How a concert becomes a recording.
One event can generate many recordings, transfers and commercial releases. These two chains document only what their named publishers actually establish.
The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings
Concerts: 1971-03-12 · Fillmore East · 1971-03-12 · Fillmore East · 1971-03-13 · Fillmore East · 1971-03-13 · Fillmore East · 1971-06-27 · Fillmore East
- Documented live performances
Four March 12–13 sets and the June 27 closing set
- Commercial archival collection
2014 six-CD edition covering those concerts
Limit of evidence: The cited discography does not by itself specify a definitive original-tape-to-master chain for every track.
Source: The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings — official six-disc track listing ↗
Betty Boards to Get Shown the Light
Concerts: 1977-05-05 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum · 1977-05-07 · Boston Garden · 1977-05-08 · Barton Hall, Cornell University · 1977-05-09 · War Memorial Auditorium
- Live performances
Four May 1977 concerts at New Haven, Boston, Cornell and Buffalo
- Soundboard masters
Recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson (per Rhino)
- Master-tape transfers
Plangent Processes (per Rhino)
- Mastering
Jeffrey Norman, HDCD (per Rhino)
- Commercial edition
2017 Rhino eleven-disc box set
Limit of evidence: This documents the source chain of the Rhino release, not every circulating tape or fan-made matrix.
Source: Rhino — May 1977: Get Shown the Light track listing and tape mastering notes ↗