Unlock the Vault. Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app. New releases every Tuesday.https://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mvqfq6vlek2nThe next volume of the Grateful Dead's Download Series is now available to stream in Hi-Res for the first time! Listen to July 21st, 1972 from Seattle's Paramount Northwest Theater in the Play Dead app ➡️ live.gd/1972-07-2117 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqfq6vlek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mvnorh3fkc2ySeven days later we’re on the East Coast and Spring Tour 1985 is underway at one of our favorite spots, the Hampton Coliseum, a bona fide transport mechanism. By 1985, this place was a well-oiled machine. The first of two nights at The Mothership is now available in the app. 🎧: live.gd/1985-03-2116 Sep 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnorh3fkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mvnmfmbujs2yDead Drops finishes an incredible four-night Rex Foundation run at the cozy Berkeley Community Theater, and the band has a few friends along for the ride. Check out guest appearances and the final performance of Ollin Arageed with the original composer Listen Here: live.gd/1985-03-1316 Sep 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnmfmbujs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mvkwyw44tk2yTuesday Dead Drops finishes the Rex Foundation run in Berkeley before jumping seven days and 3,000 miles east to launch Spring Tour inside the Hampton Coliseum spaceship. Enjoy both shows from March of '85 in Hi-Res only on Play Dead ⚡️ #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead15 Sep 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkwyw44tk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mvbkfn7a2c22The Grateful Dead’s Download Series Vol. 9 is now streaming in Hi-Res for the first time! ⚡️🌹 Turn it up in the app ➡️ live.gd/1989-04-02 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead11 Sep 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbkfn7a2c22https://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mv6rklql2k2aFresh off a day off, the band is back in Berkeley with two shows remaining in the run. Listen Here: live.gd/1985-03-12 Curated By: Dave Lemieux Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: David Glasser Mastered By: David Glasser Master Sample Rate: 24-bit/96 kHz Source Media: TDK F1 Digi Beta10 Sep 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6rklql2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mv6k6pr4c22nThe Rex Foundation festivities continue in Berkeley, with night two of this run bringing another one of those wonderfully unpredictable 1985 set lists. Listen Here: live.gd/1985-03-10 Curated By: Dave Lemieux Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: David Glasser Mastered By: David Glasser10 Sep 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6k6pr4c22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3muzfykdakc2oTuesday Dead Drops continues the Rex Foundation festivities in Berkeley 🌹 Complimenting the 3/9/85 Drop, both 3/10 & 3/12 are newly mastered and now streaming in Hi-Res at playdead.app #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead08 Sep 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzfykdakc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mumxlofxps2zNow streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, Download Series: Family Dog at the Great Highway 🐾 It has never sounded so good. Listen now in the app: playdead.app #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead03 Sep 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumxlofxps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mukpekj2yk2jThe Grateful Dead always played well when honoring Rex Jackson, especially in an intimate hometown room like the Berkeley Community Theater where the band could take chances—and 1985 is all about taking chances. Listen Here: live.gd/1985-03-0902 Sep 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukpekj2yk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mukp2ap2i22jThe opening run of 1985 comes to a close at the Kaiser, and the band continues to remind everyone why this year is going to be different. The song selection is unpredictable, the combinations are unusual, and the transitions keep coming. Listen Here: live.gd/1985-02-2002 Sep 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukp2ap2i22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3muhra33vwc2zClosing out the '85 Kaiser run and our first Rex Foundation Benefit show in Berkeley for this week's Dead Drops Tuesday. Listen to the newly mastered releases only on Play Dead ⚡️ #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead01 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhra33vwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mu3vuki6ds22More 1973 Grateful Dead is now available in Hi-Res for the first time! 💿 Listen to Download Series Vol. 8, featuring the majority of the show on 12/10/73 in Charlotte, NC with a 20+ minute "Playing In The Band" and the live debut of "Peggy-O." Tune in on Play Dead --> live.gd/1973-12-1027 Aug 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3vuki6ds22https://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mtwbaqsdzs2b1985 starts right here. David Lemieux picked out two stellar Bay Area shows for this week's Dead Drops, fresh from the Vault. Up first is the opening night of the year, starting hot right out of the gates 🔥 Listen Here: live.gd/1985-02-18 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead25 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwbaqsdzs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mtw4zaj2pc2xTuesday Dead Drops celebrates Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Grateful Dead's 20th year with two wild nights at the Kaiser in '85 🐲⚡️ Curated by David Lemieux and mastered by David Glasser, stream both performances from Oakland, CA in Hi-Res, only on Play Dead. #GDVault #PlayDead25 Aug 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4zaj2pc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mtk54k6pys2pAnother burner at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during an incredible Fall ’87. It's night two of the run, and the band wastes no time. Fresh from the Vault, September 23rd, 1987 is now streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, only on Play Dead. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-23 https://live.gd/1987-09-2320 Aug 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk54k6pys2phttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mtk53di76s2pAnother burner at The Spectrum in Philadelphia during an incredible Fall ’87. It's night two of the run, and the band wastes no time. Fresh from the Vault, September 23rd, 1987 is now streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, only on Play Dead. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-2320 Aug 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk53di76s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mtk52namok2pDownload Series Vol. 7 is now available to stream for the first time in Hi-Res on Play Dead 💀 Recorded over two nights in New England on September 3rd and 4th, 1980, the release contains almost four hours of music from Springfield, MA and Providence, RI. 🎧 Listen now: live.gd/1980-09-0320 Aug 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk52namok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mthb3ps5h22tThe Philly faithful, much like New York, always brought energy, and the band knew exactly what to do with it. Our first listen to the Grateful Dead at the Spectrum - one of the great East Coast Grateful Dead rooms, is now available in Hi-Res on Play Dead ⚡️ Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-2219 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthb3ps5h22thttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mted7uct2s2yDead Drops Tuesday visits The Spectrum for the first time, and what better year than 1987? Listen to 9/22 and 9/23 only on Play Dead, newly remastered from the the original cassettes ▶️ playdead.app18 Aug 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mted7uct2s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mt2xixeyxs2fThe cherry on top of five incredible nights at Madison Square Garden rounds out this week's Grateful Dead Dead Drops. 🗽 Newly mastered from the original cassettes, stream the show in Hi-Res now exclusively on Play Dead 💀 Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-20 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead14 Aug 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2xixeyxs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mt2xeqn7gk2fStreaming in Hi-Res for the first time, the Grateful Dead's 3/17/1968 show at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco ⚡️ Originally released as Download Series Volume 6, listen to seven tracks from this historic night now in the Play Dead app live.gd/1968-03-1714 Aug 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2xeqn7gk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mstewzt55k2eSpring Tour '86 West and we're diving in to the opening night of the run at Irvine Meadows, a venue the Grateful Dead made home for 15 shows throughout their career. Newly mastered from the original cassettes, enjoy the first Dead Drops Tuesday release in the app ⚡️ Listen Here: live.gd/1986-04-1211 Aug 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstewzt55k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mssxzlycns2sTwo different coasts, one hot band 🔥 Opening up the '86 West Coast run and closing out the '87 MSG run, listen to both shows, fresh from the Vault, only at playdead.app #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead11 Aug 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssxzlycns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3msiszkgpkc2lNow streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, the Grateful Dead's Download Series Vol. 5 ⚡️Listen to the 22-song release from 3/27/88 at Hampton Coliseum, exclusively on Play Dead. live.gd/1988-03-27 🎧 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead07 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiszkgpkc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3msdxxozkec2oBy Night Four, once again Madison Square Garden feels like home, and finds the band complete settled in. The exchange between the band and the New York faithful is just exactly perfect. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-19 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser05 Aug 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdxxozkec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3msb6fvnojk2uDead Drops heads back to Madison Square Garden for two highlights from the legendary September 1987 run. Newly mastered from the original DATS, stream the Hi-Res releases now on playdead.app 💀 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead04 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb6fvnojk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3msb6fubfmi2jWe're back at Madison Square Garden, and it's 1987. The first Dead Drop of the week comes from night one of the storied five-night run, and from the opening notes it's obvious they're ready to make another Garden run memorable. Listen Here: live.gd/1987-09-15 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead04 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb6fubfmi2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mrx7og5z722zNow streaming in Hi-Res for the first time, the Grateful Dead's Download Series Vol. 4 is available to listen to on Play Dead 💀 Stream it now at live.gd/1976-06-18 #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead31 Jul 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx7og5z722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/playdeadapp.bsky.social/post/3mrs3m5wouy2nLooking back at the final performance of the ‘92 three-night run in Atlanta, the second Dead Drops release this week. ⚡ Listen Here: live.gd/1992-03-03 Recorded By: Dan Healy Tape Transfer By: Sonicraft Mastered By: David Glasser #GDVault #PlayDead #GratefulDead 29 Jul 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:ecc2bwnhi5pod632mctcmdzs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs3m5wouy2n