Taper's Section
Week of December 8-14, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1972, 1980, and 1989.
…Week of December 1-7, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1972, 1973, and 1988.
…Week of November 24-30, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1972 and a double dose of 1978.
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Week of November 17-23, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1984, and 1987.
…Week of November 10-16, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1970, and a double of 1973.
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Taper's Section
Week of September 15-21, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1990, and 1992.
Our first stop is on 3/23/74 at…
Week of September 15-21, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1990, and 1992.
Our first stop is on 3/23/74 at…
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Week of September 8-14, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1981, and 1991.
From…
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Week of September 1-7, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1985, 1986, and 1988.
Our first stop is the end of the first set…
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Week of August 25-31, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have music from three years during the first half of Brent’s time with the Grateful Dead.
Our first…
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Week of August 18-24, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1970, 1977, and 1984.
Our first stop this week is at Winterland…
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Week of August 11-17, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1984, and 1986.
Our first stop this week is on 4/29/77 at…
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Week of August 4-10, 2025Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1980, and 1981.
Our first stop is at the Palladium in New York City…
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Week of July 28-August 3, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1978, 1979, and 1991.
Our first stop is the opening of the…
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Week of July 21-27, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll check out some Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1977, and 1978.
Our first stop is on 5/20/73 at UCSB…
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Week of July 14-20, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1973, and 1977, three distinct and excellent periods in Grateful Dead…
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Week of July 7-13, 2025Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1980, and 1993.
Our first stop this week is on 5/28/77 in Hartford, the…
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Week of June 30-July 6, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from the latter half of the Dead’s touring career, from 1982, 1990, and 1992.…
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Week of June 23-29, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1990, and 1992.
Our first stop is at the famous 6/10/73 show at RFK…
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Week of June 16-22, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from the 1980s. Our first stop is on 6/27/84 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in…
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Week of June 9-15, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll stick around in the Brent Mydland era, with Grateful Dead music from 1984, 1988, and 1990.
Our first…
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Week of June 2-8, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1981, and 1985.
Our first stop this week is on 7/3/69 in Colorado…
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Week of May 26-June 1, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll check out some Grateful Dead music spamming 20 years, 1969 to 1989.
Our first stop this week is…
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.