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Music Appreciation

OAITW r.2.0

(31,522 posts) Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:38 PM Apr 2025

Gee, it's the Dead -Not Fade Away [Live at Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX, 11/15/71]

Three words for this. Bright and Tight.

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Gee, it's the Dead -Not Fade Away [Live at Austin Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX, 11/15/71] (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 OP

I wish I had been there. I was contemplating Austin vs Arizona and I read an aticle of a ... marble falls Apr 2025 #1

Something about this show. 1971 and the audio capture was perfect. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #2

Owsley's passing was a shocker. But his company knew how to set up a life music show. marble falls Apr 2025 #3

A gifted man. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #4

marble falls

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1. I wish I had been there. I was contemplating Austin vs Arizona and I read an aticle of a ...

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:40 PM

Apr 2025

... hitch hiker got a ten year sentence for having a roach in his shirt pocket.

I went to AZ instead and came back with ten lbs, $70/lb. Those were the days.

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OAITW r.2.0

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2. Something about this show. 1971 and the audio capture was perfect.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:49 PM

Apr 2025

Thanks Ken Owsley and the rest of the recording crew. Their attention to recording was apparent from the getgo. They were capturing the sound better than anyone at this point in time.

marble falls

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3. Owsley's passing was a shocker. But his company knew how to set up a life music show.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 08:54 PM

Apr 2025

OAITW r.2.0

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4. A gifted man.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 9, 2025, 09:36 PM

Apr 2025

Had access to Ken's Owl branded sheets of blotter acid. A tab of that and Live Dead tuned me into the frequency of audio harmonic harmony.

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