Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Oakland Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
December 4, 1988

Bridge School Benefit

Source: FOB Audience Recording
Taper: PS
Media: MAC = Maxell MX90
Lineage: 2 x modified Nakamichi 700 cardioids (in hat, Main Floor, Section 2 Row U Seat 6) > Bill Reutelhuber preamp > dbx 221 e (mounted in a battery-powered Bill R. box) > Sony TC-D5M;
Transfer (PS): MAC > Nakamichi CR1a (playback) > dbx 224xds (decode) > Macintosh 800 MHZ Power PC G4, with M-Audio Audiophile 2496 MIDI Digital Recording Interface. Recorded with Live Lite 4 for M Audio (aiff) > Bias Peak Lite version 5.2 (wav);
Track & Flac (jj): CDWave (tracking) > FLAC Frontend (level 8 flac).

Single Disc (4 tracks, 27:50)
01. Wang Dang Doodle (1) [7:50] [0:08]
02. Friend Of The Devil [5:50] [0:04]
03. Throwing Stones [8:24] [0:06]
04. Ripple [4:25] [1:01]

Notes:
- Second Bridge School benefit. Other performers included: Neil Young (joined by Crosby, Stills, Nash on one song), Nils Lofgren, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan and G.E.Smith, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tracy Chapman, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (joined by Lofgren and Tracy Chapman for one song).
- PS says this about the dbx 221 noise reduction unit: "[T]his is the same a dbx 224 but they were encode only circuit boards sold by dbx. Bill R. made a separate box that had batteries and this board in it."

Performers:
- Jerry Garcia: guitar, vocals;
- Bob Weir: guitar, vocals;
- Rob Wasserman: bass;
- (1) Neil Young: harmonica, vocals.
- Thanks to PS for his generosity!

shntool len *.flac
    length     expanded size   cdr  WAVE problems filename
     7:58.49       84434492    ---   --   ---xx   jg1988-12-04-PS-t01.flac
     5:54.25       62504444    ---   --   ---xx   jg1988-12-04-PS-t02.flac
     8:30.65       90116924    ---   --   ---xx   jg1988-12-04-PS-t03.flac
     5:26.35       57588764    ---   --   ---xx   jg1988-12-04-PS-t04.flac
    27:50.24      294644624 B                     (totals for 4 files, 0.5828 overall compression 

ratio)