By Night Four, once again Madison Square Garden feels like home, and finds the band complete settled in. The exchange between the band and the New York faithful is just exactly perfect. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-19 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser
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Dead Drops heads back to Madison Square Garden for two highlights from the legendary September 1987 run. Newly mastered from the original DATS, stream the Hi-Res releases now on playdead.app 💀 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead
We're back at Madison Square Garden, and it's 1987. The first Dead Drop of the week comes from night one of the storied five-night run, and from the opening notes it's obvious they're ready to make another Garden run memorable. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-15 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead
Now streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, the Grateful Dead's Download Series Vol. 4 is available to listen to on Play Dead 💀 Stream it now at live.gd/1976-06-18 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead
Looking back at the final performance of the ‘92 three-night run in Atlanta, the second Dead Drops release this week. ⚡ Listen Here: live.gd/1992-03-03 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead
Spring Tour 1992 is underway, and The Omni is fully alive. Taking a deeper dive into night two of the three night run, now streaming exclusively on Play Dead 🔥 Listen Here: live.gd/1992-03-02 #GDVault #PlayDead #gratefuldead
Tuesday Dead Drops heads to Atlanta for the final two nights of a three-show run that opened Spring Tour 1992. Straight from the Vault, stream the latest releases in Hi-Res, only at playdead.app 💀 #GDVault #PlayDead #gratefuldead
Download Series Vol. 3, from October 26, 1971 at the Palestra in Rochester, NY, is now available to stream in Hi-Res exclusively on Play Dead. Listen in the app now at live.gd/1971-10-26 🎧
Join us for the 2026 Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies, featuring 6/17/91, premiering across theaters worldwide on August 8th and 10th ⚡️ Get your tickets now, then stream the full show in hi-res exclusively on Play Dead - along with the full 'GIANTS STADIUM 1987, 1989, 1991' collection.
Night three at The Centrum, and this band is still rolling. Stream the Hi-Res master now, only on Play Dead 💀 Listen Here: live.gd/1988-04-09 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: Sony DT-90 DATs #PlayDead
First up for today's Dead Drops, night two of the 1988 stand at The Centrum in Worcester, MA 💀 ⚡️ Listen Here: live.gd/1988-04-08 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: Sony DT-90 DATs #PlayDead #GratefulDead
Fresh off a scorching run in Hartford, the band rolls into The Centrum smoking hot 🔥 Listen to the latest Dead Drops now, the final two nights from Worcester '88. Both nights have been newly mastered from the original DATs and are streaming in Hi-Res, only at playdead.app 💀 #PlayDead #GDVault
Now in Hi-Res, and only on Play Dead: Download Series Vol. 2, featuring the Grateful Dead's January 18th, 1970 performance in Gresham, OR 💀 live.gd/1970-01-18 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Rounding out this week's Dead Drops with the final show of the three-night Hartford Civc Center in the Spring of '88. With two strong shows already in the books, the band is rolling, and the Hartford faithful are ready for one more ride. Listen Here: live.gd/1988-04-04
Night two at the Hartford Civic Center is another burner 🔥 Spring '88 continues to roll in on Play Dead 💀 Listen Here: live.gd/1988-04-04 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: Sony DT-90 DATs #PlayDead
Never had such a good time! Looking back at the opening night of the '88 three-night run at Hartford Civic Center, now streaming exclusively in Hi-Res on Play Dead💀 Listen Here: live.gd/1988-04-03 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser #PlayDead #GDVault
Tuesday Dead Drops is back with our first three-night release! Unlock the Vault and listen to the complete run from Hartford Civic Center, April 3–5, 1988 now at playdead.app 💀 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Just Added 🎧 Listen to the Grateful Dead's 4/30/77 performance like never before, streaming in Hi-Res exclusively on Play Dead ➡️ live.gd/1977-04-30 Listen now, and look for more from the Download Series to drop every Thursday. #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Spring Tour 1989 comes to an end in Minneapolis, and somehow the band is still climbing. Night after night, city after city, the level of play never lets up. Listen Here: live.gd/1989-04-17 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24/96 kHz
Welcome to our first 1974 Dead Drops release from Roanoke, one of only two shows that Keith Godchaux plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano run through a Leslie speaker for the entire show. Listen Here: live.gd/1974-07-27 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Today's Dead Drops brings us our first release from 1974, and the closing night of the wild '89 Spring tour we've been riding since Ann Arbor. Unlock the Vault and listen to the latest releases in Hi-Res, exclusively at playdead.app 💀 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Looking back at June's Dead Drops, streaming exclusively on Play Dead 💀 Nine shows across the Midwest in the spring of '89, and the final night of the '91 summer six-show West Coast run are available to listen to in Hi-Res for the first time. #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
For the first time, Dave's Picks 58 is now streaming! 🎧 Listen now at live.gd/Daves-1973-12-18, exclusively on Play Dead. Unlock the Vault to stream Dave's Picks Vol. 58, and all 58 exclusive releases⚡ #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
First up for this week's Dead Drops is night one at The Mecca in Milwaukee, WI. Unlock the Vault and listen to the complete performance on playdead.app Listen Here: live.gd/1989-04-15 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz
Tuesday Dead Drops heads to Brew City, and honestly, is there anything better than Wisconsin Dead? Newly mastered from the original DATs, listen to both nights in Milwaukee from April 15th and 16th, 1989 in Hi-Res exclusively at playdead.app 💀 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
The 50th Anniversary Remaster of the Grateful Dead's STEAL YOUR FACE live album is out today, and streaming in Hi-Res on Play Dead ⚡️ live.gd/SYF50 #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
The final night at Rosemont finds the band firing on all cylinders. Listen Here: live.gd/1989-04-13 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: Maxell R90DM & Sony DT-90 DATs
We've got a hot band in Windy City. With night one in the books, the boys return, taking it to another level! Listen Here: live.gd/1989-04-12 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: Maxell R90DM & Sony DT-90 DATs
"The storyteller makes no choice" 🕊️ Remembering Robert Hunter on what would have been his 85th trip around the sun, this new "Hunter" playlist gathers a few of our favorite Dead Drop versions from Hunter-penned classics. Listen now ➡️ live.gd/Hunter #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault
Completing the three-night run, Dead Drops Tuesday heads back to Chicago for the final two nights at Rosemont Horizon in Spring '89 💀 Newly mastered from the original DATs, stream all three nights from Rosemont '89 now in Hi-Res. Unlock the Vault 🎧 playdead.app #PlayDead #GratefulDead #GDVault