File:Christmas is Dead - December '71 with the Grateful Dead

Christmas is Dead - Dec '71

created by ArghDos (as in, the second pirate)

Available for download here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/9307w0cyyn74mom/Christmas%20is%20Dead.zip

Redistribution is A-OK with me. I do ask that you keep the text file in there (as I did put a ton of work into this). All files are freely available via the archive.

INTRO:

The Felt Forum shows have long been favourites of mine. Something about having both Keith and Pig in the band gets me all hot and bothered. I began back in November of 2013 after rediscovering (for the umpteenth time) how much I love the Felt Forum. Over the course of the next month and a half, I listened to every show from Dec. 1st to the 31st very, very many times. The goal was not to recreate a show using the best versions of songs throughout the runs... Rather I wanted to create what I saw as the best possible show that could have been played in this era. As if somehow, the best jams and songs in the month had been rolled into one unstoppable show.

SOURCES: You can find the source used for this project by following this guide. Go on archive and look for the first one you see in this list.

Charlie Miller SBD Any other SBD Any other AUD

NOTES: ~ means transitions into... because youtube is dumb and doesn't allow the arrow character

One track in set two was (ever so slightly) modified by yours truly. - cut ~ 1.5 minutes at the end of 12/01 TOO (track 11) to work better at transitioning back into the 12/10 NFA I considered cutting the end of Truckin' into Drums (tracks 7 to 8), but judged it good enough, if not perfect

I've included the uncut track in the folder "unmodified files" if you really need them.

I also included a tuning jam from 12/02, because fuck you I like it :P And really, what's the Dead without a few minutes of Dead Air?

Set 1: 01 Bertha - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 00:00 02 Me And Bobby McGee - 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall - 06:05 03 Loser - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 12:31 04 Beat It On Down The Line - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 19:40 05 China Cat Sunflower ~ - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 22:55 06 I Know You Rider ~ - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 28:52 07 Muddy Water - 1971-12-05 - Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden - 35:42 08 It Hurts Me Too - 1971-12-09 - Fox Theatre - 41:35 09 El Paso ~ Chinatown shuffle - 1971-12-31 - Winterland Arena - 47:55 10 Big Railroad Blues - 1971-12-14 - Hill Auditorium - 54:55 11 You Win Again - 1971-12-07 - Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 59:50 12 Cumberland Blues - 1971-12-07 - Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden - 01:03:50 13 Run Rudolph Run - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 01:09:37 14 Next Time You See Me - 1971-12-31 - Winterland Arena - 01:15:26 15 Dark Star ~ - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 01:20:52 16 Deal - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 01:41:15 17 Jam ~ Black Peter - 1971-12-31 - Winterland Arena - 01:47:39 18 Uncle John's Band - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 01:58:06 19 Comes A Time - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 02:04:23

Set 2: 01 intro ~ Dancing in the Street - 1971-12-31 - Winterland Arena - 02:12:08 02 Playing In The Band - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 02:21:32 03 Smokestack Lightning - 1971-12-02 - Boston Music Hall - 02:28:18 04 Brown Eyed Women - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 02:38:24 05 Mr. Charlie - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 02:44:20 06 Casey Jones - 1971-12-02 - Boston Music Hall - 02:48:33 07 Truckin' - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 02:55:02 08 Drums ~ - 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall - 03:03:15 09 The Other One ~ - 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall - 03:05:56 10 Me And My Uncle ~ - 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall - 03:20:26 11 The Other One - 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall, 1971-12-01 - Boston Music Hall - 03:23:13 12 Not Fade Away - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 03:32:20 13 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 03:38:16 14 Not Fade Away - 1971-12-10 - Fox Theatre - 03:44:37 15 One More Saturday Night - 1971-12-05 - Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden - 03:48:10 16 Sugar Magnolia - 1971-12-02 - Boston Music Hall - 03:52:44 17 tuning - 1971-12-02 - Boston Music Hall - 03:59:49 18 Brokedown Palace - 1971-12-15 - Hill Auditorium - 04:01:46 19 Johnny B Goode - 1971-12-02 - Boston Music Hall - 04:07:34

Bonus Points Awarded if you spot the WRS tease in TOO

This is the first time I've actually completed one of these (though I've started many). Any feedback is welcome. Send a pm to /u/arghdos on reddit

Unless of course it's you telling me I should have included track X... in which case, yes. I know. Life was difficult enough to get this to ~4 hours long anyways. I just couldn't. Add to that how difficult it is to pick one-off tracks (as you almost have to included the whole sequence), and there you have it. I still wish I could have included the China Cat Freakout from 12/05, and the Cryptical from 12/02, but they just dont fit.