Grateful Dead
Noteworthy Dark Stars
This is a collection of noteworthy versions of Dark Stars played by
the Grateful Dead. It is a revision of a collection originally
circulated on eTree in July, 2008.
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=516543
The original collection was 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_. This revised collection includes sources from
Eric's list that were omitted from the original collection because I
did not believe I should seed them at eTree. It drops some of the
versions I used to "replace" versions I didn't think I could seed. It
also includes several other versions of Dark Star that were
recommended in the comments on the original collection, as well as
versions that I thought should be added. Remember, "noteworthy" does
not mean "best". In particular, I've included some versions just to
illustrate how the song sounds over the band's lifetime. I welcome
your ideas about what should be included or dropped from the
collection. There could easily be a version 3.
Most of these Dark Stars are integral parts of larger jams, and it
seemed a violence to cut them out and present them here by themselves.
So, more often than ot, I've included jams containing Dark Stars here
which I've bounded as best I could. Still, it makes for a lot of
music.
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. 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", I snipped white space
from the end of the tracks and sometimes added fades using WaveLab
6.0, and then I compressed the files using "flac --best". I used
shntool version 3.0.9 and flac version 1.2.1.
If you have the first version of this collection, you should be able
to leech over it and only grab the changes: you'll have to rename the
old tracks first, as I've had to use six-digit SHNIDs i this version
of the project.
Shared at LL, December 2009.
Contents:
gd68-10-08.025757.DarkStar-CosmicCharlie.flac
gd69-02-27.006315.DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight.flac
gd69-03-01.009391.DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight.flac
gd69-11-08.017433.DarkStar-OtherOne-DarkStar-UncleJohn-DarkStar.flac
gd70-02-13.097639.DarkStar-OtherOne-Lovelight.flac
gd70-09-19.031510.DarkStar-StStephen-NFA-Jams-NFA.flac
gd71-02-18.085478.DarkStar-WharfRat-Jam-DarkStar.MeAndMyUncle.flac
gd71-11-07.009570.DarkStar.flac
gd71-12-05.003391.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-StandingOnTopOfTheWorld.flac
gd72-04-24.016332.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-WharfRat-SugarMag.flac
gd72-05-11.009357.DarkStar.flac
gd72-07-18.032878.Truckin-DarkStar-ComesATime.flac
gd72-08-27.016582.DarkStar-ElPaso.flac
gd72-09-21.007296.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
gd72-11-19.017705.DarkStar-WRSPrelude-HalfStep.flac
gd73-02-15.001580.DarkStar-Eyes-ChinaDoll.flac
gd73-06-10.089730.DarkStar.flac
gd73-11-11.088485.DarkStar-MLBJam-Eyes-CHinaDoll.flac
gd73-12-06.004452.DarkStar-Eyes-StellaBlue.flac
gd74-02-24.021370.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
gd74-07-25.012656.DarkStar-Slipknot-StellaBlue.flac
gd74-09-10.018806.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
gd74-10-18.034950.Seastones-DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
gd89-10-09.080840.DarkStar.flac
gd89-10-26.083428.DarkStar.flac
gd90-09-20.028691.DarkStar-Playin-DarkStar.flac
gd90-12-31.090102.NFA-Eyes-DarkStar.flac
gd91-04-01.031966.DarkStar-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
gd91-10-31.032241.DarkStar-Deepness-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
SHNTOOL LEN:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
17:16.25 182809244 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.3888 gd68-10-08.025757.DarkStar-CosmicCharlie.flac
61:40.54 652807052 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5375 gd69-02-27.006315.DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight.flac
55:05.61 583145516 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6309 gd69-03-01.009391.DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight.flac
32:55.49 348505292 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5192 gd69-11-08.017433.DarkStar-OtherOne-DarkStar-UncleJohn-DarkStar.flac
89:46.20 950137484 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5695 gd70-02-13.097639.DarkStar-OtherOne-Lovelight.flac
41:13.39 436328972 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5454 gd70-09-19.031510.DarkStar-StStephen-NFA-Jams-NFA.flac
25:40.63 271804220 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5157 gd71-02-18.085478.DarkStar-WharfRat-Jam-DarkStar.MeAndMyUncle.flac
15:27.61 163666316 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5073 gd71-11-07.009570.DarkStar.flac
27:59.15 296210924 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5910 gd71-12-05.003391.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-StandingOnTopOfTheWorld.flac
59:53.29 633873452 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4938 gd72-04-24.016332.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-WharfRat-SugarMag.flac
47:11.30 499459004 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5206 gd72-05-11.009357.DarkStar.flac
47:29.27 502627148 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5647 gd72-07-18.032878.Truckin-DarkStar-ComesATime.flac
37:01.59 391923212 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4687 gd72-08-27.016582.DarkStar-ElPaso.flac
48:53.13 517411820 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5207 gd72-09-21.007296.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
39:34.10 418797164 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4022 gd72-11-19.017705.DarkStar-WRSPrelude-HalfStep.flac
44:43.00 473281244 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5040 gd73-02-15.001580.DarkStar-Eyes-ChinaDoll.flac
26:12.47 277411388 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5451 gd73-06-10.089730.DarkStar.flac
55:03.02 582653948 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5397 gd73-11-11.088485.DarkStar-MLBJam-Eyes-CHinaDoll.flac
66:15.65 701342924 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4524 gd73-12-06.004452.DarkStar-Eyes-StellaBlue.flac
42:41.74 451934492 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5288 gd74-02-24.021370.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
32:34.00 344685644 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5303 gd74-07-25.012656.DarkStar-Slipknot-StellaBlue.flac
44:26.13 470313020 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4852 gd74-09-10.018806.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
73:09.74 774393692 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4757 gd74-10-18.034950.Seastones-DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
19:22.67 205134428 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4897 gd89-10-09.080840.DarkStar.flac
27:00.00 285768044 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6138 gd89-10-26.083428.DarkStar.flac
31:56.37 338069468 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5289 gd90-09-20.028691.DarkStar-Playin-DarkStar.flac
55:19.08 585490460 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5300 gd90-12-31.090102.NFA-Eyes-DarkStar.flac
43:40.29 462236252 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4684 gd91-04-01.031966.DarkStar-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
41:53.20 443340284 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4460 gd91-10-31.032241.DarkStar-Deepness-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
1251:28.16 13245562108 B 0.5168 (29 files)