Grateful Dead
Dead To The Core
Noteworthy Dark Stars

This is a collection of noteworthy versions of Dark Star 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_. Five of Eric\'s recommendations have been released commercially. In one case (69-11-08) we also have an AUD, so I\'ve used it here. In the other cases, in order to maintain the broad historic context of the collection, I have replaced the commercially released Dark Stars (69-02-27, 69-03-01, 70-02-13, 71-10-31, 74-10-18) with other noteworthy versions (69-02-21, 69-04-22, 70-06-24, 74-02-24, 74-07-25) that seem to be played out of similar contexts. I would never argue that the replacements are \"as good as\" the comercially released shows. Once you download this, copy in the songs from your commercial discs, and listen to the whole series of Dark Stars as Eric intended. Meanwhile, given what we have to work with here, these Dark Stars I offer you are not bad ;) Feedback as to what you make of my decisions is welcomed!

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. I joined the songs into jams using \"shntool join\", I trimmed occasional extraneous material from each end of the jam using Nero WaveEditor, I fixed up the resulting wavs using \"shntool fix\", 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.

Sometimes it seems to me that Dark Star lives on its own. Other times, Dark Star is totally intertwined with the songs around it as part of a larger jam. For each of these shows, I have made a decision about what I think is \"part of\" the Dark Star and what is not. Feedback on that choice is also welcomed....

First shared via bitTorrent at bt.eTree.org, July 2008, by SteveSw.


Contents:
gd68-10-08.25757.DarkStar-CosmicCharlie
gd69-02-21.07859.DarkStar
gd69-04-22.88466.Jam-DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight
gd69-11-08.26331.DarkStar-OtherOne
gd70-06-24.23062.DarkStar-Attics-DarkStar-SugarMag-DarkStar
gd70-09-19.31510.DarkStar-StStephen-NFA-Jams-NFA
gd71-02-18.85478.DarkStar-WharfRat-Jam-DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle
gd71-11-07.09570.DarkStar
gd71-12-05.03391.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-StandingOnTopOfTheWorld
gd72-05-11.09357.DarkStar
gd72-07-18.32878.Truckin-DarkStar-ComesATime
gd72-08-27.16582.DarkStar-ElPaso
gd72-11-19.17705.DarkStar-WRSPrelude-HalfStep
gd73-02-15.01580.DarkStar-Eyes-ChinaDoll
gd73-06-10.89730.DarkStar
gd74-02-24.21370.DarkStar-MorningDew
gd74-07-25.12656.DarkStar-Slipknot-StellaBlue
gd89-10-09.80840.DarkStar
gd90-09-20.28691.DarkStar-Playin-DarkStar
gd90-12-31.90102.NFA-Eyes-DarkStar
gd91-04-01.31966.DarkStar-Drums-Space-DarkStar
gd91-10-31.32241.DarkStar-Deepness-Drums-Space-DarkStar


SHNTOOL LEN:
    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
    17:16.25      182809244 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.3888  gd68-10-08.25757.DarkStar-CosmicCharlie.flac
    21:20.36      225877088 B   -b-   --   ---xx   flac  0.3923  gd69-02-21.07859.DarkStar.flac
    76:53.13      813763820 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5490  gd69-04-22.88466.Jam-DarkStar-StStephen-Eleven-Lovelight.flac
    15:06.64      159968972 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4068  gd69-11-08.26331.DarkStar-OtherOne.flac
    31:17.22      331154588 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5748  gd70-06-24.23062.DarkStar-Attics-DarkStar-SugarMag-DarkStar.flac
    41:13.39      436328972 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5454  gd70-09-19.31510.DarkStar-StStephen-NFA-Jams-NFA.flac
    25:40.63      271804220 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5157  gd71-02-18.85478.DarkStar-WharfRat-Jam-DarkStar.MeAndMyUncle.flac
    15:27.61      163666316 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5073  gd71-11-07.09570.DarkStar.flac
    27:59.15      296210924 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5910  gd71-12-05.03391.DarkStar-MeAndMyUncle-DarkStar-StandingOnTopOfTheWorld.flac
    47:11.30      499459004 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5206  gd72-05-11.09357.DarkStar.flac
    47:29.27      502627148 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5647  gd72-07-18.32878.Truckin-DarkStar-ComesATime.flac
    37:01.59      391923212 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4687  gd72-08-27.16582.DarkStar.ElPaso.flac
    39:34.10      418797164 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4022  gd72-11-19.17705.DarkStar-WRSPrelude-HalfStep.flac
    44:43.00      473281244 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5040  gd73-02-15.01580.DarkStar-Eyes-ChinaDoll.flac
    26:12.47      277411388 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5451  gd73-06-10.89730.DarkStar.flac
    42:41.74      451934492 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5288  gd74-02-24.21370.DarkStar-MorningDew.flac
    32:34.00      344685644 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5303  gd74-07-25.12656.DarkStar-Slipknot-StellaBlue.flac
    19:22.67      205134428 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4897  gd89-10-09.80840.DarkStar.flac
    31:56.37      338069468 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5289  gd90-09-20.28691.DarkStar-Playin-DarkStar.flac
    55:19.08      585490460 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5300  gd90-12-31.90102.NFA-Eyes-DarkStar.flac
    43:40.29      462236252 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4684  gd91-04-01.31966.DarkStar-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
    41:53.20      443340284 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4460  gd91-10-31.32241.DarkStar-Deepness-Drums-Space-DarkStar.flac
   781:55.71     8275974332 B                            0.5086  (22 files)
