Grateful Dead
Civic Center
Springfield, MA
June 30, 1974

DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound 
(MLP Encoded 6ch x 16/44) 

Set 1
01 [02:16] Intro
02 [04:21] Don't Ease Me In
03 [08:04] Black Throated Wind
04 [06:26] Peggy-O
05 [05:53] Jack Straw
06 [06:54] Loser
07 [06:23] Greatest Story 
08 [07:18] Cumberland Blues
09 [07:42] Dire Wolf
10 [18:25] Playing In The Band >
11 [08:34] Uncle John's Band >
12 [06:11] Playing (Reprise)
TT [01:28:30]

Set 2
01 [01:17] Intro
02 [10:04] China Cat Sunflower >
03 [08:03] I Know You Rider
04 [06:59] Big River
05 [09:11] Scarlet Begonias
06 [05:07] El Paso
07 [05:30] US Blues >
08 [13:37] Truckin' >
09 [16:24] Eyes Of The World >
10 [06:26] Space/Jam >
11 [09:17] Stella Blue
12 [09:58] Not Fade Away >
13 [07:29] Goin' Down The Road >
14 [05:03] One More Saturday Night
15 [04:12] Outro
TT [01:58:38]

No encore played

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Source Info

SBD (shnID = 96275)
Recording Info: SBD > Master Reel > CD
Transfer Info: CD > Samplitude Professional v10.2 > FLAC
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
December 6, 2008

AUD (shnID = 15537)
AudMC > DAT > WAV > SHN
Recording Info: Recorded by Jerry Moore, 1st level off floor, 
audience right, roughly center court with 2 handheld AKG D-1000E > 
Sony 152 deck.  Maxell UD-120 cassettes, with Dolby B ON.
Analog > DAT transfer by Mark Cohen, January, 2003
DAT > SHN/CD by Noah Weiner (noahbw@attbi.com) February, 2003

Tascam 122MKIII cassette deck (MC playback) > Tascam DA40 DAT 
deck (record) > Fostex D5 DAT deck (playback) > Turtle Beach 
Montego II Digital I/O > Sound Forge (wav editing and track 
IDs) > SHNTOOL (SBE fix) > MKW Audio Compression Toolkit (shn)

Thanks to all the hard work from the folks mentioned above with
their loving care getting these sources out.

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Notes on the Source Material

SBD (ShnID = 87643)
Another flawless transfer by Charlie Miller. This is probably the 
best 1973 or 74 recording I have ever heard.  It is also a very 
complete recording with just 2 small cuts in songs and with most 
of the btwn song tuning intact as well.

AUD1 (ShnID = 15537)
A terrific AUD recording by the master.  Jerry Moore nails it again 
with a great document of a 1974 dead show.  This is exactly the type 
of recording you want to mix with a SBD to combine forces and make 
the whole greater than the sum of the parts.  Also much of the btwn
song tuning is intact and the combination of these 2 sources probably
is every second of this show from start to finish.  Including btwn
song tuning plus long intro and outro material.  The whole enchilada.

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Tech Notes

FLAC/SHNs were decoded to wave. Wavmerge was used to reassemble the 
tracks back to 1 long wave.  CEP2.0 was used to align & synch both 
sources (time compress and expand).  SF8.0 was used for the EQ setting 
on the LFE and CTR channels.  SF8.0 used to adjust the volume for the 
center, surround and LFE channels.  SF8.0 was used to perform the hard 
limiting on the LFE channel.  Surcode MLP was used to encode all six 
channels utilizing a lossless compression scheme. DiscWelder was used 
to author and create the DVD-Audio in 5.1 and created the ISO image 
file.  This incorporates 6 channels of 16/44 wave files.   
- Mixed by dan@am-dig.com
- FLAC conversion 10-FEB-2009 
- Artwork by dan@am-dig.com 300dpi - For best results
print at the highest resolution onto glossy photo paper.
Design for use with a clear slim 7mm double DVD case.
- Special thanks to unknown photographers that helped with all the 
pictures used for this artwork and the slide show.  The images
selected all come from the "Wall Of Sound Era" ~ circa 1973/74.

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DTS-Audio-CD Info

Front 
Left Channel SBD 
Right Channel SBD 

Center 
Mono Mixdown Left/Right -5db D'EQ SBD 

Surround 
Left Channel -3db AUD  
Right Channel -3db AUD

Sub/LFE 
Mono Mixdown Left/Right D'EQ SBD & Hard Limiting  

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Notes

d1t01 "Intro" this is comprised mostly of the AUD source and then
crossfades before the first song starts.

d1t02 "Don't Ease" the mix is all over the place for the first 1
minute.  Mixing with the AUD has helped but not fixed this problem.

d1t08 "Cumberland Blues" the SBD was missing approx 30 seconds.
This section is comprise of just the AUD source.  The AUD source 
was EQ'd and levels adjusted to better blend with the sound of
the SBD.  Crossfades applied to each end of the patch.

d2t04 "Intro" this is comprised mostly of the AUD source and then
crossfades before the first song of the second set starts.

d3t03 "Eyes Of The World" the SBD was missing approx 30 seconds.
This section is comprise of just the AUD source.  The AUD source 
was EQ'd and levels adjusted to better blend with the sound of
the SBD.  Crossfades applied to each end of the patch.

d3t09 "Oturo" A crossfades after the last song start and the is 
comprised mostly of the AUD source.

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Notes on the Sound Samples

Sample_1

This is 15 second segments of the AUD, then the matrix and then
the SBD (.15 AUD, .15 MTX, .15 SBD - in that order).  Just to give 
you listen of all 3 versions.  Note the subtle changes in sound 
over the straight SBD.  The extra warmth and lingering notes from 
the guitar and the additional "thump" to the bass.

Sample_2

This sample gives you a quick A/B comparison to the straight
SBD.  You'll hear a 15 second clip of the MTX followed by a
15 second clip of the SBD. 15 seconds MTX, 15 seconds SBD
and so on. This quiet portion and allows for a bit more of 
the AUD to get into the mix.  

Again, this clip was used b/c the sound difference is the more 
apparent during this particular portion.  The majority of the 
recording you will only hear more subtle sound differences btwn 
the SBD and the Matrix.  The difference in tone and the overall 
"size" of the recording being the most noticeable differences 
to the SBD source.  This is even more obvious on the 5.1 
surround sound versions.

Sample_3

Here is the AUD patch in Cumberland Blues.  The AUD for this
portion underwent quite a bit of DSP to try and make the source 
transition as minimally jarring as possible.  D'EQing, dynamic 
compression and level adjustment as well long in/out crossfades.

Sample_4

Here is the AUD patch in Eyes Of The World.  The AUD for this
portion underwent quite a bit of DSP to try and make the source 
transition as minimally jarring as possible.  D'EQing, dynamic 
compression and level adjustment as well long in/out crossfades.

Sample_5.1

This is a sample of what to expect in the 6 different channels 
used to make the 5.1 surround sound.  First you get 15 seconds
of the front left/right channels, then 15 seconds of the center
channel, then 15 seconds of the subwoofer/LFE channel and then
15 seconds of the rear left/right channels. (The front and rear 
are stereo in a 5.1 mix - usually the center and sub are mono 
but for this sample they are 2 channel mono.)

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Notes on the DVD-A images Folder

Included you will find a folder with pictures with individual
songs names that I used to construct the DVD-Audio slide show. 
Special thanks to unknown photographers that helped with all the 
pictures used for this artwork and the slide show.  The images
selected all come from the "Wall Of Sound Era" ~ circa 1973/74. 

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Lineup

Jerry Garcia (guitar, vocals)
Bob Weir (guitar, vocals)
Phil Lesh (bass)
Keith Godchaux (keyboards, vocals)
Bill Kreutzmann (drums, percussion)
Donna Jean Godchaux (annoying backup vocals)

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Additional Formats

This show is available in the following formats:

1. The SBD and AUD sources listed above.
2. CD-Audio SBD+AUD Matrix Mix at 16/44 
3. CD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound DTS-Audio-CD at 16/44 
4. DVD-Audio SBD+AUD Matrix Mix at 24/48
5. DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround Sound at 16/44  
  (6 Channels of 16/44 - MLP Encoded)

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MD5

8846e3bcda58a3ec13f158f592a218f1 *gd1974-06-30-haugh-MLP.iso