30 Days of Dead
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!
First two days are horrible bitrate. <128 is the lowest bitrate possible. Not worth the bother if we can't get a decent bitrate. It was a good run though.
Heard the warm up, the effects on Jerry's guitar, Jerry's solo sound and Bob's little post song warm up pieces and knew it could only be one year. Went to one of the shows on this run. All 3 had some great gems. Such a tour. Have fun w/this one and check out some surrounding show dates!
Do you input your answer?
Just to satisfy everyone's technical needs, throw out a 1st audience tape from back when we used to ONLY get them in the parking lots..
So easy and I blew it…time to buckle in