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Summer Magic 1985

Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2026

Rhino

A limited edition 20 CD release of seven complete Grateful Dead shows from June and July 1985. The release also includes a 96 page booklet. One of the shows, Merriweather 6/30/85, was also released as a stadalone 3 CD set.

Tracks

CD 1: 6/14/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:

  • Dancing in the Street
  • West L.A. Fadeaway
  • C.C. Rider
  • Peggy-O
  • Hell in a Bucket
  • Keep On Growing
  • Stagger Lee
  • Let It Grow >
  • Deal
  • Keep Your Day Job
CD 2: 6/14/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • Tuning fun
  • Morning Dew
  • Playing in the Band >
  • China Doll >
  • Jam >
  • Drums >
  • Space >
  • Truckin' >
  • Smokestack Lightning >
  • Comes a Time >
  • Sugar Magnolia
CD 3: 6/15/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • Touch of Grey
  • New Minglewood Blues
  • Friend of the Devil
  • Cassidy
  • Dupree's Diamond Blues
  • Me and My Uncle >
  • Big River >
  • Might as Well
CD 4: 6/15/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • China Cat Sunflower >
  • I Know You Rider
  • Lost Sailor >
  • Saint of Circumstance
  • Terrapin Station >
  • Drums
CD 5: 6/15/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • Space >
  • The Wheel >
  • Gimme Some Lovin' >
  • Throwing Stones >
  • Not Fade Away
  • She Belongs to Me
  • U.S. Blues
CD 6: 6/16/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • In the Midnight Hour >
  • Bertha
  • Walkin' Blues
  • Tennessee Jed
  • My Brother Esau
  • Big Railroad Blues
  • Looks Like Rain
  • Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • Promised Land
CD 7: 6/16/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • Scarlet Begonias >
  • Fire on the Mountain
  • Samson and Delilah
  • That's It for the Other One >
    Cryptical Envelopment
    The Other One
    Cryptical Envelopment
  • Drums
CD 8: 6/16/85 Greek Theatre, Berkeley:
  • Space >
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >
  • I Need a Miracle >
  • Wharf Rat >
  • Turn On Your Lovelight
  • Brokedown Palace
CD 9: 6/27/85 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs:
  • In the Midnight Hour >
  • Bertha
  • Little Red Rooster
  • Stagger Lee
  • El Paso
  • Crazy Fingers >
  • Supplication Jam >
  • High Time
  • Hell in a Bucket >
  • Don't Ease Me In
CD 10: 6/27/85 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs:
  • Feel Like a Stranger >
  • Eyes of the World >
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >
  • Man Smart, Woman Smarter >
  • Drums
CD 11: 6/27/85 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs:
  • Space >
  • Truckin' >
  • Spoonful >
  • Black Peter >
  • Turn On Your Lovelight
  • Johnny B. Goode >
  • It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
CD 12: 6/28/85 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey:
  • Cold Rain and Snow >
  • Promised Land
  • Ramble On Rose
  • I Ain't Superstitious / Down in the Bottom >
  • Bird Song >
  • Comes a Time >
  • Deal
CD 13: 6/28/85 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey:
  • The Music Never Stopped
  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  • Estimated Prophet >
  • Terrapin Station >
  • Drums
CD 14: 6/28/85 Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey:
  • Space >
  • I Need a Miracle >
  • Morning Dew >
  • Throwing Stones >
  • Not Fade Away
  • Keep Your Day Job
CD 15: 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo >
  • C.C. Rider >
  • Brown-Eyed Women
  • Mama Tried >
  • Mexicali Blues
  • Keep On Growing
  • Big Railroad Blues
  • Looks Like Rain >
  • Don't Ease Me In
CD 16: 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Shakedown Street >
  • Samson and Delilah
  • Gimme Some Lovin' >
  • He's Gone >
  • Cryptical Envelopment >
  • Drums
CD 17: 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Space >
  • The Other One >
  • Stella Blue >
  • Around and Around >
  • Sugar Magnolia
  • U.S. Blues
CD 18: 7/1/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Dancing in the Street
  • Dupree's Diamond Blues
  • Walkin' Blues
  • Jack-a-Roe
  • My Brother Esau
  • Stagger Lee
  • Let It Grow >
  • Keep Your Day Job
CD 19: 7/1/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Scarlet Begonias >
  • Fire on the Mountain
  • Playing in the Band >
  • Uncle John's Band >
  • Drums
CD 20: 7/1/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia:
  • Space >
  • Dear Mr. Fantasy >
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad >
  • Good Lovin'
  • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction >
  • It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Musicians

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Mickey Hart – drums
Credits

  • Producer - Grateful Dead
  • Producer for release - David Lemieux
  • Recording - Dan Healy
  • Mastering - David Glasser
  • Art origination - Marcos Alvarado
  • Design - Pablo Valdes, Steve Vance
  • Booklet authors - Nicholas G. Meriwether, David Lemieux
Notes

The shows included in this box set release are:

  • 6/14/85, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
  • 6/15/85, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
  • 6/16/85, Greek Theatre, Berkeley, California
  • 6/27/85, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, New York
  • 6/28/85, Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • 6/30/85, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
  • 7/1/85, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
Related releases

The show 6/30/85, Merriweather Post Pavilion show was also released as a standalone 3 CD set:

For information about other releases that include music from this period see the 1985 section of the Dead by Date page.

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