Grateful Dead Beyond Description (1973-1989) (12-CD)

Uncut: 5 stars out of 5 - "This box proves again that the Dead's career remains one of the most engrossing journeys in rock'n'roll."
Beyond Description (1973-1989) (12-CD)
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Format:  CD  (12 Discs)
item number:  359JX
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 12
  • Released: October 26, 2004
  • Originally Released: 2004
  • Label: Grateful Dead / WEA

Description by OLDIES.com:

Bringing together the albums released on Grateful Dead Records and later Arista, this monumental 12-disc box represents the second leg of the Dead's long, strange trip. Each title is expanded with rare and previously unreleased material from the vaults -- 65 bonus tracks in all.

The box contains the albums Wake Of The Flood (1973), From The Mars Hotel (1974), Blues For Allah (1975), Terrapin Station (1977), Shakedown Street (1978), Go To Heaven (1980), Reckoning (1981), Dead Set (1981), In The Dark (1987), and Built To Last (1989). Two 100-page books include a discography, rare photos, and essays by Dennis McNally, David Fricke, David Gans, Blair Jackson, David Lemieux, and many others.

Entertainment Reviews:

Uncut - p.138
5 stars out of 5 - "This box proves again that the Dead's career remains one of the most engrossing journeys in rock'n'roll."
Dirty Linen - pp.48-49
"[T]here is a lot of great material here..."
Mojo (Publisher) - p.116
4 stars out of 5 - "BEYOND DESCRIPTION presents the entire post-Warners run, and like its predecessor, is stacked with outtakes, rehearsals, live versions and demos..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  • 2.Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
  • 3.Row Jimmy
  • 4.Stella Blue
  • 5.Here Comes Sunshine
  • 6.Eyes Of The World
  • 7.Weather Report Suite: Prelude / Part I / Part II
  • 8.Eyes Of The World
  • 9.Weather Report Suite: Prelude / Part I / Part II
  • 10.China Doll

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.U.S. Blues
  • 2.China Doll
  • 3.Unbroken Chain
  • 4.Loose Lucy
  • 5.Scarlet Begonias
  • 6.Pride Of Cucamonga
  • 7.Money Money
  • 8.Ship Of Fools
  • 9.Loose Lucy
  • 10.Scarlet Begonias
  • 11.Money Money
  • 12.Wave That Flag
  • 13.Let It Rock
  • 14.Pride Of Cookamonga
  • 15.Unbroken Chain

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Help On The Way / Slipknot!
  • 2.Franklin's Tower
  • 3.King Solomon's Marbles: Pt. I: Stronger Than Dirt / Pt. II: Milkin' The Turkey
  • 4.The Music Never Stopped
  • 5.Crazy Fingers
  • 6.Sage & Spirit
  • 7.Blues For Allah: Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurences In The Desert
  • 8.Groove #1
  • 9.Groove #2
  • 10.Distorto
  • 11.A To E Flat Jam
  • 12.Proto 18 Proper
  • 13.Hollywood Cantata

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Estimated Prophet
  • 2.Dancin' In The Streets
  • 3.Passenger
  • 4.Samson & Delilah
  • 5.Sunrise
  • 6.Terrapin Station Pt. I: Lady With A Fan / Terrapin Station / Terrapin / Terrapin Transit / At A Sidi
  • 7.Peggy-O
  • 8.The Ascent
  • 9.Catfish John
  • 10.Equinox
  • 11.Fire On The Mountain
  • 12.Dancin' In The Streets

Tracks on Disc 5:

  • 1.Good Lovin'
  • 2.France
  • 3.Shakedown Street
  • 4.Serengetti
  • 5.Fire On The Mountain
  • 6.I Need A Miracle
  • 7.From The Heart Of Me
  • 8.Stagger Lee
  • 9.All New Minglewood Blues
  • 10.If I Had The World To Give
  • 11.Good Lovin'
  • 12.Ollin Arageed
  • 13.Fire On The Mountain
  • 14.Stagger Lee
  • 15.All New Minglewood Blues

Tracks on Disc 6:

  • 1.Alabama Getaway
  • 2.Far From Me
  • 3.Althea
  • 4.Feel Like A Stranger
  • 5.Lost Sailor
  • 6.Saint Of Circumstance
  • 7.Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)
  • 8.Easy To Love You
  • 9.Don't Ease Me In
  • 10.Peggy-O
  • 11.What'll You Raise
  • 12.Jack-A-Roe
  • 13.Althea
  • 14.Lost Sailor
  • 15.Saint Of Circumstance

Tracks on Disc 7:

  • 1.Dire Wolf
  • 2.The Race Is On
  • 3.Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
  • 4.It Must Have Been The Roses
  • 5.Dark Hollow
  • 6.China Doll
  • 7.Been All Around This World
  • 8.Monkey And The Engineer
  • 9.Jack-A-Roe
  • 10.Deep Elem Blues
  • 11.Cassidy
  • 12.To Lay Me Down
  • 13.Rosalie McFall
  • 14.On The Road Again
  • 15.Bird Song
  • 16.Ripple

Tracks on Disc 8:

  • 1.To Lay Me Down
  • 2.Iko Iko
  • 3.Heaven Help The Fool
  • 4.El Paso
  • 5.Sage & Spirit
  • 6.Little Sadie
  • 7.It Must Have Been The Roses
  • 8.Dark Hollow
  • 9.Jack-A-Roe
  • 10.Cassidy
  • 11.China Doll
  • 12.Monkey And The Engineer
  • 13.Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
  • 14.Ripple
  • 15.Tom Dooley
  • 16.Deep Elem Blues

Tracks on Disc 9:

  • 1.Samson And Delilah
  • 2.Friend Of The Devil
  • 3.New Minglewood Blues
  • 4.Deal
  • 5.Candyman
  • 6.Little Red Rooster
  • 7.Loser
  • 8.Passenger
  • 9.Feel Like A Stranger
  • 10.Franklin's Tower
  • 11.Rhythm Devils
  • 12.Space
  • 13.Fire On The Mountain
  • 14.Greatest Story Ever Told
  • 15.Brokedown Palace

Tracks on Disc 10:

  • 1.Let It Grow
  • 2.Sugaree
  • 3.C.C.Rider
  • 4.Row Jimmy
  • 5.Lazy Lightnin'
  • 6.Supplication
  • 7.High Time
  • 8.Jack Straw
  • 9.Shakedown Street
  • 10.Not Fade Away

Tracks on Disc 11:

  • 1.Touch Of Grey
  • 2.Hell In A Bucket
  • 3.When Push Comes To Shove
  • 4.West L.A. Fadeaway
  • 5.Tons Of Steel
  • 6.Throwing Stones
  • 7.Black Muddy River
  • 8.My Brother Esau
  • 9.West L.A. Fadeaway
  • 10.Black Muddy River
  • 11.When Push Comes To Shove
  • 12.Touch Of Grey
  • 13.Throwing Stones

Tracks on Disc 12:

  • 1.Foolish Heart
  • 2.Just A Little Light
  • 3.Built To Last
  • 4.Blow Away
  • 5.Victim Of The Crime
  • 6.We Can Run
  • 7.Standing On The Moon
  • 8.Picasso Moon
  • 9.I Will Take You Home
  • 10.Foolish Heart
  • 11.Blow Away
  • 12.California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)

Product Info

  • UPC: 081227649128
  • Shipping Weight: 2.99/lbs (approx)
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