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)
