Article Contributed by Gratefulweb
Published on 2026-09-22
Tuesday Dead Drops keeps rocking through Spring Tour 1985 with two newly mastered Grateful Dead performances from Hampton Coliseum and Springfield Civic Center.
“Night two aboard the Hampton Spaceship starts with Stranger and Cold Rain, but the second set is where our beautifully distractible friends really take over: Scarlet > Hell in a Bucket. Jerry drives a really cool transition. Ship of Fools > Terrapin follows before Hampton’s Drums > Space gives way to Spanish Jam > Truckin’ > Smokestack > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia. Jerry’s Baby Blue provides the perfect landing.
“It’s north to Springfield, Mass.
“Bertha > Promised Land launches another hot night, with Althea and Minglewood > Deal highlighting the first. The Sunday sermon opens the second before a pure-1985 sequence of Cumberland > Women Are Smarter > He’s Gone > Spoonful > Rhythm Devils > Space and surprise Jerry takes us into a Dear Mr. Fantasy, followed by Throwing Stones > NFA and a U.S. Blues encore.
“Hampton to Springfield. 1985—anything does and keeps happening. Enjoy!” — Martin Knott
Pulled from the Vault by David Lemieux and newly mastered by David Glasser from the original TDK F1 Digi Beta tapes, both March 22 and March 24, 1985, are now streaming in Hi-Res exclusively on Play Dead.
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March 22, 1985
Hampton Coliseum
Hampton, Virginia
Set I
Feel Like a Stranger, Cold Rain & Snow, C.C. Rider, Brown-Eyed Women, Cassidy, Big Railroad Blues, My Brother Esau, Don’t Ease Me In
Set II
Scarlet Begonias > Hell in a Bucket, Ship of Fools, Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > Spanish Jam > Truckin’ > Smokestack Lightning > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
Encore
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Listen to Hampton Coliseum 3/22/85.
March 24, 1985
Springfield Civic Center
Springfield, Massachusetts
Set I
Bertha > Promised Land, Althea, Me & My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Ramble On Rose, Minglewood Blues > Deal
Set II
Samson & Delilah > Cumberland Blues, Women Are Smarter > He’s Gone > Spoonful > Drums > Space > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
Encore
U.S. Blues
