9/16/88
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
The Grateful Dead Vault.
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The official streaming service for the legendary Grateful Dead live tape vault.
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Introducing Play Dead
Two newly transferred and mastered shows every week, exclusively streaming on Play Dead in hi-res.
Dead Drops Tuesday
Discover exclusive weekly "Dead Drops" releases curated by David Lemieux and mastered by David Glasser.
CDs Now Streaming
For the first time, live CDs from box sets and Dave’s Picks are now streaming exclusively on Play Dead, in higher-than-CD quality.
The Vault by Year
Live recordings are presented in order of performance date for the first time.
Dead Drops Now Available
9/18/88
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
6/3/76
Paramount Theatre
Portland OR
3/29/95
The Omni
Atlanta GA
8/16/91
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View CA
8/17/91
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View CA
8/14/71
Berkeley Community Theater
Berkeley CA
8/15/71
Berkeley Community Theater
Berkeley CA
6/4/76
Paramount Theatre
Portland OR
8/14/79
McNichols Sports Arena
Denver CO
12/27/79
Oakland Auditorium Arena
Oakland CA
12/30/79
Oakland Coliseum
Oakland CA
9/27/81
Capital Centre
Landover MD
7/15/84
Greek Theatre, University of California
Berkeley CA
4/1/86
Providence Civic Center
Providence RI
7/15/88
Greek Theatre, University of California
Berkeley CA
7/17/88
Greek Theatre, University of California
Berkeley CA
8/12/91
Cal Expo Amphitheatre
Sacramento CA
8/13/91
Cal Expo Amphitheatre
Sacramento CA
3/29/93
Knickerbocker Arena
Albany NY
10/13/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
10/14/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
10/15/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
10/17/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
10/18/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
10/19/94
Madison Square Garden
New York NY
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What Deadheads Are Saying
Dead Heads and music lovers are rejoicing with the launch of Play Dead. Every previously released Grateful Dead album, boxed set, archival release, along with 20 complete, previously unreleased shows on launch day, plus two previously unreleased shows per week (!) is what we've always dreamed of, and beyond.
Dave Lemieux
Grateful Dead Archivist
This is a dream come true. This has everything put on CD (Dave's Picks included!) plus certain shows throughout the years, with two more from the vault added every Tuesday. I never rate apps but after 10 minutes with this I felt I had to.
J P
App Store Review
Amazing. Worth every penny to have access to these newly remastered shows and the promise of consistent new stuff every week… but wait, there is more, much more… I now have access to so many commercial releases that sound so amazing. Box sets I could not afford. They are all here in crystalline audio. Having a hard time conveying how tickled I am.
MissNJerry
App Store Review
The sound recordings are absolutely phenomenal. I'm talking Cornell 77 level crispiness, and this is coming from someone who has spent many of hours hunting the internet for the crispiest of recordings.
OneTotal874
App Store Review
It's next level. I was on the fence but immediately was impressed. Especially turning on full quality with a DAC. All instruments can be heard distinctly. I'm mostly familiar with dicks picks and the archive via relisten, but this is something different.
Acceptable_Self_7732
App Store Review
This app has all the grateful dead you could possibly want with amazing streaming quality and great user interface.
Owentron 2.0
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