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Grateful Dead 1974 07-31 | Dillon Stadium Hartford CT

75 images Created 4 Jul 2009

The Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT Wednesday 31 July 1974. This year the Band traveled with the Wall of Sound in it's reduced size road show configuration. Here for your viewing pleasure - all my photography of this show - The Grateful Dead performing, the stage, rigging, lights and sound systems from afar and about 100 feet from the stage. Many include great detail of the crowd.

Seen here - The crowd outside the gates waiting, inside the stadium milling around, roadies setting up, Wall of Sound and gear shots, The Dead playing the first set early on, in daylight and later under Candace Lights. Four rolls of film were shot and every good image I captured at this show is here.

Custom made Prints are available of all these photographs. Pricing depends on the subject. Crowd, Roadies and Gear shots from 35mm film are not considered 'limited edition' prints though will be signed but not numbered and have a different pricing structure. Square images - Hasselblad camera captures - will not be cropped unless requested and are limited edition images. Additional print sizes are on the way for square format images. If your confused, give me a call. It is confusing. Also, Silver Gelatine Prints of any B&W image can be ordered. Contact me regarding available papers, sizes, the cost and my darkroom schedule.

At the tail end of this gallery are 13 great photographs - close photos of Jerry that I couldn't get from where I was - shot by my great friend Mike Thut. You can place a print order here for Mike and he will custom print and ship to you personally. You can find him at www.terrapinstudio.com
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  • Crews setting up in an Empty Dillon Stadium the Wall of Sound before the Grateful Dead Play Live in Hartford, CT on 31 July 1974. Shot early in the afternoon, before the wind protection scrim was hung and looking through a chain link fence, thus the dark areas in the frame.
    1974-07-31-C16-20-Wall-of-Sound-Empt...jpg
  • Crews setting up in an Empty Dillon Stadium the Wall of Sound before the Grateful Dead Play Live in Hartford, CT on 31 July 1974. Shot early in the afternoon, before the wind protection scrim was hung and through the fence, thus the dark areas in the frame. This is a Tighter Crop of the first frame in this gallery.
    1974-07-31-C16-20-Wall-of-Sound-Set-...jpg
  • Crews setting up in an Empty Dillon Stadium the Wall of Sound before the Grateful Dead Play Live in Hartford, CT on 31 July 1974. A summer mid week show, very warm day & night and one of the longest ever played by The Dead. This Sidelong View of the Stage and Wall is shot through the fence. Much detail here.
    1974-07-31-C16-21-Wall-of-Sound-Side...jpg
  • Deadheads hanging out early in the afternoon before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. A hot summer weekday show and people got there very early for one of the longest ever played by The Dead.
    1974-07-31-C16-22-Waiting-Outside-Af...jpg
  • Think we got there early? Bet your ass we did. My friends waiting (all day) for the gates to open before the Grateful Dead perform Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Band played with the Wall of Sound.
    1974-07-31-C16-23-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Deadheads hanging out early in the afternoon before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. A hot summer weekday show and people got there very early for one of the longest ever played by The Dead.
    1974-07-31-C16-23-Waiting-by-the-Gat...jpg
  • Deadheads hanging out early in the afternoon before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. A hot summer weekday show and people got there very early for one of the longest ever played by The Dead.
    1974-07-31-C16-24-Dillon.jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-01-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-02-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Grateful Dead Live at Dillon Stadium featuring the Wall of Sound. Hot summer sun setting behind the scaffolding. Note the roadie on the rigging. This shot taken just before the start of the show which was at 6pm. In Hartford, CT on July 31, 1974.
    1974-07-31-M24-03-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-04-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-05-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stage, Gear and the Wall of Sound.
    1974-07-31-M24-06-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. Shot this photo at the very beginning of the first set. I think someone bumped my elbow when the shutter clicked, this shot is a bit skewed. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. This photograph can be straightened and cropped though I wish to show the full camera capture of all 12 of these medium format photos.
    1974-07-31-M24-07-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of onlooking Fans and Wall of Sound. The Dead are onstage and the concert has begun.
    1974-07-31-M24-08-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-09-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-10-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • The Grateful Dead Concert at Dillon Stadium on 31 July 1974. B&W Original Film Scan. Photograph taken with a Hasselblad Camera with Tri-X film. View of the Stadium and Wall of Sound in distance.
    1974-07-31-M24-11-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Grateful Dead, Wall of Sound and Audience. Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. This is Image No. M24-11 replacing M24-12 that was seen here for some time. This is a much better close tight crop of the full frame Hasselblad Tri-X film representing the resolution of the full image. Also, one of the only images capturing Keith. He seemed to be hiding pretty much from any angle of view at this show. Anywhere I went, and I did move around a lot, I couldn't get a good photo of Keith.
    1974-07-31-M24-11-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Grateful Dead, Wall of Sound and Audience. Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974
    1974-07-31-M24-12-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Phil Lesh and Ram Rod in conversation on stage before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. Summer weekday show, one of the longest ever played by The Dead. Deadheads hanging out, Crew setting up.
    1974-07-31-C16-26-Ram-Rod-Phil-Lesh-...jpg
  • Roadies making finishing touches to stage rigging before the Grateful Dead perform Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974 featuring the Wall of Sound.
    1974-07-31-C16-25-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
  • Phil Lesh and Ram Rod in conversation on stage before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. Summer weekday show, one of the longest ever played by The Dead. Deadheads hanging out, Crew setting up. Cropped for panoramic, example: 10x30", prints.
    1974-07-31-C16-27-Ram-Rod-Phil-Lesh-...jpg
  • Phil Lesh and un-ID crew member in conversation on stage before the Grateful Dead Play Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974. Featuring the Wall of Sound. Summer weekday show, one of the longest ever played by The Dead. Deadheads hanging out, Crew setting up.
    1974-07-31-C16-28-Roadie-Phil-Lesh-D...jpg
  • Phil Lesh with unidentified roadie before the Grateful Dead perform Live at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, CT 31 July 1974 featuring the Wall of Sound.
    1974-07-31-C16-29-Grateful-Dead-Dill...jpg
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