30 DAYS OF DEAD

Dead.net Presents 30 Days of Dead. Selections are grateful so far.
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"We're on a mission to make a miracle every day. As a token of our appreciation for making 2010 an epic year, we're giving away a high-quality 320Kbps download every day this November. That's 30 days of Dead! Intrigued? We're also going to put your knowledge to the test and give you the chance to win some great music from the Dead."

Monday, November 1st

New Speedway Boogie
Fillmore East, NY, NY- 9/20/70

This is one of the acoustic/electric hybrid versions of this Workingman’s Dead classic. Although not residing in the Grateful Dead’s master tape collection, this was drawn from the tapes recorded by the Fillmore East crew.
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Tuesday, November 2nd

Dark Star
Fillmore West, SF, CA- 6/5/69

Another classic mid-1969 version of Dark Star, similar in tone and energy to the versions played in February-March, 1969 at the same venue, one of which (2/27/69) was included on Live/Dead. This Dark Star would later go into the “typical” (oh, the days when THAT was typical…) sequence of St. Stephen>The Eleven>Lovelight.
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Wednesday, November 3rd

Althea
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT- 3/14/81

This was recorded on the excellent Spring Tour of 1981, which featured to magnificent nights at Madison Square Garden, the famous University of Maryland show with the super-long Bird Song, and the end of March jaunt over to Europe for a batch of shows at London’s Rainbow and the 3/28/81 show in Essen, West Germany with The Who.
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Thursday, November 4th

Playing In The Band
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA- 5/13/73

This long, spacey Playing In The Band is one of the finest versions from a year that was filled with great Playings. This show in Des Moines was the first of three consecutive weekends of giant shows by the Grateful Dead, with May 20 seeing the band play at UCSB in Santa Barbara, and of course the famous 5/26/73 to wrap up May’s performances at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco.
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Friday, November 5th

Easy Wind
Springer's Inn, Portland, OR - 1/16/70

Another mighty fine Easy Wind from 1970, complete with that great Bob Weir guitar work (not to mention Jerry’s fine playing…). This was the first of two shows at Springer’s Inn in Portland, sandwiched around a show in Corvalis.
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Saturday, November 6th

Sugaree
Warfield, San Francisco, CA- 10/13/80

This version of Sugaree was recorded on the 14th and penultimate show at the Warfield during the three week run of shows that featured three sets of music night, one acoustic and two electric. After these shows at the Warfield, the band took their show on the road for two nights in New Orleans, followed by eight shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Sunday, November 7th

He's Gone
Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT - 3/26/87

This version of He’s Gone is from the “comeback” tour that welcomed the Grateful Dead back to the East Coast for the first time since 7/7/86, when Jerry was recuperating from his diabetic coma. The band brought a renewed energy with them to virtually every stop on this tour, as shown in this powerful, inspired He’s Gone. The closing jam at the end of the song, in particular, shows just how happy they were to be playing again. This recording was drawn from a very clean “matrix” recording, which is a blend of the soundboard feed with audience microphones, creating a very “live” sound.
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Monday, November 8th

Estimated Prophet
Warfield, San Francisco, CA - 10/7/80

This recording was drawn from the middle of the Grateful Dead’s unprecedented 15 night run at the Warfield in San Francisco, from which part of Dead Set and Reckoning were drawn. All of these concerts were recorded to multi-track tape. This a rough mix done in 1981 during production of Dead Set.