Members only
The Observatory comes with channel membership.
Join The ShakeDown Observatory tier on our YouTube channel — $4.99/month — and you get the full Observatory plus members-only perks and behind-the-scenes access. It is the only way in.
Join on YouTube — $4.99/mo →Already a member? Your private access link is posted in the channel’s members-only community tab — visible only to you.
THE SHAKEDOWN ARCHIVES · MEMBERS
Every night they ever played.
In your hands.
The Observatory is a data instrument built on the whole Grateful Dead archive — 34,956 performances on tape, 1965–1995. Five ways in. Tap any night and the actual tape plays, streamed from archive.org.
The whole archive, alive.
The Field, One Night, the Solar System, Orbit, Lifeline — every fact is a door.
The Field, One Night, the Solar System, Orbit, Lifeline — every fact is a door.
The tape is one tap away.
Any night, any song — the real recording streams right in the room.
Any night, any song — the real recording streams right in the room.
Included with channel membership.
Join The ShakeDown Observatory tier on YouTube and the instrument comes with it. There is no other way in.
Join The ShakeDown Observatory tier on YouTube and the instrument comes with it. There is no other way in.