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)
