Live at Swing Auditorium on 1980-12-12 (1980)

Grateful Dead · 1980 · 170 min

The Grateful Dead's Swing Auditorium show connects “China Cat Sunflower,” “I Know You Rider,” “Estimated Prophet,” “He's Gone” and “Eyes of the World” in its second-set opening. The taper recalls the concert taking place in the days after John Lennon’s murder, giving the San Bernardino performance a specific historical setting. The first set begins “Alabama Getaway” and “Greatest Story Ever Told,” with “Althea,” “Peggy-O” and “Tennessee Jed” later. Two drums files and space precede “Truckin'” and “Wharf Rat,” ending with “Good Lovin'” and a “Don't Ease Me In” encore. Cable trouble and tape repairs distinguish this source.

Selected edition: 24-file FLAC source edition from the documented source. 24 audio files, 980,924,318 bytes and 170:19 of measured audio.

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Selected the source’s complete 24-recording FLAC edition in its documented file order.

The Sennheiser MKH406/Sony D5M cassette master passed through a cassette copy and Korg DFF transfer. Peggy-O uses a dual-left-channel repair after a cable snag; Around and Around has a short tape-flip patch. Long repair annotations are separated from display titles. Primary source and edition notes.

Source limits: Source recording/transfer: Source: 2 Sennheiser MKH 406 TUD microphones > Sony D5M (w/ Dolby B, Bias @ 70us on 3 TDK MA C-90 tapes); Copy of masters: Sony D5M (w/ Dolby, Bias @ 70us) > Akaii GX-570 D2 (w/ Dolby B, Bias @ 70us on 2 TDK SA C-90 tapes).

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Source declaration: Artist permission; noncommercial. Source evidence.

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