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!

Today's Song
The Wheel>I Need A Miracle>Standing On The Moon
Hint:
A trio of songs that were generally played in the post-Space part of the show from 1980 onward
day16_fTPiQxpDVCFAPoC_wheel_miracle.mp3
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641 comments

  • dougbr1ne
    6 days 22 hours ago
    Great tape this

    My friend at school from another part of the state had the tapes. He knew about the show from his older siblings and their friends that attended as it was their big local city for rock shows. A great crystal clean tape. We played set 2 many times. Later on I found some other shows from this era, before and after this particular date and they all show a tight band with a clear sound heading off to the next big era. Highly recommend set 2!!! And the night before!

  • geododge
    6 days 22 hours ago
    From Nearly Impossible to

    Way to easy!

  • Oldhead89
    6 days 23 hours ago
    Today

    This is an easy one, finally.

  • DRKSTARR
    6 days 23 hours ago
    Drive that train!

    What a nugget from the vault yesterday! That’s wa ha hooo was a clear Alligator tee up, only 2 CJ>Alligators, uncirculated on the 28th, and pretty identical to the one they played and kinda botched on the 27th . Thank you Dave!

  • driftin and dreamin
    1 week ago
    The Casey Hunt

    Man that was brutal in the best way possible, it was a deep dive fer sure. Maybe I don't need to hear that song for a week or so haha.

Yesterday's answer...
Champaign-Urbana, IL, Assembly Hall - University Of Illinois
Bob Of Rain was played live quite a bit in 1972 and 1973 before being dropped until its triumphant return in 1986. Mexicali Blues and Sugaree both debuted in 1971 and stuck around consistently until 1995, although Mexicli took a break (as did the Dead for much of the same time) in 1975 and 1976
Yesterday's Winner...
spiritman74

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