| Date | Desc | etree id | Rt | Notes | Flaws | dgf |
| xx/xx/72 | 1972 radio promos. |
| xx xx radio ads | 122298 | B | *** |
| xx/xx/72 | Steppin' Out - with the Grateful Dead: England '72 |
| Steppin' Out | $ | A |
| 1/2/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd ed | 8709 | A- | has an occasional light background static or fuzz on right channel of truckin but otherwise A quality | *** |
| 3/5/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd jools | 12152 | *** | ||||
| aud miller | 20704 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 20739 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 103282 | B | in 3-way conmparison on I Know your rider, the sound on 103282 seemed similar to 12152 except 103282 made 12152 sound slow and 103282 has the patches; the aud 20704 was of lesser quality than the sbds with less full and less warm sound; sbd rates B+ while aud portions rate B- | *** |
| 3/21/72 | Academy Of Music, New York, NY |
| sbd vernon | 9331 | *** | ||||
| sbd disk1 samaritano | 15041 | *** | ||||
| set2 sbd samaritano | 32370 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 92395 | B+ | in 4-way comparison on wharf rat, 92395 and 9331 had similar sound while 15041 and 32370 have a little more hiss; 92395 does not have the static in truckin around 7:00 on the other three; sound quality varies from harsh and has some hiss which rates a B, but Set2 goes up to A- | has some occasional crackles throughout show | *** |
| 3/22/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| aud partial | 19142 | C | *** | |||
| bonus for rockin the rhein | $ |
| 3/23/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| sbd goodbear | 137 | *** | ||||
| sbd cantor gans field | 20676 | 20676 t1 to t6 have matching flac fingerprint to 137 at which point 137 t7 has an sbe | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 100000 | A- | in comparison on dark star, 137 and 100000 sounded similar; some of this seems like A quality but other songs like looks like rain seemed a little harsh so got A-; dark star is at A quality | *** | ||
| sbd miller bertha | 100298 | did not reveiw this |
| 3/25/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| aud hanno | 8838 | C- | *** | |||
| aud hanno horner | 22094 | md5 on 22094 matches md5 of 8838 except for sbe fixed tracks | *** | |||
| set2 aud berger | 100352 | C | in comparison on sugaree, 100352 has a fuller warmer sound with less hiss than 8838 | *** |
| 3/26/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| aud hanno | 15413 | C | drop/cut d1t11 0:43 | *** | ||
| sirius hance | B+ | described as "SBD/MR>?>Sirius Radio, This was a special treat that David Ganz Played Christmas time 2008, All have been waiting for the Miller version to surface for 2 years., I've been told that it's not coming for whatever "POLITICAL NON-SENCE.", So HERE you are. Far better than it's presentation on Sirius., In anycase this will scratch the Itch we've been left with., Broadcast recorded 24/96 (Edirol R09), Original signal was very compressed., 24/96>WL6 > UAD PultecPro >, Ozone4 >R8Brain 16/44"; sort of close to mono; very lossy with not much above 6k except lego parapets going up to 13k; has a hollow sound but is a major upgrade in sound and completeness over 15413 | drops/skips d1t4 5:01, 5:50; pops d3t9 2:37, 2:41, 3:46 plus more for rest of show | *** |
| 3/27/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| aud hanno | 15816 | C | drops between many tracks; d2t7 15:30 | *** |
| 3/28/72 | Academy of Music, New York, NY |
| aud hanno | 15414 | *** | ||||
| aud teute bunjes sirmick | 24536 | *** | ||||
| dp30 | $ |
| 4/7/72 | Wembley Empire Pool, London, England |
| aud hanno | 6161 | C | 31329 has noise reduction and compression and tone change applied to 6161; in comparison on sugaree and loser, 6161 has more hiss and rumble and vocals and guitar are more distant but sounded fuller warmer and more natural than 31329; sound is poor on that source tape but gets better for other source tape; on tennesse jed, 6161 has more hiss but sounded fuller and warmer than 31329; sound quality ranges from D to B- so averaged to C | *** | ||
| aud sirmick | 31329 | *** | ||||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/8/72 | Wembley Empire Pool, London, England |
| sbd hamilton | 2185 | d3 of this is lossy with nothing above 16k except lego parapets | drops between tracks on d1 and d2 | *** | ||
| sbd giles jeffm | 2534 | drops between tracks on d1 and d2 | *** | |||
| sbd pset2 koucky | 83143 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 83714 | A- | in comparison on dark star, 83714, 83143, and 2534 sounded similar; 83714 has less flaws than 2534 and 83143 is a partial, and 2185 is lossy sourced | static d1t1 3:40 is more noticable on 83714 than on 2534 | *** | |
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/11/72 | Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, England |
| sbd giles | 12186 | *** | ||||
| sbd jackson smith | 94377 | B+ | in comparison on sugaree and comes a time and i know you rider, 94377 has more hiss and is not as bright or clear as 12186 but 94377 seemed to have a little more natural fuller sound; no clear winner except that 94377 also has the extra encore song | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/14/72 | Tivoli Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| sbd hurwitt | 8828 | *** | ||||
| aud vernon | 23662 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 34552 | *** | ||||
| sbd ashley field | 34931 | A | in comparison on loser and one more saturday night, speed corrected 76006 was faster than miller 34552 and seemed a little better on the instruments but it was hard to tell; 34552 has similar sound to 8828, except 8828 has less hiss on left channel; bertha 34931 had more bass and least hiss and fullest sound; aud 23662 was of much lesser quality | *** | ||
| sbd miller repitched | 76006 | *** | ||||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/16/72 | Stakladen, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark |
| pset2 sbd vernon | 9196 | 9196 has same wav and spectral view and levels as 10528 | *** | |||
| sbd schnell sweeney cotsman | 10528 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 18103 | B+ | md5 for 18103 d1t1 to d1t9 matches to 10528; in comparison on sugaree,18103 has more hiss and is more muffled than 19861; in comparison on el paso 10528 and 18103 had similar sound with 18103 more complete; set1 rates B- while set2 goes up to A- | *** | ||
| sbd pset1 hanno | 19861 | B- | as indicated looks like has noise reduction in spectral view | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/17/72 | Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| sbd vernon | 9390 | *** | ||||
| sbd gems | 33802 | *** | ||||
| sbd ashley field | 34032 | *** | ||||
| sbd sirmick | 34224 | A- | the comparison was on sugaree; 34224 seems to have cleaned up a lot flaws and static in 33802 and otherwise sounds similar; bertha 34032 has a fuller sound but was overly bassy; 9390 was of lesser quality; 33802 has some occasional bunches of small digi-pops on left channel that causes some static and most have been cleaned up on this one; mostly A sound quality but vocals start to get harsh occasionally like on casey jones | shnid=34038 is an early version of this where on this one sirmick fixes more flaws found since he did that one; the most noticable remaing flaws are at d2t08 4:32, d3t01 1:15, 20:16, d3t04 1:22 | *** | |
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/21/72 | Beat Club, Bremen, Germany |
| fm vernon | 9380 | B+ | soundcheck is not in box set | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 4/24/72 | Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| aud unknown | 6956 | |||||
| sbd aud cotsman | 16332 | |||||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** | ||
| Rockin' the Rhein | $ |
| 4/26/72 | Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, Germany |
| sbd vernon | 9197 | has a heavy spectral band at 19k and looks compressed | *** | |||
| sbd vernon | 12849 | A- | in comparison on loser, 9197 has a lot more hiss and a harsher fuller sound than 12849 which is more pleasant, bob's vocals get clipped or limited at end of beat it on down the line | *** | ||
| sbd backus | 12884 | A- | this is a combination of missing songs found on 12849 plus a flawed copy of the official release with levels lowered; 12884 matches outtakes 12849 in wav spectral view and levels on beat it on down the line; on bertha, 12884 matches in wav and spectral view to the official release with levels lowered to fit better with the levels of 12849; the right peak clipping on official release at d1t2 2:20 is also present on 12884 at -3db for same number of samples; the rest of the songs match in spectral view to those same sources; 12884 has drops between tracks between where the 2 sources were combined | has some drops and square wav static at d3t1 9:31 for about 11 seconds | *** | |
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** | ||
| Hundred Year Hall | $ | A- | described as "Sources:, -Official Release, -Outtakes: SBD > 16 tracks > ? > CE2K (minor cleanup) > mkwact > SHN > Goldwave 1db compression > flac, -The outtakes have had the volume matched to the commercial release" and is a close eac match on d1t1 to official release and does not have the flaws on 12884; official release portion rates A and outtakes rates A- | *** | ||
| Hundred Year Hall | $ | *** |
| 4/29/72 | Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany |
| aud vernon | 5250 | B | *** | |||
| matrix vernon | 17025 | *** | ||||
| sbd vernon | 17026 | this looks and sounds like it has noise reduction | *** | |||
| sbd cousinit | 18523 | B | this has the usual cousinit noise reduction processing; in comparison on sugaree, for the the sbds, cousint 18523 has the warmest fullest sound, then the sirmick matrix 98401, then sirmick sbd 32877, and then sbd 17026 is very narrow; the audience 5250 has a fuller warmer sound than all but the cousinit 18523 but is more distant with more hiss, but still a nice audience for this period; the cousinit 18523 is suppressed but the most pleasant sbd to listen to and makes the other sbds and matrixes sound narrow and harsh; in comparison on sugar magnolia where 18523 is aud, sirmick matrix 98401 has a more upfront sound with less hiss over the cousinit 18523 and the matrix 17025; the cousinit 18523 switches to audience 2/3 of the way through dark star; audience 5250 provides a more consistent sound over whole show than 18523; and although the sound on 18523 wins out over the audience 5250 in brief comparisons. over the whole show 18523 tended to become more tiresome while the audience 5250 did not | *** | ||
| sbd sirmick | 32877 | this has noise reduction with most everything above 10k removed for first hald and the rest gets a | *** | |||
| mtx sirmick | 98401 | *** | ||||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/3/72 | Olympia Theater, Paris, France |
| sbd masse | 142 | *** | ||||
| sbd masse | 6453 | 6453 is a not very close eac match to 142 on d1t1 | *** | |||
| sbd samaritano | 21923 | A | in comparison on sugaree, 21923, 29082, and 6453 have similar sound; 6453 and 142 are more flawed with the noise reported noise in bertha; 29082 has had the levels raised on some tracks over 21923 and seems to have less digital flaws but is incomplete missing songs needed from europe 72 and did not check how they fit in | analog drop/cuts between many tracks; digipop d2t06 0:32, discontinuity pops d4t02 1:53, d4t03 4:23 plus there were many more small discontinuities and some of them can probably also be heard; drop d1t12 10:29 | *** | |
| sbd samaritano | 29082 | analog drop/cuts between many tracks | *** | |||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/4/72 | Olympia Theater, Paris, France |
| sbd hamilton | 143 | *** | ||||
| sbd set1 samaritano | 20562 | has a tv band for t1 to t13 | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 77294 | A | in comparison on brown eyed women, 77294 was brightest fullest with most hiss, 20562 was warmest but also sounded suppressed; 143 was in between those in tone | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/7/72 | Bickershaw Festival, Wigan, England |
| sbd aud clugston | 9193 | |||||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/10/72 | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherland |
| sbd kaplan | 1582 | A- | a lot of this is A quality after the beginning as sound improves | clipping heard at end of sunshine daydream; digipops d4t7 2:24 | *** | |
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/11/72 | Rotterdam Civic Hall, Rotterdam, Netherland |
| sbd giles | 3830 | *** | ||||
| sbd ashley bertha | 7364 | *** | ||||
| sbd samaritano | 9357 | A- | in comparison on sugaree and uncle johns band, bertha 7364 was close in sound to 9357 but a little brighter and harsher; 3830 was warmest but seemed a little supressed; 9357 is also most complete with encore although from a different lesser quality source; beginning of d1t1 is of lesser quality | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/13/72 | Lille Fairgrounds, Lille, France |
| sbd ladner | 3457 | A- | in comparison, 3457 has same wav and spectral view and levels as 21725 on that portion of the show without more digital flaws that I could hear and has same cut in the other one; this indicates they share same digital source for this portion of the show; the rest of 3457 is in lesser quality | drop d2t6 14:24 with some clicks preceding it | *** | |
| psbd miller | 21725 | drop t3 14:24 with some clicks preceding it | *** | |||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/16/72 | Theatre Hall, Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| sbd unknown | 10353 | B+ | in comparison on sugaree, 77980 has a bassier very harsh compressed less natural sound with less hiss than 10353; sound starts out rough at B+ and improves over show to A- in second set | 10353 is shntool fix of shn-id=7089; shnid=23825. is same as 10353 except d1t6 from shnid=7089 | *** | |
| sbd brown | 77980 | digipops t10 1:09, 2:20, 5:14 plus many more for rest of cd | *** | |||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/18/72 | Kongressaal Deutsches Museum, München, Germany |
| sbd unicorn | 2266 | B+ | drop d1t2 6:36. drop/static d1t1 1:48, static d1t1 8:05, d1t5 3:24, d3t1 9:51 | *** | ||
| sbd miller | 79057 | B+ | in comparison on sugaree, 2266 has clearest sound, 79057 has a little more hiss and 94581 has warmest sound but seems more suppressed with a little hiss and seems to have least flaws; 79057 has less flaws than 2266; timings for the versions are 2266 178min, 79057 182min, 94581 195min; 2266 is shorter than 79057 because it is missing some tuning and almost 3 minutes of ramble on rose; 94581 has a lot more tuning between songs so selected for completeness and least flawed but cases can be made for either 2266 and 79057 on quality and flaws | drop/pop d3t1 16:48 | *** | |
| sbd smith | 94581 | B+ | *** | |||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/23/72 | The Strand Lyceum, London, England |
| sbd lai | 2581 | *** | ||||
| sbd unknown | 16089 | *** | ||||
| sbd unicorn | 16750 | *** | ||||
| sbd cribbs | 17700 | *** | ||||
| sbd cribbs | 32863 | *** | ||||
| sbd jackson smith gems | 97816 | B+ | in comparison on sugaree, 97816 has the least hiss and warmest sound; 2581 has the most hiss; 32863, 17700, 16750, 16089 were similar in sound | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/24/72 | The Strand Lyceum, London, England |
| jones macdonald | 5920 | C | in comparison on sing me back home, 5920 has least noise reduction, then 24068 has next most, and 87027 has most and much more than the others; there is not a lot of hiss on 5920, and I could hear the fullness in sound reduced as the noise was reduced when comparing these; the sbd 91509 is much better sound but not as complete | *** | ||
| aud jones macdonald sirmick | 24068 | digipop d1t12 3:35 | *** | |||
| pye jones harper sirmick | 87027 | C- | *** | |||
| sbd pset2 unknown | 91509 | A- | a lot of this is A quality but does start to get a little hot on songs such as mexicali blues so gets A- | big static at t1 0:00 | *** | |
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/25/72 | The Strand Lyceum, London, England |
| psbd hamilton | 147 | *** | ||||
| sbd d1t3 fix cribbs | 26335 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 87682 | A- | in comparison on dark star, 87682 has less hiss than 147 | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 5/26/72 | The Strand Lyceum, London, England |
| sbd mvernon | 5931 | drops between most tracks | *** | |||
| sbd hollister | 12758 | light static d2t4 1:17 | *** | |||
| sbd waddell | 89641 | *** | ||||
| sbd smith | 94452 | A- | in comparison on dire wolf, 94452 has warmest sound; then 12758 and 5931 are very similar sounding to each other except 5931 has levels raised with compression which is more noticable on the loud songs, and 89641 is harshest and narrowest; 89641 has less hiss than the others; mainly A but bob gets harsh sometimes like at end of black throated wind | *** | ||
| box set | $ | A- | needs midrange reduced to get A sound quality | *** |
| 6/17/72 | Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA |
| aud hanno | 16470 | C+ | in comparison on sugaree, 116272 and 115839 sound like a different recording than 16470 based on different crowd at beginning of song; 116272 and 115839 sound similar with 116272 having a little cleaner spectral view in the high end; 16470 has more hiss and is more distant echoey with a fuller more natural sound that is easier to listen to; need end of 116272 to complete 16470 | drops between tracks; discontinuity pops d1t8 1:18, d2t4 2:39 | *** | |
| shure sony melton | 115839 | *** | ||||
| shure melton miller | 116272 | C | *** |
| 7/16/72 | Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT |
| sbd aud cotsman | 11258 | B- | levels and mix get played with on sugar magnolia; the aud rates a C and the sbd up to a B+ | drops between tracks; cut/pop d2t5 2:35, d4t1 3:08 | *** |
| 7/18/72 | Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ |
| sbd lai | 3348 | *** | ||||
| aud weiner | 5916 | *** | ||||
| sbd cribbs | 9067 | drop d1t1 0:16, 2:47, d1t7 5:06, d1t9 2:27, d2t1 0:37, 1:49 | *** | |||
| sbd unknown | 9097 | 9097 st5 matches st5 of 3348 | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 32878 | B+ | in comparison on bird song, 88658, 9067, and 32878 sounded similar; 3348 has more hiss than those; aud 5916 is of lower quality; 88658 is over 24 minutes longer than 32878 which is almost 2 minutes longer than 9067; in comparison on the patched part of comes a time, 88658 was warmer but less natural sounding than 32878; 88658 might be selected for length but the extra seems to be dead air; 32878 is selected because of the better patch source; all the sbds had the same static at several comparison spots; so a lot of this is A quality but when the static hits it lowers the quality to B and also lower quality on the patches | discontinuity and static d1t6 5:23 | *** | |
| sbd theotherwayne | 88658 | drop d4t5 4:34, analog static around d1t3 6:06 which may be the mentioned static from the piano by bob; more follows | *** |
| 7/21/72 | Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle, WA |
| sbd cotsman | 9246 | *** | ||||
| dead download | $ | A | d2t8 is there twice with a different name |
| 7/22/72 | Paramount Northwest Theater, Seattle, WA |
| sbd vernon | 13562 | small drop d2t11 2:33 | *** | |||
| sbd gems | 86726 | small drops between most tracks | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 94112 | A- | in comparison on sugaree for sbds, 13562 has fullest sound with most hiss; 94112 is warmer but sounds a little suppressed in comparison but not a big difference in sound quality with 13562; 86726 is unnatural sounding; 94112 is selected as most complete while 13562 has a little better sound; the aud 106930 is of much worse sound quality; mainly A quality but vocals get loud and limit on d2t6 causing scratchiness; this continues on d2t8 and other bob songs; patch source on truckin is of much less quality | *** | ||
| aud jems | 106930 | very close to mono | *** |
| 7/25/72 | Paramount Theater, Portland, OR |
| sbd cotsman | 7046 | A- | drop d2t5 4:04, d2t8 0:30, analog drop then static around d4t4 0:37 | *** | ||
| sbd miller | 124017 | in comparison on sugaree, 124017 and 7046 sound similar; in comparison on black throated wind can hear more distortion in the vocals on 124017 where it limits and clips; there are other spots on bobs vocals like in playing in the band that do the same and I did not check further; so chose 7046 although it has more other digital flaws and does not have the patches on 124017 | *** |
| 7/26/72 | Paramount Theater, Portland, OR |
| sbd clugston | 1411 | A- | in comparison on sugaree, 1411 has least hiss and is warmest, then 87034, and then 34803; a lot of this is A quality but recording levels start to get too high on some vocals like playin inthe band and beat it on down the line | *** | ||
| sbd popi | 8957 | *** | ||||
| sbd patched long | 34803 | d1t1-9 have same st5 as 8957; 8957 is 100 seconds longer than 34803 which appears to be the patch | drop d3t5 1:57; discontinuity pop d1t7 1:22, d2t5 1:27, d4t1 4:53 | *** | ||
| sbd gems | 87034 | light static dt12 2:08 | *** |
| 8/12/72 | Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA |
| sbd hamilton | 3327 | A- | in comparison on sugaree, 105132 has a harsher sound than 3327; 105132 is 9 minutes longer than 3327 and 105132 has the encore not on 3327 and 105132 does not have the static pops on sugar magnolia on 3327; 3327 was selected for sound quality and need 105132 to complete the show | drop d1t14 2:26, d2t3 3:11, d4t9 5:42, static pop d4t9 4:00, 4:05 | *** | |
| sbd gems | 104168 | |||||
| sbd smith gems | 105132 | *** |
| 8/20/72 | San Jose Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA |
| pset1 sbd jim | 14988 | *** | ||||
| sbd cotsman | 16335 | static d1t4 2:36 | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 32789 | *** | ||||
| sony schiappacasse minches | 82716 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 83733 | B+ | in comparison on loser 83733 has the fullest sound, 16335 has the most hiss; 14988 has the least hiss and seems noise reduced but did not hear the loss in music over 16335; the aud 82716 is of lesser quality; 83733 uses the noise reduced 14988 for its patch on the early songs; sound quality varies from A down to B- depending on the source | static d1t4 2:34 | *** |
| 8/21/72 | Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA |
| sbd hamilton | 150 | A- | a lot of this A quality but has some scratchiness on black throated wind and other documented flaws; more scratchiness on d2 and sometimes the quality seems to drop to a B+ | *** |
| 8/22/72 | Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA |
| sbd cotsman | 11472 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 27780 | A- | in comparison on bird song, 11472 has a less full sound with more hiss than 27780; in comparison on stella blue 11472 and 27780 had similar sound; a lot of this is A quality but some songs get too loud and vocals start to distort like d3t4 | drop d2t3 4:20, static buzz d2t8 8:23, d3t4 6:45 | *** |
| 8/24/72 | Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA |
| sbd unknown | 151 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 18093 | A- | in comparison on sugaree, 151 is warmer but more suppressed with more hiss than 18093; mainly A quality but vocals get harsh on some songs like d3t6 | static buzz around d1t2 6:22, d1t4 2 08, d2t7 10:31, d3t1 6:04, 8:16, occasionally on d3t4, d3t6 6:02 | *** |
| 8/25/72 | Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA |
| sbd unknown | 8474 | *** | ||||
| sbd partial deibert | 12751 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 92840 | A | in comparison on cold rain and snow, 92840, 8474, 12751 had similar sound with 92840 slightly clearer; 94218 looks like it has noise reduction and does sound a little clearer and has more bass than 92840 and may be an alternate selection | *** | ||
| sbd miller bertha | 94218 | *** |
| 8/27/72 | Old Renaissance Faire Grounds, Veneta, OR |
| sbd kaplan hamilton | 152 | *** | ||||
| sbd hollister | 2199 | *** | ||||
| sbd orf | 3328 | *** | ||||
| sbd serafin | 8045 | *** | ||||
| sbd braverman | 16582 | A | in comparison on sugaree, 16582 had the fullest sound while the bertha remaster 21619 was echoey; 152, 3328, 8045, and 2199 were less full and 3328 has more hiss than the others; on 8045 the vocals also seemed suppressed by maybe too much noise reduction | digipop d2t4 12:33 not in music; some static buzzes on d3t4 starting at 5:xx | *** | |
| sbd bertha ashley | 21619 | *** |
| 9/3/72 | Folsom Field, U of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
| sbd steinhaus bunjes teute cotsman | 13563 | *** | ||||
| sbd greenberg powell | 18779 | *** | ||||
| sbd new hanno | 20168 | drops between some tracks | *** | |||
| aud composite teute bunjes | 92805 | *** | ||||
| sbd gems | 101143 | B | in comparison on sugaree, 101143 had fullest warmest sound with least distortion in the vocals but with most hiss; next best was 20168 and 92805 which seemed similar sound and 18779 was also similar in sound but slower; 13563 seemed to have noise reduction and had least hiss but was more muffled; in comparison on loser, 101143 had fullest warmest sound but with most hiss, 20168, 13563, and 18779 sounded similar and 92805 was very suppressed and hard to hear; so the selection of 101143 over 20168 was a trade off for noticably fuller and warmer sound with more hiss; sound quality varies on this from C to A- | *** |
| 9/9/72 | Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA |
| sbd popi | 14086 | *** | ||||
| aud unknown | 30991 | *** | ||||
| aud pitch corrected zeb | 31949 | *** | ||||
| aud sirmick | 32036 | *** | ||||
| mtx seamons bertrando | 103311 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 105458 | A- | in comparison on sugaree, the auds 30991, 31949, and 32036 sound similar to each other except 30991 sounded slow; the sbds 14086 and 105458 sounded similar to each other; the auds had more hiss and were harsher, fuller and less upfront the sbds; the matrix 103311 is in between these being warmer and more upfront than the auds and fuller than the sbds but less upfront and not as warm as the sbds with more hiss; overall the sbd 105458 sounded better based on warmth, upfrontness, and hiss level even though not as full of sound; the matrix 103311 would make a good alternate selection to 105458 for those wanting more crowd; mainly A- quality except patch source of lesser quality | *** |
| 9/10/72 | Hollywood Palladium, Hollywood, CA |
| sbd vernon | 5680 | pop d1t5 0:54; has a lot of squarish wavs and discontinuities | *** | |||
| sbd winters | 17690 | light static around d2t3 1:41, d2t3 12:18; discontinuity pops d1t1 1:19, d1t2 0:35 | *** | |||
| sbd patched greenberg powell | 22793 | B+ | in comparison on bird song, 17690 has most hiss, then 22793, and then 5680; 5680 looks and sounds like it has nose reduction and has a narrower sound with a lot more flaws; could not be sure if 17690 had a fuller sound than 22793 but if so it was very slight; 22793 is most complete; sound quality ranges from B+ to A- | light static around d2t3 1:41, d2t3 12:18; discontinuity pops d1t03 1:16, d1t05 14:00, 14:00, d2t01 4:49, 4:50 | *** |
| 9/15/72 | Music Hall, Boston, MA |
| degen weiner | 7924 | C+ | in comparison on truckin, sbd 8046 has much better sound than the auds; aud sirmick 31990 looks and sounds like it has noise reduction and has less hiss but also less full and less natural sound than 7924; 7924 has a lot of hiss but full sounding vocals | *** | ||
| psdb kaplan | 8046 | A- | *** | |||
| aud degen sirmick | 31990 | digipop d2t1 1:40 | *** |
| 9/16/72 | Music Hall, Boston, MA |
| psbd unknown | 6683 | *** | ||||
| sbd cotsman | 9247 | B | in comparison on truckin, the sbds 9247 and 6683 were similar sounding with 9247 having slightly less hiss; the aud 12932 had more hiss and distortion and was harsher and more distant; the matrix 77442 was in between the aud and sbd and although it was fuller sound than the sbds, it carried through the problems on the aud; in comparison on bird song for auds, 9247 has slightly less hiss than 12932; aud portion rates B- and sbd portion A- | discontinuity pop d1t05 1:17, d1t08 1:56, 2:38, 3:33, d1t11 0:19, 1:54, 3:24 | *** | |
| degen weiner | 12932 | *** | ||||
| matrix sb20 chappell | 77442 | *** |
| 9/17/72 | Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD |
| sbd hamilton | 154 | *** | ||||
| aud wolfson minches | 28165 | *** | ||||
| Dick's Picks | $ | A |
| 9/19/72 | Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ |
| aud cotsman | 12075 | C- | some of this is C quality but other parts rate D like the beginning have more distortion | *** |
| 9/21/72 | The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA |
| sbd masse | 7296 | *** | ||||
| Dick's Picks | $ | A | has flaw pop on cd and in wav view can see where they tried to reduce the volume of it at d1t2 0:19 but failed to silence it | *** |
| 9/23/72 | Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT |
| sbd jeffm | 2201 | A | *** |
| 9/24/72 | Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT |
| sbd jeffm | 2202 | A- | in comparison on loser, 2202 has more hiss but has a little fuller more natural sound than 25282 as 25282 has noise reduction; aud 99860 has a much worse sound | *** | ||
| sbd cribbs | 25282 | *** | ||||
| aud berger | 99860 | *** |
| 9/26/72 | Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ |
| sbd unknown | 156 | *** | ||||
| sbd unknown sbexx | 16755 | *** | ||||
| sbd wier | 19198 | A | md5 of 19198 matches 156 on d1 and d2; 16755 is a close eac match to 19198 on d1t1 but 16755 has a lot of squarish wavs that give it some light static; 25281 provides the patches to 19198 | |||
| partial sbd patched powell ladner | 25281 | *** |
| 9/27/72 | Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ |
| sbd vernon | 18106 | *** | ||||
| Dick's Picks | $ | A |
| 9/28/72 | Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ |
| sbd lai | 157 | has a lot of digi-pops | *** | |||
| sbd bill | 12657 | has almost 6 minutes of silence at end of d1 and d2; has a lot of discontinuity pops | *** | |||
| sbd patched chrisl | 26933 | has a lot of discontinuity pops | *** | |||
| sbd bertha | 34162 | 27584 has sbe's but otherwise the same | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 94268 | A- | in comparison on brokedown palace, on the sbds, 157 has the fullest sound but with a lot more hiss; gems bear 110020 had some hiss and was more suppressed than 157; 94268, 12657, and 26933 sounded similar to each other and have a little hiss; bertha 34162 has removed that hiss and made the instruments louder and is a little less full and natural of sound and may be a good alternate selection; the aud 99843 is of lesser sound quality; mainly A sound quality except for patch source | *** | ||
| aud berger | 99843 | *** | ||||
| sbd bear gem | 110020 | has several discontinuity pops | *** |
| 9/30/72 | American University, Washington, DC |
| sbd unknown | 5681 | B+ | this has a narrow sound with a little hiss | *** |
| 10/2/72 | Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA |
| sbd lai | 158 | B+ | sometimes gets to A- and other times has a noticable light hiss | *** | ||
| sbd gans miller | 112864 | A | in comparison on bird song, 112864 has a fuller sound with less hiss than 158 | analog pop d1t4 1:58 | *** |
| 10/9/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd vernon | 5249 | A- | has a little hiss so may be B+ at times | static d3t4 6:41 | *** |
| 10/17/72 | Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO |
| sbd sacks | 2219 | A- | *** |
| 10/18/72 | Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO |
| sbd weir | 7295 | B+ | cut d1t7 8:04 losing 47 seconds; d2t2 0:53, d2t5 20:52; skipping noise d2t6 11:06 | *** | ||
| sbd matera | 123571 | B+ | rates B+ because has some distortion in music; has yellow rose of texas tuning at beginning of d1t12; in comparison on bird song, 123571 has more bass giving it a fuller sound but is also harsher with more hiss at the comparison spot than 7295; they have different flaws and different cuts and content; chose 123571 because has more bird song; 7295 has more tuning at beginning and end of d1t1 and there may be other differences | discontinuity pop d1t1 6:09, d2t3 4:37, d2t5 28:19, d2t6 5:25, 11:00, static noise d2t6 10:43 for half a second and similarly again at 10:58 , skipping noise d2t7 0:00; plus some more pops | *** |
| 10/19/72 | Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO |
| sbd des | 4506 | B+ | rates B+ because has some distortion in music | *** |
| 10/21/72 | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
| sbd pset2 | 91505 | has drops at end of playing in the band | *** | |||
| set2 partial sbd miller | 94409 | A- | preferred 94409 over 94453 because it has the extra between song tuning that was not cut off of it and the little louder bass on trucking was fine too; there is still some dead air and you have to turn it up to hear the tuning that was cut; the bass is loud and there are a couple sections where it distorts; 91505 had similar sound but was more flawed; both remasters 122342 and 122383 seem to start with the edited 94453 and remove a bunch of sound at 6k, reduce bass and make it unnatural, and increase high end which brings up the hiss which overall results in a very unnatural narrow hollow harsher sound with both having much more hiss than 94409; noise reduced 122383 has less hiss and is narrower sound than 122342 | *** | ||
| set2 partial sbd rbbert fix | 94453 | *** | ||||
| sbd pset2 rbbert dan fix | 122342 | B- | *** | |||
| sbd pset2 nr rbbert dan fix | 122383 | B- | *** |
| 10/23/72 | Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI |
| aud cotsman | 10914 | C | *** | |||
| sonyecm250 unknown miller | 98958 | B- | in comparison on loser, 10914 is more muffled with more hiss than 10914; they are different recordings based on different crowd at end of promised land; the patch source on 98958 seems to be the same recording as 10914 based on same crowd at end of me and bobby mcgee; it seems on 98958 like the midrange and high end were turned up in an attempt to make the vocals easier to hear but it resulted in to making it harsher and hissier; so recommend 10914 over 98958 for the patch source portion | *** |
| 10/24/72 | Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI |
| pset2 sbd hamilton | 159 | *** | ||||
| sonyecm250 unknown miller | 97614 | B- | *** | |||
| sbd gems | 105842 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 106018 | A- | in comparison on he's gone, 106018 has a fuller clearer sound with less hiss than 105842 and 159; 97614 is much more muffled but needed to complete the show | *** |
| 10/26/72 | Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH |
| sbd miller | 15113 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 32717 | A- | *** |
| 10/27/72 | Veterans' Memorial Hall, Columbus, OH |
| sbd aud cotsman | 10286 | *** | ||||
| set1 sbd hanno | 18849 | *** | ||||
| sbd aud cousinit | 19630 | B- | in comparison on loser, 19630 has the fullest sound and seems to have undergone a little cousinit noise reduction processing that may account for it being avery narrow unnatural sounding; 10286 is next fullest with some crackling and distortion and more hiss in it and is very compressed sound; 18849 has had a lot of noise reduction and sounds muffled and narrowest; 19630 and 10286 have the same st5 on a lot of the tracks on d2; sbd rates B and aud rates B- | *** |
| 10/28/72 | Cleveland Public Hall, Cleveland, OH |
| sbd partial | 11653 | *** | ||||
| sbd cotsman | 20301 | *** | ||||
| sbd ashley bertha | 20405 | A- | in comparison on dark star, 11653 and 20301 were very similar to each other, and 20405 was bassier and had a fuller sound with less hiss; some songs like Johnny b goode rates B+ | *** |
| 10/30/72 | Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI |
| aud cotsman | 10915 | B- | *** |
| 11/12/72 | Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS |
| sbd cotsman | 9771 | B | as indicated vocals are hard to hear most of the time except for part cumberland; the instrumental portions like on playing in the band get up to A- quality | pop d3t7 7:44 | *** |
| 11/13/72 | Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Kansas City, KS |
| aud cotsman | 7518 | *** | ||||
| aud hanno | 10089 | B- | in 4-way comparison on morning dew, 105812 has least hiss, 17416 and 7518 sound similar to each other, and 17416 was more muffled; so need 105812 for its part and 10089 to complete the show | *** | ||
| aud vernon | 17416 | *** | ||||
| aud owsley gems | 105812 | B | *** |
| 11/14/72 | Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK |
| sbd cotsman | 11615 | a couple big drop/fades in sugaree; cut d2t6 1:39 | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 11836 | discontinuity pops d3t6 3:26 | *** | |||
| sbd miller | 22024 | B+ | 22024 and 11836 have same st5s on d1 and d3; and 22024 is more complete than 11836; and 11615 11615 has more hiss on sugaree and sing me back home than 22024; starts rough with some hiss and low levels and then gets better and a lot of this is at A- | discontinuity pops d3t6 3:26; analog cut d2t6 1:40 | *** |
| 11/15/72 | Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK |
| psbd cotsman | 10916 | *** | ||||
| sbd set2 miller | 91760 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 110631 | A | in comparison on brokedown palace, 110631 has the least hiss with fullest sound, 10916 and 91760 have much more noticable hiss | has numerous annoying discontinuity pops like d1t2 7:54, d1t10 0:50, d2t7 0:25 and many more | *** | |
| sbd bertha | 112616 |
| 11/17/72 | Century II Convention Hall, Wichita, KS |
| sbd warner | 15982 | A- | mostly A- quality except for brief patch source | several spots of static on tennessee jed and some smaller ones elsewhere | *** |
| 11/18/72 | Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX |
| set2 sbd cotsman | 9002 | *** | ||||
| sbd set2 lai | 9182 | A- | in comparison on he's gone, 9002 and 9182 have very similar sound; however 9002 has been compressed and limited to -4db with severe clipping which can be heard like on sugar magnolia | cut d3t1 5:27; pop d3t3 7:08 | *** | |
| s2 sbd miller | 123077 | 123077 has similar sound to 9182 but has the pitch correction | drop/pop d2t3 7:08; cut with fade in sugar magnolia | *** |
| 11/19/72 | Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX |
| sbd winters | 17705 | A- | has a tv band near 16k; a lot of this is A quality; the volume intensity varies a lot making some songs much louder than others | levels fluctuate badly on bertha | *** | |
| miller | 123578 | A- | 123578 removed the pops on 122783 as indicates as I did not hear them | *** | ||
| miller | 123577 | |||||
| sbd miller | 122784 | |||||
| gd72-11-19sbd16 | 122783 | A- | there is a spectral void around 16k as if someone tried to remove a tv band; in comparison on stella blue, 17705 has a little more hiss than 122783' 122783 has small analog pops not on 17705; only checked 2 songs for the pops but they are probably through out and were more distracting than the extra hiss | analog pop d2t7 0:13, 0:42, 1:31, 2:05, 2:47, 3;43, 4:51, 6:09; d1t11 0:50, 1:40, 2:37, 4:20 | *** |
| 11/22/72 | Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX |
| sbd lai | 4081 | A- | some of this is A quality but other songs like around and around are A- | drop static d1t1 3:34 | *** | |
| sbd miller | 115730 | A | in comparison on loser and stella blue, 115730 has a little more hiss and a little fuller sound than 4081 | drop static d1t1 3:26 | *** | |
| sbd fixed miller | 115765 | drop static d1t1 3:26 | *** |
| 11/24/72 | Dallas Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX |
| sbd gardner | 5288 | A- | songs vary from A to A- with some having a little hiss | has some glitches | *** |
| 11/26/72 | San Antonio Civic Auditorium, San Antonio, TX |
| sbd cotsman | 9248 | B+ | 1st set rates B and 2nd set goes up to B+ | *** | ||
| alt versions tagged | 123022 | note that some of the description in the info file for 123022 versions on hiss and cuts do not match my findings; in comparison on dark star, 9248 and version one of 123022 sound similar; version one of 123022 has lower levels, a better sound quality patch at 20:0x in dark star without the pops (although volume could have been matched a little better), and an extra 50 second patch in bobby mcgee making it better than 9248; alt version of 123022 has less hiss and less full sound and sounds more suppressed and has about 1 and half second cut at 10:46 in dark star; so recommend version one of 123022 plus 9248 for the rest of show | *** |
| 12/10/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd gorinsky | 5801 | A- | there are small patches of lesser sound quality | *** |
| 12/11/72 | Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd vernon | 5251 | *** | ||||
| sbd cousinit | 100398 | *** | ||||
| sbd gems | 107885 | B+ | in 4-way comparison on sugaree, 107885 has the fullest sound; 5251 and 100398 have more hiss with 100398 having the most; 108946 is more muffled; mtx 121029 is more echoey and ldistant than 107885; aud patches on 107885 rate B- while sbd portion rates A- | *** | ||
| aud menke motb | 108946 | *** | ||||
| mtx dusborne | 121029 | *** |
| 12/12/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd gorinsky | 5802 | *** | ||||
| sbd miller | 32041 | A- | in comparison on sing me back home, 32041 and 5802 sounded similar; 32041 is more complete | *** |
| 12/15/72 | Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA |
| sbd hollister | 17186 | A- | *** |
| 12/31/72 | Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA |
| sbd unknown | 1563 | A- | drop near end of d1t8, d2t8, d2, digipop static d1t12 13:43 | *** | ||
| prefm vernon | 20559 | A | drop end of d1t8, d2t2, d3, d4t1, near end of d4t2 | *** | ||
| sbd bertha ashley | 26559 | A | in 4-way comparison on brown eyed women, 26559 has the fullest sound and makes 20559 sound suppressed; 20559 is also warmer but more suppressed than 1563 and wgv stream which sound similar to each other but are harsher with less full sound and more compressed with a light background scratchiness | drop d4t2 0:00 | *** |