This is an 11:32 edit of two unreleased rehearsal takes of “Days Between” from the same sessions that provided the recording used on the “So Many Roads” compilation. These two come from 2/10/93. The motivation for the edit was just to have another really good version of the song to listen to.
I don’t think anyone will fight me, if I say that “Days Between” was the giant among The Grateful Dead’s final batch of songs, built on a musical logic all its own. Its closest kin is probably “Stella Blue.” Unfortunately, there aren’t that many live performances that nail both the vocals and the music.
I made this a while ago, so I can’t recall how many different pieces of the two takes I collaged to build the song-section of the track. Maybe three. That edit flows into a long, heavy jam that concluded one of the versions, and which is quite different from the “So Many Roads” one. At the conclusion, you’ll hear Garcia comment, “Coming along!”
- Days Between (edit, 2/10/93, Club Front)
Cover art adapted from a Barnett Newman painting.