30 Days of Dead

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It's a Dead Head's most wonderful time of the year! Welcome to another 30 days of unreleased Grateful Dead tracks from the vault, one for every day of the month, selected by archivist and producer David Lemieux. The tracks are yours, 100% free gua-ran-teed, but the real fun is taking part in the challenge for the chance to win some sweet swag from the Dead.

Those of you who know what to do, feel free to skip right on ahead. For those of you who need a refresher, here's the drill:

You know your Ables from your Bakers from your C's, but can your finely tuned ears differentiate the cosmic "comeback" tour from a spacey 70s show? Each day we'll post a song from one of the Dead's coveted shows. Will it be from that magical night at Madison Square Garden in '93 or from way back when they were just starting to warm it up at Winterland? Is that Pigpen's harmonica we hear? Brent on keys? If you think you know, lob your answer in and you just might find yourself taking home our daily prize of a 2025 Grateful Dead wall calendar or the grand prize – a copy of limited, numbered, FRIEND OF THE DEVILS: APRIL '78 boxed set!

Hint:
The penultimate song of the night from the Dead's penultimate show at this classic venue, where they played more than four dozen times
day28_XgWAyFAjeSHDaAQ_saturday_philadelphia.mp3
1067 comments

  • Birchwood
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Any Show DL2 Hasn't Heard?

    Finally, it occurs to me to wonder about which, because there must be, GD show DL2 has never listened to. Or has he really heard every show that's in the Vault? Maybe he has, I guess he's had enough time to. Anybody have any idea? Peace!

  • woodro69
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    This space is getting hot....

    That's one smokin' Althea

  • Gleenco
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Don't forget the H

    Two towns, only one has the H.
    @Mick55: I've got it as the 2nd of 2 (although setlists has the order wrong on one of them).

  • 1stshow70878
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Ever

    I think jeff4682 posted about 20+ posts back on this thread how to do that.

  • Default Avatar
    ever grateful
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Question about the Taper’s Section

    Hey, thanks for the Taper’s Sec info. Does anyone know a way to Search in this section?
    I go to the Taper’s Section often, but I’ve never found a way to search in it. I always just scroll down thru each entry where they write just a bit about the post. To see more of what’s in the post, I click on Read More. And if I want to go farther back in time, I have to add pages at the bottom. It’s a bit antiquated, but so be it. Just wondering if I’m missing a way to Search.

Yesterday's answer...
Providence, RI, Providence Civic Center
From 1978, 1977, and 1973, respectively, all three of these songs land on many people's Top 20 Grateful Dead songs list.
Yesterday's Winner...
Rock
Malaga
NJ

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