1982-12-27 - Oakland Auditorium Arena iin Oakland, CA MATRIX

GRATEFUL DEAD
Oakland Auditorium Arena
Oakland, CA
12-27-82
Sick Bits Vol. 18a

Matrix: SBD/AUD mix

Sources:

SBD: Set I (shnid=32134) SBD > MC(?) > Cx > DAT > DAT from Dr. Bruce Fried
> FLAC transferred by Bill Koucky, remastered/encoded by Chris Ladner
Set II (shnid-???) SBD > ? > FLAC via Bill Koucky via Scott Clugston
AUD: (shnid=???) recorded by Steve Aldeman FOB Sennheiser 441s > Sony D5
> Sony D5 (1st gen CM) > FLAC - transferred and encoded by Bill Koucky
and remastered/encoded by Chris Ladner

Transfer/Editing/Mixing/Encoding:
All sources were FLAC files from Bill Koucky. I converted them to
WAV > Vegas 5 (matrix) > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC 16 (level 8)

Matrixed by Chris Chappell

Set I

d1t01 - Bertha ->
d1t02 - Greatest Story Ever Told
d1t03 - Bird Song
d1t04 - Beat It On Down The Line
d1t05 - They Love Each Other
d1t06 - Me & My Uncle ->
d1t07 - Big River
d1t08 - Brown-Eyed Women ->
d1t09 - Let It Grow

Set II

d2t01 - Scarlet Begonias ->
d2t02 - Fire On the Mountain
d2t03 - Playin' In the Band ->
d2t04 - Drums ->
d2t05 - Space ->
d2t06 - The Wheel ->
d2t07 - The Other One ->
d2t08 - Black Peter ->
d2t09 - Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
d2t10 - US Blues


Total Times:
Disc 1 [59:09]
Disc 2 [77:58]
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General Notes:

Bill Koucky contacted me and wanted me to try and matrix this sick but
relatively unknown show because neither source really did it justice. I
said I'd give a whirl and sure enough the mix turned out to be a big
improvement. The Oakland Auditorium Arena later became the Henry J. Kaiser
Convention Center so this nice FOB sounds great when coupled with a so-so
SBD which needed much digi snit removal (thanks Chris Ladner) which I used
for set 1 - the second set I used was the Clugston source but there is
nothing in the db, so it is unclear if Scott remastered the problematic
Bruce Fried source or got it somewhere else. Bill K's 1st gen FOB from
Steve Aldeman that he duped 23 years ago serves as an excellent AUD source.

The first set is on fire with Garcia constantly trying to slow things
down in his song selection (Birdsong as the 3rd tune?!! and TLEO is quite
spirited) but he finally gives and cranks out a ripping Brown-Eyed so Weir
can stretch out on a monster Let It Grow. Second set opening with Scarlet >
Fire is big and groovy, and the Playin' that follows has Jerry referencing
the Woody Woodpecker theme (4:57). The whole show is played well, no big
surprises, just good ole Grateful Dead.

On the FOH side of things Healy seemed to be playing with a short delay
effect (15ms or so) for most of the first set on both Garcia's guitar
and all the vocals. It is very noticeable in spots, especially on Garcia's
solo in Bertha and the vocals in BIODTL. The result is a flange effect
which some might misconstrue as bad synching, but let it be known this is
how it sounded in both sources and is not the result of the matrix.

Thanks to Steve Aldeman for recording the AUD, and to Bill Koucky and
Chris Ladner for transfering, encoding and remastering both SBDs and the
AUD source. Thanks to Scott Clugston for the mystery SBD II source, and
to Dr. Bruce Fried for the SBD I source.
Special thanks to Bill Koucky for motivating me to matrix this wonderful
yet obscure show (even the LlaMA doesn't have anything for this date).

Enjoy!
Chappy