Grateful Dead
Capitol Theater
Port Chester, NY
Thursday  February 18th, 1971

This is a 16/48 fileset. 24-bit > 16-bit via dBpoweramp

This is a 2 source audience composite, both sources deriving from 1st generation reels believed to have been made right after the show. Source A is the complete show, less much of the between song banter and tunings, as well as missing a little over a minute in "Dark Star", due to a tape flip. Source B comprises almost the entire first set, which cuts in "Dark Star" and is missing the balance of "Dark Star", "Me & My Uncle", as well as the entire 2nd set. Source B has much more of the banter and between song tunings, but has severe level and distortion issues in both the banter and tunings before Bertha, as well as "Bertha" itself, making it unlistenable, consequently, some of the banter and tuning, as well as all of "Bertha" is from Source A.

This does not sound like any of the other audience sources in general circulation, but its exact origins are speculative, although it is almost certain that both sources are 1st generation copies.

Also, while I would have liked to have patched the flip in "Dark Star" with either of the circulating Jim Cooper transcriptions (shnid's 123539 & 123881), both have multiple issues during the part needed for patching, making neither transfer suitable for the patch

IMO, this is an upgrade to all circulating audience sources

Source Info:
Source A: Master Audience Cassettes; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels. This source supplies several minutes of the crowd/tuning before "Bertha", as well as "Bertha" in its entirety. This source also supplies the balance of the show after Source B cuts towards the end of "Dark Star"

Source B: Master Audience Cassette; unknown taper, unknown equipment > 1st generation reels. This source supplies some of the banter and tunings before "Bertha", and "Truckin' thru the cut towards the end of "Dark Star"

Transfer Info (both sources):
1st generation reels (Technics RS1506) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > dBpoweramp (.wav 24/96) > Adobe Audition 2019 > TLH flac2496

Notes:
- Thanks to David Davis for the 1st generation source reels
- Thanks to Matt Smith for the transfer
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for coordinating this effort
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for the shnid111793 soundboard source which supplies a 0:34 patch in "Dark Star"
- Pitch corrected

Mastered by Scott Clugston
November 2019

Set One:
s1t01 - Crowd/Banter/Tuning
s1t02 - Bertha
s1t03 - Truckin'
s1t04 - It Hurts Me Too
s1t05 - Loser
s1t06 - Greatest Story Ever Told >
s1t07 - Johnny B. Goode
s1t08 - Mama Tried
s1t09 - Hard To Handle
s1t10 - Dark Star >
s1t11 - Wharf Rat >
s1t12 - Dark Star >
s1t13 - Me & My Uncle

Set Two:
s2t01 - Crowd/Banter/Tuning
s2t02 - Casey Jones
s2t03 - Playin' In The Band
s2t04 - Me & Bobby McGee
s2t05 - Candyman
s2t06 - Big Boss Man
s2t07 - Sugar Magnolia
s2t08 - St. Stephen >
s2t09 - Not Fade Away >
s2t10 - Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
s2t11 - Not Fade Away >
s2t12 - Uncle John's Band


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     5:48.467      66905644 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5407  gd71-02-18 s1t01Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
     6:55.640      79802924 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5789  gd71-02-18 s1t02 Bertha.flac
    11:02.827     127262764 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6242  gd71-02-18 s1t03 Truckin'.flac
     7:46.733      89612844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5819  gd71-02-18 s1t04 It Hurts Me Too.flac
     7:46.307      89530924 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5931  gd71-02-18 s1t05 Loser.flac
     3:48.280      43829804 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6246  gd71-02-18 s1t06 Greatest Story.flac
     3:43.213      42857004 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6339  gd71-02-18 s1t06a Johnny B. Goode.flac
     4:01.253      46320684 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6107  gd71-02-18 s1t08 Mama Tried.flac
    10:51.453     125079084 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6214  gd71-02-18 s1t09 Hard To Handle.flac
     7:02.573      81134124 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5930  gd71-02-18 s1t10 Dark Star.flac
     7:22.667      84992044 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6071  gd71-02-18 s1t11 Wharf Rat.flac
     7:16.480      83804204 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6243  gd71-02-18 s1t12 Dark Star.flac
     4:01.950      46454532 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5862  gd71-02-18 s1t13 Me & My Uncle.flac
     2:25.307      27898924 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5535  gd71-02-18 s2t01 Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
     4:37.573      53294124 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6069  gd71-02-18 s2t02 Casey Jones.flac
     5:26.400      62668844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6179  gd71-02-18 s2t03 Playin' In The Band.flac
     8:19.520      95907884 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5817  gd71-02-18 s2t04 Me & Bobby McGee.flac
     9:09.200     105446444 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.5826  gd71-02-18 s2t05 Candyman.flac
     5:45.013      66242604 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6249  gd71-02-18 s2t06 Big Boss Man.flac
     8:38.933      99635244 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6392  gd71-02-18 s2t07 Sugar Magnolia.flac
     6:27.840      74465324 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6322  gd71-02-18 s2t08 St. Stephen.flac
     4:32.040      52231724 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6538  gd71-02-18 s2t09 Not Fade Away.flac
     6:31.053      75082284 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6489  gd71-02-18 s2t10 GDTRFB.flac
     2:32.093      29201964 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6757  gd71-02-18 s2t11 Not Fade Away.flac
     7:37.893      87915564 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6447  gd71-02-18 s2t12 Uncle John's Band.flac
   159:30.710    1837577508 B                            0.6106  (25 files)

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