Grateful Dead - The Warfield, San Francisco, Ca Oct 4 and 6, 1980 (Black Friday 2025)

Grateful Dead — “The Warfield, San Francisco, CA Oct 4 & 6, 1980” [RSD Black Friday 2025]

Introduction

Two acoustic sets captured at San Francisco’s Warfield on October 4 and 6, 1980—during the Dead’s 15th-anniversary run—arrive on heavyweight black 180 g vinyl. The sequence blends repertoire staples like “Bird Song,” “Cassidy,” “Dire Wolf,” and “To Lay Me Down,” with both sets closing on “Ripple.”

Key Features

• Format: 2×LP (black vinyl, 180 g)
• Edition: RSD Black Friday 2025 — Exclusive
• Label: Rhino / Grateful Dead
• Packaging: Stoughton tip-on jacket
• Produced for release by David Lemieux
• Run: 6,000 copies
• Release date: November 28, 2025
• Catalog No.: 81227808075
• EAN: 0081227808075

Tracklist

Side A

1. Deep Elem Blues
2. The Race Is On
3. It Must Have Been the Roses
4. Monkey and the Engineer
5. Rosa Lee McFall

Side B

1. Dark Hollow
2. To Lay Me Down
3. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
4. Ripple

Side C

1. Dire Wolf
2. Cassidy
3. Jack-A-Roe
4. Monkey and the Engineer
5. I've Been All Around This World
6. Heaven Help the Fool

Side D

1. China Doll
2. On the Road Again
3. Bird Song
4. Ripple

Why You’ll Love It

A handsome archival snapshot of the band’s 1980 acoustic mode: warm 180 g cut, faithful sequencing, and a pair of “Ripple” codas that tie it together. Tip-on packaging and archivist curation make it a playable collectible for Deadheads and newcomers alike.

Trivia

• Official RSDBF 2025 title with a stated run of 6,000 on vinyl.
• Archival production by David Lemieux; vintage-style Stoughton tip-on jacket.
• Pairs nicely with the 2019 RSD Warfield release of the October 9 & 10 acoustic sets.