‘Day Of The Dead’ Grateful Dead Source Material Spotify Playlist

By Andy Kahn May 21, 2016 • 1:00 pm PDT

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Yesterday, 4AD released the massive 59-track Day Of The Dead box set compilation tribute to the Grateful Dead in support of the Red Hot Organization charity. The nearly five and half hour collection of artists covering songs from the Dead’s wide-ranging repertoire curated by The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner features an incredibly impressive array of participants from many divergent music scenes, often not associated with the iconic rock band.

A Spotify Playlist created by 4AD of the source material of era-specific Grateful Dead recordings is the focus of this week’s edition of Saturday Stream. All but four of the 56 tracks in the set are culled from live shows the Dead played during their 30 year career. The playlist is presented to match with the tracklist of the official Day Of The Dead digital release and clocks in at a whopping seven hours and 50 minutes.

Such selections include “Candyman” from November 5, 1977 (covered by Jim James & Friends), “Black Muddy River” from April 3, 1989 (covered by Bruce Hornsby & DeYarmond Edison), “Althea” from March 15, 1990 (used by Bryce Dessner for “Garcia Counterpoint”), “Help On The Way” from March 30, 1990 (covered by Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Oliver Wood and Abigail Washburn), “Cumberland Blues” from April 8, 1972 (covered by Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band), “St. Stephen” from February 27, 1969 (covered by Wilco with Bob Weir) and “Dark Star” from November 8, 1969 (covered by Cass McCombs, Joe Russo & Friends) among many others.

Stream the set via 4AD below:

Playlist Tracklist (via Spotify)

  1. Touch Of Grey – Live At Madison Square Garden, NY, Sept. 1990
  2. Sugaree [Live at Hartford, CT, May 28, 1977]
  3. Candyman [Live At Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, November 5, 1977]
  4. Cassidy [Live October 1989 – April 1990]
  5. Black Muddy River [Live at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, April 3, 1989]
  6. Loser [Live at Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf 4/24/72]
  7. Peggy-O [Live in Englishtown, NJ, September 3, 1977]
  8. Box Of Rain – Live at the Civic Center, Hartford, CT, March 19, 1990
  9. To Lay Me Down [Live]
  10. New Speedway Boogie [Live Acoustic, unknown, 1970]
  11. Friend Of The Devil [Live at Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 26, 1979]
  12. Uncle John’s Band [Live at Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, March 1990]
  13. Me And My Uncle – Live – 8/27/72 Veneta, Oregon
  14. Mountains Of The Moon [Live at Fillmore West March 1, 1969]
  15. Black Peter – Live at Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY 3/25/90
  16. Terrapin Station [Live in Englishtown, NJ, September 3, 1977]
  17. Attics Of My Life [Live at Meadowlands Arena, October 16, 1989]
  18. St. Stephen – Live at The Fillmore West San Fran 1969 Remastered Version
  19. If I Had The World To Give [Studio]
  20. Standing On The Moon [Live At Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, September 16, 1990]
  21. Cumberland Blues – Live in England 1972 Remastered Version
  22. Ship Of Fools [Live At Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, August 7, 1982]
  23. Bird Song – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York 3/29/90 ; Live
  24. [Walk Me Out In The] Morning Dew [Live at Shrine Auditorium, August 23-24,1968]
  25. Truckin’ – Olympia Theatre, Paris, France 5/3/1972
  26. Dark Star [Live at Fillmore East, February 13-14, 1970]
  27. Dark Star [2] [Live at Fillmore Auditorium, November 8, 1969]
  28. Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad [Live at Jahrhundert Halle, Frankfurt, Germany, April 26, 1972]
  29. Playing In The Band – Live – 8/27/72 Veneta, Oregon
  30. Stella Blue [Live at Palladium, New York, NY, April 30, 1977]
  31. Eyes Of The World [Live at Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT, May 10, 1978]
  32. Help On The Way / Slipknot / Franklin’s Tower [Live October 1989 – April 1990]
  33. Till The Morning Comes – Live at The Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA 1970 Version
  34. Ripple [Studio]
  35. Brokedown Palace [Remastered Live Version]
  36. Here Comes Sunshine – Live from San Diego Sports Arena 11/14/73
  37. Shakedown Street [Live at Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 26, 1979]
  38. Brown-Eyed Women [Live at Lakeland Civic Center Arena, Lakeland, FA, May 21, 1977]
  39. Jack-A-Roe [Live, Tuscaloosa, May 17, 1977]
  40. High Time [Live at Nassau Coliseum, May 15-16, 1980]
  41. Dire Wolf [Live in Nassau Coliseum, May 6, 1981]
  42. Althea – Live October 1989 – April 1990
  43. Clementine [Live in Portland, February 2, 1968]
  44. China Cat Sunflower [Live at Nassau Coliseum, May 15-16, 1980]
  45. I Know You Rider [Live at Nassau Coliseum, May 15-16, 1980]
  46. Easy Wind [Live, New York, May 15, 1970]
  47. Wharf Rat – Live Boston Music Hall, Boston 6/9/1976
  48. Estimated Prophet [Live in Englishtown, NJ, September 3, 1977]
  49. Drums [Live At Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, August 7, 1982]
  50. Space [Live At Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, August 7, 1982]
  51. Cream Puff War [Live at Fillmore West, July 16, 1966]
  52. Dark Star, Pt. I – Civic Hall, Rotterdam, Holland 5/11/1972
  53. What’s Become Of The Baby [Studio]
  54. King Solomon’s Marbles / Stronger Than Dirt [or Milkin’ The Turkey] [Live At The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, August 13, 1975]
  55. Rosemary [Studio]
  56. And We Bid You Goodnight [Live at Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY, March 1990]
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