Beyond Description (1973–1989)
2004 box set by Grateful Dead
Beyond Description (1973–1989) CD box set retrospective of the Grateful Dead 's studio and live albums. A companion to The Golden Road (1965–1973) Grateful Dead Records and Arista Records labels, from 1973 to 1989.
The set contains expanded and remastered versions of all the albums during the brief period with their own label (except Steal Your Face Without a Net So Many Roads Wake of the Flood From the Mars Hotel Blues for Allah Terrapin Station Shakedown Street Go to Heaven In the Dark Built to Last Reckoning Dead Set
Pre-ordered copies included a bonus disc with five live tracks and a studio rehearsal. The albums, with the bonus tracks, were given individual release in 2006. Previous box set Dead Zone
Track listing
See individual album pages for more information
Disc One: Wake of the Flood
Title Writer(s) 1. "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" 5:43 2. "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away" 3:19 3. "Row Jimmy" 7:15 4. "Stella Blue" 6:27 5. "Here Comes Sunshine" 4:40 6. "Eyes of the World" 5:16 7. "Weather Report Suite"
12:41
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 8. "Eyes of the World" (live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY; September 7, 1973) 17:02 9. "Weather Report Suite"
Weir
Andersen
Barlow
12:36 10. "China Doll" (studio outtake; August 8, 1973) 4:02
Disc Two: From the Mars Hotel
Title Writer(s) 1. "U.S. Blues" 4:42 2. "China Doll" 4:11 3. "Unbroken Chain" 6:47 4. "Loose Lucy" 3:22 5. "Scarlet Begonias " 4:19 6. "Pride of Cucamonga" 4:18 7. "Money Money" 4:23 8. "Ship of Fools" 5:28
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 9. "Loose Lucy" (studio outtake; August 7, 1973) 4:41 10. "Scarlet Begonias" (live at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA; October 16, 1974) 9:09 11. "Money Money" (live at PNE Coliseum, Vancouver, BC; May 17, 1974) 4:20 12. "Wave That Flag" (live at Springfield Civic Center , Springfield, MA; March 28, 1973) 5:34 13. "Let It Rock" (live at Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami, FL; June 23, 1974) Chuck Berry 3:19 14. "Pride of Cucamonga" (studio acoustic demo; August 4, 1973) 4:24 15. "Unbroken Chain" (studio acoustic demo; August 11, 1973) 6:21
Disc Three: Blues for Allah
Title Writer(s) 1. "Help on the Way"
Garcia
Hunter
K. Godchaux
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir 3:15 2. "Franklin's Tower" 4:32 3. "King Solomon's Marbles"
"Part I. Stronger Than Dirt"
"Part II. Milkin' the Turkey" 4. "The Music Never Stopped" 4:35 5. "Crazy Fingers" 6:41 6. "Sage & Spirit" Weir 3:07 7. "Blues for Allah"
Garcia
Hunter
D. Godchaux
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir
Hunter 3:21
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 8. "Groove #1" (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)
Garcia
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir 5:42 9. "Groove #2" (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)
Garcia
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir 7:32 10. "Distorto" (instrumental studio outtake; February 28, 1975) Garcia 8:10 11. "A to E Flat Jam" (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)
Garcia
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir 4:35 12. "Proto 18 Proper" (instrumental studio outtake; February 27, 1975)
Garcia
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir 4:16 13. "Hollywood Cantata" (studio outtake; May 7, 1975) 4:14
Disc Four: Terrapin Station
Title Writer(s) 1. "Estimated Prophet" 5:37 2. "Dancin' in the Streets " 3:17 3. "Passenger" 2:48 4. "Samson & Delilah " Trad., arranged by Weir 3:39 5. "Sunrise" Donna Godchaux 4:04 6. "Terrapin Part 1"
"Lady with a Fan" (Garcia , Hunter ) – 4:38
"Terrapin Station" (Garcia, Hunter) - 1:55
"Terrapin" (Garcia, Hunter) - 2:14
"Terrapin Transit" (Hart , Kreutzmann ) - 1:17
"At a Siding" (Hart, Hunter) - 1:01
"Terrapin Flyer" (Hart, Kreutzmann) - 2:55
"Refrain" (Garcia) - 2:19 " 16:23
Bonus tracks on 2004/2006 reissue Title Writer(s) 7. "Peggy-O " (instrumental studio outtake; November 2, 1976) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 4:42 8. "The Ascent" (instrumental studio outtake; November 2, 1976) Grateful Dead 1:58 9. "Catfish John " (studio outtake; Fall 1976) 4:43 10. "Equinox" (studio outtake; February 17, 1977) Lesh 5:15 11. "Fire on the Mountain" (studio outtake; February, 1977) 6:25 12. "Dancin' in the Streets" (live at Barton Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; May 8, 1977) 16:17
Disc Five: Shakedown Street
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 11. "Good Lovin' " (studio outtake; July 28, 1978) 4:56 12. "Ollin Arageed" (live, Giza, Egypt; September 16, 1978) Hamza El Din 6:30 13. "Fire on the Mountain" (live, Giza, Egypt; September 16, 1978) 13:43 14. "Stagger Lee" (live, Giza, Egypt; September 15, 1978) 6:39 15. "All New Minglewood Blues" (live at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ; November 24, 1978) trad., arr. Weir 4:34
Disc Six: Go to Heaven
Title Writer(s) 1. "Alabama Getaway" 3:36 2. "Far From Me" Mydland 3:41 3. "Althea" 6:54 4. "Feel Like a Stranger" 5:10 5. "Lost Sailor" 5:54 6. "Saint of Circumstance" 5:39 7. "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" 0:40 8. "Easy to Love You" 3:41 9. "Don't Ease Me In" trad.; arr. by Grateful Dead 3:16
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 10. "Peggy-O" (studio outtake; July 16, 1979) trad.; arr. by Grateful Dead 5:51 11. "What'll You Raise" (studio outtake; July 16, 1979) 4:08 12. "Jack-A-Roe" (studio outtake; July 14, 1979) trad.; arr. by Grateful Dead 4:55 13. "Althea" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) 8:17 14. "Lost Sailor" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City; October 25, 1980) 6:42 15. "Saint of Circumstance" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 25, 1980) 6:35
Reckoning , disc 1All tracks live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (September 25, 1980 – October 14, 1980) & Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY (October 22, 1980 – October 31, 1980)
Reckoning , disc 2Title Writer(s) 1. "To Lay Me Down" (studio rehearsal; September 14, 1980) 9:12 2. "Iko Iko " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 7, 1980) Traditional/Crawford 4:23 3. "Heaven Help The Fool" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 25, 1980) 6:18 4. "El Paso" (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 13, 1980) Robbins 4:41 5. "Sage & Spirit" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 31, 1980) Weir 3:14 6. "Little Sadie" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 31, 1980) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 2:45 7. "It Must Have Been The Roses" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) Hunter 7:01 8. "Dark Hollow" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 4:30 9. "Jack-A-Roe" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 5:08 10. "Cassidy" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) 5:06 11. "China Doll" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) 5:52 12. "Monkey And The Engineer" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) Fuller 2:37 13. "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) Cotten 7:13 14. "Ripple" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 23, 1980) 4:37 15. "Tom Dooley" (live at Rambler Room, Loyola Univ., Chicago, IL; November 17, 1978) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 3:33 16. "Deep Elem Blues" (live at Rambler Room, Loyola Univ., Chicago, IL; November 17, 1978) trad., arr. Grateful Dead 3:42
Dead Set , disc 1All tracks live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA (September 25, 1980 – October 14, 1980) & Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY (October 22, 1980 – October 31, 1980)
Dead Set , disc 2Title Writer(s) 1. "Let It Grow" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 26, 1980) 9:38 2. "Sugaree " (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 26, 1980) 9:51 3. "C.C. Rider " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 13, 1980) trad., arr. Weir 7:17 4. "Row Jimmy" (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 10, 1980) 10:14 5. "Lazy Lightnin' " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco; October 13, 1980) 2:53 6. "Supplication" (live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 13, 1980) 5:50 7. "High Time" (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY; October 25, 1980) 8:40 8. "Jack Straw " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 10, 1980) 6:17 9. "Shakedown Street " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco; October 7, 1980) 10:42 10. "Not Fade Away " (live at the Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 4, 1980) 4:50
Disc Eleven: In the Dark
Title Writer(s) 1. "Touch of Grey " 5:47 2. "Hell in a Bucket" 5:35 3. "When Push Comes to Shove" 4:05 4. "West L.A. Fadeaway" 6:39 5. "Tons of Steel" Mydland 5:15 6. "Throwing Stones " 7:18 7. "Black Muddy River" 5:58
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 8. "My Brother Esau" (single B-side) 4:17 9. "West L.A. Fadeaway" (alternate studio version; March, 1984) 7:08 10. "Black Muddy River" (studio rehearsal; December 5, 1986) 5:41 11. "When Push Comes to Shove" (studio rehearsal; December 5, 1986) 4:22 12. "Touch of Grey" (studio rehearsal; August, 1982) 5:47 13. "Throwing Stones" (live at Sullivan Stadium, Foxboro, MA; July 4, 1987) 9:36
Disc Twelve: Built to Last
Title Writer(s) 1. "Foolish Heart" 5:10 2. "Just a Little Light" 4:43 3. "Built to Last" 5:04 4. "Blow Away" 6:11 5. "Victim or the Crime" 7:35 6. "We Can Run" 5:32 7. "Standing on the Moon" 5:20 8. "Picasso Moon" 6:42 9. "I Will Take You Home" 3:45
Bonus tracks Title Writer(s) 10. "Foolish Heart" (live at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI; July 19, 1989) 11:31 11. "Blow Away" (live at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA; July 7, 1989) 12:02 12. "California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)" (live at Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA; October 20, 1989) Rodney Crowell 5:59
Bonus Disc
Title Writer(s) 1. "Weather Report Suite" [ a] 16:57 2. "Blues for Allah" →
Garcia
Hunter
D. Godchaux
K. Godchaux
Hart
Kreutzmann
Lesh
Weir / Lesh
Hart
Kreutzmann / Hart
Kreutzmann 31:45 3. "Showboat " (band rehearsal; August 12, 1975)
K. Godchaux
D. Godchaux
Brian Godchaux 2:41 4. "Shakedown Street" (live at McNichols Arena, Denver, CO; August 13, 1979) 11:53 5. "Far From Me" (live at Capital Centre, Landover, MD; August 31, 1980) Mydland 3:57 6. "Estimated Prophet" (live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; October 10, 1980[ b] 10:46
Notes
Personnel
Grateful Dead
for a comprehensive listing, see individual album pages
Production
James Austin, David Lemieux – producers
Cameron Sears – executive producer
Jimmy Edwards – associate producer
Robin Hurley – associate producer
Hale Milgrim – associate producer
Scott Pascucci – associate producer
Eileen Law – archival research
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
Tom Flye – additional mixing
Robert Gatley – mixing assistant
Reggie Collines – discography annotation
Hugh Brown – reissue art direction
Steve Vance – design, reissue art direction
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