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  "name": "Grateful Dead",
  "description": "Grateful Dead appears once in our Psychedelic Rock list, placing as high as No. 9. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
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    "first": 1969,
    "last": 1969
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      "trackKey": "grateful-dead--dark-star",
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      "title": "Dark Star",
      "year": 1969,
      "label": "Warner Bros.",
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      "whyItMatters": "Twenty-three minutes on record and considerably longer in a hall. A band treating a song as a location to be explored, which is either the best or the worst idea in this list.",
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