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A Grateful Dead concert-archive newsletter where each issue focuses on one show, covering its historical context, sonic quality and notable performances. The writing draws on press accounts, tape history and band lore to give fans a detailed, opinionated guide to specific recordings.
A Substack by a historian writing a book on the Grateful Dead, sharing archival documents from the band's records, such as Arista royalty correspondence, the 1987 music video planning, and mid-1970s label plans. Each issue pairs reproduced archival material with a narrative account of how the band's business and creative decisions unfolded.
A Grateful Dead fan newsletter that pairs podcast companion essays with close listening, history and reflection on band members and concerts. Readers get song-by-song context, historical framing of the band's music through American history, and tributes such as the remembrance of Donna Jean Godchaux.
A daily newsletter listing Grateful Dead concerts from the same calendar date across different years, with short recommendations and links to listen to recordings. It is essentially a curated pointer to archive recordings and video, with brief enthusiastic blurbs for each.
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