Grateful Dead Backstage Pass Merriweather Post Maryland 1985 6/30/85 & 7/1/85 MD

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Grateful Dead Backstage Pass : 1985 : Summer Tour '85 ! : " Complete Pair !! " : June 30, 1985 ( 6/30/1985 ) & July 1, 1985 ( 7/1/1985 ) - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland ( MD ) !! : 1985 Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. ( GDP ) - Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) : ' Out-Of-This-Universe !!! ' ... 1985 Summer Tour !! - Live-Dead !!!!!
Both !! of the 1985 Summer Tour Grateful Dead Passes together ! from the Monumental !! & Intergalactic !!! 6/30/85 & 7/1/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion Shows !! - in Maryland !!! ... on the Grateful Dead " Twenty Years So Far !!! " '85 Summer Tour !!!!!
Holy Grateful Dead .....  Well fellow Fans, you are either ' with ' me on this trip regarding these two Golden ! '85 Summer Tour Shows ... or, you're not - but either way, I can completely understand - as in this most-delicious lifelong sport known as the music of the Grateful Dead.  Sometimes it can be dangerous ... and it can take you places that you never thought you would ever be -- and in some cases, like the experience of 6/30/85 & 7/1/85 ... there is really no ' way ' back - and most-definitely, no road map provided to find your way home !  You're stuck in bliss - and it goes on & on.  Wow .....  I'll try here indeed, but the question I really find myself asking here really is ... " How can a Human Being even Attempt !?! to describe what the Grateful Dead did to M.P.P. on June 30th & July 1st, 1985 ?!? ".  If " 20 Years So Far " was the ' right ' recipe for perfection, then I suppose these two days must have fallen into some calandar-like abyss of the heavenly.  I guess the best way I can say it is this ... is there is a way to play Rock & Roll to absolute perfection, then that is what the Band tapped into here in Maryland on the 1985 Summer Tour.  This Fans, at least to my ear ... it is simply how you play Rock 'n Roll.  I figured that I have probably listened to both of these Shows in the 250-300 + time ballpark ... and, there is not a single thing that I would want to change about any of it.  This is how you Deliver !!! Live to the people when you plug in.  If electricity is a commodity, then it is factual that the Grateful Dead did not waste even the smallest of small slivers ... as they completely Destroyed ! the Merriweather Post Pavillion on 6/30 & 7/1, 1985.  I've heard all the arguments over the years about the periods & eras of Grateful Dead - and yes, of course I do love them all ... '68-'69 ... '70 ... '73-'74 ... '75 ... '76-'77 ... '79-'90 ... etc., etc., etc.  And, though I well know that there is Live Glory & Magic Everywhere ! ... still, there is nothing just quite like 6/30/85.  I have probably owned 15-20 versions / recordings of these Shows, 10th gens. - 3rd gens. - 2nd gens. - 1st gens. - Mixing Board Masters - Clones - Main-Console Masters - you name it, and that's just with analog.  And, who knows how many " try this one " digi-copies ... dat-transfers - beta s!! - f.o.b. auds, it goes on & on ... but, like 2 or 3 years ago -- I finally ! after decades got what I believe to be " The " tapes of 6/30 ( TDK MA-90 Metal Alloy Cassette Masters ! from the Soundboard !! ) and it just further-secured my belief in this Landmark ! G.D. live-delivery.  And sure ... there's some slop, Jerry's at-times grainy voice, etc. - I've heard all the naysayers sides of this ' conversation ' ... but --- what Garcia does to his 6-string is beyond up there at the all-time top.  I can guarantee ! you that the only performance that even comes close to this all-time at M.P.P. was delivered by Jimi Hendrix himself - at M.P.P. in the Summer of '68.  Garcia basically defines the definition of the technical, attack, guts, lead, reckless vigor, fierce, and last but not least ... and arguably the most important .. .. .. Tone !!!!!!!!  This is a flat-out Electric Guitar Clinic! at times throughout, where he is basically instructing everyone in the M.P.P. Pavillion how exactly to deliver rock & roll though a Fender Silver Twin > Mac > Boss OD-1 > Boss HM-2 ! > Right In Your Face !!!  But the thing is, nobody - and I mean absolutely-nobody can copy or repeat this brand of magic ... just-like this magic.  This music & tone!!! gets freed into the Stratosphere, and no matter what they tell you ... you can never truly quite capture " Pure " Lightning In a Bottle.  Kind of like reaching for the Gold Ring ... you know ?  I will even go as far as saying that 6/30/85 as a whole might be one of the greatest concerts that was ever played live, and that ever will be played live.  The Rottweiler on this Pass looks kind of cute & all ... but you know what - it's not possible ... he must ! be Mean !!!!! to earn His way on to this Pass.  This is an Other One indeed not - for the faint-hearted.  Clearly some of the most-important Backstage Passes in the History of Rock & Roll !!!  And or course, that of the Grateful Dead too.  Jer~ry Gar~cia !!!!!  Enjoy ..... Wow .. .. ..
Grateful Dead : Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland ( MD ) : 6/30/1985 Setlist >>>
Set 1
:  Half Step Mississippi > C.C. Rider > Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues, Keep On Growing > Big Railroad Blues > Looks Like Rain > Don't Ease Me In
Set 2
:  Shakedown Street > Samson & Delilah, Gimmie Some Lovin' > He's Gone > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Space > Other One > Stella Blue > Around & Around > Sugar Magnolia
Encore
:  U.S. Blues
Grateful Dead : Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland ( MD ) : 7/1/1985 Setlist >>>
Set 1
:  Dancin' In The Streets, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Walking Blues, Jack A Roe, Brother Esau, Stagger Lee, Let It Grow > Day Job
Set 2
:  Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Playing In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Drums > Space > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Goin Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Good Lovin'
Encore
:  Satisfaction > Baby Blue
Authentic manufacturer info is factory printed on back of Pass : " Fasson Crack'N Peel (patent pending) "
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Grateful Dead Backstage Pass : 1985 : Rick Griffin Art ! : October 25, 1985 ( 10/25/85 : 10/25/1985 ) - Sportatorium - Hollywood, Florida ( FL ) : 1985 Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. ( GDP ) - Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) : The Very-Rare ! Griffin " Aoxomoxoa ! " Style G.D. Pass - in Rare ' White ' !!!!!
G.D. Fans!!  ... who Love any ! of the following, had better fall in for this Rare-Beauty! ... Rick Griffin Art ! - The Good Ol' ( Mid-Eighties ! ) Grateful Dead !! - and naturally too ... Fall Tour '85 !!!!!  Whoa !?!!  Just ' looking ' at this Pass makes me Smile ... Big-Time ! -- one of the Pure Heaters !! of the '85 Fall Tour leg ... on the Down-South portion !  My oh my Dead Fans, as offered here is a Rare ! one indeed - as this is the Vintage-Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) Grateful Dead Backstage Pass ( sticker-patch / satin ) for the October 25, 1985 ( 10/25/1985 ) Show at the Sportatorium ! in Hollywood, Florida ( FL ) !!!  Or, just as Lou Reed like to once so-excellently say ... F.L.A. !!!  Awesome ...  Wow !  You bet Fans, as this is not only one of the Incredible ! Rick Griffin " Aoxomoxoa " style Pass designs, where a design portion of the 1969 Grateful Dead Album Aoxomoxoa was used as an official G.D. Backstage Pass !  But ... this is one of the Super-Rare ! ones with a ' White ' Border - that just looks so-clean & Cool ! with this Fabulous ! G.D. / Griffin Art design.  There were some other border-colors used during this Mid-'80's Era for this design ... Green, Pink, and others.  But, finding this one in with a White Border - is a pretty stout challenge, and ... especially here close to 35-Years after the Show !  This one is just a Beauty ! - as the Red lines Glow !! ... and the Yellow in the Sun ! Speaks !!!  And ... for the best part - Ha ! - " The Show " !!!  Just seeing ! this date makes me about weak in the knees, as Garcia's Silver-Face Fender Twin Reverb TONE !!! is nothing short of Nasty !!!!!  He gets enough pop & crunch to either Sink a Ship ... or, to Melt Your Mind !  So glassy, so pure, so edgy & moody, and just Terror ! Rock & Roll.  Garcia got some way-Hot tones in '81, '82, '83, '84, '86, '87, '88 ( kinda ), '89 & '90 ... but - this little period here in '85... he stacks the juice ! on the reverb knob ( 7 1/2 ? - I can't remember exactly ... ) and it is So ... " On !!! ".  Then, one step on that MXR Phase 100 -- and You ! are going to the Moon ! my Dear Friend ... Whoa !  In fact, if you're not familiar with this Show ... and hopefully that's-not the case !  Jerry is Feelin' it so-well, that he even calls Deal ! for the Show Opener !!!  And, opens Set II with Morning Dew !!!!!  And no, I'm not making that up - believe it ... Wow !  After Deal in I - Garcia & Weir trade on a Rooster, then the Iko Cooks !  And Jerry uncorks a Loser for the Mid-'80's ages !!!  And, the Band responds by completely Banging-out a speedy Let It Grow with some Serious-Attack !  Then, after Set II - Garcia drops the Dew !!! ... and then pretty much lets Bobby steer the ship !  Just check this-stuff out ... Dew ! - Estimated > Eyes > Drums > Space > Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Mag !!!  With a Baby Blue Encore !  So, only Peter & Baby Blue left for Jerry ... but, it's ok - because it is indeed ... " Ace-Time ! " -- and he is Feelin' Feisty, and delivers too !!  Especially in Miracle !  So Impressive ... as was this whole little Southern Tour run >>> Pembroke Pines ( Hollywood ), FL > Tampa, FL > Atlanta, GA ( x 2 !! ) > Columbia, SC > and Richmond, VA ( x 2 !! ).  This '85 G.D. unit was one Lean, Mean Wrecking-Machine ... and it was indeed an Equal ! mix of just power-packed Passion !! ... & of course ... Tones !!!  " When I Die Bury Me Deep, Put Two Speakers On My Head, and Always Play ... '85 Dead !!! ".  Hah !!!  Thought you might like that little ' variation '.  Enjoy this G.D. / Griffin '85 Live-Dead Pass !!!!!  So-Incredibly-Awesome !!!!!!!
Grateful Dead : 10/25/1985 : Sportatorium - Pembroke Pines ( Hollywood ), Florida ( FL ) : Setlist >>>
Set 1
:  Deal, Little Red Rooster, Iko Iko, El Paso, Dire Wolf, All Over Now, Loser, Let It Grow
Set 2
:  Morning Dew, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
Encore
:  Baby Blue
Authentic manufacturer info is factory printed on back of Pass : " Mactac/StarLiner ".
Please ask any questions before bidding/buying & Best of Luck !!
(  also ... please feel free to click the 'see other items' button above to check-out my other related live listings - Thanks !  )
U.S. & International buyers welcome (additional shipping charges & delivery time will apply for international destinations).  Shipping charges include delivery confirmation on every item.  Returns accepted within 14 days of purchase if item is returned unused & undamaged (buyer pays return shipping).  All items will be shipped as merchandise with the winning bid entered as item value (2019-2020).