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Regular reader Dr. Jeff once asked that I post listening notes for Jerry's 42nd birthday show at the Stone, 8/1/84.

I have dutifully done so, some years later, and have just about nothing to report. Jerrybase tells me that he hadn't opened a second set w How Sweet in over three years, so there is that. Too many turns at the end of Cats. Sorry not to have more to say, Doc, but please feel free to weigh in on comments and set me straight!

I did use the occasion to make a list of Garcia's musical bday engagements. I do have the sense that in later years the GD Family had a picnic on this date. I have wondered if the 8/1/87 JGAB thing, which does not bear a certain date, derives from one of those. But I dunno.

1965: Warlocks; 

1966: none; 

1967: GD; 

1968: none; 

1969: NRPS; 

1970: NRPS/GD; 

1971: none; 

1972: none; 

1973: GD; 

1974: none; 

1975: studio w/ GD, studio (non-playing?) w/ NRPS (2 PM and 6 PM); 

1976: none; 

1977: studio w/ JGB; 

1978: none; 

1979: none; 

1980: none; 

1981: none; 

1982: GD; 

1983: none; 

1984: JGB; 

1985: none; 

1986: none; 

1987: practice w JGAB; 

1988: none; 

1989: none; 

1990: none; 

1991: none; 

1992: JGB; 

1993: none; 

1994: GD; 

1995: none.

Jerry Garcia Band

The Stone

412 Broadway

San Francisco, CA 94133

August 1, 1984 (Wednesday)

Rogers MAC shnid-144293 rename

--set I (6 tracks, 5 tunes, 48:20)--

s1t01. crowd and tuning [0:18]

s1t02. Cats Under The Stars [9:22] % [0:17]

s1t03. Mission In The Rain [11:34] % [0:11]

s1t04. Love In The Afternoon [10:13] %

s1t05. //Run For The Roses [5:03] [0:04]

s1t06. Tangled Up In Blue [11:11] (1) [0:08]

--set II (4 tracks, 40:31)--

s2t01. //How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) [#9:24] % [0:19]

s2t02. When I Paint My Masterpiece [9:31] % [0:08]

s2t03. Dear Prudence// [13:48] ->

s2t04. //Midnight Moonlight [7:16] (2) [0:05]

! ACT1: JGB #21b

! lineup: Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals;

! lineup: John Kahn - bass;

! lineup: Melvin Seals - keyboards;

! lineup: David Kemper - drums;

! lineup: Jacklyn LaBranch - backing vocals;

! lineup: Gloria Jones - backing vocals.

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/19840801-01

! JGC: https://jerrygarcia.com/show/1984-08-01

! db: https://etreedb.org/shn/9303 (same source shnf); https://etreedb.org/shn/144293 (this fileset); https://etreedb.org/shn/149281 (Senn MK441s)

! map: https://goo.gl/maps/Vr6EBXU6KvA2

! JGBP: http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com/2012/07/stone-mothers-412-broadway-san.html

! ad: San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Datebook, July 15, 1984, p. 37.

! seealso: JGMF, "Gloria Advenit! JGB at Keystone Palo Alto, Saturday, July 28, 1984"

! seealso: JGMF, "'Garcia Sounds Pretty Wrecked' - JGB at the Stone, July 31, 1984"

! R: field recordist: Craig Rogers

! R: field recording gear: 2x AKG CE-1 mics > Uher Cr-240

! R: field recording location: lip of stage

! R: transfer: master cassette > Nakamichi Dragon > Sony R700 DAT > Sony PCM p-700 DAT @ 44.1k > Digital Audio Labs Card Deluxe > wav 16/44.1 - Transferred by Jim Wise; Lineage: wav 16/44.1 > Adobe Audition 3.0.1 > iZotope RX4 Advanced > iZotope Ozone 5 Advanced > CD Wave > TLH > Flac16.

! R: Notes: - Azimuth and phase adjustments made. - Pitch corrected. - There were tape pauses after each track, I have crossfaded them together. - I don't usually use eq but the vocals were very low because the mics were only picking up vocals from the stage monitors. I have, therfore, rebalanced them using the module in RX7 Advanced to increase their presence and other elements too.  It's difficult to know just how high in the mix they should be but I think they sound about right.  I also made some other level adjustments. - There is hardly anything missing from the incomplete tracks. Thanks to Kenny Mance [sic] and Craig Rogers for this extraordinary recording. [note: I don't think Mance was involved.] Thanks to Jim Wise for the transfer. Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with pitch correction. edited and mastered SIRMick December 2018.

! R: Gloriously good tape for the guitar and overall feel. Low vocals may be a feature for this period. Melvin is a little buried.

! R: I renamed the files, which had the date as 1984-09-01, to 1984-08-01.

! historical: Jerry's 42nd birthday. 1965: Warlocks; 1966: none; 1967: GD; 1968: none; 1969: NRPS; 1970: NRPS/GD; 1971: none; 1972: none; 1973: GD; 1974: none; 1975: studio w/ GD, studio (non-playing?) w/ NRPS; 1976: none; 1977: studio w/ JGB; 1978: none; 1979: none; 1980: none; 1981: none; 1982: GD; 1983: none; 1984: JGB; 1985: none; 1986: none; 1987: none; 1988: none; 1989: none; 1990: none; 1991: none; 1992: JGB; 1993: none; 1994: GD; 1995: none. It's not otherwise a particularly noteworthy show, and set II fits well on a single cassette side.

! P: s1t02 CUTS way too many turns at the end

! R: s1t04 MITR man, I love the sound of the strings on this tape. So good.

! R: s1t05 RFTR cuts in

! s1t06 (1) JG: "We're gonna take a break for a while, be back in a few minutes."

! R: s2t03-04 lists a cut (e.g., tape flip), and then comment from john on shnid-9303 says "my notes from aoxoa say the Midnight Moonlight is missing from this show. The version on the disc is from 7/29/84 - hence the cuts."

! s2t04 (2) JG: "Thanks a lot. See y'all later."