1978-10-18 – New York City, NY – The Bottom Line [early set excerpt] [2023 new master]

Original Recording

Quality:

Source (AUD #1):

the Grape’s Sony Pressman with built in microphone > Maxell UD C90 cassette master

Transfer:

(grner1 – 2022-08-01]: Nakamichi Dragon > Sound Devices MixPre-6 II @ 32bit(float)/96kHz > Pro Tools (speed/pitch adjust, normalize, minor seamless fixes, tracking and down-sampling – no EQ or noise reduction) > WAV files > xACT (Flac level 8 files, tagged with sector boundaries verified for the 16/44.1 files). Thanks to Professor Goody for help with the speed/pitch offset.

Notes:

Among the legendary “Grape Tapes”. Offered in 24bit/96kHz (high resolution) and 16bit/44.1kHz (CD resolution).

Both sets from this night were previously offered on the same listing, but have been separated as of their upgrade on 2023-11-02.

Contributor:

Hans H. (2003), digital download (2023)

xMMx Revision

[xMMx revisions have been treated to provide the smoothest listening experience. Please keep all notes with these revisions and do not distribute them in place of the original recordings.]

note: this xMMX revision is based on the previously circulating version of this recording, and includes both sets

Quality:

Notes:

Identified pitch deviations against official sources using tuning software and adjusted accordingly.

Re-indexed.

TLH for sector boundary alignment.