Grateful Dead

So…if you’re still interested, I have a box of 64 tapes ready to ship after culling the herd. All Dead, mostly 80’s. I’ll even pay postage, just want to see them go to a good home. Let me know, but I am not very tech savvy, (it was hard for me to even get to where I could post this), so please be patient.

Hey now! Seeking high and low for JGB cassette tapes.
Message me through this board for contact information.
Life is a bowl full of Jerry's!

Hey everyone!
I’m on the lookout for more tapes! Message me if you have some you want to give to a good home!

Not sure if any of good people below still have tapes or CDs left… but this new ‘Head would love to give a good home to some tapes, some CDs or other media. I’m in BC, Canada if that affects anything :)

Looking for Dead tapes to enjoy! Other tapes welcome too! I'm a glassblower in the foothills of California and would be love to trade with you. Hit the reply button and let me know you're interested and what you'd like to offer and I'll reply accordingly, probably with some pictures of glass that I've made and could make for you. Thanks!
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Looking for Dead tapes to enjoy! Other tapes welcome too! I'm a glassblower in the foothills of California and would be love to trade with you. Hit the reply button and let me know you're interested and what you'd like to offer and I'll reply accordingly, probably with some pictures of glass that I've made and could make for you. Thanks!

I have about 30 cassette tapes of shows from the 80s that I would like to give to someone who will use them. Let me know. Comes a time.

Hey there! Im a younger fan and have been looking to acquire more tapes. if the tapes still need a home I’d love to take them off of your hands and can pay postage. Thanks! Hope you’re having a good summer

Hey,

I was gifted a box of GD and other cassettes. Got the Big Wu music out of it I was looking for. Happy to share the rest with you, or anyone else. Let me know.

Kurt

I’d love just even a couple tapes. I’ll take anything. New collector. Thanks!

Long time taper here thru the 70s and 80s. I have several tape decks that could use a good home. Nakamichi 1000 and a Tandberg TCD330 that need work. Also a Teac 2300SD Reel to Reel that works fine but could prob use a little tune up. before putting on ebay or FB, wanted to put it our to our community. Anyone out there that knows how to repair or tune up? I am in New Jersey.

Hey now - I still have a bunch of my old tapes. I might be interested in trading for some cool blown glass item or ?

Feel free to PM me.

Thanks,
Jon

Hello there,

I am new to the dead.net forum and am struggling with the private message function - I keep getting an Access Denied error.

I would be interested in any tapes that someone may be looking to re-home and would be more than happy to pay any costs to ship them to me.

I’m a “new” dead head (born in 1990 so I have no choice but to be I suppose). I grew up on American Beauty and Workingmans, picked up guitar in the 90s with heavy GD influence on songs, and got to see Dead & Co at Alpine in 2016.

I have a bunch of old school music equipment both for listening and recording, and want to add some tapes to my collection. Getting harder now it feels like as everything GD is mainstream again (post Sphere even more so?) I snagged a box of reel to reel live recordings for $40 back in 2020; not sure you could find a single reel for that on the internet now.

Im just looking to have these for my collection and experience the music as it’s been experienced over the years without overpaying someone who is just out to make money off something.

Anyhow, appreciate your time, and if anyone happens to have any tapes around still, I’d be honored to add them to my collection.

Thank you,

Gayl from Wisconsin

Auctioning all my taper section cassette master live recordings from 1984-1995 to benefit the Rex foundation at Backstage Auctions dot com.
Special Collections, under the Auctions tab.

My good buddy and Grateful Dead fan (Jerry) passed away in February. He turned me on to all things GD. I am helping his wife dispense with the cassettes Jerry collected over the last 40-50 years, estimated at appx. 500. This collection is in Charlotte, NC and available to any Deadhead who would enjoy and take as good care of them as Jerry did. If you are seriously interested, let me know. (400 in wall rack + 100 on a shelf). Most are GD, -some Hot Tuna, Airplane mixed in. Hopefully folks can reply and I will see it. Thanks Rick. I have pics of the collection to share if that helps.

Hey there friend. I’m so sorry to hear about the passing of your dear friend and sending all of the love and light possible to you , his wife and loved ones. My name is Kolby and I’m a young head always looking for more tapes to love and baby. I found the dead at a young age and they’ve always been my wise confidants in my ears through my good and challenging times like so many of us. I’d love to hop on a call / a FaceTime call to get a better idea of what Jerry was like and how much these tapes meant to him. Thanks so much for the post as I’m sure it could’ve been a difficult thing to do. Thanks for your words

Hoping to have a warm home to offer to these tapes. It would be my honor to chat! ( responding again because I’m figuring out how this works and hope you can see this ) Thanks again ,
Gratefully, Kolby

I am so sorry to hear about that Buckyjacket.
I am in Canada, so I am not sure how helpful I could be, but I would be thrilled to offer a good home to some of the tapes as well! I see Kolby also replied and may well be closer to NC, though.

Being born in 2001 I never got the chance to be a taper, but after on a whim seeing dead and co in SF at Oracle a few years back while driving cross country to Oregon for college I fell in love with them. I look everywhere for tapes and besides online can’t find any. I would love the honor to hear some of these shows and feel the memories through the music if possible.

Bucky! I answered your similar comment on my post on Reddit - live in NC and can happily meet up! Hope you are doing well

Z

Hey Now! 💀

To celebrate 50 years of Relix, we’re looking to the people who made our magazine possible from the start: the tape trading community.

For the upcoming March issue, we’re reviving the classifieds section that helped connect tapers across the country, and we want YOU in the print! To get your name and the tapes you have or want to trade in our pages, shoot us a direct message or reply here - we'll get the word out, free of charge!

Since 1974, Relix has been a voice for the passionate live music fans who strive to take the stage home with them. As we ring in our 50th anniversary, we're grateful for your ongoing support and eager to give back.

The Music Never Stopped 🌅

I have many GD tapes, CDs and DVDs I'd like to give away. Doing some early Spring cleaning and the time has come to part with them. I used to tape trade in the 80's and started collecting and creating CDs and DVDs, after I became aware of bt.etree. I now listen via flac on a Fiio M11. I'm not sure how delivery would work, but I'm located in Western Massachusetts. I can be reached at gjden@comcast.net.

I'm still into tapes. I check eBay frequent to add to the collection. Several have eluded me since I started trading in the mid 80's.
2/15/69 Set 1 & 2 (UNK gen) AUD looking for an upgrade {barely listenable}
5/5/78 1set never found an AUD or SBD
5/5/78 2nd set (3rd gen) AUD looking for an upgrade
5/6/78 1set (4th-5th gen) AUD looking for an upgrade
11/20/78 1set (3rd gen) AUD looking for an upgrade
11/20/78 2nd set SBD recorded from GDH 406
It's the only copy I've ever owned
4/16/79 Rehearsal Club Front looking for an upgrade my tape has a lot of hiss
1/13/80 Never found it on tape
5/28/82 Never found it on tape
3/19/95 1st set I have a poor sounding AUD Did Healy ever release a SBD of this show?
I never made it to the DAT scene so my question is do DAT's sound better than CD's?

it "indubitably"
would be a wonderful release
and testament to Phil's importance
in the band
and a great tribute as well

It's a few decades now since I listened to tapes, but I must say, that apart from seeing the band live, the whole tape swapping culture has been the closest I have come to experiencing the essence of Deadheadism.

....DAVEROCK!

pulled out my reference book
The Deadhead's Taping Compendium Volume 1 (1959-1974)
last night
and began a re-read of the 1st 38 pages
and it brought it all back home for me again,
the historical perspective of GOGD recordings
(Babbs / Bear / Healy / Matthews / Cohen / Barncard / Rex / Kidd / the Deadheads)

and a re-visit (with a good laugh)
of the "Hell's Honkies Tape Club"
and the earliest TAPERS is something
that I can appreciate again with great memories
of sitting next to my deck and recording FM radio broadcasts
from (1983-1991) and then trading those tapes
with like minded folks for 1971-1976 FM's,
oh yes, when music was shared between DEADHEADS
for the price of postage and a tape

think I'll do a re-read this weekend
of the 8 page Dupree's Diamond News
interview with Dick Latvala to
complement the Compendium.

Uncle Tippel - I still check the Taping Compendium to see what the reviews are for upcoming Daves Picks and box sets.
The reviews in that first book for the 1966 shows, especially the Acid Tests, by Nick Merriwether are really good.

I also liked the whole tape trading thing. Sending blanks off in the post, and then getting them returned full of goodies. Then later driving up to a friends house who had a house full of tapes. He often recorded different shows on different tape decks in different rooms at the same time. Dead music could be heard, from different eras wherever you went in his house.

...my read of
the 8 page Dupree's Diamond News
interview with Dick Latvala

totally forgot about
the tape "baking" process
which was so vital to
securing the future of the music
found on the"poor condition tapes"
for all of us to enjoy

thanks dick / dave / healy et al