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

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


    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     5:48.467     200716844 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6650  gd71-02-18 s1t01Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
     6:55.640     239408684 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6608  gd71-02-18 s1t02 Bertha.flac
    11:02.827     381788204 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6943  gd71-02-18 s1t03 Truckin'.flac
     7:46.733     268838444 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6790  gd71-02-18 s1t04 It Hurts Me Too.flac
     7:46.307     268592684 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6834  gd71-02-18 s1t05 Loser.flac
     3:48.280     131489324 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6953  gd71-02-18 s1t06 Greatest Story.flac
     3:43.213     128570924 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6993  gd71-02-18 s1t06a Johnny B. Goode.flac
     4:01.253     138961964 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6908  gd71-02-18 s1t08 Mama Tried.flac
    10:51.453     375237164 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6943  gd71-02-18 s1t09 Hard To Handle.flac
     7:02.573     243402284 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6832  gd71-02-18 s1t10 Dark Star.flac
     7:22.667     254976044 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6883  gd71-02-18 s1t11 Wharf Rat.flac
     7:16.480     251412524 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6859  gd71-02-18 s1t12 Dark Star.flac
     4:01.950     139363514 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6629  gd71-02-18 s1t13 Me & My Uncle.flac
     2:25.307      83696684 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6465  gd71-02-18 s2t01 Crowd_Banter_Tuning.flac
     4:37.573     159882284 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6706  gd71-02-18 s2t02 Casey Jones.flac
     5:26.400     188006444 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6700  gd71-02-18 s2t03 Playin' In The Band.flac
     8:19.520     287723564 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6549  gd71-02-18 s2t04 Me & Bobby McGee.flac
     9:09.200     316339244 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6618  gd71-02-18 s2t05 Candyman.flac
     5:45.013     198727724 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6976  gd71-02-18 s2t06 Big Boss Man.flac
     8:38.933     298905644 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7026  gd71-02-18 s2t07 Sugar Magnolia.flac
     6:27.840     223395884 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.6997  gd71-02-18 s2t08 St. Stephen.flac
     4:32.040     156695084 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7076  gd71-02-18 s2t09 Not Fade Away.flac
     6:31.053     225246764 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7060  gd71-02-18 s2t10 GDTRFB.flac
     2:32.093      87605804 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7156  gd71-02-18 s2t11 Not Fade Away.flac
     7:37.893     263746604 B   cxx   --   ---xx   flac  0.7030  gd71-02-18 s2t12 Uncle John's Band.flac
   159:30.710    5512730330 B                            0.6848  (25 files)

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