Grateful Dead
Fox Theatre
Atlanta, GA
11-30-80
Sick Bits Vol. 31

Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mix)
Ratio ~ Phi

SBD: (shnid=2416)
Source: MSC>Reel>DATs>CDRs>EAC>SHN
Digital Static removed from first several seconds of Stranger (Mike Parillo)
Seeded by Darrin Sacks (12-31-00)
(Through Scarlet>Fire only)

AUD1: 24 bit (set 1 only) (16 bit version is shnid=110921)
Recording Info:
Taped by Dr. Bob Wagner
Nakamichi 700s (With Bass EQ) -> Cassette Master (Sony D5M/TDK SA-X90/Dolby B)
Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) -> Apogee Ensemble (24bit/44.1kHz) ->
Peak Pro -> AIFF -> Vegas 10 > 24bit WAV
All Transfers and Mastering By Chris Chappell
November 27, 2010

AUD2: 24 bit (shnid=90530) (Scarlet>Fire only)
AUD3: 16 bit (shnid=90497) (rest of the show - no matrix)
Recording Info:
(FOB) Nakamichi 700 (With Bass EQ) -> Cassette Master (Sony D5M/TDK SA-X90/Dolby B)
Transfer Info:
Cassette Master (Nakamichi DR-1/Dolby B) -> Sound Devices 744T (24bit/96k) ->
Samplitude Professional v10.02 -> FLAC/16 or FLAC/24
(2 Discs Audio / 1 Disc FLAC)
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
March 3, 2008

Matrixed by Chris Chappell
scarfire@liquidcity.com
Nov. 30, 2010
Happy 30th Anniversary!
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Set 1:
d1t01 - Tuning
d1t02 - Feel Like A Stranger
d1t03 - Loser
d1t04 - Cassidy
d1t05 - Ramble On Rose
d1t06 - Little Red Rooster
d1t07 - Bird Song*
d1t08 - Me & My Uncle ->
d1t09 - Big River
d1t10 - It Must Have Been The Roses
d2t01 - Lost Sailor ->
d2t02 - Saint Of Circumstance ->
d2t03 - Deal

Set 2:
d2t04 - Tuning
d2t05 - Scarlet Begonias ->
d2t06 - Fire On The Mountain
d3t01 - Samson & Delilah
d3t02 - Ship Of Fools
d3t03 - Playin' In The Band ->
d3t04 - Drums ->
d3t05 - Space ->
d3t06 - Wheel ->
d3t07 - China Doll ->
d3t08 - Around & Around ->
d3t09 - Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
d3t10 - Uncle John's Band

* last electric Bird Song: 9-15-73
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Notes:

- This was the show that got me into trying to find a way to combine
an AUD source with a SBD source after the fact.  I had experience
doing live matrix recordings in the 90s, but I had never attempted to do it as a
post-production exercise; i.e. trying to synch the two sources after
the performance had already happened.  Second set had been a favorite in
high school, so when I hear that the board had been seeded at eTree I 
was excited to hear it, but much to my dismay, the SBD source was
not nearly as exciting as the AUD.  I thought about how great it would be 
if I could combine the two sources for Scarlet->Fire.  I first attempted to synch 
the two in 2002 but the results were not worthy, mainly because of the AUD source 
I was using.  I kept at it, trying different techniques with different shows, and 
then in late '04 seeded Sick Bits Vol. 1.  Now, with Dr. Bob Wagner's balcony 
recording, I am able to offer up the whole first set and the infamous Scarlet->Fire 
in matrix format.
- The whole show has been tagged, so any FLAC player should read the info.
- Tags will be stripped when converting to wav, etc.
- Samson through the rest of the show is shnid=90497 which is Charlie Miller's
  16 bit transfer of Dr. Bob's master.  Nothing was changed with these files except
  adding the metadata tags.  I did this so one could have a complete fileset.
  If you already have that shnid or the 24bit version for that matter, these
  will be redundant files, the only addition are the tags.
- The first set is improved by the matrix over its separate respective sources,
  however, the second set is such a great pull by Dr. Bob that the resulting matrix
  is really not an improvement.  Get the 24bit Scarlet->Fire from shnid=90530, an
  amazing recording, amazing Healy mix, and amazing acoustics at the Fox.

Thanks:

- Special Thanks to Dr. Bob Wagner for lending me his master for the first set.
- Thanks to Michael Dayton for letting me use his Nak deck, Apogee converter and 
  Peak Pro for the transfer.
- Thanks to Darrin Sacks for the SBD and Mike Parillo for the SBD Stranger edit.
- Thanks to Charlie Miller for tranferring and mastering Dr. Bob's second set master.

Deadicated to The Fox's Den.

Enjoy!
-Chappy