Taper's Section
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…
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…
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…
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…
Week of May 19-25, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1981, and 1989.
Our first stop this week is in Piedmont Park in…
Taper's Section
Week of April 22-28, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1988, and 1989.
Our first stop this week is on 7/7/81 in…
Week of April 22-28, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1988, and 1989.
Our first stop this week is on 7/7/81 in…
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Week of April 15-21, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1984, and 1988.
Our first stop this week is first set music…
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Week of April 8-14, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1988, 1990, and 1992.
Our first stop this week is the bulk of the…
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Week of April 1-7, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1984, 1990, and 1992.
Our first selection this week is from 6/14/84 at…
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Week of March 25-31, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1981, and 1994.
Our first stop this week is on 10/22/71 in…
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Week of March 18-24, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we’ll check out some Dead from 1981, 1984, and 1994.
Our first stop this week is on 3/2/81 in…
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Every Friday we'll be sending you off with a Jam Of The Week, hand-picked and delivered by tape archivist David Lemieux. Listen to it on the weekend. Listen to it at work. Listen to it all…
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Week of March 11-17, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1976, 1981, and 1994.
Our first stop this week is on 10/2/76 in…
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Week of March 4-10, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1990, and 1993.
Our first selection is from 3/23/74 at the Cow…
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Week of February 26-March 3, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1977, and 1978.
Our first selection this week is from…
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Week of February 19-25, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1971, 1972, and 1973, three fine years in Dead history.
Our first…
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Week of February 12-18, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1989, and 1991.
Our first stop this week is the Chicago…
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Week of February 5-11, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1977, and 1978.
Our first stop this week is the Dead’s only…
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Week of January 29-February 4, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1984, and 1991.
Our first stop this week is on 5/1/…
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Week of January 22-28, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1978, and 1984.
Our first stop this is week is on 4/23/77 in…
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Week of January 15-21, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1982, 1983, and 1984.
Our first stop this week is the start of…
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Week of January 8-14, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from the 1980s, from 1984, 1985, and 1988.
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.