this is the general information on the copy that begins with half-step (written by noah weiner on the ADT (audience devotional tree):
This recording is a slight mixed bag. And the good side, it conveys all the power and raw electric mass of the the Wall of Sound, proving once again how an outdoor WoS experience is like nothing else. When everything is nearly perfect (this is indeed most of the time), it will thrill on the level of 08-06-74. On the bad side, we have a pretty rowdy crowd captured on tape, some wind noise in set one, and the occasional shifting of mic position. But what really makes this a halmark tape for me is how it communicates everything I started this tree for in the first place. I need not explain this to y'all by now. You're probably smiling already :-). While we might have to wade through some of the above mentioned anomilies, the highlight songs of the show are over the top worth it. Do you have this SBD already? If you do, you probably can barely bring it to mind. Most folks find this show a bit of a loser. Well, let me assure you that's the SBD talking. A completely flat recording, without life. Much like 06-30-73, this show is a completely different ride in AUD. Now, a quick look at Deadlists will show that an entire good AUD of this show circulates. While I have no doubt it is out there, it isn't making itself known in the least, let alone as a master recording. I've traded for it a few times over the last two years, and each time it turned out to be 80 - 90% of the old crusty SBD from back in the day. Oddly, each digital copy had a different hodge podge of this *complete* AUD on it. The bits I did hear, while good, sort of paled in power to Bill's recording. I decided to pass on patching in the bits I did find (though it would have been nice to have the missing seconds in the set three jam - they were never AUD on these copies I found), because I never felt I found the "final draft" of the AUD. Instinct tells me that by getting Bill's copy out there, the other master might rear its head after all. We'll see. While I traded Bill's copy quite a few times over the years (on analog, from my cassette copy of the reel), this will be the first time his reel goes digital. All I can tell you, is keep an ear out for when the guy screams "Yeah, do it!" during the early minutes of Truckin'. That breif moment, for me, bristles with all the glory of everything perfect about the audience recording medium itself. It never fails to put a huge smile on my face. I'll will let everyone know when the show is uploaded, as well as how downloading will work with our current situation. The branch leaders who need to get the seed from me, please drop me a line so we can get rolling. Enjoy! Noah Audience Devotional Tree Round 7 - January, 2002 GRATEFUL DEAD Wednesday, July 31, 1974 Dillon Stadium - Hartford, CT audience recording AudMC > 7" Reel > DAT > WAV > SHN Recorded by Bill Degen. Master cassette lost in fire. A>D transfer from reel by Noah Weiner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) April, 2001. DISC ONE set one: missing: Scarlet Begonias Me And My Uncle Brown Eyed Women Beat It On Down The Line 1 Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo > 8:06 2 It Must Have Been The Roses 5:09 3 Mexicali Blues 3:20 4 Row Jimmy 8:30 5 Jack Straw 5:03 6 China Cat Sunflower > 9:24 7 I Know You Rider 5:16 8 Around And Around 5:03 set two-a: 9 Bertha 5:23 10 Big River 5:00 total time: 60:14 DISC TWO set two-end: 1 Eyes Of The World > 18:31 2 China Doll 4:39 3 //Promised Land 2:38 4 Ship Of Fools 6:17 5 Weather Report Suite Prelude > 1:29 6 Weather Report Suite Part 1 > 4:25 7 Let It Grow 12:08 set three-a 8 technical difficulties 0:22 9 El Paso 4:09 10 Ramble On Rose 6:25 11 Greatest Story Ever Told 5:42 12 To Lay Me Down 7:48 total time: 74:33 DISC THREE set three-end: 1 Truckin' > 18:07 2 Mind Left Body Jam > 4:52 3 //Spanish Jam > 4:18 4 Mind Left Body Jam// > 0:59 5 Wharf Rat 9:22 6 U.S. Blues 5:27 7 One More Saturday Night 5:14 encore: 8 Uncle John's Band 6:35 total time: 54:54 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Powell > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: 7/31/74 AUD? > > > > > I have in hand a 3-CD set of Hartford 7/31/74. This is MSR > R > > D > CD and > it sounds just great. I listened through it last night & unless I missed > something it has no cuts whatsoever except for two: > > 1) the beginning of Scarlet Begonias is missing with the tape starting a > minute or so into the song. > > 2) Seastones is missing. > > I have A minus quality AUD of the Seastones, which times fully 20 minutes > and is one of the more ferocious versions performed. Throughout > there are a > couple people in the audience (not too close to the mics) yelling 'get off > the stage', 'bring on the Dead!' etc., but also a woman who shouts 'behave > yourself. Shut up and listen to the fucking music.' You get the distinct > impression that the resistance expressed is leading Phil & Ned to > turn it up > & stretch it out. If you like Seastones, it's definitely one to have. > > I have so far not been able to locate an AUD of the Scarlet Begonias. I > recently obtained a 3-CD set of an AUD of this show but it only > starts with > the Halfstep and so is no help for the Scarlet Begonias. > > I'd like to find a good AUD to patch the Scarlet Begonias and > then tree the > result. A better master AUD of the Seastones would also be nice although > the version I have is acceptable. > > e-mail please. > > > Incidentally, I had occasion to listen to the Fresno 7/19/74 AUD Seastones > after checking out the Hartford 7/31/74 one. The difference in the > audicneces is remarkable. Fresno is usually accounted sort of a > cow-town by > people who don't know better, although it actually has a culture > of its own > of long-standing & quite a few cool musicians locally. Back in '74, to > judge by audience reactions to this most challenging of musics, > it was also > markedly hipper than Hartford, and more polite, too. Interesting. >
