Dead Set
is the seventh live album (18th overall) by the
Grateful Dead
. Released in August 1981 on
Arista
, the album contains live material recorded between September and October 1980 at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco and Radio City Music Hall in New York. Original CD pressings omitted the track "Space" so that the entire album could fit on one CD. However, "Space" was included when the album was re-released as part of the 2004
Beyond Description
box set, as well as on one CD in 2006. The 2006 release also included a bonus CD of live material.
is essentially a companion release to
Reckoning
, a 1981 set of songs featuring acoustic instruments: both of the albums were recorded during the same run of concerts. Due to the length of the
Dead
's songs, several tracks from
were edited for release on vinyl, and the edited versions have been retained on CD reissues.