GRATEFUL DEAD
Saturday, June 30, 1973
Universal Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA
Audience Recording

AudMR(C?) > ? > DAT > WAV > FLAC

DAT > FLAC transfer by Noah Weiner - June, 2009

SET ONE
d1t01 //Promised Land 3:02
d1t02 They Love Each Other 6:41
d1t03 Mexicali Blues 4:06
d1t04 Tennessee Jed 8:40
d1t05 Looks Like Rain 8:11
d1t06 Bird Song 10:19
d1t07 Cumberland Blues 6:19
d1t08 Row Jimmy 9:42
d1t09 Jack Straw 5:55*
d1t10 Deal 5:14
d1t11 Beat It On Down The Line 3:24
d1t12 Black Peter 10:20
d2t01 Playin' In The Band 14:43*
SET TWO:
d2t02 crowd & tuning 1:56
d2t03 Greatest Story Ever Told 5:45
d2t04 Ramble On Rose 8:18
d2t05 El Paso 5:27
d3t01 Dark Star> 15:55*
d3t02 Eyes Of The World> 19:27
d3t03 Stella Blue 8:44*
d3t04 Sugar Magnolia 10:01
ENCORE:
d3t05 One More Saturday Night 4:44*

Edits:
*tape cut in Jack Straw cross faded at approximately 3:32
*tape cut in Playin' cross faded at approximately 10:29
*tape cut in Dark Star cross faded at approximately 6:45
*tape cut in Stella Blue cross faded at approximately 0:37
*end of OMSN patched at 1:51 from shnid=6019

Notes:
Around August, 2001, when I put a digital copy of this show 
(shnid=6019) into circulation, a trading partner sent me a 
DAT containing a copy sourced off the same AUD master.  At 
the time, this DAT copy's caveats led me to the conclusion 
to only circulate the known first gen reel transfer I 
performed in 2001.

I recently pulled this DAT out, and upon listening decided it 
was worth circulating despite some of the tapes issues.  Given 
the spirit and completeness of the online archival community, 
it seemed appropriate to "add this to the pile" while I am as 
confident as I can be that the true master recording is yet to 
be "unearthed."  Whether one deems this an upgrade, downgrade, 
or sidegrade is open to debate.  For me, I know that I will 
continue to pull this version out when I want to revisit this 
personal favorite show.  That was enough reason for me to risk 
"polluting the gene pool" a little bit.

This is the same master recording as shinid=6019.  The tape 
had all the exact same cuts and flips requiring repair.  I 
chose to re-perform the cross fades, rather than introduce 
what were, in my opinion, more disruptive SBD patches.

The Caveats:  This entire tape sounds like there was some 
analog noise reduction applied at some point, followed by the 
tape being run with the Dolby off and on again, perhaps while 
going to DAT.  That said, this low gen copy has a fantastic 
spectrum of high and low end, beautifully upgrading the one 
disappointment in the current circulating copy of the same 
recording - muted high end.

Someday, when the true master tape itself is found and 
circulated, this recording will likely claim the crown of 
being the best audience tape from 1973.
