LN jg1982-01-11.jgb.all.sbd-gmb.84012.flac1644 | LNjg1982-01-13.jgb.all.aud-GEMS.98706.flac1644
What a weird little pair of shows – an early year Monday-Wednesday pairing at the Old Waldorf. Also an interesting pair of tapes. The 11th is represented by one of the uber-clean early 80s soundboard cassette tapes, which the old rumor had it marched out of “official” possession powered by a Peruvian blizzard. The 13th is represented by an otherwise unlineaged 1st gen aud cassette from the Jeff Knudsen collection which sounds absolutely stunning.
The shows are uneven. I definitely feel like the 13th is stronger overall. Maybe the fact that Phil Elwood was in the house –improbably enough, at this juncture– supplied a little extra motivation. Elwood saw Blakey and Garcia in the same time frame and wrote a review praising both old timers for still bringing the musical goods.
Anyway, the 11th has a lot more lyrical flubs and whatnot, though there are a few highlights probably made possible by the super clean tape. The 13th has a little more juice. I *really* like this “Roadrunner” – it’s executed almost flawlessly, and just sounds good. The “Don’t Let Go” is good, starting off with Billy double-time syncopating on the rim, but it’s quite brief. I have never met a bad DLG, though the super long ones from the 70s can drag for me. This one is probably average, which is to say it’s a delight.
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Jerry Garcia Band
Old Waldorf
444 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
January 11, 1982 (Monday)
MSC > DAT shnid-84012 retrack
–set I (6 tracks, 57:13)–
s1t01. //How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#1:19] [0:13]
s1t02. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door [13:22] [0:13]
s1t03. That’s What Love Will Make You Do [10:49] [0:08] %
s1t04. //Simple Twist Of Fate [#14:21] % [0:02]
s1t05. I Second That Emotion [9:40] ->
s1t06. Deal// [7:07#]
–set II (7 tracks, 59:25)–
s2t01. [0:31] The Way You Do The Things You Do [8:06] %
s2t02. I’ll Take A Melody [12:50] %
s2t03. Valerie [6:45] %
s2t04. Harder They Come -18:39
s2t05. //Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [# ->
s2t06. Dear Prudence [12:27] ->
s2t07. Tangled Up In Blue// [2:13#]
! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #14a/c
! lineup: Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn – bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals – keyboards;
! lineup: Jimmy Warren – keyboards;
! lineup: Bill Kreutzmann – drums;
! lineup: Essra Mohawk – backing vocals;
! lineup: Liz Stires – backing vocals.
JGMF:
! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; … = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [m:ss] = recorded event time. The recorded event time immediately after the song or item name is an attempt at getting the “real” time of the event. So, a timing of [m:ss] right after a song title is an attempt to say how long the song really was, as represented on this recording.
! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19820111-01
! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/20687 (same source tape, shnf, deprecated); https://etreedb.org/shn/84012 (this fileset)
! JGBP: https://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/06/old-waldorf-444-battery-street-san.html
! band: JGB #14a/c (http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html).
! ad: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, December 27, 1981, p. 19
! historical: Odd little pair of gigs on Monday (1/11) and Wednesday (1/13) at the Old Waldorf at the start of 1982, in the sense that they’d usually play consecutive nights.
! R: Source: MSC > DAT
! R: Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 to Wavelab 5.0, mastering with iZotope Ozone 3 > CDWAV1.9 > FLAC (level 8). Transferred, Remastered and Seeded by Green Mountain Bros. April 2007.
! R: seeder comments: Very clean SBD with several pauses between tunes – crossfades were applied to cover.
! R: s1t01 HSII cuts in, most of tune is missing
! P: s1t02 KOHD Jimmy feature 7:25ff. Basic, but I think it sounds nice.
! P: s1t03 TWLWMYD Very punchy. Kahn is rumbling around really nicely, though how much of that is the recording, I dunno. But a few times he rumbles and it makes me happy. Melvin’s feature in 7:20ff also sounds great. Yeah, big fella!
! R: s1t04 STOF clips in
! P: s1t04 STOF Jerry delivers the lyrics slowly and with care (though not without error). Bass “feature” late 6ff. He is flubbing lyrics hard late 11.
! P: s2t03 flubby lyrics
! R: s2t03 the fileset had Valerie and HTC tracked together. I have fixed this.
! R: s2t05 TNTDODD cuts in, missing first two verses
! P: s2t06 DP BK is having tempo problems, as he had been during HTC as well.
! R: s2t07 Tangled Up In Blue is painfully cut.
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Jerry Garcia Band
Old Waldorf
444 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
January 13, 1982 (Wednesday)
1st gen aud gems shnid-98706
–set I (5 tracks, 50:26)–
s1t01. Sugaree [11:13] %
s1t02. /They Love Each Other [#7:38] %
s1t03. Sitting In Limbo [12:09] %
s1t04. Let It Rock [8:26] %
s1t05. Tangled Up In Blue [11:01] %
–set II (6 tracks, 62:18)–
s2t01. [0:13] (I’m A) Road Runner [7:02] %
s2t02. Don’t Let Go [13:25] %
s2t03. /Harder They Come [#11:19] %
s2t04. [0:06] Russian Lullaby [11:30] %
s2t05. Dear Prudence [12:08] ->
s2t06. Midnight Moonlight [6:32] (1)
JGMF:
! Jerrybase: https://jerrybase.com/events/19820113-01
! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/95067 (s1s2p aud); https://etreedb.org/shn/98706 (this fileset).
! review: [positive] Elwood 1982. Club was “jammed to overflowing”. Amazing that Elwood bothered to see Jerry this late in the game. This was sort of a throwback review, discovering that Jerry and Art Blakey can still bring it.
! R: source: Jeff Knudsen’s 1st gen aud cassette: “I taped this but this version is better than mine so I don’t have my original anymore. I don’t remember who taped this. I knew them but I can’t remember their names. The reason I sent this to Matt was the one on LL was missing (I think) the last three or so songs and my copy is complete.”
! R: Transfer: MAC(1) > Apogee Mini ME (24/96) > Apogee Mini DAC > Wavelab 5.0 (dithered via ‘UV22HR’ to 16/44) > CD by Matt Smith. Edits and Mastering: Jamie Waddell ([email protected]) on the GEMS Edit Station. Weiss Saracon for POWR-3 Dither. Meta-data with Tag&ReName.
! seeder notes: “Thanks to Jeff and Matt for the honor to share these”. A *GEMS* Production, www.shnflac.net, April 2009.
! R: do not be put off by the generic lineage – this is a really, relaly good aud tape. Update sometime later: really, really, really good!
! P: s1t04 LIR Jerry is doing some truly unique stustained reverby train pulls in late 5. Very intentional stuff!
! P: s2t01 IARR sounds really nice
! P: s2t02 DLG man, is that Billy syncopating on the rim right out of the gate? Sounds cool. Doubling 4:10ff. Melvin pulls a little thing 4:04, 4:15 that just sounds so sweet. 4:23 some putting some sustain on it. I am loving the sound of this band right now – great palette of sound. Nice jam, doesn’t get too far out, JG starts nudging back to tune 11:22.
! R: s2t03 HTC clips in
! P: s2t03 HTC peppy. Jimmy feature 5:50ff. Lyrical flub 10:05.
! P: s2t04 Russ Lull John forward 5:44ff. WTF is he doing? I dunno.
! s2t06 (1) JG: “Thanks a lot. See ya later.”
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