Take what you need and leave the rest.

LINEAGE QUESTIONS

The notion of documenting lineage is a modern one, or simply one Jeff
did not entertain. We do not have lineage information on most of these
tapes. Any information we have will be in the photo of the tapes.
Some of the tapes sound absolutely fantastic. Others may remind
you of a tape you had long ago.

Now the rest is up to the community, with whom we have absolute faith
in the ability to discern.

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Contact shnflac@gmail.com if you need more information.

SHNTOOL
   length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
   101:44.185    1758005276 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6927  Tape 1.flac
   101:44.185    1758005276 B                            0.6927  (1 file)

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