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
840 comments

  • geododge
    4 days 16 hours ago
    Another Easy One

    Despite SetList being down, Grateful Stats made for an easy search!

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    WALSTIB33
    4 days 17 hours ago
    tough one

    guestimate based on brents sound. Have a grateful day!

  • Wackaloonq
    4 days 17 hours ago
    interesting but not a hint

    it is interesting to see that the number of times this sequence was played while finite also was only once or twice a year.
    first run got me down to 5.
    using “attics” app to try syncing for now.
    still very interesting to listen to changes from each year.
    just sayin….info for those into more input.
    happy hunting
    you will know when u have it synced up right

  • dougbr1ne
    4 days 18 hours ago
    Mr Gonzalez I presume...

    .... Speedy but a fun listen. Back in the days of the cassette collection era you'd have these shows that you still held on to but were just approaching Chipmunk vocals territory. And hoped that a better copy would come into your hands down the road a piece. A bit north of the key of G right from the get go - caught my ears right away. Other night down the road on a nearby date has a wild combination that still surprises me in the segue.

  • Wackaloonq
    4 days 18 hours ago
    tasty

    ooh and a nice sized list to go thru makes it a proper search day

    anyone having trouble getting relisten or archive to play the show.
    had to use alternate means yesterday and had no way to sync which i like to do just to be sure.

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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