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Grateful Dead Sitting on Top of the World live versions: 37 shows

Explore 37 Grateful Dead performances of Sitting on Top of the World from 1966-1987, with first and last dates, venues, setlists, and listening links.

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First catalog performance: May 19, 1966 · Avalon Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US

Last catalog performance: December 28, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US

Top shows featuring Sitting on Top of the World

September 20, 1970 · Fillmore East · New York, NY, US

December 10, 1971 · Fox Theatre · St. Louis, MO, US

December 11, 1969 · Thelma · Los Angeles, CA, US

July 29, 1966 · P.N.E. Garden Auditorium · Vancouver, Canada

April 23, 1969 · The Ark · Boston, MA, US

March 25, 1972 · Academy of Music · New York, NY, US

May 23, 1972 · Lyceum · London, England

April 22, 1969 · The Ark · Boston, MA, US

July 16, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US

April 15, 1969 · The Music Box · Omaha, NE, US

May 25, 1972 · Lyceum · London, England

April 21, 1969 · The Ark · Boston, MA, US

October 21, 1971 · Auditorium Theatre · Chicago, IL, US

February 8, 1970 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US

September 7, 1969 · Family Dog On The Great Highway · San Francisco, CA, US

August 23, 1969 · Pelletier Farm · St. Helens, OR, US

April 26, 1969 · Kinetic Playground · Chicago, IL, US

July 3, 1969 · Reed Hollow Ranch · Franktown, CO, US

June 7, 1969 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US

March 29, 1968 · Carousel Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US

May 18, 1972 · Kongresssaal, Deutsches Museum · Munich, Germany

July 11, 1969 · NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadows Park · New York, NY, US

December 28, 1987 · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena · Oakland, CA, US

June 27, 1969 · Veterans Memorial Auditorium · Santa Rosa, CA, US

December 5, 1971 · Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US

October 31, 1969 · Loma Prieta Room, Student Union, San Jose State University · San Jose, CA, US

November 5, 1970 · Capitol Theatre · Port Chester, NY, US

June 28, 1969 · Veterans Memorial Auditorium · Santa Rosa, CA, US

May 19, 1966 · Avalon Ballroom · San Francisco, CA, US

June 5, 1969 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US

July 12, 1970 · Fillmore East · New York, NY, US

July 3, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium · San Francisco, CA, US

June 7, 1970 · Fillmore West · San Francisco, CA, US

April 18, 1969 · Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue University · Lafayette, IN, US

April 25, 1969 · Kinetic Playground · Chicago, IL, US

April 11, 1969 · University Auditorium, University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ, US

June 22, 1969 · Central Park · New York, NY, US

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Independent fan project. Setlist data attribution: gdshowsdb by Jeff Smith, MIT License. Listening links point to Archive and Relisten.