Taper's Section

In this space, every Monday, you will find information on the recorded history of the Grateful Dead’s music as it pertains to that week, specifically focusing on the shows for that week, through the band’s 30 year performing history, that reside in the Grateful Dead’s storied tape vault. Although not everything is in there, with more than 1,600 of the band’s 2,400-odd shows represented, there is plenty about which to talk. Check back weekly for new entries and insight into the vault, as well as exclusive audio clips relating to that week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history.


August 30 - September 5, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, as we roll into September with what looks like a good month of music coming up. More »


August 23 - August 29, 2010

Welcome back to our weekly installment of Grateful Dead music drawn from the vault's master tapes. You might not always like what we play here, but you certainly can't complain about the cost... More »


August 16 - August 22, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll check out a decade worth of Grateful Dead music, 1982-1992. More »


August 9 - August 15, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we have music from the more recent Grateful Dead past, 1985 through 1992. More »


August 2 - August 9, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we once again dip into Grateful Dead music from the 1980s (don't worry, plenty of 60s, 70s and 90s will be heard in the future!). More »


July 26 - August 2, 2010

Greetings, and thanks for joining us again here at the Tapers' Section, where this week have some music from the summer tour of 1981, and a taste of 1985 Grateful Dead music. More »


July 19 - July 25, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we have music from the mid and late 1980s, from second sets exclusively. More »


July 12 - July 18, 2010

Greetings, and welcome back. This week we have music from the 1980s, and a taste of 1974. More »


July 5 - July 11, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we have music from the 1980s, three sequences that ended concerts. We hope your 4th of July celebrations were fun! More »


June 28 to July 4, 2010

Here we go, barreling through the start of the summer and ending the week here at the Tapers' Section with the 4th of July. This week we're going to cover 16 years of Dead, with music from 1973, 1985 and 1989. More »


June 21 to June 27, 2010

This week at the Tapers' Section we're going to check in on some Grateful Dead music that covers just about 20 years, with selections from 1969, 1979 and 1988. More »


June 14 to June 20, 2010

As we head to the start of Summer, we have some excellent Fall Grateful Dead music, recorded in October and December, between 1973 and 1989. More »


June 7 to June 13, 2010

This week we've got a good variety of music from 1970, 1973, 1974 and 1988, with a bit of something for most people. More »


May 31 - June 6, 2010

This is a week devoted only to Jerry's solo material as we roll into June here at the Tapers' Section. More »


May 24 - 30, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where, as we mentioned last week, we're on a bit of a 1967 kick right now. We hope you don't mind, but considering the dearth of 1967 Dead here over the years, we feel we're making up for a bit of lost time. More »


May 17 - May 23, 2010

As we roll through May, we have a good batch of music covering the Grateful Dead’s first 17 years or so, with music from 1967, 1970 and 1982. More »


May 10 - May 16, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’re mostly going to be checking out Grateful Dead music from the late 1960s, with a dose of 1990 Dead to round things out. More »


May 3 - May 9, 2010

Welcome back, and we hope you're in the mood to hear some excellent Grateful Dead music from May, 1991. If not, I'm sure there's some music to your liking to be found in the older, archived entries in the Tapers' Section series. But, the music below is really good! More »


April 26 - May 2, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll check out some music from 1970, 1986 and 1988. More »


April 19 - April 25, 2010

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section. This week we have music from 1970, and a first set from 1992. More »


April 12- April 18, 2010

This week we're going to hear some music from the first half of 1972, specifically music from the Grateful Dead's seven night run at New York's Academy of Music, plus a little taste of Europe '72 Dead. More »


April 5 - April 11, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week, as promised, we’ll be digging back into unreleased Grateful Dead music, from 1974 and 1990, all from the Bay Area. More »


March 29 - April 4, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section. Our focus here will continue to be unreleased Grateful Dead music for the most part, but occasionally we come across some music on commercially released CDs that we’d forgotten how good it was, so we’ll play it for you here. More »


March 22- March 28, 2010

This week we're going to check in on 11 years of Grateful Dead history, from 1972, 1982 and 1983, a good mix of great music. More »


March 15- March 21, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be checking in on three full first sets from 1987 and 1988. More »


March 8 - March 14, 2010

Like last week, this week we're going to check in on a few previously released commercial recordings, for no other reason than that they are exceptional bits of music. More »


March 1- March 7, 2010

February 22 - February 28, 2010

A warm welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll cover 15 years of Grateful Dead history from 1972 to 1987. More »


February 15 - February 21, 2010

Greetings, and a giant welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll hear music from 1974 and 1982, two distinct yet excellent years in Grateful Dead history. More »


February 8 - February 14, 2010

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be playing music from 1988, 1990 and 1992. More »


February 1 - February 7, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where as promised we'll be playing you music from the 1980s this week, specifically music from 1981 and 1989. More »


January 25, 2010 - January 31, 2010

Week of January 25-31, 2010

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, as we wrap up January with a good variety of music spanning almost 20 years, from 1973 to 1992, with a stop in 1977. More »


January 18, 2010 - January 24, 2010

January 11 - January 17, 2010

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section. We figured that with winter at its worst in many parts of the world, we'd check in on some music from late July in California, specifically at Laguna Seca, near beautiful Monterey, CA, in 1988. More »


Janurary 4, 2010 - January 10, 2010

Welcome back and thanks for joining us on for first full week of 2010 here at the Tapers’ Section. This week we’re going to feature music that has been inspired by one of the finest, and most important, behind-the scenes people in the Grateful Dead world, Eileen Law. More »


December 28, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Week of December 21 - December 27, 2009

Welcome back to our holiday edition of the Tapers' Section. Things are a bit light here this week, but we do have some excellent material for you. More »


Week of December 14 - December 20, 2009

Week of December 7- December 13, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be checking out music from 1971, 1981 and 1989, an 18 year run through the Grateful Dead's recorded history. More »


November 30 - December 6, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll hear music from 1973, 1979 and 1981 as we head into December and what we expect will be a good holiday season of music. More »


November 23 - November 29, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section. This week we’re going to check out music from 1973, 1979 and 1980, a good selection from three very good years in Grateful Dead music. More »


November 16 - November 22, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week, like last week, we'll immerse ourselves in Grateful Dead music from 1971 and 1972. It's odd how it happens like this, where we'll have a few weeks of 1980s music, then a few weeks of 1970s music. Regardless, there's loads of good stuff in the vault, so we expect we'll keep hopping around forever like this. More »


November 9 - November 15, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where every week we try to play you some cool selections from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history. We’ve had quite a lot of 1980s material the last few weeks, and this week we’re going to head back in time to 1971 and 1972 exclusively. More »


November 2 - November 8, 2009

Welcome back to our first full November week of music here at the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll listen to music exclusively from 1984 and 1985. More »


October 26 - November 1, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be checking out music from throughout the 1980s, and a bit of 1973 for good measure. More »


October 19- October 25, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section as we continue our run through October, where this week we'll listen to the music from throughout the 1980s, and a taste of 1973 to start things out. More »


October 12 - October 18, 2009

Welcome back to your weekly dose of this-week-in-Grateful Dead-history here at the Tapers' Section. As we mentioned last week, this week we'll be sticking to the 1980s again. More »


October 5 - October 11, 2009

Greetings and welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be excusively checking out music from the 1980s, with a good selection from throughout the decade. More »


September 28 - October 4, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section as we close out September and head into October. This week we're going to listen mostly to music, and goooood music, from 1976, with a touch of 1989 mixed at. More »


September 21 - September 27, 2009

This week, the Tapers' Section is the place for you if you like Grateful Dead music from September 1972, which we expect you do. If not, you're welcome to come along for the ride and we're sure you'll hear something you dig. More »


September 14 - September 20, 2009

As we roll through the middle of September here at the Tapers' Section, we have some excellent music from 1972 and 1990 for you. More »


September 7 - September 13, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we have loads of great music from 1974, 1982 and 1990. More »


August 31 - September 6, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section as we end out August and start September with music from 1969, 1977 and 1980. More »


August 24 - August 30, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section as we make our way toward the end of August, 2009, with plenty of great music coming along for the ride, with selections this week from 1969, 1972 and 1980. More »


August 17- August 23, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where we examine the Grateful Dead's recorded history. This week we have music from 1968 and some excellent June, 1990 Grateful Dead. More »


August 10 - August 16, 2009

Hello and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll tidily cover a decade of live Grateful Dead, from 1972 to 1982, with a little stop in 1979 along the way. More »


August 3 - August 9, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where we explore music from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history. This week we have a couple of bits from 1971 and one big jam from 1989. More »


July 27 - August 2, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we have 22 years of Grateful Dead history to cover, from 1966 to 1988, with a few cool things in between. More »


July 20 - July 26, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where we’ve got some excellent Grateful Dead music for from 1974 and 1987 this week. More »


July 13 - July 19, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section for a stop in the middle of July. This week we’re going to be sticking to the late-Brent period of Grateful Dead music, with stops in 1989 and 1990. More »


July 6 - July 12, 2009

Greetings, and big welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll check in on the Grateful Dead's recorded history with stops in 1984 and 1989. More »


June 29 - July 5, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers Section as we close out June and start out July with some terrific Grateful Dead music from 1970, 1987 and 1989. More »


June 22 - June 28, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers Section, where this week we’ll begin our summer proceedings with some tasty Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1990 and 1991. More »


June 15 - June 21, 2009

Greetings and big welcome back to the Tapers' Section as we hit the end of Spring. We have some excellent music this week from Grateful Dead concerts in 1974, 1990 and 1991. More »


June 8 - June 14, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to another fine week (we think…) at the Tapers' Section, where we'll listen to some of our favourite material from 1969, 1973, 1977 and 1984. More »


June 1 - June 7, 2009

Greetings and welcome back to our end-of-the-month, start-of-the-next Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll play music from 1970, 1974 and 1980. More »


May 25 - May 31, 2009

Welcome back to what we hope is another great and interesting week here at the Tapers' Section. This week we have two major jams from the Europe '72 tour, as well as a big, typically hot jam from the May 1977 tour. More »


May 18 - May 24, 2009

Hello and welcome back. This week at the Tapers' Section we have music from 1973, 1977 and 1981, each jam featuring some excellent playing. More »


May 11 - May 17, 2009

Hello, and welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll check out some excellent music from 1970, 1973 and 1978, all of which took place during this week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history. More »


May 04 - May 10, 2009

Welcome back, as we continue our ride through the month of May in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, with stops in 1972, 1977 and 1978. More »


April 27 - May 3, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll focus on some magnificent music from the final Fillmore East run in April, 1971, as well as a killer jam from 1977. More »


April 20 - April 26, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll be playing three excellent jams from April, 1969, and one big jam from April, 1978. More »


April 13 - April 19, 2009

Welcome back, and we hope you're having a happy Spring. This week we have two big jams from 1971, and a cool jam from 1978. More »


April 6 - April 12, 2009

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section. This week we have two of my favourite jams from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72 tour, as well as a terrific 1982 second set sequence. More »


March 30 - April 5, 2009

As we close out March and begin April, we have some tasty selections from the latter part of the Brent Mydland era of the Grateful Dead, specifically from 1988 and 1990. More »


March 23 - March 29, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be checking out some Grateful Dead music from 1990, 1991 and 1993, all of which was played in Albany, NY, at the Knickerbocker Arena. When the Dead arrived to the venue in March of 1990, it had been open for just about a month.
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March 16 - March 22, 2009

As we break past the midpoint of March, we have music spanning 20 years minus a day in Grateful Dead history, from 1971 to 1991. More »


March 9 - March 15, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, and an extra big Happy Birthday to Phil this coming Sunday. This week we'll be playing four pre-Drums sequences, not by design but by coincidence, all four of which come from 1981 and 1993. More »


March 2 - March 8, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, and welcome to our first full week of March, 2009. For no reason in particular, we're going to check out music mostly from the previous week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history. More »


February 23 - March 1, 2009

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, as we close out February with some excellent music spanning the Grateful Dead's first decade. More »


February 16 - February 22, 2009

This week we have four big jams for you, three of which are from 1973, and one from 1969. More »


February 9 - February 15, 2009

As we mentioned this week, we're going to check in on a whole bunch of 1970 Grateful Dead here at the Tapers' Section, but to start the week, we'll hit some 1967 Dead. More »


February 2 - February 8, 2009

Welcome to February here at the Tapers' Section, where we have a nice range of Grateful Dead spanning 18 years or so. More »


January 26- February 1, 2009

As we close out January here at the Tapers' Section, we're going to listen to quite a bit of music from 1978, but we'll start our week from 12 years before that. More »


January 19 - January 25, 2009

As we mentioned last week, we're going stick within a two year or so period this week at Tapers' Section, 1969-1971, but the music's great, so we hope you don't mind. More »


January 12 - January 18, 2009

Greetings and welcome back to the Tapers' Section. We have a pretty eclectic mix of early Grateful Dead music for you this week, specifically 1968-1972, a truly Golden Age in the history of the band. More »


January 5 - January 11, 2009

Welcome back to our first full week of 2009 here at the Tapers' Section, where we hope your year is starting as well as ours. More »


December 29, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Welcome back to our continuing holiday editions of the Tapers’ Section. This week we have some New Year’s themed music, although not all from New Year’s Eve, but from the time around then. More »


December 22 - December 28, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, and happy holidays to everyone. This week we have three big jams, two post-Drums sequences and one pre-Drums sequence. More »


December 15 - December 21, 2008

Welcome back to our continuation of our December march through the history of the Grateful Dead’s recorded legacy. This week we’re going to check out bits from two years, specifically 1969 and 1973. More »


December 8 - December 14, 2008

Greetings, and welcome back to our second week of December here at the Tapers' Section, where we’ll check in on some excellent music from 1969, 1973 and 1979. More »


December 1 - December 7, 2008

Greetings, and welcome to the start of our December run of great Grateful Dead music here at the Tapers’ Section. This week we have a couple of huge jams from 1971, plus some tasty material from 1973 and 1979. More »


November 24 - November 30, 2008

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers’ Section. This week have some tasty selections from 1973, 1979 and 1980. More »


November 17 - November 23, 2008

As we mentioned last week, we’re going to stay in 1972 and 1973 this week here at the Tapers’ Section, but hold onto your hats, as we have some great material from those two mighty fine years. More »


November 10 - November 16, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section, where this week we'll be checking out music spanning virtually the full breadth of the 1970s, from early 1970 to late 1979, specifically 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1979. More »


November 3 - November 9, 2008

Welcome back. This week we have some great Grateful Dead music from 1969 through to 1985, with a rare Tapers’ Section appearance of an audience recording in the mix this week. More »


October 27 - November 2, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section, where this week we have more great music spanning about 18 years, including selection from 1973, 1979, 1989 and 1991. More »


October 20 - October 26, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section. This week we've got about 17 years of Grateful Dead music to explore, so without further ado, on to the music… More »


October 13 - October 19, 2008

This week, we're going to check in with three sequences of music, a little lighter than usual in number, but the scope of these jams should more than make up for it. One little thing to note is that all of the music this week is from San Francisco. More »


October 6 - October 12, 2008

Greetings and welcome to a mighty fine week of Grateful Dead music here at the Tapers Section. This week, we'll be listening to music covering a 13 year span in the band's recorded history, 1976-1989, with plenty of fine music in between. More »


September 29 - October 5, 2008

Plenty of good music on the docket this week here at the Tapers Section, ranging from 1969 through to 1980, with plenty of good stuff in between. More »


September 22 - September 28, 2008

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers Section. This week we’re going to check out some music from 1972, 1976 and 1981, some great years in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history. More »


September 15 - September 21, 2008

Like last week, we’re going to start out this week at the Tapers Section with music from 1972, followed by material from 1974, 1987 and 1994. More »


September 8 - September 14, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section. In this installment, we’re going to check out some music from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history exclusively from 1972 and 1973, and we hope you don’t mind the years we’ve selected. More »


September 1- September 7, 2008

Greetings, and welcome back to the Tapers Section. This week we have a good selection of Grateful Dead music from this week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history, as well as some music from Jerry Garcia concerts that took place during this week many years ago. More »


August 25 - August 31, 2008

This week at the Tapers Section, we have some great music from 1969, 1972 and 1982.
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August 18 - August 24, 2008

This week we have a nice double dose of Pigpen from 1968, a massive 1972 jam, and a very cool 1991 sequence, all fitting into our date-appropriate this-week-in-Grateful Dead-recorded-history format. More »


August 11 - August 17, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section. In this edition we've got a great range of music from this week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history, from 1971, 1972, 1979 and 1987. More »


August 4 - August 10, 2008

This week we have a whole bunch of great music from the Grateful Dead's recorded history from 1971 to 1989, with a couple of stops in between. More »


July 28 - August 3, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section.
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July 21- July 27, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section. This week we're going to hear music from throughout the 1970s and a touch of the 1980s. More »


July 14- July 20, 2008

This week we're going to hear some music from 1970 through to 1989, with a few interesting stops in between. More »


July 7- July 13, 2008

This week we're going spend some time along the Grateful Dead's summer tour of 1989, checking in to four shows over a five night span in the middle of the tour. More »


June 30 - July 6, 2008

This week we'll be hitting some excellent summer Dead spanning the Grateful Dead's recorded history over the course of 19 years, 1970-1989. More »


June 23 - June 29, 2008

This week we're going to jump around a bit, but the end result a whole bunch of really good Grateful Dead music from this week in the band's recorded history. More »


June 16 - June 22, 2008

We have lots of cool stuff this week from throughout the Grateful Dead's recordings, including music from 1976, 1991 and some other nuggets. More »


June 9 - June 15, 2008

June 2 - June 8, 2008

We're going to start our week out with some nice, early Grateful Dead music, as it's always a good way to wake up on a Monday. More »


May 26 - June 1, 2008

This week we'll cover 20 years in the Grateful Dead's recorded history, from 1973 to 1993, with a little taste of something in between. More »


May 19 - May 25, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers' Section. This week we're going to jump right into a nice, big jam from 1969, followed my some great music from throughout the band's recorded history. More »


May 12 - May 18, 2008

This week we have some nice music from 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978 and 1981, so without further ado, on to the music. More »


May 5 - May 11, 2008

This week we have some very, very classic Grateful Dead, as well as a unique jam from 1972. More »


April 28 - May 4, 2008

As always, lots of great music was found to fit into this week's installment of the Tapers Section, and we're going to play some acoustic music, followed by some electric music. More »


April 21 - April 27, 2008

Well, with today being 4/21, and a Monday, we're sure many of you are feeling a little tired, so we'll start this week with something mellow to get you into the groove… More »


April 14 - April 20, 2008

This week we're going to check out some cool, under-the-radar material from early 1971, as well some other great stuff. More »


April 7 - April 13, 2008

March 31- April 6, 2008

Welcome back to another fine week in the history of the Grateful Dead's recorded legacy. We're going to visit four decades this week, the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, so on to the music... More »


March 24 - March 30, 2008

Welcome back to the Tapers Section.
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March 17 - 23, 2008

This week we're going to hang out on the East Coast during a couple of the fine Spring Tours of the later years that took place, including music from 1990 and 1991. More »


March 10 - March 16, 2008

This week we're going to jump around a bit and play a few things that recently passed by our ears and that we felt you'd dig hearing. More »


March 3 - March 9, 2008

February 25 - March 2, 2008

We’re going to do another Taper’s Section this week that focuses on one year in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, and we felt 1989 would be a good year to look into.


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February 18 - February 24, 2008

February 11 - February 17, 2008

February 4 - February 10, 2008

January 28 - February 3, 2008

January 21 - January 27, 2008

January 14 - January 20, 2008

January 7 - January 13, 2008

Like the last few weeks, this week here at the Taper’s Section we’re going to focus on one year in Grateful Dead history, and this week we’ve selected 1974 as our year. More »


December 24 - December 30

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December 31-January 6 2008

Happy New Year!

Well, like the last two weeks, we’re going to focus on one year this week, specifically 1969. More »


December 17 - December 21

This week we’ve decided to stay in 1971 and check out some great music played in the latter part of the year after Keith had joined the band. More »


December 10 - December 16

This week we have music from 1971, 1977, 1979 and 1984, a little bit for everyone. Except from the1990s. And the 1960s. We’ll work on that for an upcoming week. More »


December 3 - December 9

November 26 - December 2

We're going to stop into a couple of fine years this week, specifically 1979 and 1973. More »

November 19 - November 25, 2007

This being the end November, we have a bit of music from 1972, and of course some terrific material from 1973. More »

November 12 - November 18, 2007

This week we have some terrific jams from 1971 and 1972, some great examples of what made these two years so highly regarded amongst Dead Heads. More »

November 5 - November 11, 2007

This week we have some great material from 1973 and 1985 from this week in Grateful Dead history, plus a little taste of some great music from 1974 just because we thought you’d really dig it.

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October 29 - November 4, 2007

We have often been asked how we’d go about selecting the year from which the next Dick Pick or Vault Release was selected. More »

October 22- October 28, 2007

This week we have some music from 1968, 1982 and 1984 More »

October 15 - October 21, 2007

We’re going to be doing some jumping around the calendar this week, to play you some music we didn’t get a chance to play for you the past few weeks. More »

October 8 - October 14, 2007

This week, we’re going to stop into the years of 1980, 1984 and 1989 exclusively, with some great stuff from both years. More »

October 1 - October 7, 2007

Heading into October, we have some terrific Grateful Dead music to cover this week, including a good selection from the brilliant September-October, 1976 tour. More »

September 24 - September 30, 2007

This is another busy week in the Grateful Dead’s performing history, with music spanning another relatively short span, but containing some exceptional jams. More »

September 17 - September 23, 2007

We’ve got some outstanding music for you this week, covering a rather limited span in the Grateful Dead’s performing history, but it’s a span that includes some of the best years. More »

September 10 - September 16, 2007

This week, as we roll toward the official start of Fall, we have 15 years of Grateful Dead history to cover, starting in 1972. More »

September 3 - September 9, 2007

We have a tremendous variety of music for you this week, spanning almost 20 years of the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, and we hope you’ll find this week’s journey as enjoyable as we did whil More »

August 27 - September 2, 2007

I undertook the Taper's Section last November with a pretty simple vision: to have fun providing folks a regular opportunity to hear vault material that kept their interest in Grateful Dead mus More »

August 20 - August 26, 2007

As we move toward the symbolic end of summer (Labour Day, of course), we have some great music to play spanning about 21 years of Grateful Dead music, from 1968 to 1989, two fine years with which t More »

August 13 - August 19, 2007

In addition to some excellent moments from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, we also have some great material from outside of our date range, including a good chunk of music from 19 More »

August 6 - August 12

This week, we have 15 years of Grateful Dead music for you, spanning a nice period from 1972 to 1987. More »

July 30 - August 5

We have more than 20 years of Grateful Dead music for you this week, spanning many great eras. Hopefully we’ll have something for everyone. More »

July 23 - July 29

Late July finds us with a whole lot of 1974 material for you, plus a few other choice bits from 1966 and 1982. More »

July 16 - July 22

Rolling along toward the dog days of summer, the Grateful Dead continued to perform exceptional shows around the country, and we have music from 1970 through 1989 from this week in the band’s rec More »

July 9 - July 15, 2007

This week we have almost 25 years of Grateful Dead music for you to hear, including plenty of material from this week in the history of the band’s recorded legacy, as well as a few other bits tha More »

July 2 - July 8, 2007

There is some great music this week, so we’ll jump right in. More »

June 25 - July 1, 2007

The summer months were excellent times to see the band, with not only so many shows, but with so many downright excellent shows. More »

June 18 - June 24, 2007

June was always busy month in the Grateful Dead’s touring schedule, and we once again cover more than 20 years of recorded music. More »

June 11 - June 17, 2007

This week, we have a nice selection of music from 1970 to 1991, with hopefully a little something that’ll suit everyone’s taste.


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June 4 - June 10, 2007

Once again this week, we’ll be covering more than 20 years of the Grateful Dead’s recorded history in the Tapers Section, from 1969 through to 1991, plus a taste of 1967. More »

May 28 - June 3, 2007

This is quite a light week in regards to vault tapes from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, so as we’ll often do, we have some music from outside of this week that we think you’ More »

May 21 - May 28, 2007

We’ve got almost 25 years of Grateful Dead music to cover in this week’s installment, so let’s jump right into it. More »

May 14 - May 20, 2007

This week, we’ll span 23 years of the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, from 1970 to 1993. More »

May 7 - May 13, 2007

It seems as though as the year rolls on, the music just keeps getting better, and this week, like last, is filled with a good variety of some deep, big jams. More »

April 30 - May 6, 2007

The year seems to keep getting busier for the Grateful Dead, at least in regards to their recorded history. We have a nice span of music this week, hopefully something for everyone. More »

April 23 - April 29, 2007

Plenty took place this week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history, including some rehearsal material, plus a lot of live material 1969 to 1991, which we're pleased to bring to you today.< More »

April 16- April 22, 2007

April continues to roll on strongly in the history of the Grateful Dead's recordings. We have a great variety of music this week, spanning 20 years, 1969 to 1989. More »

April 9- April 15, 2007

Like last week, we've got some very good early-1970s material from this week in the Grateful Dead's recorded history, as well as some nice early 1980s material and a taste of 1989. More »

April 2- April 8, 2007

This week, with plenty of Spring Tours happening throughout the years, we have plenty of music to play, spanning the years 1972-1990. More »

March 26 - April 1, 2007

Week of March 26-April 1 More »

March 19 - March 25, 2007

This week, we’re going to continue with some gems from the Spring Tour of 1990, as well as music from throughout the band’s career in regards to its recorded history as it exists in the vault. More »

March 12 - March 18, 2007

Mid-March often the saw the band in full swing with East Coast touring, and we therefore have some great East Coast Dead to play this week, plus a bit of West Coast and Midwest for good measure. More »

March 5- March 11, 2007

Week of March 5-11 More »

February 26 - March 4, 2007

We’ve got some great material this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, plus a few extra tracks that we didn’t play in December, but which have significance in the history of the ban More »

February 19 - February 25, 2007

By mid-February, the Grateful Dead’s touring year was really getting under way, with the usual March madness just around the corner. More »

February 12 - February 18, 2007

There’s plenty to play from this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history, and in addition to loads of great material from the week of February 12-18, we also have a great jam from a week l More »

February 5- February 11, 2007

There’s plenty of great material that was played during this week in the Grateful Dead’s performing history, much of which thankfully resides in the Grateful Dead’s vault. More »

January 29 - February 4, 2007

Mid-winter occasionally saw the band playing shorter runs of shows around the country, including the exceptional six show tour in the Midwest in 1978, consisting of the three shows at the Uptown Th More »

January 22 - January 28, 2007

We have some great music to play this week, spanning this week in the Grateful Dead’s recorded history from 1969 to 1993, with a cool studio jam from 1968 thrown in, just because we thought you More »

January 15 - January 21, 2007

Another relatively quiet week in the Grateful Dead’s performing history, although there were some great shows performed as the new year got rolling. More »

January 8 - January 14, 2007

Like the previous week, the week of January 8 was also a less-than-prolific week in the Grateful Dead’s performing history. More »

January 1 - January 7, 2007

As with us all, the week after New Year’s Eve was usually a quiet one in the Grateful Dead world. More »

December 25 - December 31, 2006

Well, if there was one holy week in Grateful Dead performing history, it certainly was the pre-New Year’s Eve week, culminating with the big New Year’s extravaganza hosted by Bill Graham and hi More »

December 18 - December 24, 2006

The week before Christmas was usually a quiet week for the Grateful Dead, as they needed their rest, too, before the big annual New Year’s festivities, which often ran the entire week from Decemb More »

December 11 - December 17, 2006

December moves along in the Grateful Dead recorded-history world to the tune of some outstanding shows. More »

December 4 - December 10, 2006

One of the most intriguing short tours in Grateful Dead history took place in the first two weeks of December, 1971, and featured the return of Pigpen, who had been resting himself the previous cou More »

November 27 - December 3, 2006

Welcome to the first installment of the weekly feature, the Taper Section. More »

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