Play Dead is the official Grateful Dead streaming app, offering unprecedented hi-res access to the G
rateful Dead Vault of live recordings.
For the first time, the band’s live legacy is brought together in a single official streaming service, with newly transferred and mastered recordings from the original sources.
Previously unreleased shows - called Dead Drops - will be available every Tuesday, augmenting the catalog of official live Grateful Dead releases, many of which have never been available on any streaming service.
The Vault Unlocked
Exclusive Hi-Res Recordings
Access new high resolution transfers, mastered for the first time and available exclusively on Play Dead.
Dead Drops Every Tuesday
Previously unreleased recordings added, every Tuesday, curated by Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux, mastered for the first time by David Glasser.
CD-Only Releases, Now Streaming
Shows previously available only on CD from box sets and Dave’s Picks are now streaming for the first time -only on Play Dead- in higher-than-CD-quality.
The Vault by Year
Live recordings are presented in order of performance date for the first time in the band’s history.
Play Dead brings together three decades of live recordings into a single, evolving app designed for both longtime Dead Heads and those who just got on the bus.
Listen Anywhere
Listen and resume listening across devices, including Apple CarPlay.
Subscription
Subscriptions available starting at $9.99/month or $99.99/year.
Official Access to the Grateful Dead Vault
Created for Grateful Dead Productions and Rhino Entertainment, longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog. Built by nugs, the leading platform for live music.
For nugs Subscribers
Play Dead is also available as an add-on to nugs.
PlayDead Payment and Auto-Renewal Terms:
Play Dead offers auto-renewing monthly and annual subscriptions to stream music from the Play Dead catalog.
Two subscription types are available, monthly (30 days) and annual (365 days). All subscriptions auto-renew.
A Play Dead monthly subscription is $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year for new users. Plans auto-renew at $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year after the first year. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at the time of your purchase.
Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period.
Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the users Account Settings after purchase.
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Privacy Policy at http://nugs.net/privacy.aspx
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Reviews Play Dead: Grateful Dead App for iphone
Pretty good. Wish the album artwork was bigger.
4
By 4udi0Ph1le23
Wish the artwork was bigger…especially if the “tape” covers could just be cd artwork. That would be awesome. So we could actually see the artwork.
Money
1
By Samhain0112
No subscription = no music. Nothing is free at all. Only thing it’s semi useful for is to look up a date, a song , a show, which is already available for free in many other places. Certain people probably rolling over in their eternal slumber that their free music is not so free. 99$ a year 10$ a month. Whatever. Won’t shed a tear if it loses money
Excellent Sound Quality
5
By Shyndkybdhnxtbx
Was hesitant to download sine this already exists in multiple platforms already. But I heard there were mastering them and figured would give it a shot. It hits on the sound quality, significantly better than the other sources and well if for $5 a month I get better sounding and clearer Grateful Dead, say no more. On another note, who can’t love the design of it having the cassette tape look, is nostalgic and a super cool look.
Too expensive
1
By CKTurner
Very cool idea but subscription should be $2.99 a month at most. $100 a year or $10 a month for 1 band is overkill
Love it plus feature request
5
By scarfire todd
Love the format and able to search on anything. Great quality soundboards. Can you add a Mark as Played option. I don’t want to listen again to something I heard before but don’t remember. Thanks.
Why one size fits all?
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By What*Why?
Given all the goodies included in the service, a tiered approach could be taken, providing free or very low base cost for simply accessing vault, and charge additional for special features
It’s got it all!
5
By Vilade Family
everything you could ask for as a dead head plus some really awesome extra features like reviews, playlists, and recording history!
Required account and tracking? Hard pass.
2
By brian485
Look at the "App Privacy" section and ask yourself do you want to be tracked so your Dead show playlist, along with more personal info, sold to the highest bidder? Most likely not.
Also this is streaming only meaning shows can disappear on a second's notice.
Thankfully the vast majority of traders don't require an account or "...track you across apps and websites owned by other companies." Please visit them.
$$$
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By geofflc75_STL
It says in App purchases but to listen to anything you have to pay. No thanks. There are plenty of places to listen the the Dead shows for free. This is just a money grab. Move on.
Really nice
5
By SFMike
Excellent quality shows in a nice presentation. It’d be nicer if one could change the appearance in CarPlay, hard to read black song titles against deep blue background.
