Taper's Section

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    Week of September 29-October 5, 2025 

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1982, 1990, and 1993. 

    Our first stop this week is…

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    Week of September 22-28, 2025 

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1990, and 1991. 

    Our first stop this week is on 3/…

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    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 April 14-20, 2025

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1982, and 1987.

Our first stop this week is opening night of the…

  • Week of April 14-20, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1982, and 1987.

    Our first stop this week is opening night of the…

  • Week of April 7-13, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from1972, 1978, and 1991.

    Our first stop this week is on 8/12/72 in Sacramento…

  • Week of March 31-April 6, 2025 

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1972, 1981, and 1988. 

    Our first stop this week is on 8/…

  • Week of March 24-30, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1983, and 1987.

    Our first stop this week is on 9/12/73 at the…

  • Week of March 17-23, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1979, 1990, 1991.

    Our first stop this week is on 9/5/79 at Madison…

  • Week of March 10-16, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1972, 1973, and 1981.

    Our first selection is on 9/23/72 in Waterbury, CT…

  • Week of March 3-9, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1976, 1981, and 1994.

    Our first stop is on 9/27/76 in Rochester where we…

  • Week of February 24-March 2, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1980, and 1984.

    Our first stop is on 10/7/77 in…

  • Week of February 17-23, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1984, and 1994.

    Our first stop this week is on 10/10/81 in…

  • Week of February 10-16, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1983, 1991, and 1994.

    Our first stop this week is the start of the…

  • Week of February 3-9, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1983, and 1984.

    Our first stop is the huge and unique second set…

  • Week of January 27-February 2, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1967, 1971, and 1973.

    Our first stop this week is for some…

  • Week of January 20-26, 2025

     

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1973, and 1984.

     

    Our first stop this…

  • Week of January 13-19, 2025

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1973, and 1979.

    Our first stop this week is at the Harding…

  • Week of January 6-12, 2025

     

    Welcome back to the Tapers’s Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1972, and 1973, a trio of great years in Dead history.…

  • Week of December 30, 2024-January 5, 2025

     

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where we roll into the Grateful Dead’s 60th year in 2025 with music from 1972, 1973,…

  • Week of December 23-29, 2024

     

    Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1979, and 1980.

    Our first stop this week is on 11/…

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.