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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
    Title: Grateful Dead Records: Press
    creator: Grateful Dead Productions
    Identifier/Call Number: MS.332.Ser. 4
    Physical Description: 64 Linear Feet 102 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1965-2017 (bulk 1989-1996)
    Date (bulk): 1989-1996
    Abstract: This series includes clippings and articles from newspapers, journals, ephemeral publications, and web sites, etc. with announcements, essays, reviews, commentary and criticism on the band and its performances, recordings, and cultural impact and influence.
    Physical Location: Stored in Special Collections and Archives.
    Container: Box 1-102

    Access

    This series is open for research.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.

    Preferred Citation

    Grateful Dead Records: Press. MS 332 Ser. 4. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Grateful Dead Productions, 2008.

    Alternative Forms Available

    Selected images may be viewed at the Grateful Dead Archive Online at www.gdao.org

    Accruals

    The first accrual of material was received in 2008. Ongoing accruals continue to add clippings and materials.

    Biography

    The Grateful Dead were an American rock band that formed in 1965 in Northern California. They came to fame as part of author Ken Kesey's Acid Tests, a series of multimedia happenings centered around then-legal LSD. Famed for their concerts, the band performed more than 2,300 shows over thirty years, disbanding after the death of lead guitarist Jerry Garcia in August 1995. Although their only Top 10 hit, "Touch of Grey," charted in 1987, their popularity was based on concerts, and in their last decade they consistently placed in the top five tours every year. Known for the range of their repertoire and the caliber of their compositions, the Dead's songbook has been covered by a wide range of other musicians, from Bob Dylan to Jane's Addiction. They released thirteen studio albums and nine contemporary live albums during their career, and more than 100 live releases since then. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This series includes clippings and articles from newspapers, journals, ephemeral publications, and web sites, etc. with announcements, essays, reviews, commentary and criticism on the band and its performances, recordings, and cultural impact and influence.

    Arrangement

    The material is arranged chronologically, except for articles where the entire magazine has been retained (Boxes 91-95), which are arranged alphabetically by title.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Concert tours
    Deadheads (Music Fans)
    Clippings (information artifacts)
    Grateful Dead (Musical group)