Grateful Dead
Noteworthy Bird Songs: V2
This is a collection of noteworthy versions of Bird Song played by the
Grateful Dead. It's a revision of a collection circulated at eTree in
July, 2008:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=516645
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 also includes several
other versions of Bird Song 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.
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 integrated 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. For 71-04-28, I've included a home-brewed
16-bit transfer of SHNID 102859. In all other cases, 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.
Shared at LL, December 2009.
Contents:
gd71-04-28.xxxxxx.BirdSong.flac
gd71-04-29.016782.BirdSong.flac
gd71-07-31.005678.BirdSong.flac
gd72-07-18.032878.BirdSong.flac
gd72-08-12.003327.BirdSong.flac
gd72-08-27.016582.BirdSong.flac
gd72-11-19.017705.BirdSong.flac
gd73-03-30.011616.BirdSong.flac
gd73-06-22.088526.BirdSong.flac
gd73-06-30.029753.BirdSong.flac
gd73-09-12.021618.BirdSong.flac
gd80-10-31.083158.BirdSong-Ripple.flac
gd81-03-07.082370.BirdSong-LooksLikeRain-Deal.flac
gd82-04-12.095638.BirdSong.flac
gd83-04-16.028294.BirdSong.flac
gd84-07-15.096152.Dancin-BirdSong.flac
gd85-06-21.011492.BirdSong.flac
gd85-11-05.021246.BirdSong.flac
gd87-03-02.082729.BirdSong.flac
gd87-03-26.081450.BirdSong.flac
gd87-12-31.085684.BirdSong.flac
gd88-07-16.087751.BirdSong.flac
gd88-09-16.005289.BirdSong.flac
gd89-06-19.083673.BirdSong.flac
gd89-12-27.088397.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
gd90-03-16.085201.BirdSong.flac
gd90-03-29.033925.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
gd90-12-31.090102.BirdSong.flac
gd91-04-01.031966.BirdSong.flac
gd91-09-20.034799.BirdSong.flac
gd92-05-21.092355.BirdSong.flac
gd93-03-20.028428.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
gd93-09-22.077070.BirdSong.flac
gd94-06-13.008239.BirdSong.flac
gd94-08-03.020291.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
gd95-06-02.085533.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
SHNTOOL LEN:
length expanded size cdr WAVE problems fmt ratio filename
6:45.20 71489084 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5119 gd71-04-28.xxxxxx.BirdSong.flac
12:20.23 130590140 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5254 gd71-04-29.016782.BirdSong.flac
7:54.01 83615996 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.2918 gd71-07-31.005678.BirdSong.flac
9:10.46 97128236 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5738 gd72-07-18.032878.BirdSong.flac
10:38.23 112597340 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5211 gd72-08-12.003327.BirdSong.flac
13:02.04 137954252 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4928 gd72-08-27.016582.BirdSong.flac
11:02.22 116828588 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4391 gd72-11-19.017705.BirdSong.flac
10:53.45 115295084 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.4908 gd73-03-30.011616.BirdSong.flac
14:00.61 148319516 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5970 gd73-06-22.088526.BirdSong.flac
9:58.16 105524876 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5532 gd73-06-30.029753.BirdSong.flac
13:33.15 143448524 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5338 gd73-09-12.021618.BirdSong.flac
14:04.22 148933388 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5708 gd80-10-31.083158.BirdSong-Ripple.flac
35:22.72 374490188 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6394 gd81-03-07.082370.BirdSong-LooksLikeRain-Deal.flac
8:53.33 94098860 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6554 gd82-04-12.095638.BirdSong.flac
10:21.10 109567964 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6099 gd83-04-16.028294.BirdSong.flac
20:44.61 219585116 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6643 gd84-07-15.096152.Dancin-BirdSong.flac
8:55.42 94472828 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5750 gd85-06-21.011492.BirdSong.flac
10:56.37 115805468 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5462 gd85-11-05.021246.BirdSong.flac
13:14.05 140073404 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6380 gd87-03-02.082729.BirdSong.flac
10:30.69 111294332 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5809 gd87-03-26.081450.BirdSong.flac
9:33.66 101232476 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6392 gd87-12-31.085684.BirdSong.flac
12:08.58 128555660 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6232 gd88-07-16.087751.BirdSong.flac
11:48.17 124931228 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6118 gd88-09-16.005289.BirdSong.flac
14:15.32 150897308 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6364 gd89-06-19.083673.BirdSong.flac
18:15.24 193214492 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6727 gd89-12-27.088397.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
13:54.74 147291692 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6396 gd90-03-16.085201.BirdSong.flac
17:47.37 188305868 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5823 gd90-03-29.033925.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
14:33.29 154065452 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5854 gd90-12-31.090102.BirdSong.flac
16:41.04 176585852 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5343 gd91-04-01.031966.BirdSong.flac
15:55.74 168636092 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5426 gd91-09-20.034799.BirdSong.flac
14:32.44 153924332 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5340 gd92-05-21.092355.BirdSong.flac
19:50.65 210068924 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5815 gd93-03-20.028428.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
14:02.72 148698188 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5810 gd93-09-22.077070.BirdSong.flac
13:53.26 147002396 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5273 gd94-06-13.008239.BirdSong.flac
21:25.45 226779884 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.6147 gd94-08-03.020291.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
20:01.52 211978748 B --- -- ---xx flac 0.5163 gd95-06-02.085533.BirdSong-PromisedLand.flac
501:03.71 5303281776 B 0.5766 (36 files)