The Grateful Dead – Dead Set

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Collections: Blues, Classic Rock, Psychedelic

Product type: Used Vinyl

Vendor: Power Plant Records

$38.00

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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Psychedelic Rock, San Francisco, California
Matrix #: AL9-8112
Condition: VG+, sounds great, looks great, some marks

Cultural Facts:

  1. Drug Culture: The band’s open drug scene was no secret; heroin and cocaine issues strained members through the late ’70s, affecting reliability and finances.

  2. Band Drama: Keyboardist Keith Godchaux was pushed out in 1979 after internal tension and declining performance; he died in a 1980 car crash at 32.

  3. Scene Ecology: Their taping-friendly policy built a trading network that bypassed radio, creating one of the earliest fan-driven distribution ecosystems in rock.

2/24/2026 CC