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:
A couple of songs from two consecutive early 1970s albums, with both songs being a big part of the repertoire from their debuts onward
day23_wmzXRhGHGOXeCRc_ramble_grow.mp3
845 comments

  • RyXs
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Weird Download

    Time length on the Dead.net "BTW" from Nov.3 of 30Dead Days seems normal for that song.
    What was downloaded to my iTunes was some over twelve minute behemoth of a "BTW" so what gives!? An error?

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    ever grateful
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Archive dot org is back!

    Great news! Archive's 'player' is up & running!
    And might I add a kind plug for them. Internet Archive has sure been hit hard lately with the cyber hack, and groups trying to shut them down. For all the joy we've rec'd, and how much they contribute to our playing this game and more, I invite you to join me in kicking some $ their way. I know they'd be ever grateful.
    (~);-}

  • China Cat Sunflower
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    Every November is my favorite!!!

    Thank you for always making 30 Days Of Dead so much fun. RIP dearest Phil Lesh.... may the four winds blow you safely home. We are blessed to have so many sweet memories.

  • deded54
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    post noodling??

    I wouldn't call 10 seconds of short chopping as noodling...I've listened repeatedly with no recognizable tune in there...so yeah...must be luck, especially when there's almost 3 minutes of noodling after the song that still doesn't give me any clues to the next song... but I submitted my choice and it syncs perfectly.

  • ivansbacon
    2 weeks 6 days ago
    MP3's

    I take em cause they are free. I hate digital music, I only buy analog vinyl
    (no plangnet crap files on vinyl) I will not pay money for that.
    MP3 are the worst.
    PLEASE , stop putting plangent files on vinyl. save it for CD's.

Yesterday's answer...
Indianapolis, IN, State Fair Coliseum
China Cat Sunflower and I Know You Rider were joined together in September 1969, and from their first time together it sounded like a natural fit. As the years went on, the Dead developed an intricate, composed jam to join the two, as heard here
Yesterday's Winner...
Howard
Tuxedo
NY

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