Grateful Dead
Dead To The Core Project
Noteworthy China Cats and Riders (A Collection)

This is a collection of noteworthy versions of China Cat Sunflower and
I Know You Rider played by the Grateful Dead. It is very 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_. Four of Eric\'s
recommendations have been released commercially and so were problem-
atic here. In two cases (Feb 14, 1970 and May 2, 1970), I replaced 
his recommendation with a similar version played within a week or two 
of the one he liked. In a third case (June 26, 1974) we have an 
excellent Jerry Moore audio which is used here. In the fourth case 
(Dec 29, 1977) there was neither a publicly available audience source 
nor a similar alternative, so that was omitted from this collection.

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. In each case, the music in these tracks is
exactly the same as the music from the source indicated by the
SHNID. I joined the songs into jams using \"shntool join\", I trimmed
occasional extraneous material from each end of the jam using Nero
WaveEditor, I fixed up the resulting wavs using \"shntool fix\", and
then I compressed the files using \"flac --best\". I used shntool
version 3.0.2 and flac version 1.1.3. I did not add any fades, or fix
the levels across sources, or otherwise modify the music.

More often than not these are China Cat Sunflower > I Know You
Rider jams. I included other songs in some of the jams when they
seemed inextricably intertwined with the China Cat and/or Rider.

First shared via bitTorrent at bt.eTree.org, June 2008, by SteveSw.


Contents:

gd69-06-05.15204.ChinaCat-Sittin.flac
gd70-02-07.10527.ChinaCat-Rider-HighTime.flac
gd70-05-15.00097.Rider.flac
gd71-04-18.07112.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd71-04-27.05165.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd72-08-27.16582.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-02-24.21370.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-05-19.06957.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-06-26.16037.Jam-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd79-12-01.31946.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd82-08-10.12453.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd84-07-15.30641.InTheRoad-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd85-06-15.28449.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd85-11-10.12264.HalfStep-Rider.flac
gd86-03-27.26347.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd88-06-30.19530.GreenOnions-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd88-09-16.05289.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd89-08-05.89885.Playin-Rider-Terrapin.flac
gd89-12-10.05451.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd90-03-26.87350.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd90-09-20.28691.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd91-04-01.31966.ChinaCat-Rider.flac


SHNTOOL LEN
    07:46.43      082303580 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd69-06-05.15204.ChinaCat-Sittin.wav
    17:04.16      180671276 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd70-02-07.10527.ChinaCat-Rider-HighTime.wav
    08:21.65      088529324 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd70-05-15.00097.Rider.wav
    10:29.06      110969756 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd71-04-18.07112.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    10:14.54      108436652 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd71-04-27.05165.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    13:59.27      148063148 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd72-08-27.16582.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    15:44.14      166554572 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd74-02-24.21370.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    13:36.29      144010652 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd74-05-19.06957.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    20:59.38      222177020 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd74-06-26.16037.Jam-ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    13:07.25      138885644 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd79-12-01.31946.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    13:13.18      139927580 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd82-08-10.12453.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    14:38.37      154966268 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd84-07-15.30641.InTheRoad-ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    11:31.61      122035916 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd85-06-15.28449.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    12:43.24      134649692 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd85-11-10.12264.HalfStep-Rider.wav
    11:14.62      119039468 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd86-03-27.26347.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    14:52.45      157454684 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd88-06-30.19530.GreenOnions-ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    11:55.41      126222476 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd88-09-16.05289.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    26:58.68      285575180 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd89-08-05.89885.Playin-Rider-Terrapin.wav
    14:26.54      152889452 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd89-12-10.05451.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    11:16.65      119399324 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd90-03-26.87350.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    15:03.31      159362156 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd90-09-20.28691.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
    13:25.44      142105532 B   ---   --   -----    wav  1.0000  gd91-04-01.31966.ChinaCat-Rider.wav
   302:44.42     3204229352 B                            1.0000  (22 files)
