Garcia doesn’t quite have his stamina back. Nothing particularly noteworthy happening here. Good tape.
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| Ian Stoy’s ticket stub for JGB 3/14/87 at the Wiltern Theatre in LA |
Jerry Garcia Band
Wiltern Theatre
3790 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010
March 14, 1987 (Saturday)
Ian Stoy MAC flac2448 shnid-124259
–set I (8 tracks, 60:40)–
s1t01. crowd and tuning [1:09]
s1t02. Cats Under The Stars [8:00] [1:33]
s1t03. Mission In The Rain [9:15] [0:29]
s1t04. They Love Each Other [6:42] [0:27]
s1t05. Simple Twist Of Fate [12:17] [0:29]
s1t06. Think [6:05] [0:01] % [0:22]
s1t07. Like A Road Leading Home [7:32] ->
s1t08. Deal [6:10] (1) [0:09] %
–set II (7 tracks, 51:53)–
s2t01. Get Out Of My Life, Woman [8:00] [0:20]
s2t02. Run For The Roses [5:28] [0:42]
s2t03. Love In The Afternoon [8:25] [0:17]
s2t04. Gomorrah [6:40] [1:01]
s2t05. Crazy Love [4:38] [0:16]
s2t06. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) [9:18] %
s2t07. /Midnight Moonlight [6:35] (1) [0:13] %
! ACT1: Jerry Garcia Band #21b
! lineup: Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals;
! lineup: John Kahn – bass;
! lineup: Melvin Seals – keyboards;
! lineup: Jacklyn LaBranch – backing vocals;
! lineup: Gloria Jones – backing vocals;
! lineup: David Kemper – drums.
JGMF:
! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; … = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [x:xx] = 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 [x:xx] 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/19870314-01
! db: http://etreedb.org/shn/32006 (Sony 939 flac1644); http://db.etree.org/shn/124259 (this fileset)
! map: https://goo.gl/maps/71INU
! band: THE Jerry Garcia Band, JGB #21b (http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/01/jerry-garcia-band-personnel-1975-1995.html)
! R: field recordist: Ian Stoy a.k.a. Archival Audio
! R: field recording location: Orch Row D Seat 114 Aisle 4 (FOB)
! R: field recording gear: 2x Toa K1 (handheld about 4′ apart chest high) > Sony WM-TCD-6C > ! ! R: field recording media: 2x Maxell XLII-S 90 (Dolby C on)
! R: transfer: Tascam 302 Dolby C on > ArchivalSilver/Gold RCA/1/4″ TS > 1/4″ > Tascam DR-680 24bit/48khz (dual mono) > Transcend SDHC Class10 card > iMac 3.06 Ghz i3 12 GR 133MHz DDR3 > AudioFile Engineering Wave Editor 1.57. Normalize to -.9 db (each side) Remove DC offset regions [labels] exported .wav > xACT v2.21to FLAC (level 8 ) Metadata (aka tags), generate ffp and len (shntool) output.
! R: seeder notes: “Second ever “stealth” show, hand held mics, cable connection crackles and a drop out or two in the left channel during Cats. I did my best to lessen the pops but left the slight dropout. At the beginning of set 2 security was trying to seat someone in our aisle flashlight out and pointed at us, and therefore the start of GOOMLW was a bit muffled and a second or two was missing. Also the tape flip at the end of set 2 caused a second or two of might nigh moonlight to be missing. Light phasing can be heard throughout the show due to hand held spaced cardiod mics. A light buzz in the PA can be heard , more prevalent in quiter passages. Can be rougher at times but overall not that bad!”
! R: this is a nice tape, e.g., start set II. Great spot.
! historical: seeder notes: “As with a number of LA shows my friend James (Jim) Ford waited in line to get the tix when they went on sale. He and Ron Cook help me get my gear in and hold one of the mics. This show was before In The Dark came out, and was lacking many of the In The Dark heads that attended the December ’87 run we recorded, post Broadway run. These 2 shows Friday 3/13 and sat 3/14 were the first shows I ever “stealthed” and was surprised there was “No Recording” enforced. I did record 10/31/86 JGB and Kingfish. That was open with stands but I had an impedance mis-match and my recordings came out horrid. Back to 3/14 Light phasing can be heard throughout the show due to hand held mics. The right channel (if I recall correct) was held by me mostly, except starting stopping or adjusting levels on my D-6. I held my mic chest high and mostly still aimed at the right stack. Whereas the left channel was more casually held and potential lower. The night before due to my first steal thing, I managed to record the second set over the first set, and due to cable issues, I believe that only one channel was recorded super botched job. We had a bank of 4 seats each night we were in Row D I was in Seat 114. First time at the Wiltern and it was very sweet! Enjoy! AchivalAudio, 2013-03-26.”
! R: quite a pleasant tape!
! R: s1t05 STOF drop @ 2:16, 10:40
! P: s1t08 Deal Jerry is not sounding very good here, running out of steam. He doesn’t really hit the vocals properly, either with the verses or with the chorus … but let’s see if he can make it up with his guitar playing from 3:30ff? Indeed, good. As ever, Garcia’s guitar playing is excellent, while the vocals are the canary in the coalmine in re basic health. I don’t think he’s using here (but WTF do I know?), but he just hasn’t built back his stamina not just from The Coma, but from years, at least eight but probably a decade or more, of hard drugs and hard living. The Tom Davis book gives you the nadir, or the August 1984 recordings.
! s1t08 (1) JG: “We’ll be back in a few minutes. Thank you.”
! R: s2t01 GOOMLW fades in, but not really anything missing. Taper says “”Second ever ‘stealth’ show, hand held mics, cable connection [problems]. At the beginning of set II security was trying to seat someone in our aisle, flashlight out and pointed at us, and therefore the start of GOOMLW is a bit muffled and a second or two is missing.”
! s2t01 GOOMLW JG is putting some extra measures in vocally, “I don’t love you no mo’ oo oh”. It’s nice. Guitar solo 2:20 is pretty good. Late 3, Melvin takes a feature.
! P: s2t02 RFTR I find this tempo just a little bit sluggish.
! P: s2t03 LITA Jerry’s voice is shot. And the band is not all on the same page toward the end of the song, 7ff. Not great.
! song: “Crazy Love” (s2t05): 15 times from Oct 19, 1986 to Oct. 31,1987: https://jerrybase.com/songs/805
! R: s2t07 Mid Moon clips in.
! s2t07 (1) JG: “Thanks a lot, see ya later.”
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