Grateful Dead

Ist show. The more surface area (wider the tape), and/or the faster the recording speed, the higher the resolution. And yes R2R can most certainly sound best. (Like anything though, if done well)
The problem is a good one is very expensive, they’re as hard to keep maintained etc as a TT, and good linage quality tapes are rare and expensive, oh, and more a pain to “flip” than even a record…but they can sound amazing!

Remember, many CDs AND most vinyl are sourced from (hopefully) master R2R tapes! A purist with the gear and ears might argue that direct to (vinyl) disc recording is the ultimate…but good luck lol
One of the main reasons digital still gets such a bad rap is twofold
1- the conversion used originally, and lack of attention to disparity’s between different DACs in the chain. Conversion has come a loonnggg way baby! AND…
2- a significant number of the CDs first produced to meet the huge demand were not sourced from the master tapes, and lineage and source quality were often a joke! Caveat emptor: not all CDs are created alike!…or Blu-ray’s, or DVDs, or Vinyl etc Like drugs boys and girls, know your sources!

5th show in the box.
OK, now were getting there.
Great 1st set.
2nd set list looks good too.
Moving right along...
Cheers

Random ?s for the tapers and the knowledgeable. Were these original tapes running at 7.5 ips on reel to reels and were they done with any Dolby or whatever? And do you audience tapers use any noise reduction? Been talking to an analog guy who says with reel to reel running fast you get superior saturation and the best analog sound of all, which to his ear beats CDs and even vinyl, and Dolby is unnecessary for good reel to reel recordings.

climb on the fence, you idiot"

august 6th 1974

now that's much better, the sound is less polished or over-dubbed...or whatever...

support your local library,
my better half's employer also

Peace for All!
uncle_tripel

PS - Hey Bobby, party like it's 1984, Happy B-day!

This is a little niche for this forum since I’m streaming it on BBC iplayer so it’s probably only accessible in the UK,
John Martyn - Live at Reading University 1978
This is an episode of ‘Rock Goes to College’. We saw him several times 78 -79 and his solo concerts were always excellent. It’s available for the next 27 days and is highly recommended. For those who can’t access it I recommend his album ‘One World’ which was his current album when this concert was recorded.
Edit: To be honest I’d recommend any of his albums really

With Dave’s 17, since the rude abrupt halt to my research via the archive being down : (
Ah well, I’ll just have to suffer lol

Hope their highly trained crack equipment crew gets it just exactly perfect sooner than later 🤞Was gonna do the big five O anniversary treatment of Rocktober 74, complete in order as I don’t think I’ve done so? Sigh…bastards!

Kudos to Uncle T supporting the local Library! (TOO is a librarian ; )
If you don’t use em, ya lose em!
And remember, they killed Marion ; )

...this weekend I visited our local library, been awhile...
took home the 5 CD GOGD Movie Soundtrack box...
today's listening party:

oct 20 1974 set 2

maybe, I'll need to listen to this box abit more, or maybe not...?
finding the mix is almost like, well, you know, too studioish...

... DL announcement later this week, hey now, how about it?

make LOVE, not WAR!!!

uncle_tripel

10 9 89

Been listening to some early 80’s shows Dave has sent our way previously as I await the upcoming announcement.

Last 5

10-12-84 playing now
9-20,21-82 MSG Box
4-26-83 DaP39
9-2-83 DaP27

...unfortunately found out that my disc is corrupt after Stella,
so no truckin' > pitb or encores; whatcha gonna do?
anyways...

today, I'm gonna extend the friends of the devils theme to

september 16 1978 set 2
ollin arrageed (hamza el din)

everyone enjoy your weekend!
make LOVE, not WAR!!!

uncle_tripel

PS - new upcoming box set...maybe...?....in 2026...
May 1978...that would be something

Holy guacamole. Why did I not get this when it first came out? Kind of late to the party here, but sheesh, the Who's Next/Life House box is pretty darned incredibly awesome.

Maybe I hesitated because, like everybody else who was alive in 1971, I've heard Who's Next about 789 billion times and figured maybe I didn't need yet another copy. Truth be told, the current remix doesn't add much.

BUT the demos and outtakes are outstanding (for once). Early versions of Teenage Wasteland and some others from Who's Next are like entirely different songs. But still good! And in good sound.

And then Life House. Some of the songs intended for the ill fated "opera" are better than songs that eventually made it to Who's Next. Which is saying something, because that album is pretty solid start to finish. Plus you get some singles from that period (The Seeker, Join Together) that I loved at the time. Plus two complete gigs. From a period where the Who were just ripping it up on state night after night. Plus not one but two coffee table books.

This is what's commonly called some really good shit.