“With Rainbow Colors Blended”
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/with-rainbow-colors-blended
Published: October 3, 2025 19:45
Revisiting the Recorded Form of Anthem of the Sun
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The Grateful Dead and Warner Bros. in the 1970s (Part 1):
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/the-grateful-dead-and-warner-bros
Published: September 25, 2025 19:04
When the Dead Got Burned by Lenny Hart (1969-1970)
"Hauling items for the mob": "Independent promotion companies," payola, and "Touch of Grey" (1987)
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/hauling-items-for-the-mob-independent
Published: September 12, 2025 14:03
This is a document that I examine in my forthcoming book, Touch of Grey, or, How the Grateful Dead Became Pop Stars (forthcoming spring 2026 from Duke University Press).
"Searchin' for the sound": Recording and Mixing Phil Lesh's "Unbroken Chain"
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/searchin-for-the-sound-recording
Published: September 8, 2025 15:30
Between March 30 and May 8, 1974, the Grateful Dead recorded and mixed their latest studio album, From the Mars Hotel, at CBS Studios in San Francisco.
Remembering Englishtown, September 3, 1977
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/remembering-englishtown-september
Published: September 3, 2025 22:54
I couldn’t let the anniversary of this memorable show go by without some recognition.
A Time of "Reckoning"
https://gratefuldocuments.substack.com/p/a-time-of-reckoning
Published: September 2, 2025 18:32
I wanted to kick things off by revisiting a document that I examine in Live Dead (pages 89-93).