02-11-1979

Kiel Auditorium

St. Louis, Missouri

The show is fairly standard fare for this point in 1979. There are some high points. For instance, we always like a Sugaree, and this one delivers in spades. The Stella Blue is also quite lovely, as one would expect. But there are also a few tunes that seem like the Dead could have taken them a good deal further, including the China>Rider and Terrapin. However, the biggest shortcoming of this show is the sound quality. Perhaps we have just been conditioned in the digital era to expect every tape to have been worked over by Charlie Miller. Still, this one sounds like a beat up old Maxwell XL II on our hatchback’s factory installed tape deck back sometime in the early 1990s. If you do give it a listen, try to keep an open mind or just remember the good old days of trading tapes.

Recording info
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Identifier:
gd1979-02-11.155704.aud.remaster.acetboy.flac16
Source:
This remaster was created from the shn #16468 files.
Notes:
This remaster was created from the shn #16468 files. #16468 is the one and only share of this show. Until now. So, the original share has the two channels 180 degrees out of phase. One side of the waveform is up-side down. You can see this without even zooming in. I thought maybe this would turn out to be mono. But after inverting one channel it was evident that there was a nice audience capture in there, in stereo. The rest of what I do is corrective eq and making sure the channels are even volume wise throughout the frequency spectrum. This recording did capture the show very well. Sometimes it seems like maybe the drums could have been a bit louder. The piano comes through very well. And the bass is very prominent from start to finish. This is the penultimate show with Keith and Donna overall. Last show of the tour. My old computer with Pro Tools LE on it has died. This work was all done in ocenaudio and Harrison Mixbus. Recreating my way of working as learned in PT LE. Everything I work on goes through the same procedure. Old audience recording, or modern digital capture or defeating horrible mastering on official releases. It’s all the same. The included screen captures show somewhat how the remaster differs from the original. caveat emptor: The pitch is what it is. Good or bad. Sounds decent to my ears.
Description:
Set I
Promised Land
Sugaree
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Friend Of The Devil
Lazy Lightning >
Supplication
Might As Well
The Music Never Stopped
Set II
Samson & Delilah
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
From The Heart Of Me
Terrapin Station >
Playing In The Band >
Drums >
Space >
Not Fade Away >
Stella Blue >
I Need A Miracle >
Good Lovin’

Encore:
U.S. Blues

Comment
Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Keith Godchaux – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Donna Jean Godchaux – Vocals
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Remaster by acetboy
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Volume
00:00
1
tuning
58.57
2
The Promised Land
265.46
3
Sugaree
608.18
4
Mama Tried
143.07
5
Mexicali Blues
245.94
6
Friend of the Devil
538.67
7
Lazy Lightning
218.31
8
Supplication
354.01
9
Might as Well
301.35
10
The Music Never Stopped
502.75
11
Samson and Delilah
562.18
12
China Cat Sunflower
383.87
13
I Know You Rider
368.54
14
From the Heart of Me
222.62
15
Terrapin Station
757.6
16
Playing in the Band
1028.26
17
Drums
603.25
18
Not Fade Away
556.78
19
Stella Blue
663.93
20
I Need a Miracle
422.01
21
Good Lovin’
406.65
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