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<header class="top"><div class="mark"><i>◆</i> DEAD</div><nav class="nav"><a href="#listen">Listen</a><a href="/room/">Riverboat room</a><a href="#rooms">Gallery rooms</a><a href="#source">The source</a></nav></header>
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<section class="hero"><div class="eyebrow">A listening exhibition · six rooms · the whole long run</div><h1>Long <em>strange</em></h1><p class="hero-copy">A visual archive with a pulse. Move through five decades of live sound, then enter the rooms the music inspired.</p><div class="hero-meta"><span>1969—1995</span><span>Community recordings</span><span>Source-hosted playback</span><span>No autoplay</span></div></section>

<section class="section" id="listen"><div class="section-head"><span class="k">01 / Listening room</span><h2>Choose a night.<br>Enter the room.</h2></div><p class="intro">Eighteen landmark dates spanning the band’s full touring run, closing on the final night, selected from Steve’s listen-only music source. Playback stays with the Internet Archive; every recording opens back to its original item page.</p><div class="player-shell"><div class="shows" id="shows"></div><div class="stage"><span class="date" id="stageDate"></span><h3 id="stageTitle"></h3><p class="note" id="stageNote"></p><div class="listen"><button class="listen-btn" id="listenBtn">Load source player</button><div class="frame-wrap" id="frameWrap"><iframe id="player" title="Internet Archive show player" loading="lazy" allow="autoplay"></iframe><div class="source-row"><span id="sourceMeta"></span><a id="sourceLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View recording at the Internet Archive ↗</a></div></div></div></div></div></section>

<section class="section" id="rooms"><div class="section-head"><span class="k">02 / Exhibition rooms</span><h2>The music,<br>made visible.</h2></div><div class="gallery-tools"><div><label for="sort">Sort</label><select id="sort"><option value="curated">Curated</option><option value="title">Title A→Z</option><option value="era">Era</option></select></div><div><label for="density">Density</label><input id="density" type="range" min="1" max="4" value="3"></div></div><div class="builds" id="builds"></div></section>

<section class="section" id="source"><div class="source-note"><h2>The source stays the source.</h2><p><strong>These recordings are not copied, sold, or re-hosted here.</strong> They are community recordings made available for listening through the Grateful Dead collection at the Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive. The embedded player and every source link resolve to archive.org. Availability and recording notes remain governed by the source item.</p></div></section>
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<footer><span>DEAD · agentabrams.com</span><span>Curated from Steve’s music source · Internet Archive / Live Music Archive</span><span>Listen only · no commercial reuse implied</span></footer>
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{"year":1974,"date":"June 23, 1974","title":"Jai-Alai Fronton","sub":"Miami · Wall of Sound era","id":"gd74-06-23.sbd.cribbs.16780.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"160k+ source listens","note":"Scale without blur. This Wall of Sound performance pairs enormous dynamic range with unusually clear instrumental space."},
{"year":1976,"date":"June 10, 1976","title":"Boston Music Hall","sub":"Boston · return-from-hiatus era","id":"gd76-06-10.sbd.bertha-ashley.23370.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★8.6 · 32 reviews","note":"The comeback year, slowed down and deepened. Tempos relax, the segues grow ambitious, and the ensemble listens harder than ever."},
{"year":1977,"date":"May 8, 1977","title":"Cornell","sub":"Ithaca · Barton Hall","id":"gd77-05-08.sbd.hicks.4982.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"1.45m+ source listens","note":"The famous reference point: controlled momentum, luminous ensemble playing, and a recording that has become part of American musical memory."},
{"year":1978,"date":"February 1, 1978","title":"Uptown Theater","sub":"Chicago · tight & funky late-’70s era","id":"gd78-02-01.sbd.parillo.1017.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★9.1 · 25 reviews","note":"Muscular and precise. The rhythm section locks into a deep pocket while the jams stay adventurous."},
{"year":1981,"date":"March 21, 1981","title":"Rainbow Theatre","sub":"London · European-tour era","id":"gd81-03-21.sbd.clugston.6666.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★9 · 9 reviews","note":"An overseas soundboard with a room-filling roar — a hot, compact set from the band’s early-’80s touring peak."},
{"year":1985,"date":"April 27, 1985","title":"Frost Amphitheatre","sub":"Palo Alto · 20th-anniversary / Frost era","id":"gd85-04-27.sbd.jerugim.359.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★9.5 · 31 reviews","note":"A luminous afternoon in the Palo Alto sun. One of the most treasured recordings of the mid-’80s, warm and unhurried."},
{"year":1987,"date":"January 28, 1987","title":"S.F Civic Auditorium","sub":"San Francisco · In the Dark comeback era","id":"gd1987-01-28.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.83286.flac16","downloads":"★5.9 · 32 reviews","note":"The comeback-record year at home in San Francisco — a band rediscovering its audience and its reach."},
{"year":1989,"date":"December 31, 1989","title":"Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum","sub":"Oakland · late-peak / Built to Last era","id":"gd89-12-31.sbd.bertha-ashley.18674.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★7.5 · 14 reviews","note":"New Year’s Eve in Oakland: a big, celebratory night from the band’s remarkable late-decade resurgence."},
{"year":1990,"date":"March 29, 1990","title":"Nassau","sub":"Uniondale · late-era expansion","id":"gd90-03-29.aud-fob.set2.unknown.1317.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"231k+ source listens","note":"A late-period high-water mark where the band’s expanded palette meets the immediacy of a strong audience recording."},
{"year":1991,"date":"October 31, 1991","title":"Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum","sub":"Oakland · post-Brent / Bruce Hornsby era","id":"gd91-10-31.sbd.gardner.2897.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★9.8 · 56 reviews","note":"Halloween in Oakland, and a high-water mark of the early ’90s — a beautifully reviewed soundboard, expansive and generous."},
{"year":1993,"date":"March 24, 1993","title":"Dean Smith Center","sub":"Chapel Hill · Vince era / stadium years","id":"gd93-03-24.sbd.keyser.25664.sbeok.flacf","downloads":"★8.3 · 41 reviews","note":"A strong, well-loved night from the final chapter — the songbook wide open and the jams still reaching."},
{"year":1994,"date":"October 5, 1994","title":"The Spectrum","sub":"Philadelphia · final-years era","id":"gd94-10-05.sbd.unknown.8030.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★9.4 · 31 reviews","note":"Late-era grandeur at the Spectrum. A superb soundboard from one of the last great runs, played like the band knew every night counted."},
{"year":1995,"date":"July 9, 1995","title":"Soldier Field","sub":"Chicago · the final show","id":"gd95-07-09.sbd.7233.sbeok.shnf","downloads":"★7 · 361 reviews","note":"The last time. July 9, 1995 in Chicago — the final Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia. Not the band’s most flawless night, but the closing of the circle, and the most-remembered recording of the year."}
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