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I met Mike at his home in Fullerton and he drove us to the Coliseum to see the Grateful Dead. Here's what Rob S recalled about seeing the Dead at the LA Coliseum 1991: Samples provided.ДЄs a result, this is a rare case where Mike's master isn't the best recording of a show, yet Mike The Mike doing The Dead feels like an important chapter in his taping history and therefore worth sharing. Mike's pull is still very good, though there are better captures of this show from tapers' section recordings as well as a soundboard source. Perhaps due to wind, there is also some instability in the stereo image compared to most Millard masters. Despite that assessment, the audience surrounding Mike is lively and loud, adding more crowd noise to his recording than usual. However, the second set is characterized as being on 'auto-pilot,' losing the urgency and energy of Act 1. As for the show itself, the first set earns praise, opening with a lively 'Shakedown Street' and always-welcome turns of 'Bertha,' 'Candyman' and Bob Dylan's 'Queen Jane Approximately.' The Coliseum '91 performance is not particularly beloved in Deadhead circles, in part because of the heavy presence of the LAPD, who did not adopt the kind of 'live and let live' attitude fans were used to in the Bay Area. In classic Millard fashion, he eschewed the tapers' section in favor of recording from his sweet spot, which in this case was the third row of the massive LA Coliseum, site of two Olympic Games. In fact, as Rob notes below, he was really doing a favor by recording the show. Yes, Mike Millard did record the Grateful Dead, though to be fair he was more as an appreciator than a fan. The ultimate taper meets the ultimate tapers' band. Grateful Dead, Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 1981

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18 Pink Floyd, which was the first release in our series transferred from MillardвЂ™s original master tapes:

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The full back story on how MikeвЂ™s master tapes were saved can be found in the notes for Vol. But in the early 2000s, longtime Millard friend Rob S was the one she knew and trusted enough to preserve MikeвЂ™s work. We know at least a few of MillardвЂ™s friends and acquaintances contacted his mother Lia inquiring about the tapes at the time to no avail. The truth is MikeвЂ™s masters remained in his bedroom for many years after his death in 1994.

ThereвЂ™s also a version of the story where MikeвЂ™s family dumps the tapes after he dies. Internet myths suggest Millard destroyed his master tapes before taking his own life, an imprudent detail likely concocted based on the assumption that because his master tapes never surfaced and MikeвЂ™s mental state was troubled he would do something rash WITH HIS LIFEвЂ™S WORK. The reason the rediscovery of his master tapes is such a revelation is that weвЂ™ve been told for decades they were gone. Not all of them but many, and with them a much more complete picture has emerged of what Millard recorded between his first show in late 1973 and his last in early 1992. Yes, you read that correctly, Mike MillardвЂ™s master cassettes, long rumored to be destroyed or lost, have been found. That all changed with the discovery of many of Mike MillardвЂ™s original master tapes.

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These sources were upgrades to circulating copies and in most instances marked the only time verified first generation Millard sources had been directly digitized in the torrent era. Until 2020, the Lost and Found series presented fresh transfers of previously unavailable first-generation copies made by Mike himself for friends like Stan Gutoski of JEMS, Jim R, Bill C. For the complete details on how tapes in this series came to be lost and found again, as well as JEMS' long history with Mike Millard, please refer to the notes in Vol. Welcome to JEMSвЂ™ Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone series presenting recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike the MICrophone, best known for his masters of Led Zeppelin done in and around Los Angeles circa 1975-77. Introduction to the Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Series