This mix includes every 1983 Dead track Dave Lemieux chose for the 2010-2021 “30 Days of Dead” releases. There have been a notable number of full-show, 1983 releases in this period, but these tracks are not on them.
Dave has served up a delicious 100-minute selection – something like a giant first set with a deeper dive. I wasn’t shy about leading off with 1983’s most notable breakout, setting the whole in motion as an impossible, but desirable trip.
These tracks are a reminder that among all the sterile, poorly-mixed early-80s soundboards, there are scores of tapes that are as beefy and immersible as those from any year, allowing the Dead of the era to make their case on even terms.
100-minute mp3 mix zipped up here
- St. Stephen (10/15/83)
- Bertha >
- Greatest Story Ever Told (12/30/83)
- Sugaree (10/17/83)
- My Brother Esau (4/10/83)
- Dupree’s Diamond Blues (4/19/83)
- Jack Straw (3/26/83)
- Far From Me (4/13/83)
- Might as Well (4/10/83)
- Cassidy (8/31/83)
- To Lay Me Down (10/17/83)
- Playin’ in the Band >
- China Doll >
- Playin’ Jam > Jam (8/31/83)
- Don’t Ease Me In (8/31/83)
Editing notes:
Everything is volume equalized. I found numerous places to add gentle segues. I addressed a dramatic volume shift in “Jack Straw” and a tape gap in “Bertha.”