The Grateful Dead – The 1976 Tapes On The Internet Archive

The Internet Archive’s Grateful Dead is a great collection of concert tapes.  There are over 2000 unique concerts.  There are multiple recordings of most concerts.  This series attempts to provide a simple interface to this collection by selecting one recording for each concert on a given date.  Preference is given to tapes processed by the great Charlie Miller and sound board tapes.  Not all shows are well recorded but the there are great moments here.  Dig in and enjoy! You didn’t have to be there. Good Luck.

• Grateful Dead Members During the  1970’s
• Jerry Garcia
• Bob Weir
• Phil Lesh
• Bill Kreutzmann
• Ron “Pigpen” McKernan  (Left in June, 1972)
• Mickey Hart  (Left in Febuary, 1971  and rejoins in October 1974 for the duration)
• Keith Godchaux  (Joins In October, 1972 and left in Febuary, 1979)
• Donna Godchaux – (Joins In March 1972 and left in Febuary, 1979)
• Brent Mydland (Joins in April 1979 and left in July 1990)

The Grateful Dead In The 1970 – From The Hippie Cowboys of 1970 to the Jazz Age

While the core Grateful Dead members (Garcia, Weir, Lesh & Kreutzmann) remain members through out the 1970’s there were several changes in the band line up during this time.  PigPen left the band in ill health in 1972. Keith Godchaux joined that same year on key boards (primarily on a concert Grand piano but also on a Hammond B3 organ).  His wife Donna joined as a vocalist that same year.  Both of the Gordchaux’s left the band in Febuary, 1979.   Brent Mydland joined the band as a key board player and vocalist in April 1979).  Micky Hart (whose father controversially manager the band for a while) left the band under a cloud in 1971 but later rejoined in 1974.  This decade began with  signature songs such as Truckin’, Me & My Uncle and Jack Straw.  The Grateful Dead Movie (1972) solidified the band’s image in the public mind.  Later in the decade the band sound changed considerably.  The massive Scarlet Begonias –> Fire On The Mountain –> Estimated Prophet was perfected on stage and redefined the band.  The colorful marital discord and unhealthy lifestyle choices of the Godchaux (and Jerry and Bob’s search for a different (more electric and funk oriented) keyboard sound lead to the Godchaux leaving the band and Brent Mydland  joining the band in 1979.

In This Series:

____	1970	1980	1990
____	1971	1981	1991
____	1972	1982	1992
____	1973	1983	1993
____	1974	1984	1994
____	1975	1985	1995
1966	1976	1986	____
1967	1977	1987	____
1968	1978	1988	____
1969	1979	1989	____

Additional details of the Internet Archive Collection and how these lists were generated can be found here.

My blogs on individual Grateful Dead show can be found here.

A list of all soundboard tapes of Dark Star performances on the Internet Archive can be found here.

A list of all soundboard tapes of Scarlet Begonia -> Fire On The Mountain performances on the Internet Archive can be found here.

1976-05-28 – Unknown Venue Listen

1976-06-03 – Paramount Theatre Listen

1976-06-04 – Paramount Theatre Listen

1976-06-09 – Boston Music Hall Listen

1976-06-10 – Boston Music Hall Listen

1976-06-11 – Boston Music Hall Listen

1976-06-12 – Music Hall Listen

1976-06-14 – Beacon Theatre Listen

1976-06-15 – Beacon Theatre Listen

1976-06-17 – Capitol Theatre Listen

1976-06-18 – Capitol Theatre Listen

1976-06-19 – Capitol Theater Listen

1976-06-21 – The Tower Theatre Listen

1976-06-22 – The Tower Theatre Listen

1976-06-23 – Tower Theatre Listen

1976-06-24 – The Tower Theatre Listen

1976-06-26 – Auditorium Theatre Listen

1976-06-27 – Auditorium Theatre Listen

1976-06-28 – Auditorium Theatre Listen

1976-06-29 – The Auditorium Theatre Listen

1976-07-12 – Orpheum Theater Listen

1976-07-13 – Orpheum Theatre Listen

1976-07-14 – Orpheum Theatre Listen

1976-07-16 – Orpheum Theatre Listen

1976-07-17 – Orpheum Theatre Listen

1976-07-18 – Orpheum Theater Listen

1976-08-02 – Colt Park Listen

1976-08-04 – Roosevelt Stadium Listen

1976-09-23 – Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke U Listen

1976-09-24 – William and Mary College Hall Listen

1976-09-25 – Capital Centre Listen

1976-09-27 – Community War Memorial Auditorium Listen

1976-09-28 – Onondaga County War Memorial Listen

1976-09-30 – Mershon Auditorium, OSU Listen

1976-10-01 – Market Square Arena Listen

1976-10-02 – Riverfront Arena Listen

1976-10-03 – Cobo Arena Listen

1976-10-09 – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium Listen

1976-10-10 – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Listen

1976-10-14 – Shrine Auditorium Listen

1976-10-15 – Shrine Auditorium Listen

1976-12-31 – Cow Palace Listen