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Grateful Dead - Chinatown Shuffle

Community-ranked versions of Chinatown Shuffle. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played28

First Played12/31/71

Last Played5/26/72

Typical Length3:16

Longest6:59 (12/31/71)

#1 Consensus PickMay 26, 1972

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#1 May 26, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

Length: 3:25 · #1 of 1972 · Archive: 4.82/5 (81 reviews, 226,379 dl)

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#2 Dec. 31, 1971 · Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 6:59 · Archive: 4.67/5 (65 reviews, 141,411 dl)

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#3 May 3, 1972 · Olympia Theater - Paris, France SBD

Length: 2:45 · #2 of 1972 · Archive: 4.71/5 (63 reviews, 189,784 dl)

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#4 Mar. 23, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 3:57 · #3 of 1972 · Archive: 4.77/5 (54 reviews, 131,381 dl)

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#5 May 11, 1972 · Rotterdam Civic Hall - Rotterdam, Netherlands SBD

Length: 2:52 · Archive: 4.93/5 (83 reviews, 218,672 dl)

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#6 Apr. 14, 1972 · Tivoli Theater - Copenhagen, Denmark SBD

Length: 2:47 · Archive: 4.82/5 (82 reviews, 225,407 dl)

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#7 Jan. 2, 1972 · Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 2:55 · Archive: 4.64/5 (50 reviews, 188,794 dl)

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#8 Apr. 29, 1972 · Musikhalle - Hamburg, Germany SBD

Length: 3:16 · Archive: 4.66/5 (56 reviews, 137,585 dl)

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#9 Mar. 21, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 3:17 · Archive: 4.67/5 (37 reviews, 147,421 dl)

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#10 Apr. 17, 1972 · Tivoli Gardens - Copenhagen, Denmark SBD

Length: 3:15 · Archive: 4.64/5 (51 reviews, 119,036 dl)

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#11 May 4, 1972 · Olympia Theater - Paris, France SBD

Length: 3:06 · Archive: 4.84/5 (41 reviews, 117,746 dl)

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#12 Apr. 26, 1972 · Jahrhundert Halle - Frankfurt, Germany SBD

Length: 2:31 · Archive: 4.85/5 (43 reviews, 142,211 dl)

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#13 May 25, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

Archive: 4.81/5 (34 reviews, 84,359 dl)

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#14 May 7, 1972 · Bickershaw Festival - Wigan, England SBD

Length: 2:44 · Archive: 4.71/5 (39 reviews, 114,107 dl)

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#15 May 18, 1972 · Kongressaal Deutsches Museum - Muenchen, Germany SBD

Length: 3:17 · Archive: 4.67/5 (24 reviews, 88,416 dl)

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#16 May 23, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

Length: 2:45 · Archive: 4.63/5 (36 reviews, 88,610 dl)

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#17 Apr. 11, 1972 · Newcastle City Hall - Newcastle, England SBD

Length: 2:52 · Archive: 4.36/5 (38 reviews, 104,563 dl)

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#18 May 10, 1972 · Concertgebouw - Amsterdam, Netherlands SBD

Length: 3:08 · Archive: 4.79/5 (19 reviews, 65,784 dl)

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#19 Mar. 22, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:25 · Archive: 4.47/5 (16 reviews, 64,558 dl)

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#20 Mar. 27, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:48 · Archive: 4.28/5 (22 reviews, 64,099 dl)

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#21 Apr. 16, 1972 · Aarhus U. - Aarhus, Denmark SBD

Length: 4:21 · Archive: 4.32/5 (22 reviews, 76,583 dl)

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#22 May 16, 1972 · Studio du Grand Theatre - Luxembourg, Luxembourg SBD

Length: 2:56 · Archive: 4.51/5 (27 reviews, 59,169 dl)

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#23 May 13, 1972 · Lille Fairgrounds - Lille, France SBD

Length: 2:48 · Archive: 4.50/5 (21 reviews, 42,977 dl)

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#24 Apr. 7, 1972 · Wembley Empire Pool - London, England

Length: 6:57 · Archive: 2.31/5 (29 reviews, 123,623 dl)

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#25 Apr. 24, 1972 · Rheinhalle - Duesseldorf, Germany SBD

Length: 3:39 · Archive: 4.17/5 (23 reviews, 45,378 dl)

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#26 Mar. 26, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 3:53 · Archive: 3.67/5 (21 reviews, 83,598 dl)

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#27 Mar. 28, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Length: 4:37 · Archive: 3.43/5 (16 reviews, 75,134 dl)

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#28 May 24, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

Archive: 3.56/5 (23 reviews, 75,301 dl)

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Best Version of Chinatown Shuffle for Every Year (1971–1972)

Year	Played	Vote	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1971	1×		Dec. 31, 1971 SBD	Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA	6:59	89	Archive.org ↗
1972	27×		May 26, 1972 SBD	The Strand Lyceum - London, England	3:25	95	Archive.org ↗