Greenpeace 'No Nukes' Benefit at the Old Waldorf: Reconstruction, April 23, 1979

I wanted to love this, but I found very little that moved me. Maybe I was tired.

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Reconstruction
Old Waldorf
444 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
April 23, 1979 (Monday) - Early and Late shows
composite auds flac1644 shnid-126927

--early show (10 tracks, 8 tunes, 92:26)--
e-t01. announcement/crowd/tuning [0:52]
e-t02. Get Up And Dance [11:42] [1:10]
e-t03. Nessa [16:55] [1:01]
e-t04. Someday Baby [8:30] (1) [1:35]
e-t05. I Just Want To Stop [4:22] [0:51]
e-t06. Fast Tone [13:15] [0:07] % [0:34]
e-t07. Ain't That Lovin' You [9:29] [1:18]
e-t08. Strugglin' Man [6:16] [1:13]
e-t09. Another Star [12:17] [0:10]
e-t10. announcement [0:47]

--late show (11 tracks, 8 tunes, 79:20)--
l-t01. announcement/crowd/tuning [2:11]
l-t02. What You Won't Do For Love [6:52]
l-t03. Do I Move You? [13:09] [0:43]
l-t04. Fast Tone [17:06] [0:28]
l-t05. band introductions [0:58]
l-t06. When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game [5:00] [1:15]
l-t07. Tellin' My Friends [4:26] [0:54]
l-t08. The Mohican And The Great Spirit [9:48]
l-t09. Make It Better [6:47]
l-t10. It Ain't No Use [9:15]
l-t11. announcement [0:24]

! ACT1: Reconstruction (January 30, 1979 - September 22, 1979)
! lineup: Jerry Garcia - el-g, vocals;
! lineup: Merl Saunders - keyboards, synthesizers, vocals;
! lineup: Ron Stallings - saxophone, vocals;
! lineup: Ed Neumeister - trombone;
! lineup: Gaylord Birch - drums, vocals.

JGMF:

! Recording: symbols: % = recording discontinuity; / = clipped song; // = cut song; ... = fade in/out; # = truncated timing; [ ] = 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/19790423-01 (early); https://jerrybase.com/events/19790423-02 (late)

! JGC: http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1979-04-23 (early); http://jerrygarcia.com/show/1979-04-23-old-waldorf-san-francisco-ca-2/ (late).

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/9609 (Porray MAC shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/97899 (unknown aud); https://etreedb.org/shn/126927 (this fileset).

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/8qEdy9Xq9cr

! JGBP: https://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/06/old-waldorf-444-battery-street-san.html

! venue: The first two of seven Garcia shows at the Old Waldorf (4/23/79a, 4/23/79b, 5/18/79, 5/19/79, 1/27/81, 1/11/82, 1/13/82).

! historical: Greenpeace No Nukes Benefit, "with special guest Jerry Garcia". Photographer Chris Stone took some amazing pix this night. Follow link via JGMF, "Reconstruction Pix by Chris Stone" http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2014/11/reconstruction-pix-by-chris-stone.html.

! P: overall, I found this show less compelling than most Reconstruction.

! R: Main Source (SHN_ID: 9609): MAC > DATs > CDs > EAC > SHN; Taped by Eldon Porray, Nak CM-700s > Sony TC-D5; Extraction using EAC, re-tracking using CD Wave, .shn encoding using mkwACT, and sector boundary verification using shntool. Secondary [Patch] Source: MAC > standalone CD > unknown processing > CD-R; Taped by SL, unknown mono cassette recorder with unknown hand held mic. Noise reduction was applied by SL during his transfer to CD-R. Patched and FLAC'ed by PsyKies, March 2013

! R: seeder notes: "The secondary source was converted from CD-R to wave using EAC in secure mode and provides the following patches: Early show: d1t01 announcement/crowd/tuning: all; d1t02 Get Up And Dance: 0:00 - 12.20; d2t01 Fast Tone: 12:23 - 12:36; d2t02 Ain't That Lovin' You: 2:27 - 2:28; d2t04 Another Star: 8:31 - end; d2t05 announcement: all. Late show: d3t02 What You Won't Do For Love: 6:46 - end; d3t03 Do I Move You?: 0:00 - 0:07; d3t06 When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game: 5:17 - 6:00; d3t10 It's No Use: 5:17 - end; d3t11 announcement: all. Patching was done using Adobe Audition. All individual patches were speed and level matched to the main source prior to patching with crossfades. As the patch source was recorded using automatic level control, level flucuations were present [particularly during the announcement/crowd/tuning sections]. These have been smoothed out as best as possible. In addition, a couple of digital clicks were filtered out: d2t01 Fast Tone: 12.15; d2t02 Ain't That Lovin' You: 1:53. Finally levels were raised by 2.2dB and the entire show retracked. Discs 1 & 2 are seamless. PsyKies - psykies@outlook.com - February 3, 2014.

! e-t04 (1) Eldon or someone close to the taper yells out "How 'bout 'Expressway To Your Heart'? ... Just once!"

! P: e-t06 FT nice bass-led interlude late 11 - John was playing so well in this period.

! song: "What You Won't Do For Love" (l-t02): Ron Stallings on vocals.