Live at Golden Hall on 1978-01-07 (1978)

Grateful Dead · 1978 · 159 min

The Grateful Dead's Golden Hall recording indexes a substantial amount of tuning, chatter and dead air around the songs. Phil's opening remark precedes “New Minglewood Blues,” while another spoken entry identifies “Jerry's problem” before “Looks Like Rain.” The first set moves from “Mexicali Blues” into “Me and My Uncle” and ends with “Let It Grow” into “Promised Land.” Set two begins “Jack Straw,” then passes “Dancing in the Street” and “Samson and Delilah” toward “Playing in the Band,” drums, “Not Fade Away” and “Around and Around.” Tape stops explain several abrupt transitions in this audience edition.

Selected edition: 26-file source edition; Sennheiser MKH404 microphones fed an unspecified Marantz professional cassette deck. Two reel generations precede digital transfer. Stops between songs leave abrupt joins and awkward tracking; twenty-six files retain chatter and dead air as supplied. from the documented source. 26 audio files, 1,014,044,482 bytes and 158:39 of measured audio.

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Selected the source’s complete 26-recording FLAC edition in its documented file order.

Sennheiser MKH404 microphones fed an unspecified Marantz professional cassette deck. Two reel generations precede digital transfer. Stops between songs leave abrupt joins and awkward tracking; twenty-six files retain chatter and dead air as supplied. Primary source and edition notes.

Source limits: Source recording/transfer: audience recording on a Marantz pro cassette deck, don't recall the model) & Sennheiser MKH404 mics.

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