Grateful Dead 2-19-71 Capitol Theater Port Chester, NY Source: Matrix (SBD/AUD mix): --Set I-- 101 - tuning (Merry-Go-Round Broke Down) 102 - Truckin' 103 - Loser 104 - Cumberland Blues 105 - It Hurts Me Too 106 - Bertha 107 - Playing in the Band 108 - Dark Hollow 109 - Smokestack Lightnin' 110 - China Cat Sunflower -> 111 - I Know You Rider --Set 2-- 201 - tuning 202 - Greatest Story Ever Told -> 203 - Johnny B. Goode 204 - tuning 205 - Bird Song* 206 - Easy Wind 207 - Deal* 208 - Cryptical Envelopment -> 209 - Drums -> 210 - The Other One -> 211 - Wharf Rat 212 - Good Lovin' 213 - Casey Jones Total Times: Disc 1 [79:53] Disc 2 [79:09] * breakout General Notes: When Clinton transfered and seeded the AUD of this show, I knew I had to see what a 1971 matrix would sound like. After experimenting with the China>Rider, it was obvious that the power conveyed in the blending of the two sources would justify matrixing an already crisp sounding betty board. The energy back then was really amazing - so strong, and the sound... vintage. Both sources are mono, but in no way does this detract from the final result, if anything, it minimized the phase issues inherent in making a post-show matrix. Some mono purists believed that hi-fidelity went out the window with the introduction of stereo. I'm not saying I agree, but after this editing exercise, I can appreciate more where they are coming from. The SBD does not appear to be the FOH mix, as the vocals in the beginning of certain songs (Bertha, Dark Hollow) are missing or very low in the SBD source, but easily heard in the AUD source. This would suggest a monitor mix, but most likely some AUX split off the house SBD, made and monitored especially for recording. The resulting matrix at least allows you to hear the vocals in these sections albeit not at the desired level in the mix. This is the first show without Mickey, which Bobby alludes to at some point, saying that he is not feeling well. Bobby is also responsible for the tuning at the beginning of the show (Merry-Go-Round Broke Down?) as well as a Rawhide tease at the end of Smokestack. Bird Song and Deal are played for the first time in concert (breakout); Loser, Bertha, Playin', Greatest and Wharf Rat for the 2nd time ever, but this show is really about Pig. Smokestack is #2 of 5 played in '71 with only one more Pig version after that (3-25-72), and it's 14:40 in length. Combine that with one of the best versions of Easy Wind, an 18:37 version of Good Lovin, and a Hurts Me Too to boot, and you've got a finger lickin' Pig Pen pickin'. This show was not easy to matrix, but in the end it was well worth it. The speed fluctuation in the old reel to reels, even in as short amount of time as 20 seconds, added to the task with constant synch edits, but the minimal phase from the combination of two mono sources made the editing a little easier. -------Reviews from the LlaMA: "This show sneaks up behind you, taps you on the shoulder and then steals your face! Sure, there are some "garage band moments" here and there, but overall, they play like they were recording it for an album (heh,heh ....they were actually) and with the passage of time, this night still stands out as well played, and also as having that ineffable X factor magic, not only with the songs, but also in the synergy of the band interaction with the crowd. Maybe it was because this was the first show without Mickey and they were trying harder. Or maybe it was the bomb scares they had during this run. Whatever the reason, Jerry chose tonight to debut Deal and Bird Song, say no more, wink wink, nudge nudge." "Pig fans will undoubtedly prefer this show... But for me the highlight of the entire show is the Know You Rider. In this period (winter 70-71 through spring 71) the tune achieved its canonical form. It seems that with each performance, in the second and final solo, Jerry was having a musical converstion not just with the boys, but with himself." "This show has *the* definitive, most unbelievably tight version of Easy Wind, with Pigpen guiding the boys, chugging along like a pyrotechnic freight train through a completely cosmic, harmonically perfect jam." -------Credits: Thanks to WBOTB (What's become of the Betty's) tree for the SBD. No one is given specific credit so maybe there were many who worked on various aspects. Thanks to Clinton Vadnais for transfering and editing the AUD source; taper unknown, but if not for either one of you, no matrix would be possible. Thanks again. Cover art was found at http://www.geocities.com/deadpieshop/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ The AUD is tracked for 2 discs (because it lacks tuning breaks) and the SBD is tracked for 3 discs. By eliminating less than 2 minutes of dead air/tuning in between songs (with no corresponding AUD) in the first set, I was able to make the show fit on 2 discs. The only music that is missing from the SBD is the last 30 seconds of Birdsong which is covered by the AUD, resulting in full coverage. notes: I'm sure all of you know that this is the 1st show without Mickey Hart for a few years. Yes you can D/L the show from GDLive or Archive.org or you have already had it for years. BUT! This is a new perspective. I recently borrowed 1st Gen Reels of an AUDIENCE recording of this show! It is amazing to hear the audience and bands interaction. This is NOT an A+ recording but I'm an engineer and remastered to the best of my abilities. There are some cuts and even a little bleed from whatever was recorded over when the dub was made. My friend Don was there and go the dubs. The masters cannot be tracked down but these were 1st gens! I'm 99% sure this recording never really got out there. It was a 1st gen .5" reel. I already forgot if it was 7.5ips or 15ips. The tape was recycled too, meaning it was taped over to record this show. My friend knew the taper but can't get anymore details. The reel sat for years before we did this transfer. There was more on the reels that the community was happy to hear about too. It was a mono recording and I remastered it. I'm happy to have been able to restore this gem for the masses to hear. I've gotten so much from you all it is great to give some back!! I had vined this in summer of 2002 but this might be the first data distrobution. Here's to a full decade of missing Jerry Garcia! I hope you enjoy the early audience recording! and remember if you must clap, keep the te ___________________________________________________________________ SBD text file: Grateful Dead Capitol Theatre Port Chester NY February-19-1971 Complete show An ESP experiment show; the second Betty Board; first show without Mickey Hart. genealogy of this recording: 7" two track BBD reel w/ Dolby A @ 7 1/2 ips > PCM501ES @ 44.055 kHz PCM501ES analog out > Fostex D5 @ 48 kHz (Dolby not decoded?) > WAV > Cool Edit Pro (filtering and sample rate conversion) > SHN data files (seed) The recording is in mono, and reflects very occasional analog tape flaws such as bursts of flutter. These flaws are from the master. The lineage information available states that Dolby A decoding was not performed, but the sound is nevertheless very good and does not sound compressed. As with the other Port Chester recordings, a slight whine comes and goes throughout the recording. We have applied a very light notch filter as needed. The filtering was accomplished using Cool Edit Pro, and consisted of a sequence of notch filters at and around 8k, approximately 1 kHz wide and only 2 db in depth. The filtering was mainly during the in-between banter but also on the songs where required - more so in the 2nd set. In The Other One there were two short bursts of static that appear to have come from the stage, andthese were reduced in level. No other filtering was performed. As indicated in the set list, Bird Song is cut. There are also several cuts on the master during crowd noise before Truckin' starts the first set, but who cares?