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)