Max Creek, Robert Hunter & Go AheadWest Hartford Ballroom, West Hartford, CT (formerly The Agora Ballroom)October 5, 1986 Source: Alan Bershaw’s SBD Master Cassettes (TDK HX-S 90s) Lineage: SBD -> snake back to the stage -> Nakamichi 550 (No Dolby on TDK HX-S 90s) Master Cassettes-> (Nakamichi Dragon playback) -> Lexicon Lambda -> Logic -> Wav 16/44.1-> xAct (sbe correction)-> FLAC Max Creek set personnel: Scott Murawski - vocals, guitar John Rider - vocals, bass Mark Mercier - vocals, keyboards Greg DeGuglielmo - drums Rob Fried - drums, percussion Robert Hunter set personnel: Robert Hunter - vocals, acoustic guitar, Go Ahead set personnel: Brent Mydland - vocals, keyboards Alex Ligertwood - vocals, guitar, percussion Jerry Cortez - lead guitar Dave Margen - bass Bill Kreutzmann - drums Tracklist: Max Creek set (partial) TRT 21:061 01 //You Write The Book 01:392 02 Darlin' 05:443 03 tuning 01:414 04 If You Ask Me 05:225 05 Slowdown 06:40 Robert Hunter’s Set TRT 69:581 06 //Jack Straw 01:282 07 Friend Of The Devil 03:523 08 Rock Columbia 05:254 09 -tuning/banter 01:255 10 Brown Eyed Women 04:306 11 Alabama Getaway 02:327 12 t-uning/banter 01:088 13 Easy Wind-> 02:489 14 Mr. Charlie-> 01:4910 15 Easy Wind (reprise) 01:5611 16 UCONN Huskies Fight Song 01:2512 17 Aim At The Heart 04:5413 18 Rueban And Cherise 08:1814 19 -tuning/banter 01:1015 20 //Promontory Rider 05:0916 21 Touch Of Grey 05:3617 22 -encore applause 02:1118 23 Box Of Rain 07:4119 24 Ripple 04:0920 25 Boys In The Barroom 02:23 Go Ahead’s Set TRT 69:531 26 //Far From Me 03:182 27 Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen 06:163 28 band introductions 02:044 29 Only You Know And I Know 04:195 30 Well Alright 04:226 31 Man Smart Woman Smarter 05:277 32 Medicated Goo 03:458 33 Hey Jude-> 04:529 34 Dear Mr. Fantasy 06:4210 35 //Hey Pocky Way-> 04:0411 36 drums-> 03:2812 37 jam-> 06:2413 38 Iko Iko-> 03:1214 39 Good Lovin 03:4315 40 encore applause 01:3216 41 Turn On Your Lovelight 06:19 Notes: These recordings have circulated from cassette copies that I made for several friends shortly afterwards and all circulating board tapes of this night trace back to my stealth board recordings mastered on my Nakamichi 550. Somewhat shameful story about how I accomplished recording these sets and why the Hunter and Go Ahead sets both start in progress during the first songs. I was a stage hand at The Agora back then and after his soundcheck, I asked Hunter if I could record. I had mixed for him several times before this and ran monitors for him two additional times. He remembered me and graciously said yes, but when I went to the house console to patch in, Harry Popick said in no uncertain terms - absolutely not! So... with the help of another crew member who shall remain nameless, during the Max Creek opener set, we took two channels not being used on the snake and patched into an auxiliary output from the house console. I patched my Nak 550 into the other end of the snake back on stage and hid the deck inside a road case. I spent the entire night sitting on that road case watching the show onstage. Harry was mixing monitors about 5 feet from me the entire time, so I had to be careful when starting and flipping tapes. This explains why I waited a minute or two to start the recordings, as I had to make sure he was distracted. And one of the humorous things about this endeavor was that Harry was very friendly during the show, handing me many Heinekens, while I sat there on that road case. He may have mistook me for his personal stage security, ha! Also of note is that during Hunter's set, he sang The UCONN Huskies Fight Song, as he was an alumni. Prior to the show, we chatted briefly about that, which is possibly what provoked him to whip that out. The masters were unintentionally recorded without dolby, as I was fumbling around in the dark and never noticed the button wasn't engaged. I was only able to monitor levels when initially getting it rolling during Max Creek's set, so it was a "set it and forget it" situation on levels. Thankfully, they remained good throughout the night and I was using TDK HX-S blanks, which were a particularly great tape stock that could take a lot of saturation without distorting. That's the scoop. I rarely ever recorded stealth and this was one of very few times I ever attempted going stealth direct from the soundboard. I officially apologize Harry and hope enough time has gone by that I'll be forgiven. This is the first digital transfer of the master cassettes and these files are new to circulation. -Alan Bershaw (April 2021) ;flac fingerprints generated by xACT 2.46 on 2021-04-07 07:16:21 -0400 01 You Write The Book.flac:2b5d2652b4d0b20cd856a85935f91834 02 Darlin'.flac:969465d79c666ab3ce1b19838c1faf98 03 tuning.flac:e8e381e9be1700408c5ef0bbaf60168b 04 If You Ask Me.flac:e8067ac8a884ca857720bbbcfba05b9b 05 Slowdown.flac:444bfd118f3c6b2091e90dcf7ebc39d7 06 Jack Straw.flac:9d6cd11d7604c1e6f7e4f08c49e8aa46 07 Friend Of The Devil.flac:ac22361b36b85974ec1737b5e2853c46 08 Rock Columbia.flac:0b7d383ccc5365fc785109350083572a 09 tuning-banter.flac:eb32af6017b61116a69559b339985b20 10 Brown Eyed Women.flac:23c48eea58855a101ee42cb4645d6b52 11 Alabama Getaway.flac:eafde753496590c0edacf7ba1c10e91c 12 tuning-banter.flac:4e96ab6a81d5da7f9e4ad1490491a1f1 13 Easy Wind.flac:91a5a293a72451646d115c30ecfcf2d9 14 Mr. Charlie.flac:a89a662a8220716307ee745c1137d5d9 15 Easy Wind (reprise).flac:d5de0d594682414bfffabf6dd2a5c030 16 UCONN Huskies Fight Song.flac:0b02eb1bf71a6f7356dc63e8b45db1cd 17 Aim At The Heart.flac:ce78b0103fdeb6c5e841680e5e9061ab 18 Rueban And Cherise.flac:8265212dbea0be594d045c3edbf856f9 19 tuning-banter.flac:fcc8aadcbb755fc909ba0448fc3ab00e 20 Promontory Rider.flac:b5b1e0d754e2830638bf2e649ad4cbc6 21 Touch Of Grey.flac:ff3b6f265dc060bcd4d4f9c90e767659 22 encore call audience.flac:d0fdf575e548cae2407306d022a619bd 23 Box Of Rain.flac:172e14026441c9751b76c482ed821aff 24 Ripple.flac:072b88ebbadbec568e95e436c4722a52 25 Boys In The Barroom.flac:fce9e0662b79645c211ee20eb5b78127 26 Far From Me.flac:22c1e2ef3b35af6f455fc2543b97ffe4 27 Black Magic Woman-Gypsy Queen.flac:8e29166843e0f6fe5f283e67a6268bc5 28 band introductions.flac:9a4e59ecf6ee592159e33424885edc56 29 Only You Know And I Know.flac:63182bece3d7db86acaa867e6c3c7cab 30 Well Alright.flac:c0823b89897137a04630999bc6fd9355 31 Man Smart Woman Smarter.flac:11d0dc83eda2ee0dfe2c329b78162eb4 32 Medicated Goo.flac:b8dea1933b1aaf0f597970ad2d5dab7c 33 Hey Jude.flac:f3a237de30f3ceadd60df1d1b91620c1 34 Dear Mr. Fantasy.flac:7e88f487caeb4c102d5b2d75f8f00ccb 35 Hey Pocky Way.flac:f75d29840f805bfeb5648f15c5ba3582 36 drums.flac:ac82ec36394f4e6c5dbab2922a663a56 37 jam.flac:92bbf45554817063156b2d90b93a41c4 38 Iko Iko.flac:381deaa5e7e6e8eb4be6d5e9f7551500 39 Good Lovin.flac:72d817f0ebf6fe54b6bf80e1ed5611d9 40 encore applause.flac:46d023cfa21dacf7ec676e2a3203ce2f 41 Turn On Your Lovelight.flac:685a95412671539233b734a6aec6e95d