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Grateful Dead
Allmusic Biography : Rocks longest, strangest trip, the Grateful Dead were the psychedelic eras most beloved musical ambassadors as well as its most enduring survivors, spreading their message of peace, love, and mind expansion across the globe throughout the better part of three decades. The object of adoration for popular musics most fervent and celebrated fan following -- the Deadheads, their numbers and devotion legendary in their own right -- they were the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own; for the better part of their career orbiting well outside of the mainstream, the Dead became superstars solely on their own terms, tie-dyed pied pipers whose epic, free-form live shows were rites of passage for an extended family of listeners who knew no cultural boundaries. The roots of the Grateful Dead lie with singer/songwriter Jerry Garcia, a longtime bluegrass enthusiast who began playing the guitar at age 15. Upon relocating to Palo Alto, California, in 1960, he befriended Robert Hunter, whose lyrics later graced many of Garcias most famous melodies; in time, he also came into contact with aspiring electronic music composer Phil Lesh. By 1962, Garcia was playing banjo in a variety of local folk and bluegrass outfits, two years later forming Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions with guitarist Bob Weir and keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan; in 1965, the group was renamed the Warlocks, their lineup by then including Lesh on bass as well as Bill Kreutzmann on drums. The Warlocks made their electric debut that July; Ken Kesey soon tapped them to become the house band at his notorious Acid Tests, a series of now-legendary public LSD parties and multimedia "happenings" mounted prior to the drugs criminalization. As 1965 drew to its close, the Warlocks rechristened themselves the Grateful Dead, the name taken from a folk tale discovered in a dictionary by Garcia; bankrolled by chemist/LSD manufacturer Owsley Stanley, the bandmembers soon moved into a communal house situated at 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco, becoming a fixture on the local music scene and building a large fan base on the strength of their many free concerts. Signing to MGM, in 1966 the Dead also recorded their first demos; the sessions proved disastrous, and the label dropped the group a short time later. As 1967 mutated into the Summer of Love, the Dead emerged as one of the top draws on the Bay Area music scene, honing an eclectic repertoire influenced by folk, country, and the blues while regularly appearing at top local venues including the Fillmore Auditorium, the Avalon Ballroom, and the Carousel. In March of 1967 the Dead issued their self-titled Warner Bros. debut LP, a disappointing effort which failed to recapture the cosmic sprawl of their live appearances; after performing at the Monterey Pop Festival, the group expanded to a six-piece with the addition of second drummer Mickey Hart. Their follow-up, 1968s Anthem of the Sun, fared better in documenting the free-form jam aesthetic of their concerts, but after completing 1969s Aoxomoxoa, their penchant for time-consuming studio experimentation left them over 100,000 dollars in debt to the label. The Deads response to the situation was to bow to the demands of fans and record their first live album, 1969s Live/Dead; highlighted by a rendition of Garcias "Dark Star" clocking in at over 23 minutes, the LP succeeded where its studio predecessors failed in capturing the true essence of the group in all of their improvisational, psychedelicized glory. It was followed by a pair of classic 1970 studio efforts, Workingmans Dead and American Beauty; recorded in homage to the groups country and folk roots, the two albums remained the cornerstone of the Deads live repertoire for years to follow, with its most popular songs -- "Uncle Johns Band," "Casey Jones," "Sugar Magnolia," and "Truckin" among them -- becoming major favorites on FM radio. Despite increasing radio airplay and respectable album sales, the Dead remained first and foremost a live act, and as their popularity grew across the world they expanded their touring schedule, taking to the road for much of each year. As more and more of their psychedelic-era contemporaries ceased to exist, the group continued attracting greater numbers of fans to their shows, many of them following the Dead across the country. Dubbed "Deadheads," these fans became notorious for their adherence to tie-dyed fashions and excessive drug use, their traveling circus ultimately becoming as much a focal point of concert dates as the music itself. Shows were also extensively bootlegged, and not surprisingly the Dead closed out their Warner contract with back-to-back concert LPs -- a 1971 eponymous effort and 1972s Europe 72. The latter release was the final Dead album to feature Pigpen McKernan, a heavy drinker who died of liver failure on March 8, 1973; his replacement was keyboardist Keith Godchaux, who brought with him wife Donna Jean to sing backing vocals. Arriving in 1973, Wake of the Flood was the first release on the new Grateful Dead Records imprint; around the time of its follow-up, 1974s From the Mars Hotel, the group took a hiatus from the road to allow its members the opportunity to pursue solo projects. After returning to the live arena with a 1976 tour, the Dead signed to Arista to release Terrapin Station, the first in a series of misguided studio efforts that culminated in 1980s Go to Heaven, widely considered the weakest record in the groups catalog -- so weak, in fact, that they did not reenter the studio for another seven years. The early 80s were a time of considerable upheaval for the Dead -- the Godchauxs had been dismissed from the lineup in 1979, with Keith dying in a car crash on July 23, 1980. (His replacement was keyboardist Brent Mydland.) After a pair of 1981 live LPs, Reckoning and Dead Set, the group released no new recordings until 1987, focusing instead on their touring schedule -- despite the dearth of new releases, the Dead continued selling out live dates, playing to audiences that spanned generations. As much a cottage industry as a band, they traveled not only with an enormous road crew but also dozens of friends and family members, many of them Dead staffers complete with health insurance and other benefits. Still, the Dead were widely regarded as little more than an enduring cult phenomenon prior to the release of 1987s In the Dark; their first studio LP since Go to Heaven, it became the years most unlikely hit when the single "Touch of Grey" became the first-ever Dead track to reach the Top Ten on the pop charts. Suddenly their videos were in regular rotation on MTV, and virtually overnight the ranks of the Deadheads grew exponentially, with countless new fans flocking to the groups shows. Not only did concert tickets become increasingly tough to come by for longtime followers, but there were also more serious repercussions -- the influx of new fans shifted the crowd dynamic considerably, and once-mellow audiences became infamous not only for their excessive drug habits but also for their violent encounters with police. Other troubles plagued the Dead as well: in July 1986, Garcia -- a year removed from a drug treatment program -- lapsed into near-fatal diabetic coma brought on by his continued substance abuse problems, regaining consciousness five days later. His health remained an issue in the years that followed, but the Dead spent more time on tour than ever, with a series of dates with Bob Dylan yielding the live album Dylan & the Dead. Their final studio effort, Built to Last, followed in 1989. Tragedy struck in October of that year when a fan died after breaking his neck outside of a show at the New Jersey Meadowlands; two months later, a 19-year-old fan on LSD also died while in police custody at the Los Angeles Forum. As ever, the Dead themselves were also not immune to tragedy -- on July 26, 1990, Mydland suffered a fatal drug overdose, the third keyboardist in the groups history to perish; he was replaced not only by ex-Tubes keyboardist Vince Welnick but also by satellite member Bruce Hornsby, a longtime fan who frequently toured with the group. In the autumn of 1992, Garcia was again hospitalized with diabetes and an enlarged heart, forcing the Dead to postpone their upcoming tour until the years end; he eventually returned to action looking more fit than he had in years. Still, few were surprised when it was announced on August 9, 1995, that Garcia had been found dead in his room at a substance abuse treatment facility in Forest Knolls, California; the 53-year-olds death was attributed to a heart attack. While Garcias death spelled the end of the Dead as a continuing creative entity, the story was far from over. As the surviving members disbanded to plot their next move, the bands merchandising arm went into overdrive -- in addition to Dicks Picks, a series of archival releases of classic live material, licensed products ranging from Dead T-shirts to sporting goods to toys flooded the market. Plans were also announced to build Terrapin Station, an interactive museum site. In 1996, Weir and Hart mounted the first Furthur Festival, a summer tour headlined by their respective bands RatDog and Mystery Box; in 1998, they also reunited with Lesh and Hornsby to tour as the Other Ones. The Other Ones toured again in 2000, this time without Lesh but with Kreutzmann, but all the surviving Dead members reunited for a 2002 show, a move that prompted the group to adopt the moniker "The Dead" for this tour and the ones that followed in the 2000s. As the decade came to a close, the band fractured, with Weir and Lesh forming Furthur, while Hart and Kreutzmann dedicated themselves to their long-standing band, the Rhythm Devils. The two camps stayed separated until 2015, when they reunited for two sets of goodbye concerts called Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead. Drafting Phishs Trey Anastasio as Garcias replacement and bringing back keyboardists Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, the Dead played a round of warm-up shows in Santa Clara, California before a 4th of July weekend bash at Chicagos Soldier Field. The Chicago shows appeared as a live album called Fare Thee Well in November, preceded by the exhaustive 80-disc box 30 Trips Around the Sun, an archival release showcasing one unreleased concert for every year the group was active. 30 Trips Around the Sun was also released as a distilled four-disc box containing one live performance from every year of the Deads life. By the time these live albums appeared in late 2015, Weir, Kreutzmann, and Hart had announced a tour called Dead & Company, featuring John Mayer in the Jerry Garcia role, Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band on bass, and Ratdogs Jeff Chimenti on keyboards. Dead & Company toured through the summer of 2016, and in 2017 the Grateful Dead released several noteworthy archival titles. First, the bands 1967 debut saw a double-disc expanded reissue for its 50th anniversary, then the groups celebrated May 8, 1977 show at Cornell Universitys Barton Hall -- a show that was included in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2012 -- saw its first official release, both on its own and as part of Get Shown the Light, an 11-disc box set containing all the concerts from May 1977. Also in 2017, the Dead were the subject of a four-hour Martin Scorsese-produced documentary called Long Strange Trip.
	Album: 1 of 33 Title:  The Grateful Dead Released:  1967-03-17 Tracks:  9 Duration:  35:31 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)  (02:12) 2   Beat It On Down the Line  (02:30) 3   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  (05:45) 4   Cold Rain and Snow  (02:29) 5   Sitting on Top of the World  (02:07) 6   Cream Puff War  (02:28) 7   Morning Dew  (05:08) 8   New, New Minglewood Blues  (02:36) 9   Viola Lee Blues  (10:13)
The Grateful Dead : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Deads eponymously titled debut long-player was issued in mid-March of 1967. This gave rise to one immediate impediment -- the difficulty in attempting to encapsulate/recreate the Deads often improvised musical magic onto a single LP. Unfortunately, the sterile environs of the recording studio disregards the subtle and often not-so-subtle ebbs and zeniths that are so evident within a live experience. So, while this studio recording ultimately fails in accurately exhibiting the Grateful Deads tremendous range, its a valiant attempt to corral the groups hydra-headed psychedelic jug-band music on vinyl. Under the technical direction of Dave Hassinger -- who had produced the Rolling Stones as well as the Jefferson Airplane -- the Dead recorded the album in Los Angeles during a Ritalin-fuelled "long weekend" in early 1967. Rather than prepare all new material for the recording sessions, a vast majority of the disc is comprised of titles that the band had worked into their concurrent performance repertoire. This accounts for the unusually high ratio (seven:two) of folk and blues standards to original compositions. The entire group took credit for the slightly saccharine "Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)," while Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) is credited for the noir garage-flavored raver "Cream Puff War." Interestingly, both tracks were featured as the respective A- and B-sides of the only 45 rpm single derived from this album. The curious aggregate of cover tunes featured on the Deads initial outing also demonstrates the bands wide-ranging musical roots and influences. These include Pigpens greasy harp-fuelled take on Sonny Boy Williamsons "Good Morning Little School Girl" and the minstrel one-man-band folk of Jessie "the Lone Cat" Fullers "Beat It On Down the Line." The apocalyptic Cold War folk anthem "Morning Dew" (aka "[Walk Me Out in The] Morning Dew") is likewise given a full-bodied electric workout as is the obscure jug-band stomper "Viola Lee Blues." Fittingly, the Dead would continue to play well over half of these tracks in concert for the next 27 years.
	Album: 2 of 33 Title:  Anthem of the Sun Released:  1968-07-18 Tracks:  5 Duration:  39:02 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   That’s It for the Other One: I. Cryptical Envelopment / II. Quadlibet for Tender Feet / III. The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get / IV. We Leave the Castle  (07:40) 2   New Potato Caboose  (08:26) 3   Born Cross‐Eyed  (02:05) 4   Alligator  (11:20) 5   Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (09:30)
Anthem of the Sun : Allmusic album Review : As the second long-player by the Grateful Dead, Anthem of the Sun (1968) pushed the limits of both the music as well as the medium. General dissatisfaction with their self-titled debut necessitated the search for a methodology to seamlessly juxtapose the more inspired segments of their live performances with the necessary conventions of a single LP. Since issuing their first album, the Dead welcomed lyricist Robert Hunter into the fold -- freeing the performing members to focus on the execution and taking the music to the next level. Another addition was second percussionist Mickey Hart, whose methodical timekeeping would become a staple in the Deads ability to stop on the proverbial rhythmic dime. Likewise, Tom Constanten (keyboards) added an avant-garde twist to the proceedings with various sonic enhancements that were more akin to John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen than anything else coming from the burgeoning Bay Area music scene. Their extended family also began to incorporate folks like Dan Healy -- whose non-musical contributions and innovations ranged from concert PA amplification to meeting the technical challenges that the band presented off the road as well. On this record Healys involvement cannot be overstated, as the band were essentially given carte blanche and simultaneous on-the-job training with regards to the ins and outs of the still unfamiliar recording process. The idea to create an aural pastiche from numerous sources -- often running simultaneously -- was a radical concept that allowed consumers worldwide to experience a simulated Dead performance firsthand. One significant pattern which began developing saw the band continuing to refine the same material that they were concurrently playing live night after night prior to entering the studio. The extended "Thats It for the Other One" suite is nothing short of a psychedelic roller coaster. The wild ride weaves what begins as a typical song into several divergent performances -- taken from tapes of live shows -- ultimately returning to the home base upon occasion, presumably as a built-in reality check. Lyrically, Bob Weir (guitar/vocals) includes references to their 1967 pot bust ("...the heat came round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day") as well as the bands spiritual figurehead Neal Cassidy ("...there was Cowboy Neal at the wheel on a bus to never ever land"). Although this version smokes from tip to smouldering tail, the piece truly developed a persona all its own and became a rip-roaring monster in concert. The tracks "New Potato Caboose" and Weirs admittedly autobiographically titled "Born Cross-Eyed" are fascinatingly intricate side trips that had developed organically during the extended works on-stage performance life. "Alligator" is a no-nonsense Ron "Pigpen" McKernan workout that motors the second extended sonic collage on Anthem of the Sun. His straight-ahead driving blues ethos careens headlong into the Deads innate improvisational psychedelia. The results are uniformly brilliant as the band thrash and churn behind his rock-solid lead vocals. Musically, the Deads instrumental excursions wind in and out of the primary theme, ultimately ending up in the equally frenetic "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)." Although the uninitiated might find the album unnervingly difficult to follow, it obliterated the pretension of the post-Sgt. Peppers "concept album" while reinventing the musical parameters of the 12" LP medium. [The expanded and remastered edition included in the Golden Road (1965-1973) (2001) box set contains a live performance from August 23, 1968, at the Shrine in Los Angeles. This miniset features an incendiary medley of "Alligator" and "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" concluding with over four minutes of electronic feedback.]
	Album: 3 of 33 Title:  Aoxomoxoa Released:  1969-06-20 Tracks:  8 Duration:  36:10 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   St. Stephen  (04:28) 2   Dupree’s Diamond Blues  (03:33) 3   Rosemary  (01:59) 4   Doin’ That Rag  (04:42) 5   Mountains of the Moon  (04:02) 6   China Cat Sunflower  (03:40) 7   What’s Become of the Baby  (08:14) 8   Cosmic Charlie  (05:29)
Aoxomoxoa : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Deads third studio effort was also the first that the band did without any Warner Bros. staff producers or engineers hampering their creative lifestyle and subsequent processes. As they had done with their previous release, Anthem of the Sun, the Dead were actively seeking new forays and pushing envelopes on several fronts simultaneously during Aoxomoxoa (1968) -- which was created under the working title of "Earthquake Country." This was no doubt bolstered by the serendipitous technological revolution which essentially allowed the Dead to re-record the entire contents when given free reign at the appropriately named Pacific High Recording facility. As fate would have it, they gained virtually unlimited access to the newly acquired Ampex MM-1000 -- the very first 16-track tape machines ever produced -- which was absolutely state of the art in late 1968. The band was also experiencing new directions artistically. This was primarily the net result of the budding relationship between primary (by default) melodic contributor Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) and Robert Hunter (lyrics), who began his nearly 30-year association with the Grateful Dead in earnest during these sessions. When the LP hit the racks in the early summer of 1969, Deadheads were greeted by some of the freshest and most innovative sounds to develop from the thriving Bay Area music scene. The disc includes seminal psychedelic rockers such as "St. Stephen," "China Cat Sunflower," and "Cosmic Charlie," as well as hints of the acoustic direction their music would take on the Baroque-influenced "Mountains of the Moon" and "Rosemary." The folky "Duprees Diamond Blues" -- which itself was loosely based on the traditional "Betty & Dupree" -- would likewise foreshadow the sound of their next two studio long-players, Workingmans Dead (1969) and American Beauty (1970). The too-trippy-for-its-own-good "Whats Become of the Baby" is buried beneath layers of over-indulgence. This is unfortunate, as Hunters surreal lyrics and Garcias understated vocals languish beneath the soupy sonics. In 1972, Aoxomoxoa was overhauled, and the original mix -- which includes several significant differences such as an a cappella vocal tag at the tail end of "Doin That Rag" -- has yet to be reissued in any form. When the title was reworked for inclusion in the Golden Road (1965-1973) (2001) box set, three previously unreleased and incomplete studio instrumental jams -- respectively titled "Clementine Jam," "Nobodys Spoonful Jam," and "The Eleven Jam" -- as well as a live rendering of "Cosmic Charlie" from a January 1969 performance were added as "bonus material(s)."
	Album: 4 of 33 Title:  Workingman’s Dead Released:  1970-06-14 Tracks:  8 Duration:  35:53 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Wikipedia   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Uncle John’s Band  (04:45) 2   High Time  (05:15) 3   Dire Wolf  (03:15) 4   New Speedway Boogie  (04:06) 5   Cumberland Blues  (03:18) 6   Black Peter  (05:44) 7   Easy Wind  (05:00) 8   Casey Jones  (04:26)
Workingman’s Dead : Allmusic album Review : As the 60s drew to a close, it was a heavy time for the quickly crumbling hippie movement that had reached its apex just a few years earlier in 1967’s Summer of Love. Death and violence were pervasive in the form of the Manson murders, fatalities at the Altamont concert, and the ongoing loss of young lives in Vietnam despite the best efforts of anti-war activists and peace-seeking protesters. Difficult times were also upon the Grateful Dead, unofficial house band of San Francisco’s Summer of Love festivities and outspoken advocates of psychedelic experimentation both musical and chemical. The excessive studio experimentation that resulted in their trippy but disorienting third album, Aoxomoxoa, had left the band in considerable debt to their record label, and their stress wasnt helped at all by a drug bust that had members of the band facing jail time. The rough road the Dead were traveling down seemed congruent with the hard changes faced by the youth counterculture that birthed them. Fourth studio album Workingmans Dead reflects both the looming darkness of its time, and the endless hope and openness to possibility that would become emblematic of the Dead as their legacy grew. For a group already established as exploratory free-form rockers of the highest acclaim, Workingman’s Deads eight tunes threw off almost all improvisatory tendencies in favor of spare, thoughtful looks at folk, country, and American roots music with more subdued sounds than the band had managed up until then. The songs also focused more than ever before on singing and vocal harmonies, influenced in no small way by a growing friendship with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The band embraced complex vocal arrangements with campfire-suited folk on "Uncle Johns Band" and the psychedelic cowboy blues of “High Time.” Before they blasted off into hallucinatory rock as the Grateful Dead, several founding members had performed as Mother McCrees Uptown Jug Champions, a group that played traditional jug band music with earnest, heartfelt appreciation. Those early influences came into sharp focus on the bluegrass rhythms and hillbilly harmonies of "Cumberland Blues" and the glistening pedal steel and shuffling drums of "Dire Wolf." The more rocking songs add to the albums brooding feel with "New Speedway Boogie" directly addressing the violence at Altamont, and "Casey Jones," which appeared at first to be a lighthearted celebration of cocaine, but was really a lament for troubled times that felt like they were spinning off the rails. The abrupt shift toward sublime acoustic sounds on Workingmans Dead completely changed what the Grateful Dead meant to their listeners at large. The enormous risk they took in changing their sound entirely resulted in a heartbreakingly beautiful, unquestionably pure statement and one of the more important documents of its time. They’d continue this trend on the even more roots-minded American Beauty, recorded later the same year, but the limitlessness, fearlessness, and true power of the band began here.
	Album: 5 of 33 Title:  American Beauty Released:  1970-11-01 Tracks:  10 Duration:  41:27 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Wikipedia   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Box of Rain  (05:18) 2   Friend of the Devil  (03:24) 3   Sugar Magnolia  (03:19) 4   Operator  (02:25) 5   Candyman  (05:12) 6   Ripple  (04:09) 7   Brokedown Palace  (04:09) 8   Till the Morning Comes  (03:09) 9   Attics of My Life  (05:12) 10  Truckin’  (05:06)
American Beauty : Allmusic album Review : With 1970s Workingmans Dead, the Grateful Dead went through an overnight metamorphosis, turning abruptly from tripped-out free-form rock toward sublime acoustic folk and Americana. Taking notes on vocal harmonies from friends Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Dead used the softer statements of their fourth studio album as a subtle but moving reflection on the turmoil, heaviness, and hope Americas youth was facing as the idealistic 60s ended. American Beauty was recorded just a few months after its predecessor, both expanding and improving on the bluegrass, folk, and psychedelic country explorations of Workingmans Dead with some of the bands most brilliant compositions. The songs here have a noticeably more relaxed and joyous feel. Having dived headfirst into this new sound with the previous album, the bandmembers found the summit of their collaborative powers here, with lyricist Robert Hunter penning some of his most poetic work, Jerry Garcia focusing more on gliding pedal steel than his regular electric lead guitar work, and standout lead vocal performances coming from Bob Weir (on the anthem to hippie love "Sugar Magnolia"), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (on the husky blues of "Operator"), and Phil Lesh (on the near-perfect opening tune, "Box of Rain"). This album also marked the beginning of what would become a long musical friendship between Garcia and Dave Grisman, whose mandolin playing adds depth and flavor to tracks like the outlaw country-folk of "Friend of the Devil" and the gorgeously devotional "Ripple." American Beauty eventually spawned the bands highest charting single -- "Truckin," the greasy blues-rock tribute to nomadic counterculture -- but it also contained some of their most spiritual and open-hearted sentiments ever, their newfound love of intricate vocal arrangements finding pristine expression on the lamenting "Brokedown Palace" and the heavenly nostalgia and gratitude of "Attics of My Life." While the Dead eventually amassed a following so devoted that following the band from city to city became the center of many people’s lives, the majority of the bands magic came in the boundless heights it reached in its live sets but rarely managed to capture in the studio setting. American Beauty is a categorical exception to this, offering a look at the Dead transcending even their own exploratory heights and making some of their most powerful music by examining their most gentle and restrained impulses. It’s easily the masterwork of their studio output, and a strong contender for the best music the band ever made, even including the countless hours of live shows captured on tape in the decades that followed.
	Album: 6 of 33 Title:  The History of The Grateful Dead Released:  1972 Tracks:  7 Duration:  44:09 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   Dancing in the Street  (06:37) 2   Lindy  (02:49) 3   Stealin  (02:53) 4   Its All Over Now Baby Blue  (04:52) 5   I Know You Rider  (04:18) 6   In the Midnight Hour  (18:23) 7   It Hurts Me Too  (04:17)
	Album: 7 of 33 Title:  Pop History vol. 13 : The Grateful Dead Released:  1972 Tracks:  9 Duration:  1:05:24 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% AlbumCover	1   Good Morning Little School Girl  (11:01) 2   Lindy  (02:49) 3   Stealin  (03:00) 4   The Same Thing  (12:00) 1   I Know You Rider  (04:18) 2   It Hurts Me Too  (04:17) 3   Its All Over Now Baby Blue  (03:12) 4   Dancing in the Street  (06:37) 5   In the Midnight Hour  (18:10)
	Album: 8 of 33 Title:  Wake of the Flood Released:  1973-11-15 Tracks:  7 Duration:  45:29 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Wikipedia   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo  (05:43) 2   Let Me Sing Your Blues Away  (03:18) 3   Row Jimmy  (07:15) 4   Stella Blue  (06:26) 5   Here Comes Sunshine  (04:40) 6   Eyes of the World  (05:21) 7   Weather Report Suite: Prelude / Part 1 / Part 2: Let It Grow  (12:43)
Wake of the Flood : Allmusic album Review : After satisfying their nine-title/dozen-disc deal with Warner Brothers, the Dead began their own record labels: Grateful Dead Records (for group releases) and Round Records (for solo projects). Wake of the Flood was the first Dead disc issued entirely under the bands supervision -- which also included manufacturing and marketing. Additionally, the personnel had been altered as Ron "Pigpen" McKernan had passed away. The keyboard responsibilities were now in the capable hands of Keith Godchaux -- whose wife Donna Jean Godchaux also provided backing vocals. It had been nearly three years since American Beauty -- their previous and most successful studio album to date -- and, as always, the Dead had been honing the material in concert. A majority of the tracks had been incorporated into their live sets -- some for nearly six months -- prior to entering the recording studio. This gave the band a unique perspective on the material, much of which remained for the next 20-plus years as staples of their concert performances. However, the inspiration and magic of the Grateful Deads music has always been a challenge to capture in the non-reciprocal confines of a studio. Therefore, while Wake of the Flood was certainly as good -- if not arguably better than -- most of their previous non-live efforts, it falls far short of the incendiary performances the band was giving during this era. There are a few tracks that do tap into some of the Deads jazzier and exceedingly improvisational nature. "Eyes of the World" contains some brilliant ensemble playing -- although the time limitations inherent in the playback medium result in the track fading out just as the Dead start to really cook. Another highlight is Bob Weirs "Weather Report Suite," which foreshadows the epic proportions that the song would ultimately reach. In later years, the band dropped the opening instrumental "Prelude," as well as "Part One," choosing to pick it up for the extended "Let It Grow" section. The lilting Jerry Garcia ballad "Stella Blue" is another track that works well in this incarnation and remained in the Deads rotating set list for the remainder of their touring careers.
	Album: 9 of 33 Title:  Skeletons From the Closet: The Best of the Grateful Dead Released:  1974 Tracks:  11 Duration:  44:44 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)  (02:12) 2   Truckin’  (05:06) 3   Rosemary  (01:59) 4   Sugar Magnolia  (03:19) 5   St. Stephen  (04:28) 6   Uncle John’s Band  (04:45) 7   Casey Jones  (04:26) 8   Mexicali Blues  (03:32) 9   Turn On Your Love Light  (06:41) 10  One More Saturday Night  (04:49) 11  Friend of the Devil  (03:24)
	Album: 10 of 33 Title:  From the Mars Hotel Released:  1974-06-27 Tracks:  8 Duration:  37:35 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   U.S. Blues  (04:42) 2   China Doll  (04:10) 3   Unbroken Chain  (06:46) 4   Loose Lucy  (03:26) 5   Scarlet Begonias  (04:19) 6   Pride of Cucamonga  (04:16) 7   Money Money  (04:24) 8   Ship of Fools  (05:29)
From the Mars Hotel : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Dead made their reputation on the road with their live shows, and they always struggled to capture that magic in the studio. From the Mars Hotel, while not a classic, represents one of their better studio albums. Jerry Garcia sounds engaged throughout and takes the vocal reigns for most of the songs on the album -- although hes not the most gifted vocalist, he proves himself able and versatile. He sings the rollicking opener, "U.S. Blues," with a tongue-in-cheek seriousness that gives the political song an edge, and he lends emotional sincerity to the atmospheric ballad "China Doll." Garcia shines on guitar during the funk workout "Scarlet Begonias," but the ensemble work is best displayed on the albums centerpiece, "Unbroken Chain." During this song, all the musicians are allowed to shine: Phil Lesh, the bassist and songwriter, provides tender vocals over a piano-based arrangement while the bridge allows the guitars and drums to stretch out in classic Grateful Dead style. This album is highly recommended for fans, but casual listeners should start with American Beauty or Workingmans Dead.
	Album: 11 of 33 Title:  Blues for Allah Released:  1975-09-01 Tracks:  7 Duration:  44:07 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Wikipedia   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Help on the Way / Slipknot!  (07:20) 2   Franklin’s Tower  (04:32) 3   King Solomon’s Marbles: Part I: Stronger Than Dirt / Part II: Milkin’ the Turkey  (05:16) 4   The Music Never Stopped  (04:34) 5   Crazy Fingers  (06:42) 6   Sage and Spirit  (03:07) 7   Blues for Allah / Sand Castles and Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert  (12:33)
Blues for Allah : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Dead went into a state of latent activity in the fall of 1974 that lasted until the spring of the following year when the band reconvened at guitarist/vocalist Bob Weirs Ace Studios to record Blues for Allah. The disc was likewise the third to be issued on their own Grateful Dead Records label. When the LP hit shelves in September of 1975, the Dead were still not back on the road -- although they had played a few gigs throughout San Francisco. Obviously, the time off had done the band worlds of good, as Blues for Allah -- more than any past or future studio album -- captures the Dead at their most natural and inspired. The opening combo of "Help on the Way," "Slipknot!," and "Franklins Tower" is a multifaceted suite, owing as much to Miles Davis circa the E.S.P. album as to anything the Grateful Dead had been associated with. "Slipknot!" contains chord changes, progressions, and time signatures which become musical riddles for the band to solve -- which they do in the form of "Franklins Tower." Another highly evolved piece is the rarely performed "King Solomons Marbles," an instrumental that spotlights, among other things, Keith Godchauxs tastefully unrestrained Fender Rhodes finger work displaying more than just a tinge of Herbie Hancock inspiration. These more aggressive works contrast the delicate musical and lyrical haiku on "Crazy Fingers" containing some of lyricist Robert Hunters finest and most beautifully arranged verbal images for the band. Weirs guitar solo in "Sage & Spirit" is based on one of his warm-up fingering exercises. Without a doubt, this is one of Weirs finest moments. The light acoustic melody is tinged with an equally beautiful arrangement. While there is definite merit in Blues for Allahs title suite, the subdued chant-like vocals and meandering melody seems incongruous when compared to the remainder of this thoroughly solid effort.
	Album: 12 of 33 Title:  What a Long Strange Trip Its Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead Released:  1977 Tracks:  18 Duration:  1:26:33 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   New, New Minglewood Blues  (02:36) 2   Cosmic Charlie  (05:33) 3   Truckin’  (05:06) 4   Black Peter  (07:31) 5   Born Cross-Eyed  (02:59) 6   Ripple  (04:13) 7   Doin’ That Rag  (04:42) 8   Dark Star  (02:45) 9   High Time  (05:15) 10  New Speedway Boogie  (04:06) 1   St. Stephen  (05:22) 2   Jack Straw  (04:51) 3   Me & My Uncle  (03:06) 4   Tennessee Jed  (07:12) 5   Cumberland Blues  (05:44) 6   Playing in the Band  (04:41) 7   Brown-Eyed Woman  (04:41) 8   Ramble on Rose  (06:01)
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been: The Best of the Grateful Dead : Allmusic album Review : Released in 1977, What a Long Strange Trip Its Been is an 18-track collection of the Grateful Deads years at Warner Bros. Records, 1967-1972, heavy on studio recordings. The album makes the same "greatest-hits" appeal as Skeletons from the Closet did in 1974, presenting more accessible, bite-sized chunks for curious newcomers to the Dead or listeners who liked a few radio singles but werent ready to dive into the endless well of live recordings, bootlegs, and the entire culture that grew around the band. Musically speaking, the collection does hold some great, perennial tunes. "Truckin," "Ripple," "High Time," and a few other tunes show up from the Deads commercial peak of mellow rootsiness on Workingmans Dead/American Beauty, and their early days of nascent psychedelia get a nod with the inclusion of tunes like "Cosmic Charlie" and "St. Stephen." Beautiful live tracks from the early 70s like "Jack Straw" and "Playin in the Band" show up, but always in drastically truncated versions. Considering they could stretch the same song into an hourlong set in the live arena, the two-and-a-half-minute studio rendition of "Dark Star" that shows up here speaks to a decidedly different side of the band. The jammy nature that grew to be the Deads signature is all but omitted on What a Long Strange Trip Its Been, with even the live songs all capped off or edited before they even reach the eight-minute mark. While the music is all top-notch, the presentation leaves something to be desired, even if taken as a cash-grab introduction for curious dabblers. The choices for live tracks lack the electricity of taking one of the bands numerous live albums like Europe 72 in its entirety, and theres an overall awkwardness to the flow of the songs as they cut between different eras and settings of the bands rapid changes. Piece by piece, theres excellence to be heard, but as a whole, the compilation feels like a collection of snippets and unfinished sketches, which is a shame considering that much of the Deads appeal to dyed-in-the-wool fans is their unfolding nature and openness to explore a little further than usual.
	Album: 13 of 33 Title:  Terrapin Station Released:  1977-07-27 Tracks:  6 Duration:  35:33 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Estimated Prophet  (05:37) 2   Dancin’ in the Streets  (03:16) 3   Passenger  (02:48) 4   Samson & Delilah  (03:29) 5   Sunrise  (04:03) 6   Terrapin Station, Part 1  (16:17)
Terrapin Station : Allmusic album Review : It is generally agreed that the Grateful Deads late-70s studio releases left even the most enthusiastic Deadheads longing for something more. The theory is that the bands momentum is best experienced during the ebb and flow of a live performance rather than the somewhat clinical tedium of a recording studio. Terrapin Station marks several milestones for the Grateful Dead: it was the bands first studio album in two years, as well as their return to a major label -- in this case Arista Records. More significant however is the use of an outside (read: non-Grateful Dead) producer. This was only the second time in which the Dead did not seize complete control. And the first time in a decade that they would relinquish their production reigns. They chose Keith Olsen -- a former member of the 60s garage rock band Music Machine -- whose production roster also included other Bay Area notables including the Sons of Champlin and Santana. Musically, Terrapin Station offers a few choice glimpses of the band doing what it does best. While the most prominent example is the albums extended title suite, there are a few others such as the cover of the Rev. Gary Davis gospel-blues "Samson and Delilah" and a resurrection of the Martha & the Vandellas hit "Dancin in the Streets." The latter tune was originally performed by the Dead in their mid-60s repertoire. What was once a garage rock and psychedelic reading has evolved into a 4/4-time, brass-influenced disco arrangement. Luckily, their extended versions during concert performances were infinitely more tolerable. Parties interested in examining the contrast between the studio and live performance versions of Terrapin Station material should seek the archival concert release Dicks Picks, Vol. 3. This two-disc set not only captures the band exactly two months and two days prior to the release of Terrapin Station, it also features stellar performances of every track from the album sans the up-tempo rocker "Passenger."
	Album: 14 of 33 Title:  Shakedown Street Released:  1978-11-15 Tracks:  10 Duration:  39:31 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Good Lovin’  (04:52) 2   France  (04:06) 3   Shakedown Street  (05:00) 4   Serengetti  (01:59) 5   Fire on the Mountain  (03:48) 6   I Need a Miracle  (03:36) 7   From the Heart of Me  (03:27) 8   Stagger Lee  (03:30) 9   All New Minglewood Blues  (04:18) 10  If I Had the World to Give  (04:52)
Shakedown Street : Allmusic album Review : Since the Grateful Dead were notorious for recording awkward studio albums, it always seemed that the answer to their problem was simply getting the right producer to coax magic out of the band -- and nobody would seem better suited for the position than Little Feat leader Lowell George, whose own band shared the Deads tendency to wander and jam in a live setting, yet made almost nothing but good studio records. But 1978 was not a great year for either camp, as the Dead were drifting in their attempts to score a crossover hit for Clive Davis Arista Records, while George was pushing Little Feat toward disbandment as he was inching closer to his premature death in 1979. Add to that the Deads sudden, inexplicable fascination with disco, a desire to have Donna Jean Godchaux be an integral part of the record, plus no new songs ready to go at the beginning of the sessions, and its little surprise that Shakedown Street wound up as a mess. It rambles and wanders all over the place, as the Dead cover the Rascals "Good Lovin" before they revive "New Minglewood Blues" (which they originally cut for their debut), as Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter write their own "Stagger Lee" while Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann get a percussion workout on the brief instrumental "Serengetti" and Bob Weir affects a bluesy growl on "I Need a Miracle." In Georges hands, this is all given a smooth gloss not all that far removed from such latter-day Feat LPs as The Last Record Album, but since the Dead favor hazy, lazy grooves to Feats laid-back but tight New Orleans funk -- and since George didnt produce so much as he created an appropriate atmosphere in the studio -- Shakedown Street meanders mercilessly, and its indulgences wind up overwhelming the album as a whole. And there isnt just one kind of indulgence here; theres a plethora of them, ranging from the disco pulse of the title track to the fuzziness of the two songs sung by Donna Jean. This can make Shakedown Street a bit of a difficult, dated listen, since even the good songs boast bad arrangements ("Shakedown Street" and "Fire on the Mountain" were later reworked and revitalized in concert), yet it falls short of flat-out disaster, partially because its a fascinating listen due to the very things that make it a severely flawed record. The disco flirtations, subdued funk, misguided commercial concessions, and overarching Californian slickness do make Shakedown Street fascinating for at least one spin, even if theyll keep even hardcore Deadheads -- maybe especially hardcore Deadheads -- from coming back to the record more than once every decade or so.
	Album: 15 of 33 Title:  Go to Heaven Released:  1980-04-28 Tracks:  9 Duration:  38:30 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Alabama Getaway  (03:36) 2   Far From Me  (03:40) 3   Althea  (06:54) 4   Feel Like a Stranger  (05:09) 5   Lost Sailor  (05:54) 6   Saint of Circumstance  (05:39) 7   Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)  (00:39) 8   Easy to Love You  (03:41) 9   Don’t Ease Me In  (03:15)
Go to Heaven : Allmusic album Review : Time has somewhat mellowed the general disdain that critics and Deadheads alike leveled at Go to Heaven upon its release in May of 1980. Granted, none of these readings come close to their perfunctory live counterparts. However, that argument holds true for a vast majority of the Deads studio catalog -- which had now grown to include 16 albums. Additionally, this disc marked the beginning of keyboardist Brent Mydlands tenure -- who had joined the band in the spring of the previous year and would remain for a decade. All eight of the songs -- not including "Antwerps Placebo (The Plumber)," which is a 38-second instrumental percussion track -- had either already worked their way into the Deads live performance repertoire, or would in due time. These include "Althea," "Feel Like a Stranger," and "Saint of Circumstance," as well as the raucous rock & roll opening cut, "Alabama Getaway" -- which was likewise often the bands opening number in concert during the early 80s. (In a somewhat Prankster-esque sense of irony, "Dont Ease Me In" -- the discs final number -- also closed many a first set during this era; additionally notable about the track is that it was one of the first songs the band performed back in 1965 -- when they were known as the Warlocks.) In terms of the quality of material, Go to Heaven includes few gems. Primary among them are Bob Weirs "Lost Sailor" and "Saint of Circumstance" pairing. While obviously not as thoroughly developed as it would become in concert, the lilting melody and fluctuating tempos are reminiscent of his "Weather Report Suite" from the 1973 release Wake of the Flood. The groovin Jerry Garcia-sung ballad "Althea" is yet another example of a tune that would take on bolder and brighter hues as a concert staple for the remainder of the Deads performance life.
	Album: 16 of 33 Title:  In the Dark Released:  1987-07-10 Tracks:  7 Duration:  40:49 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Wikipedia   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Touch of Grey  (05:49) 2   Hell in a Bucket  (05:37) 3   When Push Comes to Shove  (04:07) 4   West L.A. Fadeaway  (06:39) 5   Tons of Steel  (05:17) 6   Throwing Stones  (07:21) 7   Black Muddy River  (05:57)
In the Dark : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Deads last lineup returned intact for In the Dark, an album that ironically thrust the band back into the spotlight on the strength of the bands lone Top 40 single, "Touch of Grey." Fans had long mused that the Deads studio albums lacked the easygoing energy and natural flow of their live performances, and In the Dark does come close to capturing that lightning in a bottle. Jerry Garcia, who apparently had to relearn the guitar after a near-fatal illness, approaches his instrument recharged, while his voice (a beneficiary of the extended hiatus?) shows some of its original smoothness. Of his four songwriting collaborations with long-standing lyricist Robert Hunter, "Touch of Grey" is far and away the best. "When Push Comes to Shove" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" use familiar blues-based riffs that lack the pairs often-contagious chemistry, and "Black Muddy River" has one foot firmly stuck in mawkish MOR terrain (although Garcia can be dealt a free pass here in light of the songs real-life implications as an attempt to make his peace with the world). What pushes In the Dark past the bands also-rans are two terrific songs from Bob Weir and John Barlow, the cheerfully cranky "Hell in a Bucket" (co-written with Brent Mydland) and the cautionary tale "Throwing Stones." Rarely have Weirs songs sounded so effortless; punctuated by Garcias guitar, they have more in common with the upbeat, flavorful sound of past Garcia/Hunter compositions than the pairs own work this time out (a rare case of role reversal). In the middle of it all is a country-rock song from Mydland, "Tons of Steel," that sounds oddly out of place. Although the album is unmistakable as the work of the Dead, much of it recalls the punchy, pungent production of Dire Straits recent work. Its not the second coming of the Dead, but a more entertaining epilogue you couldnt ask for.
	Album: 17 of 33 Title:  Built to Last Released:  1989-10-31 Tracks:  9 Duration:  50:06 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   TrackSamples   Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Foolish Heart  (05:12) 2   Just a Little Light  (04:42) 3   Built to Last  (05:05) 4   Blow Away  (06:10) 5   Victim or the Crime  (07:34) 6   We Can Run  (05:31) 7   Standing on the Moon  (05:21) 8   Picasso Moon  (06:42) 9   I Will Take You Home  (03:45)
Built to Last : Allmusic album Review : Supposedly, the Dead had broken their studio jinx with In the Dark and finally learned how to make good albums without an audience in front of them. So why was this follow-up such a letdown? Perhaps because they hadnt taken seven years to write and perfect new material as they had with the previous album. The dominant songwriter here was keyboard player Brent Mydland (who died the following year), while the crucial songwriting team of Garcia and Hunter contributed only minor efforts. Chastened, the Dead once again retreated from studio work.
	Album: 18 of 33 Title:  Infrared Roses Released:  1991-11-01 Tracks:  12 Duration:  58:30 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Crowd Sculpture  (02:21) 2   Parallelogram  (05:06) 3   Little Nemo in Nightland  (06:18) 4   Riverside Rhapsody  (03:55) 5   Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp  (04:23) 6   Infrared Roses  (05:39) 7   Silver Apples of the Moon  (05:41) 8   Speaking in Swords  (03:29) 9   Magnesium Night Light  (05:30) 10  Sparrow Hawk Row  (03:23) 11  River of Nine Sorrows  (04:25) 12  Apollo at the Ritz  (08:16)
Infrared Roses : Allmusic album Review : The nearly hour-long instrumental interplay on Infrared Roses (1991) came from a variety of concert performance excerpts circa 1989 and 1990. The audio was reconfigured and combined into four distinct multi-movement suites -- all of which were named by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Opening the disc is the audience-participating "Crowd Sculpture," setting the communal pre-show scene with a mélange of sonic experiences starring the typical Grateful Dead parking lot denizens doing their respective thing. The roar of the expectant audience then leads into "Parallelogram" the first of several rhythm-intensive selections with Mickey Hart (trap drums/timbales/electronic percussion/toms/synthesizer) and Bill Kreutzmann (trap drums/beast/beam/electronic percussion/talking drum) at the helm. These excursions typically occurred during the second set and were followed by a few minutes of free-form exchanges from the bands co-founders Jerry Garcia (guitar/electronic percussion/synthesizer), Phil Lesh (bass/synthesizer), and Bob Weir (guitar/midi guitar/synthesizer). Through July of 1990, Brent Mydland (keyboards/Midi keyboard/synthesizer) was the primary ivory tickler. After his untimely passing, Vince Welnick (synthesizer) and (for a brief time) Bruce Hornsby (piano/synthesizer) were Mydlands replacements. Additionally, Bob Bralove -- the CDs producer and one of the Grateful Deads longtime audio engineers -- is credited with electronic drumming. There are also appearances by the Neville Brothers Willie Green III (kick/snare/hi hat) who submits a well-placed beat or two to "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp" from his December 28, 1990 guest shot. Branford Marsalis (tenor sax/soprano sax) is heard blowing strong counterpoint during the closer "Apollo at the Ritz." His contributions come from a March 29, 1990 confab in which Marsalis sat in for most of the second set. Caveat Emptor as Infrared Roses isnt a typical live Grateful Dead recording and potential consumers should not expect such. However, there is plenty for the adventurous listener, Deadheads longing for a good ol "Drums/Space" freak-out, and even parties curious about the remarkable stylistic breadth that became a motif of the Grateful Deads concerts for three decades.
	Album: 19 of 33 Title:  The Arista Years Released:  1996-10-15 Tracks:  26 Duration:  2:32:46 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Estimated Prophet  (05:37) 2   Passenger  (02:48) 3   Samson & Deliliah  (03:28) 4   Terrapin Station/Lady with a Fan/Terrapin Station/Terrapin/Terrapin Transit/At A Siding/Terrapin Flyer/Refrain  (16:21) 5   Good Lovin  (04:50) 6   Shakedown Street  (05:00) 7   Fire on the Mountain  (03:48) 8   I Need a Miracle  (03:36) 9   Alabama Getaway  (03:36) 10  Far From Me  (03:40) 11  Saint of Circumstance  (05:43) 12  Dire Wolf  (03:21) 13  Cassidy  (04:32) 14  Feel Like a Stranger  (05:47) 15  Franklins Tower  (05:38) 1   Touch of Grey  (05:49) 2   Hell in a Bucket  (05:37) 3   West L.A. Fadeaway  (06:39) 4   Throwing Stones  (07:21) 5   Black Muddy River  (05:57) 6   Foolish Heart  (05:12) 7   Built to Last  (05:05) 8   Just a Little Light  (04:42) 9   Picasso Moon  (06:42) 10  Standing on the Moon  (05:21) 11  Eyes of the World  (16:24)
The Arista Years : Allmusic album Review : This well-chosen compilation makes the best of the eight albums (five studio LPs and three live collections) the Grateful Dead released on Arista Records between 1977 and 1990. The first three studio albums are not well regarded, but by focusing on the stronger compositions, such as "Estimated Prophet," "Terrapin Station," "Fire on the Mountain," "I Need a Miracle," and "Saint of Circumstance," the compilers have made them seem better than they did when they were released. It doesnt hurt that these are the songs that emerged as concert favorites, and if these performances often sound like distilled, sometimes stilted versions for those familiar with the live shows, they nevertheless serve as a kind of blueprint for the music the Dead played in the late 70s and 80s. A more confident band emerges in the later tracks, in part because the material is superior -- not only the hit "Touch of Grey," but also "Black Muddy River" and "Foolish Heart," among others -- but also because the performances are seasoned by frequent live playing of the songs. The album concludes with the groups 1990 live recording of "Eyes of the World" with Branford Marsalis sitting in from Without a Net. The Arista Years presents the sound of a band compromising with, but not capitulating to, the demands of the conventional record industry. Even the Dead themselves were never really able to capture lightning in a bottle, but, as one of their better songs here puts it, they managed to shine "Just a Little Light."
	Album: 20 of 33 Title:  The Golden Road (1965–1973) Released:  2001-10-16 Tracks:  26 Duration:  2:31:33 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Viola Lee Blues (live)  (09:39) 2   Dont Ease Me In (live)  (02:44) 3   Pain in My Heart (live)  (04:25) 4   Sitting on Top of the World (live)  (03:52) 5   Its All Over Now, Baby Blue (live)  (05:13) 6   Im a King Bee (live)  (08:53) 7   Big Boss Man (live)  (05:11) 8   Standing on the Corner (live)  (03:46) 9   In the Pines (live)  (04:55) 10  Nobodys Fault but Mine (live)  (04:16) 11  Next Time You See Me (live)  (02:48) 12  One Kind Favor (live)  (03:45) 13  He Was a Friend of Mine (live)  (04:46) 14  Keep Rolling By (live)  (07:57) 1   St. Stephen  (04:28) 2   Duprees Diamond Blues  (03:34) 3   Rosemary  (02:00) 4   Doin That Rag  (04:44) 5   Mountains of the Moon  (04:05) 6   China Cat Sunflower  (03:42) 7   Whats Become of the Baby  (08:13) 8   Cosmic Charlie  (05:44) 9   Clementine Jam (studio jam)  (10:51) 10  Nobodys Spoonful Jam (studio jam)  (10:10) 11  The Eleven Jam (studio jam)  (15:05) 12  Cosmic Charlie (live)  (06:47)
The Golden Road (1965–1973) : Allmusic album Review : The primary impetus behind this ambitious 12-disc box set is to gather all nine of the Grateful Deads Warner Brothers titles. However, the staggeringly high quotient of previously unissued bonus material rivals -- and at times exceeds -- the content of those original albums. The Golden Road (1965-1973) truly has something -- and usually a lot of it -- for every degree of Deadhead. Working chronologically, the bonus material begins before the beginning so to speak, with the two-disc sub-compilation aptly titled "Birth of the Dead," a project actually green-lighted by Jerry Garcia in the mid-80s. Disc one features studio recordings by a primordial incarnation of the band known as the Warlocks and later the Emergency Crew. Disc two contrasts their studio efforts with some of the earliest surviving live Grateful Dead recordings from July of 1966. While enthusiasts and critics have long been divided in their assessment of the Grateful Deads pre-psychedelia, there is no denying the decidedly raw and vital garage rock intensity that became unique to this era. Even ballads and standards, such as "In the Pines" or the flawlessly emotive cover of Dylans "Its All Over Now Baby Blue," resonate and glisten with an inarticulate, yet palpable energy. The Dead would ink a deal with Warner Brothers in late 1966, yielding four and a half studio albums and four and a half live packages. It is difficult to ultimately classify this collection, as it contains both live and studio performances, sometimes simultaneously. While each of these albums have been on CD prior to this collection, the remastering and use of HDCD technology renders those discs superfluous. Purists should take note, however, as several tracks from the Grateful Deads self-titled debut -- including "Good Morning Little School Girl," "Cream Puff War," and "Sitting on Top of the World" -- have in fact been remixed as well as fadeouts extended to include the entire performance. There are a few significant studio tracks added as bonus material on the other albums within the box. Of particular note are the trio of instrumental jams which augment Aoxomoxoa. However, the vast majority of the additional content consists of previously unissued concert performances. Most of these reflect on-stage what was happening concurrently in the studio. Each album is individually housed in a cardboard digi-pack with a 15-page liner-notes booklet. Additionally, there is a separate full-color 75-plus-page softbound book which features an extended essay by Grateful Dead biographer Dennis McNalley, as well as a selected discography and page upon page of rarely published photographs and memorabilia.
	Album: 21 of 33 Title:  Postcards of the Hanging Released:  2002-03-19 Tracks:  2 Duration:  10:14 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Queen Jane Approximately  (06:12) 2   Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)  (04:01)
	Album: 22 of 33 Title:  Birth of the Dead Released:  2003-03-25 Tracks:  31 Duration:  2:06:45 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Allmusic   Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Early Morning Rain  (03:22) 2   I Know You Rider  (02:41) 3   Mindbender (Confusion’s Prince)  (02:41) 4   The Only Time Is Now  (02:24) 5   Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (03:17) 6   Can’t Come Down  (03:04) 7   Stealin’ (instrumental)  (02:40) 8   Stealin’ (with vocals)  (02:36) 9   Don’t Ease Me In (instrumental)  (02:01) 10  Don’t Ease Me In (with vocals)  (02:02) 11  You Don’t Have to Ask  (03:35) 12  Tastebud (instrumental)  (07:04) 13  Tastebud (with vocals)  (04:35) 14  I Know You Rider  (02:36) 15  Cold Rain and Snow (instrumental)  (03:15) 16  Cold Rain and Snow (with vocals)  (03:17) 17  Fire in the City (Jon Hendricks)  (03:18) 1   Viola Lee Blues  (09:39) 2   Don’t Ease Me In  (02:43) 3   Pain in My Heart  (04:24) 4   Sitting on Top of the World  (03:51) 5   It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue  (05:12) 6   I’m a King Bee  (08:52) 7   Big Boss Man  (05:11) 8   Standing on the Corner  (03:46) 9   In the Pines  (04:55) 10  Nobody’s Fault but Mine  (04:15) 11  Next Time You See Me  (02:47) 12  One Kind Favor  (03:44) 13  He Was a Friend of Mine  (04:45) 14  Keep Rolling By  (07:56)
Birth of the Dead : Allmusic album Review : Before the Grateful Dead were signed by Warner Brothers, they woodshedded their style, playing live in a variety of capacities (such as their work as the unofficial house band at the various Acid Tests up and down the California coast) and also cut a handful of studio demos around the Bay Area. The double-disc Birth of the Dead includes the bulk of those incipient sessions, as well as some of their primordial concert performances -- all predating their 1967 self-titled debut album. Appropriately, for a primarily historical release, the contents are configured chronologically. The disc begins with six tracks from November of 1965 for soon-to-be legendary Bay Area underground FM DJ Tom Donahue and then-partner Bobby Mitchell, whose Autumn Records label yielded sizable sides by the likes of the Beau Brummels. Under the moniker of The Emergency Crew, Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals), Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (vocals/harmonica/organ/percussion), Bob Weir (guitar/vocals), Phil Lesh (bass/vocals) and Bill Kreutzmann (drums) recorded a cover of Gordon Lightfoots "Early Morning Rain" -- purportedly at the behest of producers -- the communally-credited "I Know You Rider" and the originals "Mindbender (Confusions Prince)," "Only Time Is Now," "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" and "Cant Come Down." ("I Know You Rider" stayed in the Grateful Deads revolving repertoire for the next 30 years, while "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)" would become a powerful blues-meets-psychedelia vehicle in the months ahead.) The last batch are from a mid-1966 session at Buena Vista Studios (which wasnt connected to Walt Disney) with overdubs done at Western Recorders. The results netted their first 45 rpm "Stealin" b/w an early speedy reading of "Dont Ease Me In." (The latter resurfaced every once and a while throughout the remainder of their long, strange trip, including another studio remake for the 1980 album Go to Heaven). "Fire in the City" is an interesting footnote as the Grateful Dead back up legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks. The number was part of a soundtrack to the anti-war documentary film Sons and Daughters (1967). The Live Sides are derived from several gigs circa July 1966 and the juxtaposition provides a glimpse of how the quintet developed by leaps and bounds onstage, in real time. Extended workouts of "Viola Lee Blues," "Im a King Bee" and "Keep Rolling By" are harbingers of the next step in their perpetual evolution, while the compact arrangements of "In the Pines," "Sitting on Top of the World," "Nobodys Fault but Mine" and "Big Boss Man" hearken back to the earlier material. All said, Birth of the Dead aptly encapsulates the bands formative era, bridging the gap between the seminal single-CD Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 and the 1967 self-titled debut on Warner Brothers.
	Album: 23 of 33 Title:  Grateful Dead Released:  2007 Tracks:  24 Duration:  1:55:40 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Friend of the Devil  (03:24) 2   Box of Rain  (05:19) 3   Althea  (06:52) 4   Eyes of the World  (05:17) 5   Truckin  (05:04) 6   Shakedown Street  (04:59) 7   Cream Puff War  (03:19) 8   Scarlet Begonias  (04:18) 9   Touch of Grey  (05:49) 10  Sugar Magnolia  (03:19) 11  Coald Rain and Snow  (02:28) 12  China Cat Sunflower  (03:42) 13  Uncle Johns Band  (04:44) 14  Casey Jones  (04:26) 15  Ripple  (04:10) 1   Jack Straw  (04:50) 2   Bertha  (05:42) 3   Me and My Uncle  (03:06) 4   Cumberland Blues  (05:44) 5   Me and Bobby McGee  (05:45) 6   Brown-Eyed Woman  (04:40) 7   Morning Dew  (10:17) 8   Johnny B. Goode  (03:43) 9   Not Fade Away  (04:43)
Grateful Dead : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Deads eponymously titled debut long-player was issued in mid-March of 1967. This gave rise to one immediate impediment -- the difficulty in attempting to encapsulate/recreate the Deads often improvised musical magic onto a single LP. Unfortunately, the sterile environs of the recording studio disregards the subtle and often not-so-subtle ebbs and zeniths that are so evident within a live experience. So, while this studio recording ultimately fails in accurately exhibiting the Grateful Deads tremendous range, its a valiant attempt to corral the groups hydra-headed psychedelic jug-band music on vinyl. Under the technical direction of Dave Hassinger -- who had produced the Rolling Stones as well as the Jefferson Airplane -- the Dead recorded the album in Los Angeles during a Ritalin-fuelled "long weekend" in early 1967. Rather than prepare all new material for the recording sessions, a vast majority of the disc is comprised of titles that the band had worked into their concurrent performance repertoire. This accounts for the unusually high ratio (seven:two) of folk and blues standards to original compositions. The entire group took credit for the slightly saccharine "Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)," while Jerry Garcia (guitar/vocals) is credited for the noir garage-flavored raver "Cream Puff War." Interestingly, both tracks were featured as the respective A- and B-sides of the only 45 rpm single derived from this album. The curious aggregate of cover tunes featured on the Deads initial outing also demonstrates the bands wide-ranging musical roots and influences. These include Pigpens greasy harp-fuelled take on Sonny Boy Williamsons "Good Morning Little School Girl" and the minstrel one-man-band folk of Jessie "the Lone Cat" Fullers "Beat It On Down the Line." The apocalyptic Cold War folk anthem "Morning Dew" (aka "[Walk Me Out in The] Morning Dew") is likewise given a full-bodied electric workout as is the obscure jug-band stomper "Viola Lee Blues." Fittingly, the Dead would continue to play well over half of these tracks in concert for the next 27 years.
	Album: 24 of 33 Title:  Flashback With the Grateful Dead Released:  2011-04-05 Tracks:  10 Duration:  52:01 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   Truckin’  (05:06) 2   China Cat Sunflower  (03:41) 3   Unbroken Chain  (06:45) 4   U.S. Blues  (04:40) 5   The Music Never Stopped  (04:36) 6   Shakedown Street  (04:59) 7   Alabama Getaway  (03:37) 8   Throwing Stones  (07:21) 9   Standing on the Moon  (05:22) 10  Touch of Grey  (05:49)
Flashback With the Grateful Dead : Allmusic album Review : The Grateful Dead, by the very nature of what they did both in live performances and in the studio, are particularly poorly served by a greatest-hits-type collection -- this was not a singles band (although with “Touch of Grey” they finally collected a hit single). More than anything, the Dead were a rolling, touring phenomenon whose jazzy, spacy take on Americana and penchant for encouraging the taping of live shows created a bonded community out of their fans. This ten-song budget compilation can hardly begin to catch the whole ragged familial appeal of the Dead, but it does, given its brevity, provide snapshots of the band at different points in time, which makes it a pretty nice and low-priced purchase for the absolute novice fan -- Deadheads will already have every song here ten times over and in countless versions.
	Album: 25 of 33 Title:  Complete Studio Albums Collection Released:  2013 Tracks:  103 Duration:  8:40:33 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)  (02:12) 2   Beat It On Down the Line  (02:30) 3   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  (05:45) 4   Cold Rain and Snow  (02:29) 5   Sitting on Top of the World  (02:07) 6   Cream Puff War  (02:28) 7   Morning Dew  (05:08) 8   New, New Minglewood Blues  (02:36) 9   Viola Lee Blues  (10:13) 1   Thats It For The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment / Quadlibet For Tender Feet / The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get / We Leave The Castle)  (07:40) 2   New Potato Caboose  (08:25) 3   Born Cross-Eyed  (02:21) 4   Alligator  (11:24) 5   Caution (Do Not Stop on the Tracks)  (09:00) 1   St. Stephen  (04:28) 2   Dupree’s Diamond Blues  (03:33) 3   Rosemary  (01:59) 4   Doin’ That Rag  (04:44) 5   Mountains of the Moon  (04:02) 6   China Cat Sunflower  (03:40) 7   What’s Become of the Baby  (08:14) 8   Cosmic Charlie  (05:29) 1   Box of Rain  (05:18) 2   Friend of the Devil  (03:24) 3   Sugar Magnolia  (03:19) 4   Operator  (02:25) 5   Candyman  (06:14) 6   Ripple  (04:09) 7   Brokedown Palace  (04:09) 8   Till the Morning Comes  (03:09) 9   Attics of My Life  (05:12) 10  Truckin’  (05:06) 1   Uncle John’s Band  (04:45) 2   High Time  (05:15) 3   Dire Wolf  (03:15) 4   New Speedway Boogie  (04:07) 5   Cumberland Blues  (03:18) 6   Black Peter  (05:44) 7   Easy Wind  (05:00) 8   Casey Jones  (04:26) 1   Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo  (05:43) 2   Let Me Sing Your Blues Away  (03:18) 3   Row Jimmy  (07:15) 4   Stella Blue  (06:26) 5   Here Comes Sunshine  (04:40) 6   Eyes of the World  (05:21) 7   Weather Report Suite  (12:43) 1   U.S. Blues  (04:42) 2   China Doll  (04:10) 3   Unbroken Chain  (06:46) 4   Loose Lucy  (03:26) 5   Scarlet Begonias  (04:19) 6   Pride of Cucamonga  (04:16) 7   Money Money  (04:24) 8   Ship of Fools  (05:29) 1   Help on the Way / Slipknot!  (07:20) 2   Franklin’s Tower  (04:32) 3   King Solomon’s Marbles: Part I: Stronger Than Dirt / Part II: Milkin’ the Turkey  (05:16) 4   The Music Never Stopped  (04:35) 5   Crazy Fingers  (06:42) 6   Sage and Spirit  (03:07) 7   Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert  (12:33) 1   Estimated Prophet  (05:37) 2   Dancin’ in the Streets  (03:17) 3   Passenger  (02:48) 4   Samson and Delilah  (03:29) 5   Sunrise  (04:04) 6   Terrapin Station (medley)  (16:17) 1   Good Lovin’  (04:51) 2   France  (04:04) 3   Shakedown Street  (04:59) 4   Serengetti  (02:02) 5   Fire on the Mountain  (03:47) 6   I Need a Miracle  (03:36) 7   From the Heart of Me  (03:25) 8   Stagger Lee  (03:28) 9   New Minglewood Blues  (04:16) 10  If I Had the World to Give  (04:52) 1   Alabama Getaway  (03:36) 2   Far From Me  (03:40) 3   Althea  (06:54) 4   Feel Like a Stranger  (05:09) 5   Lost Sailor  (05:54) 6   Saint of Circumstance  (05:39) 7   Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)  (00:39) 8   Easy to Love You  (03:41) 9   Don’t Ease Me In  (03:15) 1   Touch of Grey  (05:49) 2   Hell in a Bucket  (05:37) 3   When Push Comes to Shove  (04:07) 4   West L.A. Fadeaway  (06:39) 5   Tons of Steel  (05:17) 6   Throwing Stones  (07:21) 7   Black Muddy River  (05:58) 1   Foolish Heart  (05:11) 2   Just a Little Light  (04:42) 3   Built to Last  (05:04) 4   Blow Away  (06:10) 5   Victim or the Crime  (07:34) 6   We Can Run  (05:31) 7   Standing on the Moon  (05:20) 8   Picasso Moon  (06:42) 9   I Will Take You Home  (03:45)
	Album: 26 of 33 Title:  Complete Live Rarities Collection Released:  2013-06-26 Tracks:  86 Duration:  9:47:26 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   Viola Lee Blues (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (09:39) 2   Dont Ease Me In (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (02:43) 3   Pain in My Heart (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (04:24) 4   Sitting on Top of the World (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (03:51) 5   Its All Over Now Baby Blue (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (05:12) 6   Im a King Bee (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (08:52) 7   Big Boss Man (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (05:11) 8   Standing on the Corner (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (03:46) 9   In the Pines (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (04:55) 10  Nobodys Fault but Mine (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (04:15) 11  Next Time You See Me (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (02:47) 12  One Kind Favor (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (03:44) 13  He Was a Friend of Mine (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (04:45) 14  Keep Rolling By (Previously Unissued live in San Francisco 1966 version)  (07:57) 15  Viola Lee Blues (live version)  (23:13) 16  Alligator (live in Los Angeles version)  (18:43) 17  Caution (Do Not Stop on the Tracks) [live in Los Angeles 1968 version]  (11:38) 18  Feedback (live in Los Angeles 1968 version)  (04:01) 19  Cosmic Charlie (live at the Avalon in San Francisco 1969 version)  (06:47) 20  Dire Wolf (live at Santa Rosas Veterans Hall in Santa Rosa, CA 1969 version)  (02:31) 21  Black Peter (live at Golden Hall in San Diego 1970 version)  (09:07) 22  Easy Wind (live at Springers Ballroom in Portland, Oregon 1970 version)  (08:09) 23  Cumberland Blues (live at Oregon State University 1970 version)  (04:52) 24  Masons Children (live at the Civic Auditorium in Honolulu, HI 1970 version)  (06:32) 25  Uncle Johns Band (live at the Winterland San Fran 1970 version)  (06:51) 26  Friend of the Devil (live at the Winterland Ballroom 1970 version)  (04:21) 27  Candyman (live at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA 1970 version)  (05:15) 28  Till the Morning Comes (live at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, CA 1970 version)  (03:20) 29  Attics of My Life (live at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA 1970 version)  (06:28) 30  Truckin (live in El Monte, CA 1970 version)  (09:03) 31  Oh, Boy!  (02:50) 32  Im a Hog for You (live at Manhattan Center, New York, NY, April 6, 1971)  (04:08) 33  The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)  (06:50) 34  Looks Like Rain  (07:42) 35  Good Lovin’  (18:30) 36  Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (04:39) 37  Who Do You Love?  (00:22) 38  Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (01:43) 39  Good Lovin (live in Denmark 1972 version 2)  (03:04) 40  Good Lovin’  (08:56) 41  Big Boss Man  (04:53) 42  Smokestack Lightnin’ (version two)  (15:11) 43  Sitting on Top of the World  (03:20) 44  Eyes of the World (live)  (17:05) 45  Scarlet Begonias (live)  (09:09) 46  Money Money (live)  (04:19) 47  Wave That Flag (live)  (05:34) 48  Let It Rock (live)  (03:19) 49  Dancin’ in the Streets (live)  (16:17) 50  Ollin Arageed (live)  (06:30) 51  Fire on the Mountain (live)  (13:41) 52  Stagger Lee (live)  (06:38) 53  All New Minglewood Blues (live)  (04:34) 54  Althea (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/80)  (08:17) 55  Lost Sailor (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)  (06:41) 56  Saint of Circumstance (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)  (06:35) 57  Iko Iko (live)  (04:23) 58  Heaven Help the Fool (live)  (06:18) 59  El Paso (live)  (04:40) 60  Sage & Spirit (live)  (03:13) 61  Little Sadie (live)  (02:44) 62  It Must Have Been the Roses (alternate live version)  (07:00) 63  Dark Hollow (alternate live version)  (04:30) 64  Jack‐A‐Roe (alternate live version)  (05:07) 65  Cassidy (alternate live version)  (05:06) 66  China Doll (alternate live version)  (05:52) 67  Monkey and the Engineer (alternate live version)  (02:36) 68  Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie (alternate live version)  (07:12) 69  Ripple (alternate live version)  (04:39) 70  Tom Dooley (live)  (03:32) 71  Deep Elem Blues (alternate live version)  (03:41) 72  Let It Grow  (09:38) 73  Sugaree  (09:51) 74  C.C. Rider (live Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, Ca. Oct. 1980)  (07:17) 75  Row Jimmy  (10:14) 76  Lazy Lightnin’  (03:24) 77  Supplication  (05:49) 78  High Time  (08:40) 79  Jack Straw  (06:16) 80  Shakedown Street  (10:41) 81  Not Fade Away  (04:49) 82  West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version 3/84)  (07:09) 83  Throwing Stones (live at Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, MA 7/4/87)  (09:36) 84  Foolish Heart (live at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI 7/19/89)  (11:31) 85  Blow Away (live at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89)  (12:02) 86  California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin Goin on) [live Philadelphia Spectrum 7/7/89]  (05:59)
	Album: 27 of 33 Title:  Complete Studio Rarities Collection Released:  2013-08-27 Tracks:  60 Duration:  4:29:24 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   Early Morning Rain (Previously Unissued version)  (03:19) 2   I Know You Rider (Previously Unissued version)  (02:39) 3   Mindbender (Confusions Prince) (Previously Unissued version)  (02:39) 4   The Only Time Is Now (Previously Unissued version)  (02:21) 5   Caution (Do Not Stop on the Tracks)  (03:14) 6   Cant Come Down  (02:59) 7   Stealin (Previously Unissued instrumental version)  (02:37) 8   Stealin (vocal version)  (02:33) 9   Dont Ease Me In (Previously Unissued instrumental version)  (01:58) 10  Dont Ease Me In (vocal version)  (01:58) 11  You Dont Have to Ask  (03:31) 12  Tastebud (Previously Unissued instrumental version)  (07:00) 13  Tastebud (vocal version)  (04:31) 14  I Know You Rider (Scorpio Sessions version)  (02:32) 15  Cold Rain and Snow (Previously Unissued instrumental version)  (03:12) 16  Cold Rain and Snow (Previously Unissued vocal version)  (03:11) 17  Fire in the City (From the Film Sons and Daughters)  (03:19) 18  Alice D. Millionaire (Previously Unreleased)  (02:22) 19  Overseas Stomy (The Lindy Hop) (Previously Unreleased)  (02:24) 20  Tastebud (Previously Unreleased)  (04:18) 21  Death Dont Have No Mercy  (05:20) 22  Viola Lee Blues (Edited version)  (03:00) 23  Born Cross-Eyed (single version)  (02:55) 24  Clementine Jam (live in San Mateo, CA 1968 version)  (10:45) 25  Nobodys Spoonful Jam (live in San Mateo, CA 1968 version)  (10:04) 26  The Eleventh Jam (live in San Mateo, CA 1968 version)  (15:00) 27  Dark Star (Remastered version)  (02:43) 28  WB Commercial for Live/Dead  (01:00) 29  New Speedway Boogie (alternate mix) (Previously Unissued)  (04:06) 30  Workingmans Dead  (00:31) 31  Truckin (Remastered version)  (03:13) 32  Ripple  (03:01) 33  Album Radio Spot KPPC  (01:10) 34  Radio Promo for Grateful Dead Live  (01:00) 35  The Yellow Dog Story  (03:09) 36  Weather Report Suite Part (studio acoustic demo version)  (12:40) 37  China Doll (studio outtake)  (04:02) 38  Loose Lucy (studio outtake)  (04:43) 39  Pride of Cucamonga (studio acoustic demo)  (04:24) 40  Unbroken Chain (studio acoustic demo)  (06:20) 41  Groove #1 (instrumental studio outtake)  (05:52) 42  Groove #2 (instrumental studio outtake)  (07:34) 43  Distorto (instrumental studio outtake)  (08:13) 44  A to E Flat Jam (instrumental studio outtake)  (04:39) 45  Proto 18 Proper (instrumental studio outtake)  (04:21) 46  Hollywood Cantata (studio outtake)  (04:14) 47  Peggy‐O (instrumental studio outtake)  (04:42) 48  The Ascent (instrumental studio outtake)  (01:58) 49  Catfish John (studio outtake)  (04:40) 50  Equinox (studio outtake)  (05:15) 51  Fire on the Mountain (studio outtake)  (06:26) 52  Good Lovin’ (studio outtake)  (04:56) 53  Peggy-O (studio outtake)  (05:58) 54  What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79)  (04:10) 55  Jack‐A‐Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79)  (04:53) 56  To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)  (09:13) 57  My Brother Esau (single b‐side 6/16/87)  (04:20) 58  Black Muddy River (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)  (05:39) 59  When Push Comes to shove (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)  (04:22) 60  Touch of Grey (studio rehearsal 8/82)  (05:45)
	Album: 28 of 33 Title:  30 Trips Around the Sun Released:  2015 Tracks:  575 Duration:  1:22:22 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   Nobodys Fault but Mine  (01:09) 2   Dancing in the Streets  (07:59) 3   I Know You Rider  (03:05) 4   He Was a Friend of Mine  (04:16) 5   Next Time You See Me  (03:32) 6   Viola Lee Blues  (07:39) 7   Big Boss Man  (03:49) 8   Sitting on Top of the World  (02:21) 9   Keep Rolling By  (04:35) 1   New, New Minglewood Blues  (03:54) 2   Cold Rain and Snow  (03:16) 3   Tastebud  (06:37) 4   Beat It On Down the Line  (02:48) 5   Cream Puff War  (05:18) 6   Dont Mess Up a Good Thing  (03:14) 7   The Monster (Cardboard Cowboy)  (02:31) 8   Gangster of Love  (05:10) 9   You Dont Have to Ask  (04:32) 10  In the Midnight Hour  (15:50) 1   Viola Lee Blues  (15:58) 2   It Hurts Me Too  (04:40) 3   Beat It On Down the Line  (03:27) 4   Morning Dew  (07:39) 5   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  (10:55) 1   Thats It for the Other One: Cryptical Envelopment (I) / The Other One / Cryptical Envelopment (II)  (12:11) 2   New Potato Caboose  (11:28) 3   Alligator  (11:00) 4   Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (24:28) 1   Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  (13:53) 2   Turn On Your Lovelight  (13:38) 3   Dark Star  (10:25) 4   St. Stephen  (06:37) 5   The Eleven  (04:54) 6   Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (11:19) 7   Feedback  (04:25) 1   Duprees Diamond Blues  (04:12) 2   Mountains of the Moon  (05:22) 3   Dark Star  (22:14) 4   Cryptical Envelopment  (02:06) 5   The Other One  (08:16) 6   Cryptical Envelopment  (06:31) 7   Death Dont Have No Mercy  (07:19) 1   Doin’ That Rag  (06:49) 2   St. Stephen  (09:07) 3   The Eleven Jam  (16:03) 4   Turn On Your Lovelight  (22:05) 1   Cold Rain and Snow  (06:05) 2   China Cat Sunflower  (06:03) 3   I Know You Rider  (04:33) 4   Technical Difficulties (includes 0:20 of "Mama Tried")  (04:11) 5   Mama Tried  (03:08) 6   Its a Mans Mans Mans World  (08:31) 7   Candyman  (05:31) 8   Hard to Handle  (04:05) 9   Cumberland Blues  (05:43) 1   Cryptical Envelopment  (02:08) 2   Drums  (04:15) 3   Jam  (05:59) 4   The Other One  (08:37) 5   Cryptical Envelopment  (03:17) 6   Dire Wolf  (04:44) 7   Dancing in the Street  (11:27) 8   Turn On Your Lovelight  (12:10) 9   Not Fade Away  (02:16) 10  Turn On Your Lovelight  (07:45) 1   Casey Jones  (05:35) 2   Me and My Uncle  (03:43) 3   Big Boss Man  (04:58) 4   Bertha  (06:04) 5   Me and Bobby McGee  (06:09) 6   Loser  (06:39) 7   China Cat Sunflower  (04:50) 8   I Know You Rider  (05:39) 9   Aint It Crazy (The Rub)  (05:08) 10  Playing in the Band  (05:14) 11  Cumberland Blues  (05:48) 1   Truckin  (07:57) 2   Drums  (05:55) 3   The Other One  (11:31) 4   Wharf Rat  (10:32) 5   Sugar Magnolia  (06:48) 1   Greatest Story Ever Told  (03:15) 2   Johnny B. Goode  (04:24) 3   Not Fade Away  (06:29) 4   Goin Down the Road Feeling Bad  (03:59) 5   Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks)  (13:55) 6   Feedback  (02:28) 7   Uncle Johns Band  (07:06) 1   Big Railroad Blues  (04:00) 2   Mexicali Blues  (03:50) 3   Loser  (06:36) 4   Black-Throated Wind  (06:39) 5   Cumberland Blues  (06:48) 6   Sugaree  (07:27) 7   El Paso  (04:32) 8   Tennessee Jed  (07:53) 9   Beat It On Down the Line  (03:23) 10  Bird Song  (09:17) 11  Big River  (05:04) 12  Brown-Eyed Women  (04:53) 1   Playing in the Band  (17:31) 2   Greatest Story Ever Told  (05:10) 3   Bertha  (05:39) 4   Promised Land  (03:29) 5   Friend OF the Devil  (03:47) 6   Jack Straw  (05:08) 7   Tomorrow Is Forever  (05:36) 8   Me and My Uncle  (03:07) 1   Dark Star  (28:11) 2   Drums  (02:03) 3   Dark Star  (04:16) 4   China Cat Sunflower  (05:38) 5   I Know You Rider  (07:03) 6   Sugar Magnolia  (08:55) 7   One More Saturday Night  (05:03) 1   Big Railroad Blues  (04:27) 2   Jack Straw  (05:12) 3   Sugaree  (07:44) 4   Mexicali Blues  (03:48) 5   Here Comes Sunshine  (13:13) 6   Black-Throated Wind  (07:04) 7   Cumberland Blues  (06:59) 8   Row Jimmy  (09:06) 9   The Race Is On  (03:42) 10  Brown-Eyed Women  (05:32) 11  Beat It On Down the Line  (03:19) 1   Tennessee Jed  (08:23) 2   El Paso  (04:30) 3   China Cat Sunflower  (08:56) 4   I Know You Rider  (05:34) 5   Around and Around  (05:19) 6   Me and My Uncle  (03:11) 7   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (07:31) 8   One More Saturday Night  (05:03) 1   Truckin’  (12:46) 2   The Other One  (19:17) 3   Big River  (04:59) 4   The Other One  (06:12) 5   Eyes of the World  (12:33) 6   The Other One  (04:21) 7   Wharf Rat  (10:07) 1   Uncle Johns Band  (09:29) 2   Jack Straw  (05:26) 3   Friend of the Devil  (04:31) 4   Black-Throated Wind  (07:12) 5   Scarlet Begonias  (08:49) 6   Mexicali Blues  (03:28) 7   Row Jimmy  (10:43) 8   Beat It On Down the Line  (03:43) 9   Deal  (04:50) 10  The Race Is On  (03:24) 11  To Lay Me Down  (08:14) 1   Playing in the Band  (23:18) 2   Sea Stones  (15:35) 3   Loose Lucy  (05:22) 4   Big River  (05:18) 5   Peggy-O  (06:58) 6   Me and My Uncle  (02:53) 1   Eyes of the World  (14:24) 2   China Doll  (07:23) 3   Hes Gone  (14:06) 4   Truckin’  (08:56) 5   Drums  (04:57) 6   Caution Jam  (09:04) 7   Ship of Fools  (06:53) 8   Johnny B. Goode  (04:51) 9   U.S. Blues  (05:38) 1   Help on the Way  (05:47) 2   Slipknot!  (08:35) 3   The Music Never Stopped  (06:58) 4   They Love Each Other  (07:28) 5   Beat It On Down the Line  (03:31) 6   Franklins Tower  (08:18) 7   Big River  (05:15) 8   It Must Have Been the Roses  (06:05) 1   Truckin’  (08:40) 2   The Eleven Jam  (05:34) 3   Drums  (05:51) 4   Stronger Than Dirt  (06:26) 5   Not Fade Away  (07:40) 6   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:53) 7   One More Saturday Night  (05:23) 1   Bertha  (05:12) 2   Mama Tried  (02:53) 3   Sugaree  (10:38) 4   New Minglewood Blues  (04:49) 5   Ramble On Rose  (07:01) 6   Looks Like Rain  (07:40) 7   Loser  (07:40) 8   El Paso  (04:35) 9   Scarlett Begonias  (11:54) 10  The Music Never Stopped  (07:26) 1   Samson and Delilah  (08:19) 2   It Must Have Been the Roses  (06:55) 3   Playing in the Band  (09:44) 4   Drums  (02:19) 1   The Wheel  (10:42) 2   Good Lovin’  (08:07) 3   Comes a Time  (09:53) 4   Dancing in the Street  (08:24) 5   Not Fade Away  (17:04) 6   Dancing in the Street  (00:56) 7   Around and Around  (07:12) 1   New Minglewood Blues  (06:12) 2   Deal  (05:41) 3   Mama Tried  (03:07) 4   They Love Each Other  (07:27) 5   Looks Like Rain  (08:28) 6   Peggy-O  (09:17) 7   Lazy Lightning  (03:31) 8   Supplication  (04:19) 9   Ship of Fools  (06:50) 10  Estimated Prophet  (08:15) 11  Brown-Eyed Women  (06:05) 12  The Music Never Stopped  (06:37) 1   Scarlett Begonias  (09:02) 2   Fire on the Mountain  (11:22) 3   Samson and Delilah  (07:52) 4   Terrapin Station  (09:36) 5   Playing in the Band  (09:22) 6   Drums  (04:01) 7   Wharf Rat  (16:15) 8   Playing in the Band  (05:00) 9   U.S. Blues  (06:08) 1   Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo  (12:01) 2   Cassidy  (05:44) 3   They Love Each Other  (07:08) 4   Looks Like Rain  (08:32) 5   It Must Have Been the Roses  (06:54) 6   Me and My Uncle  (02:59) 7   Big River  (06:30) 8   Brown-Eyed Women  (05:57) 9   Let It Grow  (17:38) 1   Samson and Delilah  (10:46) 2   Ship of Fools  (07:38) 3   Estimated Prophet  (13:55) 4   Eyes of the World  (15:43) 5   Drums  (12:32) 1   Not Fade Away  (15:40) 2   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (07:51) 3   Around and Around  (08:48) 4   U.S. Blues  (05:29) 1   Jack Straw  (08:00) 2   Candyman  (07:35) 3   Me and My Uncle  (03:10) 4   Big River  (07:15) 5   Brown-Eyed Women  (05:51) 6   Easy to Love You  (04:04) 7   New Minglewood Blues  (07:04) 8   Stagger Lee  (08:30) 9   Lost Sailor  (06:41) 10  Saint of Circumstance  (05:30) 11  Deal  (05:44) 1   Dancing in the Street  (14:23) 2   Franklins Tower  (17:11) 1   Hes Gone  (14:00) 2   Caution Jam  (03:44) 3   The Other One  (05:55) 4   Drums  (09:36) 5   Not Fade Away  (09:13) 6   Black Peter  (09:30) 7   Around and Around  (08:08) 8   One More Saturday Night  (05:06) 1   Jack Straw  (06:04) 2   Peggy-O  (06:47) 3   Little Red Rooster  (09:35) 4   Tennessee Jed  (08:59) 5   Passenger  (05:00) 6   Deep Elem Blues  (05:07) 7   Looks Like Rain  (08:03) 8   Deal  (06:41) 1   Feel Like a Stranger  (08:39) 2   To Lay Me Down  (09:03) 3   Let It Grow  (11:17) 4   Terrapin Station  (11:55) 5   Drums  (10:20) 1   Space  (05:44) 2   Not Fade Away  (05:50) 3   Black Peter  (09:27) 4   Sugar Magnolia  (09:28) 5   U.S. Blues  (05:21) 1   Feel Like a Stranger  (09:09) 2   Friend of the Devil  (09:21) 3   Me and My Uncle  (03:02) 4   Big River  (06:18) 5   Althea  (08:54) 6   C.C. Rider  (07:53) 7   Brown-Eyed Women  (05:23) 8   Passenger  (05:16) 9   High Time  (08:07) 10  Let It Grow  (10:43) 11  Dont Ease Me In  (03:22) 1   Shakedown Street  (16:40) 2   Bertha  (05:47) 3   Lost Sailor  (06:27) 4   Saint of Circumstance  (06:58) 1   Spanish Jam  (08:58) 2   Drums  (10:52) 3   Jam  (03:16) 4   Truckin’  (06:01) 5   Nobodys Jam  (02:30) 6   Stella Blue  (09:52) 7   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:21) 8   One More Saturday Night  (04:42) 9   Uncle Johns Band  (09:26) 1   Alabama Getaway  (06:11) 2   Promised Land  (04:38) 3   Candyman  (06:54) 4   El Paso  (05:03) 5   Bird Song  (09:28) 6   Little Red Rooster  (08:10) 7   Ramble On Rose  (07:23) 8   Its All Over Now  (09:07) 9   Brown-Eyed Women  (05:47) 10  The Music Never Stopped  (07:45) 11  Deal  (06:29) 1   Scarlett Begonias  (13:12) 2   Fire on the Mountain  (10:22) 3   Estimated Prophet  (08:15) 4   Eyes of the World  (14:22) 5   Drums  (08:14) 1   Space  (08:01) 2   Uncle Johns Band  (08:23) 3   Truckin’  (08:49) 4   Morning Dew  (10:57) 5   One More Saturday Night  (04:59) 6   Dont Ease Me In  (03:14) 1   The Music Never Stopped  (09:33) 2   Loser  (07:02) 3   C.C. Rider  (09:07) 4   Cumberland Blues  (07:46) 5   Cassidy  (06:11) 6   Ramble On Rose  (07:34) 7   My Brother Esau  (05:21) 8   Big Railroad Blues  (07:37) 9   Promised Land  (04:45) 1   Scarlet Begonias  (13:29) 2   Fire on the Mountain  (16:05) 3   Uncle Johns Band  (08:23) 4   Playing in the Band  (11:29) 5   Drums  (09:23) 1   Space  (15:19) 2   Truckin’  (07:57) 3   Wharf Rat  (09:57) 4   I Need a Miracle  (03:33) 5   Touch of Grey  (06:31) 6   Johnny B. Goode  (04:11) 1   Feel Like a Stranger  (10:42) 2   It Must Have Been the Roses  (06:21) 3   On the Road Again  (03:11) 4   Jack-A-Roe  (05:51) 5   Its All Over Now  (07:53) 6   Cumberland Blues  (06:30) 7   The Music Never Stopped  (08:55) 1   Cold Rain and Snow  (07:15) 2   Lost Sailor  (06:43) 3   Saint of Circumstance  (07:24) 4   Dont Need Love  (06:20) 5   Uncle Johns Band  (16:21) 6   Drums  (11:01) 1   Space  (06:43) 2   Playing in the Band  (08:03) 3   Uncle Johns Band  (02:03) 4   Morning Dew  (13:06) 5   Good Lovin’  (07:40) 1   Alabama Getaway  (05:51) 2   Greatest Story Ever Told  (04:21) 3   They Love Each Other  (08:26) 4   New Minglewood Blues  (08:37) 5   Tennessee Jed  (08:02) 6   My Brother Essau  (05:19) 7   Loser  (07:25) 8   Let It Grow  (12:31) 1   Iko Iko  (08:17) 2   Samson and Delilah  (08:33) 3   Hes Gone  (10:04) 4   Smokestack Lightnin’  (04:18) 5   Cryptical Envelopment  (01:48) 6   Drums  (11:03) 1   Space  (07:50) 2   Comes a Time  (05:53) 3   The Other One  (05:09) 4   Cryptical Envelopment  (00:37) 5   Wharf Rat  (08:37) 6   Around and Around  (03:48) 7   Good Lovin’  (08:52) 8   U.S. Blues  (04:49) 1   Cold Rain and Snow  (06:38) 2   The Race Is On  (03:04) 3   They Love Each Other  (08:33) 4   C.C. Rider  (06:25) 5   High Time  (07:53) 6   Beat It On Down the Line  (02:58) 7   Promised Land  (03:37) 8   Deal  (08:09) 9   Scarlett Begonias  (09:36) 10  Fire on the Mountain  (09:35) 1   Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (06:14) 2   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:30) 3   Drums  (02:19) 4   Space  (08:29) 5   The Other One  (07:41) 6   Comes a Time  (07:37) 7   Sugar Magnolia  (10:45) 1   Hell in a Bucket  (07:10) 2   Sugaree  (10:29) 3   Walkin’ Blues  (06:50) 4   Candyman  (06:51) 5   When I Paint My Masterpiece  (04:52) 6   Bird Song  (10:23) 7   Shakedown Street  (12:52) 8   Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (07:15) 1   Terrapin Station  (13:29) 2   Drums  (08:23) 3   Space  (07:59) 4   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:05) 5   All Along the Watchtower  (04:50) 6   Morning Dew  (11:10) 7   Good Lovin’  (04:17) 8   La Bamba  (01:30) 9   Good Lovin’  (04:21) 10  Knockin’ on Heavens Door  (09:03) 1   Hell in a Bucket  (06:20) 2   Sugaree  (09:01) 3   Walkin’ Blues  (06:42) 4   Tennessee Jed  (08:22) 5   Queen Jane Approximately  (06:33) 6   Bird Song  (11:46) 1   Touch of Grey  (06:46) 2   Hey Pocky Way  (06:10) 3   Looks Like Rain  (09:56) 4   Estimated Prophet  (11:38) 5   Eyes of the World  (08:14) 6   I Will Take You Home  (03:56) 7   Drums  (10:15) 1   Space  (07:55) 2   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:55) 3   I Need a Miracle  (03:36) 4   Dear Mr. Fantasy  (05:18) 5   Hey Jude  (03:32) 6   Not Fade Away  (11:24) 1   Foolish Heart  (09:07) 2   Little Red Rooster  (09:08) 3   Stagger Lee  (06:29) 4   Me and My Uncle  (02:50) 5   Big River  (05:48) 6   Brown-Eyed Women  (06:01) 7   Victim or the Crime  (07:52) 8   Don’t Ease Me In  (03:35) 1   Estimated Prophet  (13:34) 2   Blow Away  (08:23) 3   Dark Star  (29:46) 4   Drums  (09:36) 1   Space  (06:33) 2   The Wheel  (04:52) 3   All Along the Watchtower  (05:25) 4   Stella Blue  (08:16) 5   Not Fade Away  (12:15) 6   And We Bid You Goodnight  (02:45) 1   Hell in a Bucket  (06:21) 2   Sugaree  (11:47) 3   New Minglewood Blues  (07:31) 4   Jack-A-Roe  (05:12) 5   Black-Throated Wind  (06:20) 6   Ramble On Rose  (07:39) 7   When I Paint My Masterpiece  (05:09) 8   Bird Song  (11:53) 9   Promised Land  (04:51) 1   China Cat Sunflower  (06:57) 2   I Know You Rider  (07:06) 3   Saint of Circumstance  (06:25) 4   Crazy Fingers  (09:25) 5   Playing in the Band  (10:45) 6   Drums  (10:05) 1   Space  (11:43) 2   Playing in the Band  (02:28) 3   Stella Blue  (09:14) 4   Throwing Stones  (10:14) 5   Not Fade Away  (10:13) 6   One More Saturday Night  (05:18) 1   Shakedown Street  (14:04) 2   C.C. Rider  (05:45) 3   It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry  (04:59) 4   Black Throated Wind  (06:19) 5   High Time  (07:43) 6   Cassidy  (07:29) 7   Deal  (09:29) 1   Help on the Way  (04:11) 2   Slipknot!  (07:26) 3   Franklins Tower  (10:19) 4   Estimated Prophet  (13:04) 5   Dark Star  (12:25) 6   Drums  (04:56) 1   Space  (08:19) 2   Dark Star  (12:17) 3   I Need a Miracle  (04:15) 4   Standing on the Moon  (09:02) 5   Turn On Your Lovelight  (07:50) 6   Its All Over Now, Baby Blue  (06:48) 1   Hell in a Bucket  (06:38) 2   Althea  (07:31) 3   The Same Thing  (08:33) 4   Brown-Eyed Women  (05:49) 5   Mexicali Blues  (04:40) 6   Maggies Farm  (08:22) 7   Bird Song  (12:21) 8   Promised Land  (04:51) 1   Shakedown Street  (13:12) 2   Man Smart, Woman Smarter  (10:04) 3   Dark Star  (14:16) 4   Drums  (09:50) 1   Space  (11:07) 2   The Other One  (09:26) 3   Standing on the Moon  (09:53) 4   Turn On Your Lovelight  (07:48) 5   U.S. Blues  (05:26) 1   Hell in a Bucket  (06:34) 2   Bertha  (06:54) 3   The Same Thing  (07:36) 4   Peggy-O  (05:54) 5   Queen Jane Approximately  (06:11) 6   Broken Arrow  (06:08) 7   Loose Lucy  (07:05) 8   Cassidy  (07:07) 9   Casey Jones  (05:46) 1   Eyes of the World  (12:12) 2   Estimated Prophet  (11:45) 3   Comes a Time  (06:44) 4   Corinna  (10:23) 5   Drums  (12:57) 1   Space  (09:08) 2   The Wheel  (04:22) 3   All Along the Watchtower  (05:50) 4   Days Between  (09:49) 5   One More Saturday Night  (05:11) 6   I Fought the Law  (02:48) 1   Help on the Way  (04:23) 2   Slipknot!  (05:00) 3   Franklins Tower  (11:37) 4   Walkin’ Blues  (05:51) 5   Althea  (08:28) 6   Me and My Uncle  (02:49) 7   Big River  (06:01) 8   Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues  (05:58) 9   So Many Roads  (07:23) 10  Promised Land  (04:41) 1   Scarlet Begonias  (11:30) 2   Fire on the Mountain  (16:32) 3   Way to Go Home  (06:42) 4   Saint of Circumstance  (07:51) 5   Terrapin Station  (16:22) 6   Drums  (12:01) 1   Space  (18:19) 2   The Last Time  (06:01) 3   Stella Blue  (11:19) 4   One More Saturday Night  (05:08) 5   Liberty  (07:58) 1   Salt Lake City  (04:56) 2   Friend of the Devil  (07:54) 3   Wang Dang Doodle  (06:30) 4   Tennessee Jed  (07:57) 5   Broken Arrow  (05:53) 6   Black-Throated Wind  (06:12) 7   So Many Roads  (08:10) 8   The Music Never Stopped  (09:02) 1   Foolish Heart  (10:39) 2   Samba in the Rain  (07:13) 3   Truckin’  (08:32) 4   I Just Want to Make Love to You  (03:48) 5   That Would Be Something  (03:40) 6   Drums  (11:25) 1   Space  (11:17) 2   Visions of Johanna  (10:11) 3   Sugar Magnolia  (09:59) 4   Liberty  (07:01)
	Album: 29 of 33 Title:  The Best of the Grateful Dead Released:  2015-03-27 Tracks:  32 Duration:  2:37:46 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify   Allmusic    AlbumCover	1   The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)  (02:09) 2   Cream Puff War  (02:28) 3   Born Cross-Eyed  (02:04) 4   Dark Star (single version)  (02:41) 5   St. Stephen  (04:26) 6   China Cat Sunflower  (03:40) 7   Uncle John’s Band  (04:42) 8   Easy Wind  (04:59) 9   Casey Jones  (04:24) 10  Truckin’  (05:03) 11  Box of Rain  (05:17) 12  Sugar Magnolia  (03:17) 13  Friend of the Devil  (03:21) 14  Ripple  (04:10) 15  Eyes of the World  (05:16) 16  Unbroken Chain  (06:45) 17  Scarlet Begonias  (04:19) 18  The Music Never Stopped  (04:35) 19  Estimated Prophet  (05:35) 1   Terrapin Station  (16:10) 2   Shakedown Street  (04:59) 3   I Need a Miracle  (03:36) 4   Fire on the Mountain  (03:46) 5   Feel Like a Stranger  (05:06) 6   Far From Me  (03:39) 7   Touch of Grey  (05:49) 8   Hell in a Bucket  (05:35) 9   Throwing Stones  (07:18) 10  Black Muddy River  (05:58) 11  Blow Away  (06:09) 12  Foolish Heart  (05:10) 13  Standing on the Moon  (05:20)
The Best of the Grateful Dead : Allmusic album Review : Only the second major career-spanning retrospective of the Dead, The Best of the Grateful Dead -- released in the spring of 2015, just before a series of farewell shows in the summer -- takes advantage of the extra disc 2003s The Very Best of Grateful Dead lacked. Weighing in at 32 tracks -- a full 16 cuts longer than Very Best -- The Best of the Grateful Dead also follows a strict chronological sequence, so it takes a little while for the psychedelic haze to lift and the Dead to settle into the rangy, rootsy groove that characterized so much of their existence -- right around "St. Stephen" and "China Cat Sunflower," both from 1969s Aoxomoxoa. From there, many -- but by no means all -- of the groups warhorses are marched out, all in their studio incarnations. This structure perhaps invites some griping about their sometimes ill-advised attempts to ride commercial waves -- theres no disguising the disco diversion of "Shakedown Street" -- but by celebrating the warts and providing space for that unexpected late-80s commercial comeback, The Best of the Grateful Dead is a good capsule history of a band that usually defies such straightforward narratives.
	Album: 30 of 33 Title:  Smiling on a Cloudy Day Released:  2017-07-11 Tracks:  10 Duration:  40:57 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)  (02:12) 2   Cream Puff War  (02:28) 3   Morning Dew  (05:08) 4   Thats It For The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment I) / The Other One (Cryptical Envelopment II)  (07:40) 5   Born Cross-Eyed  (02:24) 6   Dark Star (single version)  (02:41) 7   St. Stephen  (04:28) 8   China Cat Sunflower  (03:40) 9   Doin’ That Rag  (04:44) 10  Cosmic Charlie  (05:29)
	Album: 31 of 33 Title:  Grateful Dead Records Collection Released:  2018 Tracks:  37 Duration:  3:29:39 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo  (05:43) 2   Let Me Sing Your Blues Away  (03:18) 3   Row Jimmy  (07:15) 4   Stella Blue  (06:26) 5   Here Comes Sunshine  (04:40) 6   Eyes of the World  (05:21) 7   Weather Report Suite  (12:43) 1   U.S. Blues  (04:42) 2   China Doll  (04:10) 3   Unbroken Chain  (06:46) 4   Loose Lucy  (03:26) 5   Scarlet Begonias  (04:19) 6   Pride of Cucamonga  (04:16) 7   Money Money  (04:24) 8   Ship of Fools  (05:29) 1   Help on the Way  (03:11) 2   Slipknot!  (04:09) 3   Franklin’s Tower  (04:32) 4   King Solomon’s Marbles: Part I: Stronger Than Dirt / Part II: Milkin’ the Turkey  (05:16) 5   The Music Never Stopped  (04:35) 6   Crazy Fingers  (06:42) 7   Sage and Spirit  (03:07) 8   Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert  (12:33) 1   Promised Land  (03:17) 2   Cold Rain & Snow  (05:37) 3   Around and Around  (05:06) 4   Stella Blue  (08:48) 5   Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo  (08:03) 6   Ship of Fools  (07:01) 7   Beat It on Down the Line  (03:23) 1   Big River  (04:53) 2   Black-Throated Wind  (06:04) 3   U.S. Blues  (05:18) 4   El Paso  (04:16) 5   Sugaree  (07:33) 6   It Must Have Been the Roses  (05:58) 7   Casey Jones  (07:05)
	Album: 32 of 33 Title:  Pacific Northwest ’73–’74: The Complete Recordings Released:  2018-09-07 Tracks:  166 Duration:  20:22:02 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Wikipedia    AlbumCover	1   Bertha  (06:29) 2   Beat It on Down the Line  (03:40) 3   Deal  (04:59) 4   Mexicali Blues  (04:02) 5   Box of Rain  (05:46) 6   Bird Song  (14:29) 7   The Race Is On  (03:17) 8   Sugaree  (08:05) 9   Looks Like Rain  (07:34) 10  Row Jimmy  (09:22) 11  Jack Straw  (04:59) 1   China Cat Sunflower >  (08:38) 2   I Know You Rider  (05:48) 3   Big River  (05:01) 4   Tennessee Jed  (08:00) 5   Playing in the Band  (18:58) 6   Here Comes Sunshine  (12:25) 7   Promised Land  (02:57) 8   Brown‐Eyed Women  (05:29) 9   El Paso  (04:33) 1   Black Peter  (09:23) 2   Greatest Story Ever Told  (04:59) 3   Big Railroad Blues  (03:55) 4   He’s Gone >  (11:23) 5   Truckin’ >  (26:06) 6   The Other One  (15:21) 7   Wharf Rat  (08:04) 1   Sugar Magnolia  (09:57) 2   Casey Jones  (07:31) 3   Johnny B. Goode  (03:56) 1   Promised Land  (03:43) 2   Loser  (07:08) 3   Mexicali Blues  (03:53) 4   They Love Each Other  (05:48) 5   Looks Like Rain  (07:51) 6   Box of Rain  (05:29) 7   Big Railroad Blues  (04:19) 8   Jack Straw  (05:02) 9   Sugaree  (07:24) 10  The Race Is On  (03:26) 11  Row Jimmy  (08:29) 12  Beat It on Down the Line  (03:29) 13  China Cat Sunflower >  (06:46) 14  I Know You Rider  (05:04) 1   Around and Around  (05:11) 2   Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodeloo  (08:43) 3   You Ain’t Woman Enough  (03:42) 4   El Paso  (04:34) 5   Stella Blue  (07:56) 6   Greatest Story Ever Told >  (05:04) 7   Bertha  (06:12) 8   Big River  (04:46) 1   Dark Star >  (27:46) 2   Eyes of the World >  (15:39) 3   China Doll  (06:38) 4   Sugar Magnolia  (09:40) 5   One More Saturday Night  (05:16) 1   Casey Jones >  (06:01) 2   Greatest Story Ever Told  (05:33) 3   Brown‐Eyed Women  (05:46) 4   Jack Straw  (05:03) 5   Box of Rain  (05:35) 6   Deal  (04:22) 7   Mexicali Blues  (04:08) 8   You Ain’t Woman Enough  (03:46) 9   Row Jimmy  (09:06) 10  The Race Is On  (03:33) 11  China Cat Sunflower >  (08:07) 12  I Know You Rider  (06:00) 13  Beat It on Down the Line  (03:27) 14  Loser  (06:55) 1   Playing in the Band  (15:58) 2   Bertha  (05:56) 3   Promised Land  (03:26) 4   They Love Each Other  (05:46) 5   El Paso  (04:27) 6   Black Peter  (09:17) 7   Big River  (04:57) 8   Here Comes Sunshine  (11:57) 9   Me and My Uncle  (03:07) 1   He’s Gone >  (14:07) 2   Truckin’ >  (10:54) 3   The Other One >  (06:33) 4   Me and Bobby McGee >  (05:24) 5   The Other One >  (18:05) 6   Sugar Magnolia  (10:03) 7   Johnny B. Goode  (04:04) 1   Promised Land  (03:33) 2   Deal  (04:44) 3   The Race Is On  (03:33) 4   Ramble On Rose  (06:56) 5   Jack Straw  (05:15) 6   Dire Wolf  (05:28) 7   Beat It on Down the Line  (03:53) 8   Loose Lucy  (05:06) 9   Big River  (05:22) 10  It Must Have Been the Roses  (05:46) 11  Mexicali Blues  (03:48) 12  Row Jimmy  (08:58) 1   Playing in the Band  (23:07) 2   U.S. Blues  (06:09) 3   Me and My Uncle  (03:16) 4   Ship of Fools  (06:27) 5   Money Money  (04:44) 6   China Cat Sunflower >  (08:19) 7   I Know You Rider  (05:21) 1   Greatest Story Ever Told  (05:27) 2   Sugaree  (08:18) 3   Truckin’ >  (09:56) 4   Nobody’s Fault but Mine >  (05:14) 5   Eyes of the World >  (13:18) 6   China Doll  (06:00) 7   Sugar Magnolia  (09:20) 1   Missisippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodeloo  (08:14) 2   Mexicali Blues  (03:57) 3   Big Railroad Blues  (03:56) 4   Black‐Throated Wind  (07:08) 5   Scarlet Begonias  (05:12) 6   Beat It on Down the Line  (03:47) 7   Tennessee Jed  (08:26) 8   Me and Bobby McGee  (06:01) 9   Sugaree  (07:30) 10  Jack Straw  (05:22) 11  It Must Have Been the Roses  (05:28) 12  El Paso  (04:34) 13  Loose Lucy  (05:06) 14  Money Money  (04:27) 1   China Cat Sunflower >  (08:33) 2   I Know You Rider  (05:40) 3   Promised Land >  (03:36) 4   Bertha >  (06:07) 5   Greatest Story Ever Told  (06:09) 6   Ship of Fools  (06:35) 7   Weather Report Suite >  (17:57) 8   Wharf Rat  (10:49) 9   Big River  (05:35) 10  Peggy‐O  (08:11) 1   Truckin’ >  (09:14) 2   Jam >  (09:57) 3   Not Fade Away >  (06:57) 4   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad  (06:58) 5   One More Saturday Night  (05:35) 6   U.S. Blues  (05:36) 1   Me and My Uncle  (03:24) 2   Brown‐Eyed Women  (05:19) 3   Beat It on Down the Line  (03:47) 4   Deal  (04:54) 5   Mexicali Blues  (03:59) 6   It Must Have Been the Roses  (05:44) 7   The Race Is On  (03:33) 8   Scarlet Begonias  (05:55) 9   El Paso  (04:56) 10  Row Jimmy  (09:24) 11  Money Money  (05:01) 12  Ship of Fools  (06:17) 1   Weather Report Suite >  (17:21) 2   China Doll  (05:48) 3   Playing in the Band  (46:58) 4   U.S. Blues  (05:47) 1   Big River  (05:23) 2   Stella Blue  (08:39) 3   Around and Around  (05:24) 4   Eyes of the World >  (13:51) 5   Wharf Rat >  (09:45) 6   Sugar Magnolia  (10:02) 7   Johnny B. Goode  (04:07)
	Album: 33 of 33 Title:  Pacific Northwest ’73–’74: Believe it If You Need It Released:  2018-09-07 Tracks:  20 Duration:  3:54:25 Scroll:  Up   Down   Top   Bottom   25%   50%   75% Spotify    AlbumCover	1   China Cat Sunflower (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (08:37) 2   I Know You Rider (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (05:30) 3   Bird Song (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (14:21) 4   Box of Rain (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 6/24/73)  (05:18) 5   Brown‐Eyed Women (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74)  (05:02) 6   Truckin’ (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (10:43) 7   Jam (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (09:57) 8   Not Fade Away (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (06:55) 9   Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (07:01) 10  One More Saturday Night (live at Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 5/19/74)  (04:50) 1   Here Comes Sunshine (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (12:10) 2   Eyes of the World (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 5/17/74)  (13:23) 3   China Doll (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74)  (05:33) 4   Playing in the Band (live at Hec Edmundson Pavillion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 5/21/74)  (46:31) 1   Sugaree (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 5/17/74)  (07:37) 2   He’s Gone (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (11:30) 3   Truckin’ (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (26:06) 4   The Other One (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (15:21) 5   Wharf Rat (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (07:58) 6   Sugar Magnolia (live at P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. 6/22/73)  (09:53)