Reconstruction
Old Waldorf
San Francisco, California
Friday May 18, 1979 early & late shows
(Incomplete)

Reconstruction is:
Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
John Kahn - bass
Merl Saunders - keys, vocals
Ed Neumeister - trombone
Ron Stallings - tenor sax, vocals
Gaylord Birch - drums

Early Show
01. I Just Want to Stop
02. Don't It Make It Better
03. Someday Baby
04. Fast Tone
05. Soul Roach
06. Strugglin' Man
07. Another Star
[63:46]

Late Show:
01. Lovely Night for Dancing
02. Telling My Friends About You
03. Mohican and the Great Spirit
[27:13]

A short clip of "I'll Take a Melody" was used to start and end our copy.
This was moved to a bonus folder as there wasn't much but for completists it's still there if you need it.

04. I'll Take a Melody//
[00:24]

This copy was made on: August 26, 1979 and received from the taper in trade for our July 29 Santa Monica recording.
From the collection of John Musgrave

Audience segments between songs were removed on the tape we received.
Tape flip after "Soul Roach".
"Another Star" is dual right channel between 00:42 and 06:18.

Source:
Unknown equipment and taper > snail mail trade on a single Maxell UD90 with Dolby
Transfer (November 2020):
Nakamichi CR7A with Dolby (azimuth aligned, bias @ 120usec) > Korg MR2000-S @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz dsdiff
AudioGate (24-96) > Har-Bal 3.7 & iZotope RX8 advanced > Goody* > CD Wave > TLH

* Goody's additional lineage:
Capstan & Audition (Pitch adjustments, various amounts; Align & center channels)

Thanks to Professor Goody for the speed correction and other fixes that make this sound even better.
Thanks to ethiessen1 for the beautiful jewel box artwork.

Finally, a big thank you goes out to John Musgrave for loaning me his tape collection.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use

Enjoyâ€¦
-M- (December 2020)

FLYING M PRODUCTIONS

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Logfiles

flac conversion

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Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 02. Don't It Make It Better.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 02. Don't It Make It Better.flac' (ratio = 0.659).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 03. Someday Baby.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 03. Someday Baby.flac' (ratio = 0.646).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 04. Fast Tone.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 04. Fast Tone.flac' (ratio = 0.660).
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Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 07. Another Star.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 07. Another Star.flac' (ratio = 0.588).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 01. Lovely Night for Dancing.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 01. Lovely Night for Dancing.flac' (ratio = 0.664).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 02. Telling My Friends About You.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 02. Telling My Friends About You.flac' (ratio = 0.650).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 03. Mohican and the Great Spirit.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 03. Mohican and the Great Spirit.flac' (ratio = 0.673).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 04. I'll Take a Melody.wav:  successfully encoded to 'Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 04. I'll Take a Melody.flac' (ratio = 0.624).

No errors occurred.


verification

Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 01. I Just Want to Stop.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 02. Don't It Make It Better.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 03. Someday Baby.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 04. Fast Tone.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 05. Soul Roach.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 06. Strugglin' Man.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 07. Another Star.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 01. Lovely Night for Dancing.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 02. Telling My Friends About You.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 03. Mohican and the Great Spirit.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).
Reconstruction-1979-05-18(late) 04. I'll Take a Melody.flac:  tested ok (file is decodable without error).

No errors occurred.


ffp

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Reconstruction-1979-05-18(early) 02. Don't It Make It Better.flac:62d47b4e370af1f9f0a34e3571db91d0
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No errors occurred.



