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
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839 comments

  • smallz
    4 days 10 hours ago
    you're right

    I came back to correct myself because the 5678's were from Kill Bill. The band in Wayne's World is Crucial Taunt lol

  • opeelipsky
    4 days 11 hours ago
    Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

    Looked for a while for this China Cat Sunflower
    Was a bit proud when I heard the right jingle peek through.
    My mind was wandering a bit after the 10th or so try.
    But I knew my time was coming any old day and the right notes seemed to shine my way.
    Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs from another show.
    Hope you are able to discover these songs on your own.

  • ronmarley1
    4 days 12 hours ago
    Tricky

    With four songs, I thought it would be easy.
    Deadlists proved me wrong.
    Then I listened. Shoulda done that first. Dummass...
    Hit it on the second try.

  • HStones
    4 days 12 hours ago
    My mind was wandering...

    ... like the wild geese in the West
    But I also popped onto this show first!
    Not the best quality recordings of this show - nice that Dave's offering seems to bring out the keys much better than on the archive source I listened to. And another long set - Thank you!

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    sivia
    4 days 12 hours ago
    Grateful

    What an enjoyable morning's romp through some truly fantastic shows - to finally get the ONE was a triumph - now to listen to the entire show. Thank you for a month of sweet tunes! The sound quality on this one is just stellar.

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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