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:
Three songs in a row sung by three Grateful Dead lead vocalists, none of whom are Jerry
day21_IuzIPpgBDAZPQtX_cassidy_box.mp3
791 comments

  • spreaddead
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    My favorite month

    Glad to be 'hear' :) The entry box is at the bottom beneath "Related Products" on the page with the 30 days of dead artwork. It showed for me initially but disappeared after I started to add a new comment. I could get it to show again by clearing the browser cache and reloading the page. I hope this helps others. Best of luck and happy listening. RIP Phil.

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    schrodd234
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Archive.org

    Can anyone tell me why I can't download from archive.org? Full disclosure, I'm not signed in. But I could last year. I'm trying to get a show that i stumbled on while searching which looks great, but that won't let me get it.

  • LeeBob802
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Glad you're all here

    Stealin', stealin', pretty moma don't you tell on me
    I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be

    It's good to be here, and glad you're all here as well.

  • Gleenco
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Hey Now!

    Happy November everyone. I can't believe I woke up and completely didn't realize what it day it was. Turned my calendar and thought, holy shit it's 30 days again!! Happy hunting everyone.
    It sort of feels like we're drifting out in the middle of space, but then it's a softball lob.

  • brassinthegrass
    2 weeks 5 days ago
    Happy New Year!

    The bright blue ball has spun another 365 degrees in Space and it's so good to be Playin' In The Band with all of you again. It Wheely is!

    Archive didn't want to play with me today so I hit up Relisten who was gratefully game for a little 30DOD.

Yesterday's answer...
San Francisco, CA, Family Dog at the Great Highway
The Other One was a consistent part of the Dead's repertoire 1967-1995, with Jerry's Cryptical Envelopment portion of the suite around 1967-1972 and 1985. Black Peter arrived in 1969 and stuck around to 1995
Yesterday's Winner...
Craig
Hoosick fall
NY

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