Days Of Dead

Dark Star
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Few songs embody the spirit of improvisation and musical adeventure like this one
day04_EKaGeZlKMnKxDzy_dark_star.mp3
Atlanta, GA, Piedmont Park
Recorded just a few months after the Live/Dead recordings, this terrific Dark Star shows the further evolution of the song after the Fillmore West gigs as the Dead transitioned into the Workingman's Dead/American Beauty era, while still easily playing primal music
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  • moribundjt
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    30 Days tracker

    For all the familiars (cause it's been a year and we forget:) and the newbies, just a reminder that I maintain a Google Sheets tracker for the last 15 years of 30Days. It's another good tool to help narrow the searches (sometimes) and let's one organize the history by song, year in 30days, and date performed. Just send me a message and I'll pass along the link.

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    joeyarata
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Please Send The 30-Day Tracker List!

    Thanks for offering this link...

  • opeelipsky
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Searchlight casting

    Shall we go listen to a few versions of Dark Star, you and I while we can?
    I think I finally got this one. Not an entirely easy hunt.
    Good luck all.

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Few songs embody the spirit of improvisation and musical adeventure like this one
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Has anyone determined if these wav files are of superior quality compared to the typical 30 Days mp3 files?

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"look out, cause here comes some free advice..."

Reading all the gripes about quality, prizes, repeats or anything keeps me from wanting to read comments.
It reminds me of Bill Graham saying something like, "More More More...hang out and let the band decide" - ? Fillmore East April '70???

Many of the 30 days were shared in prior Novembers. Most of these 30 days releases have always been available in one place or another. Only time, research, bandwidth and Gigabytes stand in one's way.

IMO, listen and enjoy!!!

Since "dead freaks unite" in 'Skull & Roses", when they asked us to tell them who we are -- there's never been any band so connected to their audience. No doubt they tried to embody the ideals of the late 60's and put $$ behind the beliefs.

i appreciate these November morsels just as much as i did the 45 rpm freebies round records sent me in the 70's.

I aint preaching, more an old man's angst for the tomorrows big decision.

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"Dead Freaks Unite" was on the first album
Skullf**k had "Dead Heads Unite"
Just sayin'

“Dead freaks unite” is from the Skull and Roses album. First album didn’t have any message.

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hi and howdy gangsters. i just got here. what'd i miss. got this one with 15 minutes to spare. Nice one to return to. can we get a throwin stones for election day tomorrow?. you all know we're f'd right?

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This excellent Dark Star has got me searching in DeadBase. Found a DS at the Avalon Ballroom on 1-26-69, which also has an incredible Clementine. DeadBase lists only three (3) complete proper performances of Clementine, not including a "Clementine jam." Really only three? Super rarity. The studio version on the Golden Road box set was a revelation to me back in

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