In partnership with Rhino Records and Grateful Dead Productions, for the First time on vinyl, For the Grateful Dead, the music from the vault never stops.
The Grateful Dead Movie, directed and edited by Jerry Garcia and Leon Gast, is a documentary concert film which captures the band, their associates, and their (extremely) devoted fanbase during a historic 1974 five-night run of concerts at the Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. Which, at the time, were to be the group’s last shows ever. These recordings capture the Dead at the height of their mid 70’s predominance and effectively marked the end of the first act of the group’s 30 year career, as a yearlong hiatus immediately followed.
The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack now holds legendary status among Dead Heads. Not just for the group’s superb playing, but it also documented the last shows where their infamous “Wall of Sound” sound system was captured to tape, as well as the return of drummer Mickey Hart to the band’s line-up. It is now regarded as a pivotal moment in the Grateful Dead’s long strange trip.
Available for the first time in any format since 2005, and on vinyl for the first time ever, Mondo is proud to offer our first collaboration with the Grateful Dead featuring stunning audio and visual reproduction.
The dates were pivotal in the Dead’s legendary career as it marked the end of its usage of the Wall of Sound, constructed from hundreds of loudspeakers for live performances. The shows came before a planned band hiatus, too, which brought increased focus to the gigs. (The Grateful Dead wouldn’t tour again until June 1976.)
“Widely considered one of the greatest runs of shows in the Grateful Dead’s history, October 1974 at the Winterland featured inspired, exciting and out-of-this-world playing,” said Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux in a news release announcing the box set’s release. “Thankfully filmed for the Grateful Dead Movie, these five shows were the only 1974 performances recorded to 16-track analogue tape.
This box set features the full 44-song tracklist originally featured on the 2005 CD release, configured for the vinyl format.
The soundtrack contains Dead setlist standards such as “Uncle John’s Band,” “Casey Jones,” “Truckin’,” “Sugar Magnolia” as well as pretty much every major song in the Grateful Dead’s 1974 repertoire, including “Dark Star,” “The Other One,” “Playing In The Band,” “Eyes Of The World,” “Morning Dew,” “China Cat Sunflower,” “I Know You Rider” and “Weather Report Suite.”
Pressed on 10x solid color, audiophile quality discs by Optimal Media, mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering with lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and Plangent Processes tape speed correction by Jamie Howarth. This premium set also includes a 42-page hardcover book featuring an extensive liner note essay by Nicholas G. Meriwether, alongside rare and previously unpublished photos courtesy of Retro Photo Archive.
Original illustration, design and art restoration by Madalyn Stefanak and book design by Justin Goers and Chris Minicucci.
Only 3,000 individually numbered units of the collection will be sold. Each of the 10 audiophile-quality LPs are in a different color vinyl.
The news of this elusive vinyl soundtrack release comes about two months after the death of Dead founding member Bob Weir, who had also been the front man for Dead & Company, which continued to perform until August 2025. His death leaves only drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart as surviving members. Singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, died at age 78, in November 2025. Founding member and bassist Phil Lesh died in October 2024.
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