{"id":68596,"date":"2026-07-15T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/revisit-the-grateful-deads-20th-anniversary-tour-with-new-box-set\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:05:28","slug":"revisit-the-grateful-deads-20th-anniversary-tour-with-new-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/revisit-the-grateful-deads-20th-anniversary-tour-with-new-box-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisit the Grateful Dead&#8217;s 20th Anniversary Tour With New Box Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Hear &#8220;Sugar Magnolia (Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6\/30\/85)&#8221; now<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRemember the summer of 1985? Well, if you don\u2019t, good news: <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/store.dead.net\/products\/summer-magic-20cd-boxed-set-digital-boxed-set?variant=44523907874858\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Magic 1985<\/a><\/em>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/grateful-dead\/\" id=\"auto-tag_grateful-dead\" data-tag=\"grateful-dead\">Grateful Dead<\/a>\u2018s upcoming box set, arrives Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Summer Magic 1985<\/em> looks back on the band\u2019s 20th anniversary run, dubbed the Twenty Years So Far Tour, across 20 CDs. It features seven previously unreleased shows: three evenings at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA (6\/14\/85-6\/16\/85), Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York (6\/27\/85),\u00a0a rainy night at Hershey Park Stadium in Penn. (6\/28\/85); and\u00a0Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD (6\/30\/85-7\/1\/85). You can hear \u201cSugar Magnolia\u201d from the June 30 date below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sugar Magnolia (Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 6\/30\/1985)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oD8gWmc5SeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDavid Lemieux, the Dead\u2019s legacy manager and archivist, said in a statement that the momentous \u201cShakedown Street\u201d from that same show is \u201cwidely considered one of the greatest single performances of any song by the Grateful Dead, up there with the \u2018Dew\u2019 from\u00a0<em>Europe \u201972<\/em>, \u2018Viola Lee Blues\u2019 from Harpur College, and \u2018Eyes of the World\u2019 from 3\/29\/90. Yes, it\u2019s that good.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added that he became a fan of the tour as a teenager, when he traded for a copy of the second set from 6\/15\/85 at the Greek.\u00a0\u201cI had a few tapes by this time from 1983 and 1984, but this 1985 Grateful Dead was something entirely different, a freshness that sounded like a band now celebrating 20 years (!), but still just getting started,\u201d Lemieux said. \u201cFrom that moment on, I was on a mission to collect as much 1985 Dead as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Summer Magic 1985<\/em> is limited to 10,000 copies, while <em>Merriweather 6\/30\/85<\/em> will be available as a 3-CD or 4-LP set.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/the-grateful-dead-summer-1985-box-set-1235593997\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear &#8220;Sugar Magnolia (Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6\/30\/85)&#8221; now Remember the summer of 1985? 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