Grateful Dead Revolution live versions: 11 shows
Explore 11 Grateful Dead performances of Revolution from 1983-1990, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.
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Start with these Revolution versions
Best first listen: October 17, 1983 · Olympic Center · Lake Placid, NY, US
This Lake Placid date put the band in the Olympic Center sports complex known for its roles in the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. Public audio circulates on Archive and Relisten, making it a useful exact-date stop for the fall 1983 tour.
Another strong choice: October 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
The Carrier Dome audience tape documents a big Syracuse college-stadium show with Take A Step Back crowd-management context and a Bertha > Greatest Story opener. Set two centers on Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah and He's Gone > Smokestack Lightning before the Drums/Space-to-Lovelight run and Revolution encore.
Another strong choice: April 8, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
An audience recording of a show that opens the first set with In The Midnight Hour into Walkin' The Dog, and whose second set runs Estimated Prophet into Eyes Of The World, Drums, Space, Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad, Stella Blue, and Around And Around into Turn On Your Lovelight. Brokedown Palace is the encore.
First catalog performance: October 12, 1983 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
Last catalog performance: March 28, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
Top shows featuring Revolution
October 17, 1983 · Olympic Center · Lake Placid, NY, US
October 20, 1984 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
April 8, 1985 · Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US
October 31, 1983 · Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium · San Rafael, CA, US
March 28, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US
March 15, 1990 · Capital Centre · Landover, MD, US
November 8, 1985 · Rochester Community War Memorial · Rochester, NY, US
October 9, 1984 · Centrum · Worcester, MA, US
October 22, 1983 · Carrier Dome, Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY, US
October 12, 1983 · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US
July 2, 1985 · Pittsburgh Civic Arena · Pittsburgh, PA, US
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