MotB Release: 0042/16-bit
Release Date: July 4, 2007

Band: Grateful Dead
Date: 05/03/1977 - Tuesday
Venue: The Palladium
Location: New York, NY

Source: Audience 1st Row Loge
Media: TDK-SA 90 min.
Lineage: Sony ECM XXX > Sony TCD5 X> MAC Mics spaced 30ft.
Transfer: MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 (deck Guitar Tuned) > Grace Design Lunatec V3 > s/pdif > Tascam HD-P2 > WAV

Taped by: B. Glassberg
Transfer by: A. Egert
Mastering by: Derek McCabe

DISC ONE:
Set I
01. crowd
02. The Promised Land
03. Bertha
04. Me And My Uncle
05. Peggy-O/
06. Jack Straw
07. Row Jimmy [tape flip patched]
08. Lazy Lightnin' >
09. Supplication
10. Deal
11. Good Lovin'

DISC TWO:
Set I (cont'd)
11. Ship of Fools 
12. The Music Never Stopped  
Set II
01. Might As Well
02. Estimated Prophet
03. Sugaree
04. Samson And Delilah 
05. Friend Of The Devil

DISC THREE:
Set II (cont'd)
06. Eyes Of The World > 
07. Space >
08. Wharf Rat >
09. Drums >
10. Not Fade Away >
11. Around And Around  [tape flip patched]
Encore 
12. Uncle John's Band  

Mastering Notes:

This Glassberg source does not circulate... until now.

But the Glassberg master cassettes have speed issues and run slow. The two other sources for this show do not run at the same speed either. The Glassberg show runs 2.6% slower than the Moore source [gd77-05-03.moore.minches.17954.sbeok.shnf]. And the first set only soundboard [gd77-05-03.set1-sbd.miller.21646.sbeok.shnf] runs faster than the Moore source. We chose to use the Moore source for patches because it sounded the right "A" pitch compared to a guitar tuned, and since the Moore source was also recorded up in the front row balcony right next to Glassberg, it was a better patch source in overall sound. 

We matched the pitch by adjusting the Nakamichi playback speed - literally opening up the deck and adjusting the internal playback screws. We initially tried to alter the speed of the original 24-bit transfer with various software plugins, and found the digital spped/pitch change was not acceptable. We tried three different "high-end" plugins that will go nameless because they all sounded horrible and added swirling artifacts. By changing the playback speed BEFORE the A/D sounded the best. Yes... many hours were spent on this comparing. This show deserves it. Enjoy!

1: The very end of Peggy-o is clipped and missing.  
2: End of Row Jimmy [10:31 to end] patched with gd77-05-03.moore.minches.17954.sbeok.shnf
3. Tape change during crowd between Estimated and Sugaree was fixed with crossfade 
4. Tape change during crowd between Sugaree and Samson was fixed with crossfade 
5: Tape change during crowd between FOTD and Eyes was fixed with crossfade 
6: 6 secs of Around & Around [3:34 - 3:50] patched with gd77-05-03.moore.minches.17954.sbeok.shnf [which was slightly eq'd to best match Glassberg source, but you can still hear the transition].

Mastering Software Info:
Bias Peak Pro 5.2 / Audiofile Engineering Wave Editor 1.3 / Izotope Ozone 3.0 / xACT 1.59
Audiofile Engineering Sample Manager 3.0.8 for +mbit dithering



SHNTOOL OUTPUT:
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     5:35.13       59124620    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t02.flac
     9:01.70       95597084    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t03.flac
     4:00.06       42350156    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t04.flac
     8:54.67       94355228    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t05.flac
     6:16.63       66474620    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t06.flac
    11:13.08      118736060    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t07.flac
     3:35.40       38020124    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t08.flac
     5:21.32       56699708    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t09.flac
     7:41.51       81440396    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t10.flac
     7:39.36       81052316    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d1t11.flac
     8:50.64       93642572    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t01.flac
     7:22.17       78008828    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t02.flac
     8:01.14       84881372    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t03.flac
     8:29.26       89848796    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t04.flac
    13:10.34      139436012    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t05.flac
     8:41.34       91984412    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t06.flac
     8:08.54       86210252    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d2t07.flac
    11:50.71      125411036    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t01.flac
     2:53.48       30630140    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t02.flac
    10:53.72      115358588    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t03.flac
     3:58.05       41995004    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t04.flac
    12:08.52      128541548    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t05.flac
     8:20.54       88327052    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t06.flac
     9:36.66      101761676    ---   --   ---xx   gd1977-05-03.motb.0042.d3t07.flac
   193:09.69     2044462988 B                     (totals for 25 files, 0.6006 overall compression ratio)

