Grateful Dead - Beyond Description (1973-1989) [12 CD, 2004/FLAC+320]

12 CD box set reissue of all the Grateful Dead studio albums released between 1973 and 1989 plus the two live releases Reckoning and Dead Set. All albums include previously unreleased bonus material. In total the box set includes 65 previously unreleased tracks. The set is accompanied by two 90+ page booklets "The Band" and "The Albiums".

 

 

CD 1: Wake Of The Flood (1973)

Wake Of The Flood;

• Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Hunter / Garcia)
• Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (Hunter / K. Godchaux)
• Row Jimmy (Hunter / Garcia)
• Stella Blue (Hunter / Garcia)
• Here Comes Sunshine (Hunter / Garcia)
• Eyes Of The World (Hunter / Garcia)
• Weather Report Suite
  - Prelude (Weir)
  - Part 1 (Weir / Andersen)
  - Part 2 - Let It Grow (Weir / Barlow)

Bonus tracks;

• Eyes Of The World (Hunter / Garcia) - Live Uniondale, 9/7/73
• Weather Report Suite - Studio acoustic demo, 8/4/73
  - Prelude (Weir)
  - Part 1 (Weir / Andersen)
  - Part 2 - Let It Grow (Weir / Barlow)
• China Doll (Hunter / Garcia) - Studio outtake, 8/8/73

CD 2: From The Mars Hotel (1974) 

From The Mars Hotel;

• U.S. Blues (Hunter / Garcia)
• China Doll (Hunter / Garcia)
• Unbroken Chain (Lesh / Petersen)
• Loose Lucy (Hunter / Garcia)
• Scarlet Begonias (Hunter / Garcia)
• Pride Of Cucamonga (Lesh / Petersen)
• Money Money (Weir / Barlow)
• Ship Of Fools (Hunter / Garcia)

Bonus tracks;

• Loose Lucy (Hunter / Garcia) - Studio outtake, 8/7/73
• Scarlet Begonias (Hunter / Garcia) - Live, Winterland, 10/16/74
• Money Money (Weir / Barlow) - Live, Vancouver, 5/17/74
• Wave That Flag (Hunter / Garcia) - Live, Springfield, 3/28/73
• Let It Rock (Berry) - Live, Miami, 6/23/74
• Pride Of Cucamonga (Lesh / Petersen) - Studio acoustic demo, 8/4/73
• Unbroken Chain (Lesh / Petersen) - Studio acoustic demo, 8/11/73

CD 3: Blues For Allah (1975) 

Blues For Allah;

• Help On The Way (Hunter/Garcia)
• Slipknot! (Garcia / K.Godchaux / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir)
• Franklin's Tower (Hunter / Garcia)
• King Solomon's Marbles Part I: Stronger Than Dirt (Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh)
• Part II: Milkin' The Turkey (Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh)
• The Music Never Stopped (Weir / Barlow)
• Crazy Fingers (Hunter / Garcia)
• Sage and Spirit (Weir)
• Blues For Allah (Hunter / Garcia)
• Sand Castles and Glass Camels (Garcia / K.Godchaux / D.Godchaux / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir)
• Unusual Occurrences In The Desert (Hunter / Garcia)

Bonus tracks;

• Groove #1 (Garcia / K.Godchaux / Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir) - Instrumental studio outtake, 2/27/75
• Groove #2 (Garcia / K.Godchaux / Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir) - Instrumental studio outtake - 2/27/75
• Distorto (Garcia) - Instrumental studio outtake, 2/28/75
• A To E Flat Jam (Garcia / K.Godchaux / Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir) - Instrumental studio outtake, 2/27/75
• Proto 18 Proper (Garcia / K.Godchaux / Hart / Kreutzmann / Lesh / Weir) - Instrumental studio outtake, 2/27/75
• Hollywood Cantata (Hunter / Weir) - Studio outtake, 5/7/75

CD 4: Terrapin Station (1977) 

Terrapin Station;

• Estimated Prophet (Weir/Barlow)
• Dancin' In The Streets (Stevenson/Gaye/I. Hunter)
• Passenger (Lesh/Monk)
• Samson and Delilah (Traditional arr. Bob Weir)
• Sunrise (D. Godchaux)
• Terrapin Station:
  - Lady With A Fan (Garcia/Hunter)
  - Terrapin Station (Garcia/Hunter)
  - Terrapin (Garcia/Hunter)
  - Terrapin Transit (Hart/Kreutzmann)
  - At A Siding (Hart/Hunter)
  - Terrapin Flyer (Hart/Kreutzmann)
  - Refrain (Garcia)

Bonus tracks;

• Peggy-O (Traditional) - Instrumental studio outtake, 11/2/76
• The Ascent (Grateful Dead) - Instrumental studio outtake, 11/2/76
• Catfish John (McDill / Reynolds) - Studio outtake, Fall 1976
• Equinox (Lesh) - Studio outtake, 2/17/77
• Fire On The Mountain (Hart / Hunter) - Studio outtake, Feb 1977
• Dancin' In The Streets (Stevenson / Gaye / I. Hunter) - Live, 5/8/77

CD 5: Shakedown Street (1978) 

Shakedown Street;

• Good Lovin' (Resnick / Clark)
• France (Hart / Weir / Hunter)
• Shakedown Street (Garcia / Hunter)
• Serengetti (Hart / Kreutzmann)
• Fire On The Mountain (Hart / Hunter)
• I Need A Miracle (Weir / Barlow)
• From The Heart Of Me (D. Godchaux)
• Stagger Lee (Garcia / Hunter)
• All New Minglewood Blues (Tradition arr. Bob Weir)
• If I Had The World To Give (Garcia / Hunter)

Bonus tracks;

• Good Lovin' (Resnick / Clark) - Studio outtake featuring Lowell George, 7/28/78
• Ollin Arageed (Hamza El Din) - Live, Egypt, 9/16/78
• Fire On The Mountain (Hart / Hunter) - Live, Egypt, 9/16/78
• Stagger Lee (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, Egypt, 9/15/78
• All New Minglewood Blues (Traditional) - Live, Passaic, 11/24/78

CD 6: Go To Heaven (1980)

Go To Heaven;

• Alabama Getaway (Garcia/Hunter)
• Far From Me (Mydland)
• Althea (Garcia/Hunter)
• Feel Like A Stranger (Weir/Barlow)
• Lost Sailor (Weir/Barlow)
• Saint Of Circumstance (Weir/Barlow)
• Antwerp's Placebo (The Pumber) (Kreutzmann / Hart)
• Easy To Love You (Mydland/Barlow)
• Don't Ease Me In (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)

Bonus tracks;

• Peggy-O (Traditional) - Studio outtake, 7/16/79
• What'll You Raise (Hunter) - Studio outtake, 7/16/79
• Jack-A-Roe (Traditional) - Studio outtake, 7/14/79
• Althea (Garcia/Hunter) - Live, Oct 1980
• Lost Sailor (Weir/Barlow) - Live, Oct 25, 1980
• Saint Of Circumstance (Weir/Barlow) - Live, Oct 25, 1980

CD 7 and 8: Reckoning (1981) 

Reckoning (CD 7);

• Dire Wolf (Garcia / Hunter)
• The Race Is On (Rollins)
• Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie (Cotton)
• It Must Have Been The Roses (Garcia / Hunter)
• Dark Hollow (Traditional)
• China Doll (Garcia / Hunter)
• Been All Around This World (Traditional)
• Monkey And The Engineer (Fuller)
• Jack-A-Roe (Traditional)
• Deep Elem Blues (Traditional)
• Cassidy (Weir / Barlow)
• To Lay Me Down (Garcia / Hunter)
• Rosa Lee McFall (Monroe)
• On The Road Again (Traditional)
• Bird Song (Garcia / Hunter)
• Ripple (Garcia / Hunter)

Bonus tracks (CD 8);

• To Lay Me Down (Traditional) - Studio rehearsal, 9/14/80
• Iko Iko (Live) (Traditional / James Crawford) - Live, 10/7/80
• Heaven Help The Fool (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 10/25/80
• El Paso (Robbins) - Live, 10/13/80
• Sage & Spirit (Weir) - Live, 10/31/80
• Little Sadie (Traditional) - Live, 10/31/80
• It Must Have Been The Roses (Hunter) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Dark Hollow (Traditional) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Jack-A-Roe (Traditional) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Cassidy (Weir / Barlow) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• China Doll (Garcia / Hunter) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Monkey And The Engineer (Fuller) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie (Cotton) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Ripple (Garcia / Hunter) - Alt live version, 10/23/80
• Tom Dooley (Live, 1978) (Traditional) - Live, Chicago, 11/17/78
• Deep Elem Blues (Traditional) - Live, Chicago, 11/17/78

CD 9 and 10: Dead Set (1981) 

Dead Set (CD 9);

• Samson And Delilah (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)
• Friend Of The Devil (Garcia / Dawson / Hunter)
• New Minglewood Blues (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)
• Deal (Garcia / Hunter)
• Candyman (Garcia / Hunter)
• Little Red Rooster (Dixon)
• Loser (Garcia / Hunter)
• Passenger (Lesh / Monk)
• Feel Like A Stranger (Weir / Barlow)
• Franklin's Tower (Garcia / Kreutzmann / Hunter)
• Rhythm Devils (Hart / Kreutzmann)
• Space (Lesh / Mydland / Hart / Kreutzmann)
• Fire On The Mountain (Hart / Hunter)
• Greatest Story Ever Told (Weir / Hunter / Hart)
• Brokedown Palace (Garcia / Hunter)

Bonus tracks (CD 10);

• Let It Grow (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 10/26/80
• Sugaree (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, 10/26/80
• C.C. Rider (Rainey) - Live, 10/13/80
• Row Jimmy (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, 10/80
• Lazy Lightnin' (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 10/13/80
• Supplication (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 10/13/80
• High Time (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, 1080
• Jack Straw (Weir / Hunter) - Live, 10/10/80
• Shakedown Street (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, 10/7/80
• Not Fade Away (Petty / Holly) - Live, 10/4/80

CD 11: In The Dark (1987) 

In The Dark;

• Touch Of Grey (Garcia / Hunter)
• Hell In A Bucket (Weir / Barlow / Mydland)
• When Push Comes To Shove (Garcia / Hunter)
• West L.A. Fadeaway (Garcia / Hunter)
• Tons Of Steel (Mydland)
• Throwing Stones (Weir / Barlow)
• Black Muddy River (Garcia / Hunter)

Bonus tracks;

• My Brother Esau (Weir / Barlow) - Single B-side, 1/15/87
• West L.A. Fadeaway (Garcia / Hunter) - Alternate version, 3/84
• Black Muddy River (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 12/5/86
• When Push Comes To Shove (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 12/5/86
• Touch Of Grey (Garcia / Hunter) - Studio rehearsal, 8/82
• Throwing Stones (Weir / Barlow) - Live, 7/4/87

CD 12: Built To Last (1989) 

Built To Last;

• Foolish Heart (Garcia / Hunter)
• Just A Little Light (Mydland / Barlow)
• Built To Last (Garcia / Hunter)
• Blow Away (Mydland / Barlow)
• Victim Or The Crime (Weir / Graham)
• We Can Run (Mydland/Barlow)
• Standing On The Moon (Garcia / Hunter)
• Picasso Moon (Weir / Barlow / Bralove)
• I Will Take You Home (Mydland / Barlow)

Bonus tracks;

• Foolish Heart (Garcia / Hunter) - Live, 7/19/89
• Blow Away (Mydland / Barlow) - Live, 7/7/89
• California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) (Crowell) - Live, 10/20/89

Musicians The musicians involved are as follows.

Wake Of The Flood;

• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Bill Atwood - trumpet
• Vassar Clements - violin
• Joe Ellis - trumpet
• Martin Fierro - alto and tenor saxophones
• Sarah Fulcher - vocals
• Matthew Kelly - harmonica
• Frank Morin - tenor saxophone
• Pat O'Hara - trombone
• Doug Sahm - 12-string guitar
• Benny Velarde - timbales

From The Mars Hotel;

• Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards
• Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Ned Lagin - synthesizer (on Unbroken Chain)
• John McFee - pedal steel (on Pride Of Cucamonga)

Blues For Allah;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards, vocals
• Donna Godchaux - vocals
• Mickey Hart - percussion, crickets
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Steven Schuster - reeds, flute

Terrapin Station;

• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Donna Godchaux - vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Paul Buckmaster - orchestral arrangments
• The Martyn Ford Orchestra (conducted by Martyn Ford)
• The English Choral (conducted by Robert Howes)
• Tom Scott - lyricon, saxophones (on Estimated Prophet)

Shakedown Street;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Donna Godchaux - vocals
• Keith Godchaux - keyboards
• Mickey Hart - drums, percussion
• Robert Hunter - lyrics
• Billy Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Jordan Amarantha - percussion
• Matthew Kelly - harp
• Steve Schuster - horn on From The Heart Of Me
• John Kahn - horn arrangements, possibly keyboards

Additional musicians on CD bonus tracks;

• Lowell George - lead vocals (on Good Lovin' studio outtake)
• Hamza El Din - oud, tar, hand clapping, vocals (on Ollin Arageed)
• The Nubian Youth Choir - hand clapping, tar, vocals (on Ollin Arageed)

Go To Heaven;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Billy Kreutzmann - drums
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Mickey Hart - drums

Reckoning;

• Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - percussion
• Billy Kreutzmann - percussion
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - acoustic guitar, vocals

Dead Set;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Billy Kreutzmann - drums
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals

In The Dark;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals

Built To Last;

• Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
• Mickey Hart - drums
• Bill Kreutzmann - drums
• Phil Lesh - bass
• Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
• Bob Weir - guitar, vocals