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:
Three songs by three singers; only one of the songs appeared on a Grateful Dead studio album
day15_zeUavypGOFANeJO_box_mexicali.mp3
620 comments

  • Bundubush
    1 week ago
    Not yet, trouble ahead, trouble behind

    Indeed, this one for me has the answer not in the music ... haa haaa yooo hoooo but I can't find it and suddenly am in the longer versions!

  • 1stshow70878
    1 week ago
    Trouble!

    Not giving up yet but I need a break. Brain fuzzy from dozens of tries over 2+ hours. I think I'm in the right year or so but I've resorted to comparing the acapella ending. As some have surmised, I think this may be a trickster one. Good luck to all.
    Cheers

  • gnosticaspirant
    1 week ago
    Yesterday's Answer

    Felt Forum 1994, lol

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    D-Rae
    1 week ago
    Trouble ahead, trouble behind

    Geez. There are so many from this era, and many that are missing from the internet. And so many bad audience recordings. The place of the most promising clue gets drowned out by the audience, even on some of the board recordings. Has anyone found it?

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    D-Rae
    1 week ago
    Trouble ahead, trouble behind

    Geez. There are so many from this era, and many that are missing from the internet. And so many bad audience recordings. The place of the most promising clue gets drowned out by the audience, even on some of the board recordings. Has anyone found it?

Yesterday's answer...
Hollywood, CA, Hollywood Palladium
Both 1/2 Step and Black-Throated Wind debuted in 1972, with Bird Song coming a year earlier in 1971.
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