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Grateful Dead - Ripple

Community-ranked versions of Ripple. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played40
First Played8/18/70
Last Played9/3/88
Typical Length4:36
Longest7:52 (4/29/71)
#1 Consensus PickApr. 29, 1971
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#1 Apr. 29, 1971 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD
Length: 7:52 · #1 of 1971 · Archive: 4.59/5 (119 reviews, 302,646 dl)
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91
#2 Nov. 8, 1970 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY
Length: 5:33 · #1 of 1970 · Archive: 4.50/5 (147 reviews, 474,650 dl)
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91
#3 Apr. 28, 1971 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD
Length: 6:11 · #2 of 1971 · Archive: 4.86/5 (53 reviews, 181,031 dl)
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87
#4 Sept. 20, 1970 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:33 · #2 of 1970 · Archive: 4.60/5 (141 reviews, 378,075 dl)
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83
#5 Oct. 26, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:56 · #1 of 1980 · Archive: 4.56/5 (35 reviews, 187,331 dl)
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81
#6 Dec. 6, 1980 · Mill Valley Recreation Center - Mill Valley, CA
Length: 5:39 · #2 of 1980 · Archive: 4.62/5 (56 reviews, 561,781 dl)
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77
#7 Oct. 11, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:31 · #3 of 1980 · Archive: 4.77/5 (37 reviews, 139,684 dl)
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#8 Oct. 16, 1981 · Club Melk Weg - Amsterdam, Netherlands SBD
Length: 4:33 · #1 of 1981 · Archive: 4.39/5 (51 reviews, 127,232 dl)
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72
#9 Oct. 10, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:28 · Archive: 4.48/5 (45 reviews, 166,501 dl)
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70
#10 Feb. 20, 1971 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY SBD
Length: 5:39 · #3 of 1971 · Archive: 4.38/5 (24 reviews, 161,646 dl)
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69
#11 Oct. 30, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:42 · Archive: 4.55/5 (23 reviews, 93,720 dl)
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69
#12 Oct. 2, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:39 · Archive: 4.49/5 (27 reviews, 124,279 dl)
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#13 Dec. 31, 1980 · Oakland Auditorium Arena - Oakland, CA SBD
Length: 4:36 · Archive: 4.38/5 (30 reviews, 159,649 dl)
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66
#14 Oct. 14, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:28 · Archive: 4.33/5 (48 reviews, 124,078 dl)
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66
#15 Oct. 31, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:04 · Archive: 4.28/5 (50 reviews, 258,935 dl)
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#16 Oct. 27, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY
Length: 4:38 · Archive: 4.50/5 (21 reviews, 93,534 dl)
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63
#17 Oct. 4, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:38 · Archive: 4.49/5 (24 reviews, 91,486 dl)
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#18 Sept. 26, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:40 · Archive: 4.42/5 (21 reviews, 104,427 dl)
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60
#19 Oct. 23, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY
Length: 4:32 · Archive: 4.25/5 (24 reviews, 125,470 dl)
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#20 Sept. 30, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:47 · Archive: 4.38/5 (18 reviews, 88,972 dl)
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59
#21 Oct. 3, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:15 · Archive: 4.62/5 (19 reviews, 107,522 dl)
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#22 Oct. 7, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:37 · Archive: 4.36/5 (21 reviews, 102,541 dl)
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#23 Sept. 25, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:42 · Archive: 4.29/5 (27 reviews, 87,454 dl)
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57
#24 Feb. 21, 1971 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY SBD
Length: 1:30 · Archive: 4.31/5 (36 reviews, 145,103 dl)
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#25 Aug. 18, 1970 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA
Length: 4:19 · #3 of 1970 · Archive: 4.22/5 (45 reviews, 118,435 dl)
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#26 Oct. 19, 1980 · Saenger Performing Arts Center - New Orleans, LA
Length: 3:54 · Archive: 4.42/5 (27 reviews, 76,232 dl)
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52
#27 Oct. 13, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 3:42 · Archive: 4.68/5 (19 reviews, 60,970 dl)
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52
#28 Sept. 3, 1988 · Capital Centre - Landover, MD SBD
Length: 5:13 · Archive: 3.76/5 (55 reviews, 120,612 dl)
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52
#29 Oct. 29, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:45 · Archive: 4.04/5 (20 reviews, 91,054 dl)
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#30 Oct. 9, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:19 · Archive: 4.65/5 (14 reviews, 57,562 dl)
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#31 Oct. 6, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 4:20 · Archive: 4.42/5 (13 reviews, 92,223 dl)
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#32 Sept. 29, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 3:56 · Archive: 4.44/5 (22 reviews, 85,916 dl)
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#33 Oct. 25, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY SBD
Length: 4:44 · Archive: 4.14/5 (9 reviews, 65,976 dl)
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#34 Aug. 19, 1970 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA
Length: 4:15 · Archive: 4.17/5 (22 reviews, 93,605 dl)
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#35 Sept. 17, 1970 · Fillmore East - New York, NY
Length: 5:55 · Archive: 3.51/5 (36 reviews, 107,895 dl)
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#36 Oct. 22, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA
Length: 4:28 · Archive: 3.92/5 (13 reviews, 77,140 dl)
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#37 Oct. 18, 1980 · Saenger Performing Arts Center - New Orleans, LA SBD
Length: 4:40 · Archive: 3.77/5 (16 reviews, 63,097 dl)
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#38 Nov. 7, 1970 · Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY
Length: 4:13 · Archive: 3.88/5 (8 reviews, 77,090 dl)
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#39 Sept. 27, 1980 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA SBD
Length: 2:59 · Archive: 3.57/5 (8 reviews, 75,949 dl)
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#40 May 22, 1981 · Warfield Theater - San Francisco, CA
Length: 4:05 · Archive: 4.07/5 (15 reviews, 55,751 dl)
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Best Version of Ripple for Every Year (1970–1988)
YearPlayedVote#1 Version of YearVenueLengthScoreTape
1970 6× Nov. 8, 1970 Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY 5:33 91 Archive.org ↗
1971 4× Apr. 29, 1971 SBD Fillmore East - New York, NY 7:52 94 Archive.org ↗
1980 27× Oct. 26, 1980 SBD Radio City Music Hall - New York, NY 4:56 83 Archive.org ↗
1981 2× Oct. 16, 1981 SBD Club Melk Weg - Amsterdam, Netherlands 4:33 73 Archive.org ↗
1988 1× Sept. 3, 1988 SBD Capital Centre - Landover, MD 5:13 52 Archive.org ↗