[bprice2]

Two shows are currently online as torrents. They are back to back performances recorded at the Fillmore East on February 13th & 14th, 1970.  If I understand correctly, these are the two shows in which Dick's Picks #4 drew from in compiling that cd. 

The reason I bring this to your attention is because these shows are out-of-sight good.  The recording quality will blow you away.  If you are a Dead fan, these two recordings will absolutely knock your socks off.  This is obviously just my opinion, but I believe you will agree.

Grateful Dead - February 13, 1970
Fillmore East - New York, NY

Recording Info:
SBD -> Master Reel (7 inch 1/2 Track at 15ips) -> Dat (48k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC
(4 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
February 25, 2009

Notes:
-- Fixed diginoise in Little Sadie
-- All late show disc changes are seamless
-- Thanks to Rob Eaton for lending me his Dats
-- Late show between song tunings patched from shnid=18114
-- Uncle John's Band is patched from shnid=18114 and is also cut

Early Show:
d1t01 - Cold Rain And Snow
d1t02 - Beat It On Down The Line
d1t03 - Good Lovin'
d1t04 - Mama Tried ->
d1t05 - Black Peter
d1t06 - Hard To Handle
d1t07 - Saint Stephen ->
d1t08 - Not Fade Away
d1t09 - Casey Jones

Late Show:
Electric Set 1:
d2t01 - Introduction
d2t02 - China Cat Sunflower ->
d2t03 - I Know You Rider
d2t04 - Me And My Uncle
d2t05 - Dire Wolf
d2t06 - Smokestack Lightnin'

Acoustic Set:
d2t07 - Monkey And The Engineer
d2t08 - Little Sadie
d2t09 - Wake Up Little Susie ->
d2t10 - Black Peter
d2t11 - Uncle John's Band
d2t12 - Katie Mae

Electric Set 2:
d3t01 - Dark Star ->
d3t02 - That's It For The Other One ->
d4t01 - Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore:
d4t02 - And We Bid You Good Night

Grateful Dead - February 14, 1970
Fillmore East - New York, NY

Recording Info:
SBD -> Master Reel (7 inch 1/2 Track at 15ips) -> Dat (48k)

Transfer Info:
Dat (Sony R500) -> Sound Devices 744T -> Samplitude Professional v10.2 -> FLAC
(4 Discs Audio / 2 Discs FLAC)

All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
charliemiller87@earthlink.net
February 26, 2009

Notes:
-- All late show disc changes are seamless
-- Thanks to Rob Eaton for lending me his Dats
-- Late show between song tunings patched from shnid=18115
-- Unpatched reel flip between Saint Stephen and The Eleven

Early Show:
d1t01 - Introduction
d1t02 - Cold Rain And Snow
d1t03 - Dark Star ->
d1t04 - Saint Stephen ->
d1t05 - The Eleven ->
d1t06 - Turn On Your Lovelight

Late Show:
Electric Set 1:
d2t01 - Introduction
d2t02 - Casey Jones
d2t03 - Mama Tried
d2t04 - Hard To Handle

Acoustic Set:
d2t05 - Monkey And The Engineer
d2t06 - Dark Hollow
d2t07 - I've Been All Around This World
d2t08 - Wake Up Little Susie ->
d2t09 - Black Peter
d2t10 - Uncle John's Band
d2t11 - Katie Mae

Electric Set 2:
d3t01 - Dancing In The Street
d3t02 - China Cat Sunflower ->
d3t03 - I Know You Rider ->
d3t04 - High Time ->
d3t05 - Dire Wolf
d4t01 - Alligator ->
d4t02 - Drums ->
d4t03 - Me And My Uncle ->
d4t04 - Not Fade Away ->
d4t05 - Mason's Children ->
d4t06 - Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) ->
d4t07 - Feedback ->
d4t08 - And We Bid You Good Night

[zybar]

Thanks for the heads-up!   

I have Dick's Picks Volume 4 (I actually have them all) and it is indeed killer!

The torrent you are listening to has more of the music vs. the three cd set that comes with Dick's Picks Volume 4.

Here is the write up from Allmusic.com who gave it 5 out of 5 stars and a highly recommended note:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfexqwhldhe

George

[Geardaddy]

Very kool.  Thank you

I used to have this on cassette in college....good stuff.

[Len_Dreyer]

Great stuff! I started a project this weekend of going through the 18 shows of acoustic material that I have from 1969-80. I'm taking a break from it for now. Thanks for the two additional sets.

Len

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[DeadFish]

Some most excellent shows there, bprice2!
I'm very much obliged!
I own DP4 and Bear's Choice, which I hear in there, but I've had a very good time listening to this recording.
Lots of life peaking music here.
A very good time, worthy of the download  or a trip in the 'Way-Back Machine'.  aa

Thanks and Regards!

DeadFish

[doug s.]

ok, someone help out an old fart that is unfamiliar w/this technology.  i figured out how to download these files.  now, what do i do w/them, to actually listen to music?   

thanks,

doug s.

[mcullinan]

Ill dwnload it when I get home THANKS!
Im stoked. Its the same as Dicks picks 4, or is it different mastering? I might already have DP4 so..
Mike

[WGH]

ok, someone help out an old fart that is unfamiliar w/this technology.  i figured out how to download these files.  now, what do i do w/them, to actually listen to music?   

thanks,

doug s.

I am using Foobar2000 to listen to the .flac files.
If you don't use your computer to stream music you can still use Foobar2000 to convert the files to .wav
After installing Foobar click File --> Open...
Navigate to the folder with the Greadful Dead download
Highlight all the .flac files and click Open
The first song will start playing - Click the Stop button
Right click on the highlighted files, choose Convert --> Convert To...
Pick .wav
After conversion you can burn the .wav files to an audio CD.

There are probably 100's of other programs that convert .flac to .wav and Google will find them all.

Wayne
 

[mca]

This is all I get when I click on the links 

Error:You're not authorized to view this Torrents!
Sorry...

[doug s.]

This is all I get when I click on the links 

Error:You're not authorized to view this Torrents!
Sorry...

i got that too, until i registered... 

doug s.

[Len_Dreyer]

They can also be gotten from BT.Etree.org without signing up:

2/13/70
2/14/70

If you need to convert Flac files to Wav files in order to listen to the music, the free software can be downloaded from here.

Len

[bprice2]

Thanks, Len.  FLAC frontend is what I was going to suggest as well. 

Doug, just convert the files to .wav and burn to CD (making sure you have the tracks in the right order) and you should be good to go. 

I'm glad you guys are enjoying these shows.  I personally can't stop listening to them.  The St. Stephen -> Not Fade Away on the 2-13 just plain rocks.  I can't help but to crank it up to eleven.

The site I directed you all to is Working Man's Tracker, but there is another site I'd also like to point out called Lossless Legs.  Both are great sites for downloading GD shows, as well some other "Dead-ish" types of bands. 

I wouldn't consider myself anywhere close to being a Dead Head (I never even got to see them), but I have, over the years, attempted to download some shows and never found anything I considered worth listening to more than once.  I just don't find many of the audience recordings all that good and sound boards are hit or miss.  Not to mention the shear volume of what's out there in cyber space is a bit daunting.  But, a couple of months ago I started taking another look and downloaded few shows that sounded quite good.  Then I started to notice what these "good" shows had in common.  They were all remastered by a guy named Charlie Miller.  So, I started grabbing all the Miller remasters and transfers I could find.  Almost across the board the Miller downloads were both great shows and had good to damn good sound quality.

Here's my suggestion, if you are interested in finding some more of these gems.  Peruse the two sites mentioned above and look for the word "miller" in the file name of the torrents...Mr. Miller puts his name in the files he uploads.  Also, look for buzz in the chat section of the various shows.  The guys at these two sites know there stuff and definitely comment when a superior upload hits the site.

I did what little research I could on Mr. Miller by utilizing Google and learned that he was an audience recorder who apparently got to know some folks like David Gans and Rob Eaton, who are able to get their hands on first gen sound board recordings from the "vault" (whatever that is).  So, Mr. Miller is able to remaster and transfer some the best of the best recordings of the band.  Mr. Miller's genius is in his connections, the best I can tell. 

Hope y'all find this helpful.

Brett

[Len_Dreyer]

Hey Brett,

Thanks for the info. From the shows that you've collected are they all flac or are some shn? Thanks again.

Len

[doug s.]

They can also be gotten from BT.Etree.org without signing up:

2/13/70
2/14/70

If you need to convert Flac files to Wav files in order to listen to the music, the free software can be downloaded from here.

Len

thanks, len, it worked like a charm!     i had awreddy loaded the flac program a while back, but i never made the connection that i had to conwert the files w/it in order to hear the music - doh!     i guess you can teach an old dog new tricks!   

doug s.

[bprice2]

Hey Brett,

Thanks for the info. From the shows that you've collected are they all flac or are some shn? Thanks again.

Len

Some of them that I've collected were uploaded as .shn files.  I use dbpoweramp to convert the .shn files to .flac.  It can be used to make all kinds of file conversions.  I think that you must pay for the conversion feature of dbpoweramp.

[Len_Dreyer]

Here are some other shn tools.

Len

[DeadFish]

Hey Brett!
Thanks for the info and the tips re: "Miller".  I didn't know that stuff.
From someone  who was having a time in their prime back in the early 70's, I've really enjoyed what you pointed us at, and renewed my interest in chasing a few more...

My best to ya!

DeadFish

[mcullinan]

Just took a listen to the 13th show and the recording quality/mastering is incredible! Lots of detail and a big sound!
Mike

[rydenfan]

Charlie Miller's work is amazing. I am starting at an external hard drive full of it right now 

[DeadFish]

Charlie Miller's work is amazing. I am starting at an external hard drive full of it right now 

You make me feel so bad for ya! 

DeadFish