Phil Lesh in (the mix) 1982

OCF in Veneta had Phil loud in the mix, but they weren't using the deads PA for that show, they were using George Rellis's (sp?), the deads PA headed up to Seattle or something.

https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1982/08/28/space?source=93327

(space / wheel / other one / trucking / black peter / playin reprise / one more sat night)

chosen because it's simply a bad ass stretch of kick ass GD!!! (yes, could have picked the first Day Job, or First West LA fadeaway, but I regress, I went for Phil Bombs on the Wheel instead!)

This was my favorite dead show under the criteria of having a great open free time! (nothing urban in no way shape or form, and the weather matched the setlist, seabreeze during the Other One while storm clouds rolled in, rare Storms in the wee hours that morning).

There was no sounds check, the GD's stage was blank when the show started (the other stage had the Flying Karamozov bros, Robert Cray, etc). They got the drums / amps / mics set up for the dead, then Peter Rowan came out for a solo set as that PA's sound check (was great). The dead started with Bertha, and it was a cold mix, so you can hear volumes change, missing upright piano appear, etc)

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nedb on Thursday, May 27, 2021 – 10:02 pm

Thanks noodler :)

To clarify...my beef with the mix is the clarity of Phil in the mix, not his density. He's always dense.

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Noodler on Thursday, May 27, 2021 – 10:14 pm

As a former soundman, and as

As a former soundman, and as you likely already know, whatever's loud on stage is often quiet in the mix, especially the smaller the room... hence, on board tapes, Vocals way out in front, and the lead guitar all of a sudden gets quiet for the solo, loud kick drum, quiet (or just bleeding in) snare drum, etc... it's always been curious with dead mixes, and who gets pushed up in the mix (or taken out). Jerry and Phil are often way out in front, with bobby in the background .. but there were some mid 80s shows I recall where bobby was up front in the mix, while interesting, there was also a bit of God Help Us going on, lol, but sometimes it actually worked really well (playin' from a Cal Expo show in 84, one of my faves). Then there's the fact that the PA's were so powerful, you didn't need Phil up in the mix cause the PA tooootaaaalllllyy brought it...

Truly, and excellent and every changing part of the adventure!

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Ohr on Friday, May 28, 2021 – 01:02 am