Make plans to join us in the record store on Saturday, October 11th at 4:30 pm for a discussion on Jim Marshall’s photos of The Grateful Dead featuring Amelia Davis & David Gans, co-curators of The Grateful Dead: Photos and Stories from the Formative Years, 1966–1977, as well as contributing writer Dan Sullivan, plus Gans will be joined by musician Rich Mahan for a special. You can read more about our upcoming event on our site here.

One of the greatest bands of all time and one of the greatest music photographers in history meet in this incredible visual archive featuring exclusive never-before-seen photos.

The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall represents the unbeatable pairing of an iconic band with the ultimate rock and roll photographer. Marshall took over 10,000 pictures of the Grateful Dead throughout the course of his career—from electrifying photos of the Dead performing for masses of fans to intimate moments of band members rehearsing and creating together to casual domestic scenes. His instinctive eye matched the Dead’s improvisational style, and he was welcomed into its family as a peer, colleague, and friend. Marshall was there with the Grateful Dead at Woodstock, the Newport Pop Festival, the last free concert on Haight Street, the Human Be‐In, and many more.

The book features over 200 of Marshall’s images—a third of which have never been published anywhere—all printed in the rich, high‐contrast tones that Marshall favored. Sixty years after they first got together, the Grateful Dead are as big as ever. In December 2024 the Grateful Dead received a Kennedy Center Honor for their role in developing American culture and pushing creative boundaries, and in January 2025 the Grateful Dead was celebrated as MusiCares Persons of the Year in recognition of their contributions to music, philanthropic work, and role in fostering communities. Original members of the Grateful Dead continue to perform for enthusiastic fans with the band Dead & Company, who completed their second "Dead Forever" residency at Sphere in Las Vegas from March 20 to May 17, 2025.

The book features passages written by five experts on music, photography, and the Dead. It’s co‐curated by David Gans, musician, music journalist, and host of The Grateful Dead Hour syndicated radio show, and features an afterword by guitarist John Mayer, who has been a member of Dead & Company since its founding in 2015. Throughout the book are quotes and commentary from other photographers and musicians and from members of the extended Grateful Dead family.

Marshall’s instinctive eye matched the Dead’s improvisational style, and he was welcomed into its family as he immersed himself in San Francisco’s counterculture scene throughout the 1960s and ’70s. Many books and documentary films have been created about the Grateful Dead, but Marshall's photographs offer an unmatched time capsule of the Dead and their era. Published by Chronicle Books to coincide with the band's 60th anniversary, The Grateful Dead: Photos and Stories from the Formative Years, 1966–1977, is available now in hardback.

Preorders placed for local, event pickup will be available starting at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 11th, the day of our event celebrating the release of The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall.