Grateful Dead
Boston Music Hall
Boston, MA
6-9-76
Sick Bits Vol. 6

Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mixdown):

SBD:
Set 1: SBD>MR>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN (ID# 12382)
Set 2: SBD>MR>DAT>SS>CDR>EAC>SHN (ID# 5426)

AUD: 
MAC>DATx2>CDR>EAC>SHN (ID# 5982)
Taper: Steve Hopkins
Location: FOB  
Source: Sony 152 cassette deck with Sony ecm 99a stereo microphone

[complete text files for each source appended at end]

Transfer/Editing:
All three sources were SHN files downloaded from LMA and converted to
WAV > Sony Vegas 5 > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
5-18-05
scarfire@liquidcity.com
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Set 1:

d1t01 - Cold Rain and Snow
d1t02 - Cassidy
d1t03 - Scarlet Begonias
d1t04 - The Music Never Stopped
d1t05 - Crazy Fingers
d1t06 - Big River
d1t07 - They Love Each Other
d1t08 - Looks Like Rain
d1t09 - Ship of Fools
d1t10 - Promised Land

Set 2: 

d2t01 - Saint Stephen >
d2t02 - Eyes Of The World >
d2t03 - Let It Grow
d2t04 - Brown Eyed Women
d2t05 - Lazy Lightnin' > 
d2t06 - Supplication
d2t07 - High Time
d3t01 - Samson & Delilah
d3t02 - It Must Have Been The Roses  
d3t03 - Dancing In The Street >
d3t04 - Wharf Rat >
d3t05 - Around and Around

Encore:
d3t06 - Franklin's Tower

Total Times:
Disc 1 [79:53]
Disc 2 [70:59]
Disc 3 [57:18]
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General Notes:

Three sources from the LMA provided coverage for this matrix: a different 
SBD for each set, and a very nice sounding FOB AUD recorded by Steve 
Hopkins.  While the first set SBD source suffers greatly from previous NR,
the second set SBD is superb, resulting in an excellent matrix.  Multiple
requests from the audience for St. Stephen in the first set help to 
resurrect this gem (not played since Halloween 1971).  Another resurrection
is a stirring High Time, stashed since 7-12-70.  Most notable IMHO is the
8+ minute intro to Eyes which clocks in at 17:17 total.  Some consider this 
show second only to the 7-18 show for 1976 with the 6-29 up there as well, 
definately in the top 3.  While the intro to St. Stephen is AUD only, it is 
still quite listenable, with the crowd reacting strongly, and the matrix 
kicks in once the vocals start.  A Franklin's encore is also an added bonus.

Thanks to Steve Hopkins for recording the FOB AUD, Dave Minor and Dave 
Handrich for DAT/CDR dupes, and Matt Vernon for the AUD editing and 
conversion. Thanks to J Cotsman for the Set 1 SBD.  Thanks to Paul B. 
for the set 2 SBD source discs, and to Tony G for converting and seeding 
them.  Thanks to Jonathan Aizen for uploading all 3 sources to the Llama.

Enjoy!
Chappy

Editing/Shntool Notes [see attached]
FLAC Fingerprint [see attached]
MD5 checksum [see attached]

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SBD Source text (Set 1 - SHN ID# 12382):

Grateful Dead
6-9-76

Boston Music Hall,
Boston

SBD>MR>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN
with patches from AUD>MC>D>CD>EAC>SHN

Set 1: (68:52)

1.  Cold Rain & Snow (6:35)
2.  Cassidy (4:45)
3.  Scarlet Begonias (9:03)
4.  The Music Never Stopped (5:17)
5.  Crazy Fingers (11:10)
6.  Big River (5:47)
7.  They Love Each Other (7:01)
8.  Looks Like Rain (8:18)
9.  Ship Of Fools (7:27)
10. Promised Land (3:26)

Notes:
--aud patch for first 2:25 of Cold Rain & Snow
--aud supplies all of Big River
--Sound Forge was used for slight pitch corrections

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SBD Source text (Set 2 - SHN ID# 5426):

Grateful Dead
06/09/76
Boston Music Hall
Boston, MA

SBD>MR>DAT>SS>CDR>EAC>SHN

Disc 1  ~  Set 2
Saint Stephen > 
Eyes Of The World > Jam > 
Let It Grow > Drums > Let It Grow 
Brown Eyed Women
Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication 
High Time 
Sampson & Delilah
It Must Have Been The Roses

Disc 2
Dancing In The Street > 
Wharf Rat > 
Around And Around 
ENCORE	Franklin's Tower

Thanks to Paul B. for the discs

seeded by Tony G (gdtrfb@bellsouth.net)

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AUD Source text (SHN ID# 5982):

Grateful Dead
06/09/76
Boston Music Hall
Boston, MA

Location: fob
Source: Sony 152 cassette deck with Sony ecm 99a stereo microphone
Taper: Steve Hopkins 

Audience Master Cassettes > DAT > DAT clone by Dave Minor
DAT clone > CDR by Dave Handrich
CDR > SHN conversion by mvernon54@home.com
CDR > WAV's (EAC secure with offsets enabled) >
add fades & soundboard patch with Cool Edit 2K > track boundaries CDWave > SHN's (mkwact seekable)

[Note: Dolby decoded version created 7/12/03]

Disc 1
Set 1
01. [08:26] Cold Rain and Snow
02. [06:07] Cassidy
03. [10:27] Scarlet Begonias
04. [07:17] The Music Never Stopped
05. [14:22] Crazy Fingers
06. [07:08] Big River
07. [07:43] They Love Each Other
08

Grateful Dead
Boston Music Hall
Boston, MA
6-9-76
Sick Bits Vol. 6

Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mixdown):

SBD:
Set 1: SBD>MR>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN (ID# 12382)
Set 2: SBD>MR>DAT>SS>CDR>EAC>SHN (ID# 5426)

AUD: 
MAC>DATx2>CDR>EAC>SHN (ID# 5982)
Taper: Steve Hopkins
Location: FOB  
Source: Sony 152 cassette deck with Sony ecm 99a stereo microphone

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Editing Notes:

Timeline/Tracking Notes:

In order to fit the first set on one 80 min. disc, I edited out some
crowd in between songs, crossfading so the transitions are smooth.
The transition between the disc 2 and 3 can be put together seemlessly.

Editing Notes:

- Pitch
Both sources were pitched differently, the AUD being the sharpest, 
and the SBD being the flatest.  I used the SBD as my master timeline 
and pitch referenced the AUD to it. The AUD on average had to be pitched
down about -.18 (18 cents) for set 1 and about -.07 (7 cents) for set 2
to achieve pitch correction - 1.00 being 100 cents which is a semitone.  
I did not reference A=440 as I did not desire to pitch adjust the SBD.  
Set 2 is very close though to A=440.

- Synch
Even after pitch correcting the other two sources to the FOB AUD, 
because of the speed fluctuation within a given source, multiple edits
were performed to keep the sources synched.  Because the SBD was my
master pitch and time ref, the AUD was synched to the SBD (too many
edits to list).

- Sonic Quality/Matrix ratio
I did choose to employ a slight amount EQ to the first set SBD 
to regain some of what was lost by the previous NR. The result is OK
for the first set, but the SBD was not that great to begin with. The second 
set SBD did receive a little limiting (Waves L2) to give it a little more 
presence when coupled with the AUD with excellent results. Conceptually, all
I was trying to do here is to add some dimension to the SBD, which is 
pretty dry but very crisp, by using the ambience of the AUD. The result 
is a lively but clear recording, hopefully close to how it sounded at 
the show. If I had to guess the SBD/AUD ratio would be somewhere between 
3:1 and 4:1, leaning more towards the 4:1 end of things.

- Edits
The following are places where the SBD had holes or incomplete coverage 
in reference to the final matrix timeline. 

SBD:
d1t01 (0:00 - 2:31) - missing
d1t01 (6:31 - 7:32) - missing (crowd)
d1t02 (4:41 - 6:15) - missing (crowd)
d1t03 (9:03 - 10:36) - missing (crowd)
d1t04 (5:17 - 7:20) - missing (crowd)
d1t05 (11:10 - 12:52) - missing (crowd)
d1t06 (0:00 - 5:54) - missing all
d1t07 (6:36 - 7:08) - missing (crowd)
d1t07 (7:33 - 7:43) - missing (crowd)
d1t08 (8:18 - 9:25) - missing (crowd)
d1t09 (7:27 - 8:39) - missing (crowd)
d1t10 (3:26 - 3:34) - missing (crowd)
d2t01 (0:00 - 2:52) - missing all (crowd)
d2t02 (0:00 - 0:57) - missing 
d2t04 (10:44 - 14:18) - missing (crowd)
d2t05 (4:46 - 6:37) - missing (crowd)
d2t07 (4:17 - 5:32) - missing (crowd)
d2t08 (8:53 - 9:41) - missing (crowd)
d3t01 (5:58 - 7:39) - missing (crowd)
d3t02 (6:59 - 7:27) - missing (crowd)
d3t03 (5:59 - 6:00) - replaced stereo track w/ right channel only (dropout)
d3t03 (6:13 - 6:39) - missing
d3t05 (6:35 - 8:11) - missing (crowd)


AUD:
Set 1 had parts of the crowd in between songs edited out so as to fit
the whole set on one disc.

- Recap
The AUD has full coverage. Note that alot of the missing elements from the SBD 
source are just crowd segments except for the first 2 minutes of Cold Rain, 
all of Big River, the first minute of St. Stephen, and about a half minute in the 
middle of Dancin'. Other than that, the rest of the SBD is intact.

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Shntool output:

shntool len matrix/gd76-06-09/*.flac

length     expanded size   cdr  WAVE problems filename
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 6:15.22       66201788    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t02.flac
10:36.34      112270412    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t03.flac
 7:19.70       77604284    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t04.flac
12:53.14      136390172    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t05.flac
 5:52.32       62168108    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t06.flac
 7:43.13       81703820    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t07.flac
 9:26.72      100011788    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t08.flac
 8:39.12       91579868    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t09.flac
 3:34.72       37918988    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d1t10.flac
 2:53.36       30601916    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t01.flac
12:03.10      127560764    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t02.flac
17:16.65      182903324    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t03.flac
14:20.71      151871036    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t04.flac
 6:39.09       70404812    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t05.flac
 2:49.04       29821052    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t06.flac
 5:34.47       59028188    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t07.flac
 9:22.05       99148604    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d2t08.flac
 7:56.51       84086396    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t01.flac
 7:26.59       78813212    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t02.flac
12:27.29      131839052    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t03.flac
10:56.35      115800764    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t04.flac
 8:22.45       88658684    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t05.flac
10:07.73      107246540    ---   --   ---xx   gd76-06-09d3t06.flac
208:10.51    2203357008 B
(totals for 24 files, 0.5163 overall compression ratio)