Grateful Dead Dead To The Core Noteworthy Dark Stars This is a collection of noteworthy versions of Bird Song played by the Grateful Dead. It is very closely based on a list put together by Eric Wybenga and published in his book _Dead To The Core: An Almanac of the Grateful Dead_. Two of Eric's recommendations have been released commercially. In one case (71-04-28), I substituted the version from the next night of the same run. In the other case (91-03-16), since there's another Bird Song in Eric's list from a few weeks later, I did not replace the version from Without A Net. Bird Song was usually played "by itself", the locus of interesting first-set jamming through much of its lifetime. Occasionally Bird Song was part of a larger jam; on those occasions, I included the whole jam in this compilation. The track names are self-explanatory: they list the date of the performance, the SHNID of the source, and shortened names of the songs included in the track. In each case, the music in these tracks is exactly the same as the music from the source indicated by the SHNID. When necessary, I joined the songs into jams using "shntool join", and then I compressed the files using "flac --best". I used shntool version 3.0.2 and flac version 1.1.3. I did not add any fades, or fix the levels across sources, or otherwise modify the music. First shared via bitTorrent at bt.eTree.org, July 2008, by SteveSw. Contents: gd71-04-29.16782.BirdSong.flac gd72-07-18.32878.BirdSong.flac gd72-08-12.03327.BirdSong.flac gd72-08-27.16582.BirdSong.flac gd72-11-19.17705.BirdSong.flac gd73-06-22.88526.BirdSong.flac gd80-10-31.83158.BirdSong-Ripple.flac gd81-03-07.82370.BirdSong-LooksLikeRain-Deal.flac gd83-04-16.28294.BirdSong.flac gd85-06-21.11492.BirdSong.flac gd85-11-05.21246.BirdSong.flac gd87-03-02.82729.BirdSong.flac gd87-03-26.81450.BirdSong.flac gd87-12-31.85684.BirdSong.flac gd88-07-16.87751.BirdSong.flac gd88-09-16.05289.BirdSong.flac gd89-06-19.83673.BirdSong.flac gd90-03-29.33925.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac gd91-09-20.34799.BirdSong.flac gd92-05-21.92355.BirdSong.flac gd93-03-20.28428.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac gd93-09-22.77070.BirdSong.flac gd94-06-13.08239.BirdSong.flac gd94-08-03.20291.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac gd95-06-02.85533.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac SHNTOOL LEN length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename 12:20.23 130590140 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd71-04-29.16782.BirdSong.wav 9:10.46 97128236 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd72-07-18.32878.BirdSong.wav 10:38.23 112597340 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd72-08-12.03327.BirdSong.wav 13:02.04 137954252 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd72-08-27.16582.BirdSong.wav 11:02.22 116828588 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd72-11-19.17705.BirdSong.wav 14:00.61 148319516 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd73-06-22.88526.BirdSong.wav 14:04.22 148933388 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd80-10-31.83158.BirdSong-Ripple.wav 35:22.72 374490188 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd81-03-07.82370.BirdSong-LooksLikeRain-Deal.wav 10:21.10 109567964 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd83-04-16.28294.BirdSong.wav 8:55.42 94472828 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd85-06-21.11492.BirdSong.wav 10:56.37 115805468 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd85-11-05.21246.BirdSong.wav 13:14.05 140073404 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd87-03-02.82729.BirdSong.wav 10:30.69 111294332 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd87-03-26.81450.BirdSong.wav 9:33.66 101232476 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd87-12-31.85684.BirdSong.wav 12:08.58 128555660 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd88-07-16.87751.BirdSong.wav 11:48.17 124931228 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd88-09-16.05289.BirdSong.wav 14:15.32 150897308 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd89-06-19.83673.BirdSong.wav 17:47.37 188305868 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd90-03-29.33925.BirdSong-PromisedLand.wav 15:55.74 168635716 B -b- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd91-09-20.34799.BirdSong.wav 14:32.44 153924332 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd92-05-21.92355.BirdSong.wav 19:50.65 210068924 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd93-03-20.28428.BirdSong-PromisedLand.wav 14:02.72 148698188 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd93-09-22.77070.BirdSong.wav 13:53.26 147002396 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd94-06-13.08239.BirdSong.wav 21:25.45 226779884 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd94-08-03.20291.BirdSong-PromisedLand.wav 20:01.52 211978748 B --- -- ----- wav 1.0000 gd95-06-02.85533.BirdSong-PromisedLand.wav 358:56.49 3799066372 B 1.0000 (25 files)