What are you listening to right now?

[GDHAL]

Grateful Dead
March 8, 1992
Capital Centre
Landover, MD

Brokedown House Production

Recorded & Provided by Ian
Capture & Edit by P.Togos
Synch & Author by Kevin Tobin

Video: AUD (Tripod) > Master
Master: Canon L1 Hi8 Pro > (Y/C) > JVC HR-S20U > Master VHS (Maxell RX Pro 120)
Transfer: VHS Master > Panasonic AG-7150 > Canopus ADVC-300 > Firewire > HD > Sony Vegas 9 (.avi) > MPEG2 > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 2.0 > DVD Architect Pro 6 > DVD9
[NTSC, 4:3, 8.0 Mbs, 720x480, 29.97 fps]

Audio: SBD > Cassette Master (TDK SA-X100) > Nakamichi CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > KORG AudioGate 4 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC (shnid=141627)
All Transfers & Mastering by Charlie Miller - April 5, 2018
[LPCM, 1.5 Mbs, 16 Bit, 48 kHz]

Set 1
Let The Good Times Roll
Touch Of Grey
New Minglewood Blues
Ramble On Rose
Black Throated Wind
Loose Lucy
Desolation Row
Big Railroad Blues
The Music Never stopped
01:12:15

Set 2
Samson & Delilah
Way To Go Home
Foolish Heart
Looks Like Rain
Wave To The Wind
Drums
Space
All Along The Watchtower
So Many Roads
Throwing stones
Not Fade Away
Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
01:40:15

Notes:
Set 1
00:15:23-00:16:24 - Filled With Graphics
00:24:38-00:26:18 - Filled With Graphics
00:39:46-00:43:22 - Filled With Graphics
Set 2
00:00:00-00:00:34 - Filled With Graphics
00:16:56-00:20:33 - Filled With Graphics
01:25:40-01:25:56 - Filled With Graphics
01:32:02-01:40:15 - Filled With Graphics

Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Vince Welnick - Keyboards
Bruce Hornsby - Piano, Accordion
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums

[GDHAL]

television
january 25, 1976
cbgb's, nyc


here is another in our "out of the graveyard" series -- a great early '76 show taken from the master cassette.  thanks again to odoc55.


1.  fire engine
2.  venus
3.  little johnny jewel
4.  o mi amore
5.  guiding light
6.  marquee moon
7.  prove it
8.  torn curtain
9.  let me out
10.  kingdom come
11.  kingdom come (continued)


total time 59:02.


from odoc55's master cassette.  master cassette > cdr > easy cd/da extractor > flac > dime.

[GDHAL]

Pink Floyd

Palais des Sports de L'Ile de la Jatte, Saint Ouen, France   
1 December 1972

01 On The Run (incomplete)
02 Time
03 Breathe (Reprise)
04 The Great Gig In The Sky
05 Money
06 Us And Them
07 Any Colour You Like (cuts)
08 Any Colour You Like (in full)
09 Brain Damage
10 Eclipse
11 One Of These Days
12 RTL presenter
13 Careful With That Axe, Eugene
14 BlueS (cuts)
15 Blues (in full)
16 Echoes
17 Childhood's End

Total running time 97m 38s

AM > Cass(1) > DAT(1) > WAV (16-bit/48kHz) > FLAC

This is a 1st gen 48kHz recording of the RTL Radio broadcast from 2 December 1972. Like other sources from this date it
does not feature Speak to Me or Breathe.

The correct running time of the concert is about 90 minutes. My DAT has about 8 minutes of duplicated music with 4 in 15
secs repeated during Any Colour You Like and another 3 mins 40 secs minutes during Blues. Somebody might like to edit the
extra music out but I decided it was best to avoid the temptation.

I normalized the WAV but no other processing has been applied.

[ejk]

[S Clark]

8 records bought at an estate sale ....

[GDHAL]

John Hiatt -
1991-09-08
Unplugged In Baltimore '91

my rip from the original "Realive RL CD 32" silver disc
digital soundboard recording, Sep 8, 1991 Baltimore
(artwork on request)

lineage: CD > EAC > WAV > FLAC (level 6)
additional cue-files, md5 checksums, EAC logfile

Tracklist:

01-Tennessee Plates
02-Tip Of My Tongue
03-Permanent Hurt
04-Through Your Hands
05-Real Fine Love
06-Don't Think About Her When You're Trying To Drive
07-Your Dad Did
08-Have A Little Faith In Me
09-Rock Back Billy
10-Drive South
11-Icy Blue Heart
12-Slow Turning
13-Feels Like Rain
14-Thing Called Love

[S Clark]

Ernest Ansermet and L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande from 1950.  NM lp picked up yesterday

Stravinsky's Petrouchka

[GDHAL]

B.B. King
2001-06-30 Piazza Blues Festival, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

SBD > CDR > ? > SHN > TLH > FLAC > TLH (fixed SBEs) > FLAC


Disc 1 :
01. Opener
02. Ain`t No Love In The Heart Of The City
03. Introducing B.B.King Jam
04. Let The Good Times Roll
05. I`ll Survive
06. Bad Case Of Love
07. Peace Of Mind
08. Caledonia
09. Summertime


Disc 2 :
01. Early In The Morning
02. Ain`t That Just Like A Woman
03. You Are My Sunshine
04. How Blue Can You Get
05. Days Of Old
06. Key To The Highway
07. The Thrill Is Gone
08. I Know
09. Don`t Go No Farther
10. Please Accept My Love
11. Makin` Love Is Good For You

 
BAND:
Lineup :
B.B.King - Guitar "Lucille", Vocals
Leon Warren - Guitar
James Toney - Keyboard
Michael Doster - Bass
Calep Emphrey Jr. - Drums
Stanley Abernathy - Trumpet
James Bolden - Trumpet
Melvin Jackson - Saxophone
Walter King - Big Baritone

[S Clark]

For those of us that don't speak digital, what do the following anacronyms stand for (and what does it mean)?
"SBD > CDR > ? > SHN > TLH > FLAC > TLH (fixed SBEs) > FLAC"
I think that Flac is some sort of digital file.  CDR?  Recordable compact disc? The rest I have no clue. 

[GDHAL]

For those of us that don't speak digital, what do the following anacronyms stand for (and what does it mean)?
"SBD > CDR > ? > SHN > TLH > FLAC > TLH (fixed SBEs) > FLAC"
I think that Flac is some sort of digital file.  CDR?  Recordable compact disc? The rest I have no clue.

Excellent question @ S Clark. At its heart, the information is meant to indicate the source of the recording. There is also a transfer process, which itself has similar information. You could view that type of information in my Grateful Dead post January 28, 2023, 12:39:48 PM.

But this information you've quoted from my most recent post in this thread is strictly "source of the recording" information.

The "SBD" means it's a soundboard recording. The ">" means the next step in the chain. The "CDR" means Compact Disk Media. The "SHN" means shorten. Shorten is a type of lossless compression (and a file format of its own, albeit it cannot be played without having to decompress it). The "TLH" means the files were parsed through the traders little helper program to check for errors. And, the FLAC means "Free Lossless Audio Codec format" which traders litttle helper converted the SHN file into. The reason for that conversion is that the shorten format cannot accommodate file attributes, such as album art, whereas the FLAC format can. The "TLH (fixed SBEs) " means traders little helper was used yet again to fix sector boundary errors. Sector Boundary Errors can occur when an audio cdr is burned. If the original files aren't cut in just the right place, then you'll get an unwanted transition between where one track ends and the next track begins (and the potential for noise/pops: http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=SectorBoundaryDiscussion )

And yes, FLAC is a digital file. It is a lossless compressed file, the defacto standard for streaming and file distribution. But, unfortunately not the optimum/best for playback. Another note is that SHN can only be used in the case of 16/44.1 file sets, as SHN does not support any kind of high resolution.

I hope this answers your question. If not, by all means, continue to pose additional questions. I am happy to answer them. 

[S Clark]

 

... confirms why I spin vinyl.   

[GDHAL]

... confirms why I spin vinyl.   

It's not really an analog versus digital thing. Digital is way simpler. You asked the question, hence I answered it. The good part about digital is you don't need to know all that stuff all you need to do is have the file and play it. You don't have to care about the source of the recording, or the transfer of the recording, or anything else. The only concern you have is how good does it sound to you. 

Now if you prefer analog for other reasons that too can be valid. But even in the analog domain whether you're talking about vinyl or whether you're talking about magnetic tape the same questions can be raised as to the source of the music and how it ultimately made its way onto the vinyl or ultimately made its way onto the  tape. For instance if it's a live or studio recording, even if you're listening to it in an analog format, say on LPS or as you state vinyl,  you might want to know what microphone was used, etc.

[S Clark]

 I've heard some amazing digital- even in my own room!  Our HAL (Rich) sent his first prototype music server to me to try and review close to a decade ago...
And I agree that Digital is probably simpler, if you know your way around basic computer stuff.    I don't, and for me vinyl is simpler.  Setting up a cartridge is 15-30 minutes.  Trying to figure out why a dac won't connect to a computer is like being lost in the woods at night. 

[S Clark]

Fats Waller  "Handful of Keys"
RCA LP-1502   1957 compilation   1s/3s pressing 
Cuts recorded from 1929 to 1942

[Barry (NJ)]

... confirms why I spin vinyl.   

It's not really an analog versus digital thing. Digital is way simpler. You asked the question, hence I answered it. The good part about digital is you don't need to know all that stuff all you need to do is have the file and play it. You don't have to care about the source of the recording, or the transfer of the recording, or anything else. The only concern you have is how good does it sound to you. 

Now if you prefer analog for other reasons that too can be valid. But even in the analog domain whether you're talking about vinyl or whether you're talking about magnetic tape the same questions can be raised as to the source of the music and how it ultimately made its way onto the vinyl or ultimately made its way onto the  tape. For instance if it's a live or studio recording, even if you're listening to it in an analog format, say on LPS or as you state vinyl,  you might want to know what microphone was used, etc.

Oh gosh yes, which pressing plant? first pressing or? which cutting? who did the cutting? Analog is far from simple...