Grateful Dead
Noteworthy China Cats and Riders

This is a collection of noteworthy versions of China Cat Sunflower and
I Know You Rider played by the Grateful Dead. It is a revision of a
collection originally circulated on eTree in June, 2008. 

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=515989

The original collection was 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_. This revised collection includes sources from
Eric's list that were omitted from the original collection because I
did not believe I should seed them at eTree. It also includes several
other versions of China Cat and/or Rider that were recommended in the
comments on the original collection, as well as versions that I
thought should be added. Remember, "noteworthy" does not mean
"best". In particular, I've included some versions just to illustrate
how the song sounds over the band's lifetime. I welcome your ideas
about what should be included or dropped from the collection. There
could easily be a version 3.

There are some China Cats without Riders, and some Riders without
China Cats. But they're rare. Mostly, there are China Cat > Riders,
appearing as an old couple. So in this collection you don't see a lot
o flonger jams, just China Cat > Rider, or China Cat > something, or
something > Rider. So it goes.

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. The music in these tracks is exactly the same
as the music from the source indicated by the SHNID. When necessary, I
joined the songs into jams using "shntool join", I snipped white space
from the end of the tracks and sometimes added fades using WaveLab
6.0, and then I compressed the files using "flac --best". I used
shntool version 3.0.9 and flac version 1.2.1.

If you have the first version of this collection, you should be able
to leech over it and only grab the changes.

Shared at LL, December 2009.


Contents:

gd69-06-05.015204.ChinaCat-Sittin.flac
gd69-08-21.013850.ChinaCat-Rag.flac
gd70-02-14.097644.ChinaCat-Rider-HighTime.flac
gd70-05-15.000097.Rider.flac
gd71-04-18.007112.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd71-04-27.005165.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd72-05-10.001582.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd72-08-27.016582.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd73-02-17.032580.Sunshine-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd73-05-26.083535.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd73-11-11.088485.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-02-24.021370.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-05-19.006957.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd74-06-26.016037.Jam-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd77-12-29.020370.ChinaCat-Rider-ChinaDoll.flac
gd79-12-01.031946.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd82-08-10.012453.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd84-07-15.030641.InTheRoad-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd85-06-15.028449.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd85-11-10.012264.HalfStep-Rider.flac
gd86-03-27.026347.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd88-06-30.019530.GreenOnions-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd88-09-16.005289.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd89-08-05.089885.Playin-Rider-Terrapin.flac
gd89-12-10.005451.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd90-03-26.087350.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd90-09-20.028691.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
gd91-04-01.031966.ChinaCat-Rider.flac


SHNTOOL LEN:
    length     expanded size    cdr  WAVE problems  fmt   ratio  filename
     7:46.43       82303580 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5953  gd69-06-05.015204.ChinaCat-Sittin.flac
    12:28.45      132053084 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5080  gd69-08-21.013850.ChinaCat-Rag.flac
    16:50.01      178166396 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5680  gd70-02-14.097644.ChinaCat-Rider-HighTime.flac
     8:21.65       88529324 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4218  gd70-05-15.000097.Rider.flac
    10:29.06      110969756 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5955  gd71-04-18.007112.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    10:14.54      108436652 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6229  gd71-04-27.005165.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
     9:54.33      104859260 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5658  gd72-05-10.001582.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    13:59.27      148063148 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5084  gd72-08-27.016582.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    20:18.21      214904636 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5473  gd73-02-17.032580.Sunshine-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    12:39.21      133937036 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5846  gd73-05-26.083535.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    14:45.00      156114044 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6019  gd73-11-11.088485.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    15:44.14      166554572 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5660  gd74-02-24.021370.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    13:36.29      144010652 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5753  gd74-05-19.006957.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    20:59.38      222177020 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5657  gd74-06-26.016037.Jam-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    20:26.74      216440492 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.4892  gd77-12-29.020370.ChinaCat-Rider-ChinaDoll.flac
    13:07.25      138885644 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6036  gd79-12-01.031946.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    13:13.18      139927580 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6521  gd82-08-10.012453.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    14:38.37      154966268 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6144  gd84-07-15.030641.InTheRoad-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    11:31.61      122035916 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6013  gd85-06-15.028449.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    12:43.24      134649692 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6040  gd85-11-10.012264.HalfStep-Rider.flac
    11:14.62      119039468 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5492  gd86-03-27.026347.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    14:52.45      157454684 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5992  gd88-06-30.019530.GreenOnions-ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    11:55.41      126222476 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6360  gd88-09-16.005289.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    26:58.68      285575180 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6875  gd89-08-05.089885.Playin-Rider-Terrapin.flac
    14:26.54      152889452 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5656  gd89-12-10.005451.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    11:16.65      119399324 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.6502  gd90-03-26.087350.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    15:03.31      159362156 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5717  gd90-09-20.028691.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
    13:25.44      142105532 B   ---   --   ---xx   flac  0.5573  gd91-04-01.031966.ChinaCat-Rider.flac
   393:02.71     4160033024 B                            0.5810  (28 files)
