Reviews"The recipient of an award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, this monumental project is "a treasure--an invaluable resource" (Billboard) "Reading this book puts us at the pulsing microchip of Dead central."(Marek Shechner, The Buffalo News)
Dewey Decimal782.4/2/166/0922
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThis third volume of The Deadhead's Taping Compium celebrates and documents more than 700 live concert performances of the Grateful Dead during a decade in which the band became immensely popular; produced one of its most successful albums, "In the Dark" (1987); and in 1988 had a top-ten single ("Touch of Grey"). During this decade Vice President and Tipper Gore were spotted at concerts in Washington, and the band was invited to the White House. When Jerry Garcia died on August 9, 1995, Deadheads mourned the passing of a brilliant musician and an enduring emblem of 1960s idealism, and trading tapes of the Dead's live concerts skyrocketed. With a review of every show-including the date and location; a complete list of the songs played; the length, source, and genealogy of the tape and a rating of its quality; and commentary on each concert's special moments-this book keeps the Grateful Dead experience alive., Published to great acclaim, the first volume of The Deadhead's Taping Compendium, which covered 1959 to 1974, quickly became established as the most comprehensive resource available on the live concert performances of the Grateful Dead. Volume II offered a complete guide to the more than seven hundred shows the Dead played from 1975 to 1985. Now Deadheads have further reason to cheer. This third volume of The Deadhead's Taping Compendium celebrates and documents more than seven hundred live concert performances of the Grateful Dead in the decade when they became immensely popular. During this period, the band produced one of its most successful albums, In the Dark (1987), and had a top-ten single, "Touch of Grey" (1988). They reached such prominence that Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, were spotted at concerts in Washington, and the band was invited to the White House., This third volume of THE DEADHEAD'S TAPING COMPANION celebrates and documents more than 700 live concert performances of the Grateful Dead during a decade in which the band became immensely popular; produced one of its most successful albums. In The Dark (1987) and in 1988 had a top-ten single (Touch of Grey). During this decade Vice president and Tipper Gore were spotted at concerts in Washington and the band was invited to the White House. When Jerry Garcia died on August 9, 1995, Deadheads mourned the passing of a brilliant musician and an enduring emblem of 1960s idealism, and trading tapes of the Dead's live concerts skyrocketed. With a review of every show - including the date and location; a complete list of the songs played; the length, source and genealogy of the tape and a rating of its quality; and commentary on each concert's special moments - this book keeps the Grateful Dead experience alive.