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Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)

Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989) Audio CD

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Band: Grateful Dead
Title: Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)
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Release Date: 2004-10-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 2: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away 3: Row Jimmy 4: Stella Blue 5: Here Comes the Sunshine 6: Eyes of the World 7: Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part 1/Part 2 8: Eyes of the World [Live][*] 9: Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part 1/Part 2/ [Studio Acoustic Demo][*] 10: China Doll [Studio Outtake][*] 11: U.S. Blues 12: China Doll 13: Unbroken Chain 14: Loose Lucy 15: Scarlet Begonias 16: Pride of Cucamonga 17: Money Money 18: Ship of Fools 19: Loose Lucy [Studio Outtake][*] 20: Scarlet Begonias [Live][*] 21: Money Money [Live][*] 22: Wave That Flag [Live][*] 23: Let It Rock [Live][*] 24: Pride of Cucamonga [Studio Acoustic Demo][*] 25: Unbroken Chain [Studio Acoustic Demo][*] 26: Help on the Way/Slipknot! 27: Franklin's Twoer 28: King Solomon's Marbles, Pt. 1: Stronger Than Dirt/King Solomon's ... 29: Music Never Stopped 30: Crazy Fingers 31: Sage & Spirit 32: Blue for Allah/Sand Castles & Glass Camels/Unusal Occurences in ... 33: Groove #1 [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 34: Groove #2 [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 35: Distorto [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 36: to E Flat Jam [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 37: Proto 18 Proper [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 38: Hollywood Cantata [Studio Outtake][*] 39: Estimated Prophet 40: Dancing in the Streets 41: Passenger 42: Samson & Delilah 43: Sunrise 44: Terrapin Station, Pt. 1: Lady With a Fan/Terrapin Station/Terrapin 45: Peggy-O [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 46: Ascent [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental] 47: Catfish John [Studio Outtake][*] 48: Equinox [Studio Outtake][*] 49: Fire on the Mountain [Studio Outtake][*] 50: Dancing in the Streets [Live][*] 51: Good Lovin' 52: France 53: Shakedown Street 54: Serengetti 55: Fire on the Mountain 56: I Need a Miracle 57: From the Heart of Me 58: Stagger Lee 59: All New Minglewood Blues 60: If I Had the World to Give 61: Good Lovin' [Studio Outtake][*] - Lowell George, Grateful Dead 62: Ollin Arageed [Live][*] 63: Fire on the Mountain [Live][*] 64: Stagger Lee [Live][*] 65: All New Minglewood Blues [Live][*] 66: Alabama Getaway 67: Far from Me 68: Althea 69: Feel Like a Stranger 70: Lost Sailor 71: Saint of Circumstance 72: Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber) 73: Easy to Love You 74: Don't Ease Me In 75: Peggy-O [Studio Outtake][*] 76: What'll You Raise [Studio Outtake][*] 77: Jack-A-Roe [Studio Outtake][*] 78: Althea [Live] 79: Lost Sailor [Live] 80: Saint of Circumstance [Live] 81: Dire Wolf 82: Race Is On 83: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 84: It Must Have Been the Roses 85: Dark Hollow 86: China Doll 87: Been All Around This World 88: Monkey and the Engineer 89: Jack-A-Roe 90: Deep Elem Blues 91: Cassidy 92: To Lay Me Down 93: Rosalie McFall 94: On the Road Again 95: Bird Song 96: Ripple 97: To Lay Me Down [Studio Rehearsal][*] 98: Iko Iko [Live][*] 99: Heaven Help the Fool [Live][*] 100: Paso [Live][*] 101: Sage & Spirit [Live][*] 102: Little Sadie [Live][*] 103: It Must Have Been the Roses [Alternate Live Version][*] 104: Dark Hollow [Alternate Live Version][*] 105: Jack-A-Roe [Alternate Live Version][*] 106: Cassidy [Alternate Live Version][*] 107: China Doll [Alternate Live Version][*] 108: Monkey and the Engineer [Alternate Live Version][*] 109: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie [Alternate Live Version][*] 110: Ripple [Alternate Live Version 111: Tom Dooley [Live][*] 112: Deep Elem Blues [Alternate Live Version][*] 113: Samson and Delilah [Live] 114: Friend of the Devil [Live] 115: New Minglewood Blues [Live] 116: Deal [Live] 117: Candyman [Live] 118: Little Red Rooster [Live] 119: Loser [Live] 120: Passenger [Live] 121: Feel Like a Stranger [Live] 122: Franklin's Tower [Live] 123: Rhythm Devils [Live] 124: Space [Live] 125: Fire on the Mountain [Live] 126: Greatest Story Ever Told [Live] 127: Brokedown Palace [Live] 128: Let It Grow [Live][*] 129: Sugaree [Live [Live] 130: C.C. Rider [Live][*] 131: Row Jimmy [Live][*] 132: Lazy Lightnin' [Live][*] 133: Supplication [Live][*] 134: High Time [Live][*] 135: Jack Straw [Live][*] 136: Shakedown Street [Live][*] 137: Not Fade Away [Live][*] 138: Touch of Grey 139: Hell in a Bucket 140: When Push Comes to Shove 141: West L.A. Fadeaway 142: Tons of Steel 143: Throwing Stones 144: Black Muddy River 145: My Brother Esau (Single B-Side) [*] 146: West L.A. Fadeaway [Alternate Version, 1984][*] 147: Black Muddy River [Studio Rehearsal][*] 148: When Push Comes to Shove [Studio Rehearsal][*] 149: Touch of Grey [Studio Rehearsal][*] 150: Throwing Stones [Live] 151: Foolish Heart 152: Just a Little Light 153: Built to Last 154: Blow Away 155: Victim or the Crime 156: We Can Run 157: Standing on the Moon 158: Picasso Moon 159: I Will Take You Home 160: Foolish Heart [Live][*] 161: Blow Away [Live][*] 162: California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) [Live][*]

The other side of the coin
I prefer the older Dead material, but all of my many dead show attendence began in 1976, so thats how my brain is wired. Follow up to "The Golden Road". Rhino did a wonderful job once again of remastering, packaging and filling each CD to near full capacity. Both sets sit proudly on my bookshelf, providing me with both untold hours of musical enjoyment, and fond memories of Dead Shows gone bye. Thank you Rhino!.

Its Great
I know you say well its $149. This is
one of the best box set you could buy. 99 but add up the price of buying them single. Also you get to keep them in a cool box that comes with two books about the dead. So if you love the dead buy this now.

Exceptional Box
The Dead have always been able to blend rock, blues, jazz, country, and folk. This is a must have for Deadheads and anyone who appreciates American roots music. . . the American songbook. . . into a product that is uniquely theirs but accessible to everyone. It is great to hear the progression of the band through their greatest recordings (American Reality and Workingman's Dead)and see the evolving vision. All of the CD's include new tracks. The box is lovingly and beautifully packaged. Well worth the price even if you have the original recordings.

Great Music, Skittery Discs
iTunes error correction corrected most of the issues except for the Shakedown Street disc. This boxed set is a great collection, but I had trouble with skitter on a number of tracks. Maybe I just got a bad copy.

For completists and rarity collectors
This collection has two benefits. Early in most Dead collectors history, they would forego the band's studio albums and seek out bootleg live material. As a completist collector, it gives one the satisfaction of having ALL the Arista "albums". "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie" has been returned to the Reckoning CD that was left off of earlier pressings. "My Brother Esau" is included on "In The Dark" which wasn't on all releases at the time either.
I personally bought this set for the bonus tracks added to each disc. There are some tasty cuts on here. One of my most treasured fillers on a live tape was Phil's demos of "Pride of Cucamonga" and "Unbroken Chain" acoustic. And here they are with no generation loss. "Distorto" is a thrashing instrumental version of "Crazy Fingers". "Hollywood Cantata" is "Music Never Stops" but with the Robert Hunter lyrics. There are many grooves and jams and check out unreleased songs like "Ascent" and "Equinox". Bobby's acoustic demo of "Weather Report Suite" makes me rethink my earlier Bobby bashing and recognize not many rhythm guitarists can stand next to Jerry for all those years. And the bonus material for both Reckoning and Dead Set are two entirely separate discs from the era.
So listen to the bonus material and treat your ears to a refreshing session of "new" Grateful Dead music.

Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989).

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