Beyond Description (1973–1989)
Compilation by Grateful Dead
Released 26 October 2004
Tracklist
- HDCD 1: Wake of the Flood
- 1Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo5:435.0 ★
- 2Let Me Sing Your Blues Away3:194.0 ★
- 3Row Jimmy7:154.0 ★
- 4Stella Blue6:275.0 ★
- 5Here Comes Sunshine4:404.0 ★
- 6Eyes of the World5:214.0 ★
- 7Weather Report Suite12:424.0 ★
- 8Eyes of the World (live)17:02
- 9Weather Report Suite (studio acoustic demo)12:36
- 10China Doll (studio outtake)4:02
- HDCD 2: From the Mars Hotel
- 1U.S. Blues4:424.5 ★
- 2China Doll4:114.5 ★
- 3Unbroken Chain6:474.5 ★
- 4Loose Lucy3:224.5 ★
- 5Scarlet Begonias4:194.5 ★
- 6Pride of Cucamonga4:184.0 ★
- 7Money Money4:234.5 ★
- 8Ship of Fools5:284.4 ★
- 9Loose Lucy (studio outtake)4:415.0 ★
- 10Scarlet Begonias (live)9:095.0 ★
- 11Money Money (live)4:205.0 ★
- 12Wave That Flag (live)5:345.0 ★
- 13Let It Rock (live)3:195.0 ★
- 14Pride of Cucamonga (studio acoustic demo)4:245.0 ★
- 15Unbroken Chain (studio acoustic demo)6:215.0 ★
- HDCD 3: Blues for Allah
- 1Help on the Way / Slipknot!7:204.4 ★
- 2Franklin’s Tower4:374.4 ★
- 3King Solomon’s Marbles, Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt, Part 2: Milkin’ the Turkey5:134.5 ★
- 4The Music Never Stopped4:355.0 ★
- 5Crazy Fingers6:414.5 ★
- 6Sage & Spirit3:074.0 ★
- 7Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert12:334.0 ★
- 8Groove #1 (instrumental studio outtake)5:42
- 9Groove #2 (instrumental studio outtake)7:32
- 10Distorto (instrumental studio outtake)8:10
- 11A to E Flat Jam (instrumental studio outtake)4:355.0 ★
- 12Proto 18 Proper (instrumental studio outtake)4:16
- 13Hollywood Cantata (studio outtake)4:145.0 ★
- HDCD 4: Terrapin Station
- 1Estimated Prophet5:374.4 ★
- 2Dancin’ in the Streets3:174.0 ★
- 3Passenger2:484.5 ★
- 4Samson and Delilah3:394.0 ★
- 5Sunrise4:044.5 ★
- 6Terrapin Station (medley)16:104.5 ★
- 7Peggy‐O (instrumental studio outtake)4:425.0 ★
- 8The Ascent (instrumental studio outtake)1:58
- 9Catfish John (studio outtake)4:405.0 ★
- 10Equinox (studio outtake)5:145.0 ★
- 11Fire on the Mountain (studio outtake)6:255.0 ★
- 12Dancin’ in the Streets (live)16:175.0 ★
- HDCD 5: Shakedown Street
- 1Good Lovin’4:515.0 ★
- 2France4:034.0 ★
- 3Shakedown Street4:594.0 ★
- 4Serengetti1:594.0 ★
- 5Fire on the Mountain3:463.0 ★
- 6I Need a Miracle3:364.0 ★
- 7From the Heart of Me3:234.0 ★
- 8Stagger Lee3:254.0 ★
- 9New Minglewood Blues4:144.0 ★
- 10If I Had the World to Give4:504.0 ★
- 11Good Lovin’ (studio outtake)4:54
- 12Ollin Arageed (live)6:30
- 13Fire on the Mountain (live)13:41
- 14Stagger Lee (live)6:36
- 15All New Minglewood Blues (live)4:34
- HDCD 6: Go to Heaven
- 1Alabama Getaway3:364.0 ★
- 2Far From Me3:413.0 ★
- 3Althea6:544.0 ★
- 4Feel Like a Stranger5:105.0 ★
- 5Lost Sailor5:544.0 ★
- 6Saint of Circumstance5:394.0 ★
- 7Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)0:401.0 ★
- 8Easy to Love You3:414.0 ★
- 9Don’t Ease Me In3:164.0 ★
- 10Peggy‐O (studio outtake 7/16/79)5:49
- 11What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79)4:08
- 12Jack‐a‐Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79)4:51
- 13Althea (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/80)8:17
- 14Lost Sailor (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)6:42
- 15Saint of Circumstance (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)6:35
- HDCD 7: Reckoning
- 1Dire Wolf3:20
- 2The Race Is On2:58
- 3Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie6:28
- 4It Must Have Been the Roses6:56
- 5Dark Hollow3:49
- 6China Doll5:22
- 7I’ve Been All Around This World4:31
- 8Monkey and the Engineer2:37
- 9Jack‐A‐Roe4:05
- 10Deep Elem Blues4:51
- 11Cassidy4:38
- 12To Lay Me Down8:59
- 13Rosalie McFall2:54
- 14On the Road Again3:15
- 15Bird Song7:34
- 16Ripple4:38
- HDCD 8: Reckoning
- 1To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)9:13
- 2Iko Iko (live)4:23
- 3Heaven Help the Fool (live)6:18
- 4El Paso (live)4:40
- 5Sage & Spirit (live)3:13
- 6Little Sadie (live)2:44
- 7It Must Have Been the Roses (alternate live version)7:00
- 8Dark Hollow (alternate live version)4:30
- 9Jack‐a‐Roe (alternate live version)5:07
- 10Cassidy (alternate live version)5:06
- 11China Doll (alternate live version)5:52
- 12Monkey and the Engineer (alternate live version)2:36
- 13Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie (alternate live version)7:12
- 14Ripple (alternate live version)4:39
- 15Tom Dooley (live)3:32
- 16Deep Elem Blues (alternate live version)3:41
- HDCD 9: Dead Set
- 1Samson and Delilah5:024.0 ★
- 2Friend of the Devil7:284.0 ★
- 3New Minglewood Blues4:414.0 ★
- 4Deal4:364.0 ★
- 5Candyman7:154.0 ★
- 6Little Red Rooster4:314.0 ★
- 7Loser5:454.0 ★
- 8Passenger3:214.0 ★
- 9Feel Like a Stranger5:414.0 ★
- 10Franklin’s Tower5:224.0 ★
- 11Rhythm Devils4:024.0 ★
- 12Space2:29
- 13Fire on the Mountain6:304.0 ★
- 14Greatest Story Ever Told4:044.0 ★
- 15Brokedown Palace5:424.0 ★
- HDCD 10: Dead Set
- 1Let It Grow9:384.5 ★
- 2Sugaree9:514.5 ★
- 3C.C. Rider7:174.5 ★
- 4Row Jimmy10:144.5 ★
- 5Lazy Lightnin’3:244.5 ★
- 6Supplication5:494.5 ★
- 7High Time8:404.5 ★
- 8Jack Straw6:164.5 ★
- 9Shakedown Street10:414.5 ★
- 10Not Fade Away4:494.5 ★
- HDCD 11: In the Dark
- 1Touch of Grey5:474.0 ★
- 2Hell in a Bucket5:353.8 ★
- 3When Push Comes to Shove4:053.5 ★
- 4West L.A. Fadeaway6:393.5 ★
- 5Tons of Steel5:153.0 ★
- 6Throwing Stones7:183.5 ★
- 7Black Muddy River5:583.5 ★
- 8My Brother Esau (single B‐side 6/16/87)4:17
- 9West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version 3/84)7:08
- 10Black Muddy River (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)5:38
- 11When Push Comes to Shove (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)4:21
- 12Touch of Grey (studio rehearsal 8/82)5:44
- 13Throwing Stones (live at Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, MA 7/4/87)9:36
- HDCD 12: Built to Last
- 1Foolish Heart5:114.0 ★
- 2Just a Little Light4:434.0 ★
- 3Built to Last5:044.0 ★
- 4Blow Away6:113.0 ★
- 5Victim or the Crime7:353.0 ★
- 6We Can Run5:325.0 ★
- 7Standing on the Moon5:204.0 ★
- 8Picasso Moon6:423.0 ★
- 9I Will Take You Home3:454.0 ★
- 10Foolish Heart (live at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI 7/19/89)11:31
- 11Blow Away (live at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89)12:02
- 12California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On) (live at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/89)5:59
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Release credits
- liner notes
- illustration
- additional, timbales
- assistant [3.1-7, 5.1-10], engineer [1-9], producer [7.1-16, 9.1-15], recording [7.1-7, 7.7-11, 7.11-16, 9.1-15]
- engineer [1-9]
- additional, trumpet
- assistant [1-10]
- drums (drum set), percussion, arranger [9.12, 3.8-9, 3.11-12]
- assistant [1-16]
- liner notes
- associate [1-9], programming [11.1-7, 12.1-9]
- additional [1-9], assistant [1-7], engineer [1-3, 5-10]
- photography
- guitar, vocal, arranger [8-9, 11-12]
- harpsichord, piano, vocal, arranger [12]
- assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7], engineer [4]
- photography
- engineer [1-9]
- additional [1-7], co [1-10], engineer [1.1-7, 3.1-7], mix [7.1-16, 3.1-7], producer [9.1-15, 7.1-16]
- engineer [1-6]
- liner notes
- liner notes
- liner notes
- additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
- illustration
- liner notes
- engineer [1-16]
- vocal
- 12 string guitar, additional
- photography
- additional, tenor saxophone
- liner notes
- engineer [1-9], producer [1-9]
- illustration
- arranger [8], mix [1-7], producer [1.1-7, 2.1-8, 3.1-7]
- illustration
- assistant [1-16]
- engineer [1-7]
- additional [12], handclaps [12], oud [12], tar [12]
- assistant [1-10]
- photography
- photography
- photography
- additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
- assistant [1-10]
- additional [1-7]
- guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocal, arranger [8-12], producer [9.1-15, 11.1-7, 12.1-9, 7.1-16]
- additional, trumpet
- additional [1-7]
- liner notes
- additional [1-9], engineer [12.1-9, 7.1-16, 11.1-7], producer [11.1-7, 12.1-9]
- assistant [1-10]
- associate [2-3, 5-6], executive [1-10], horn [5]
- pedal steel guitar [6]
- photography
- additional, percussion, guest [5], percussion [3, 5, 5-6]
- additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
- keyboard, vocal, arranger [8-9, 11-12]
- engineer [1-6], producer [1-6]
- photography
- photography
- additional [11], lead vocals [11], producer [1-10]
- additional, additional, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- conductor, conductor [1, 6]
- additional, additional, harmonica, harp, guest [5], harp [3, 5, 5-6]
- illustration
- assistant [1-16]
- photography
- percussion, arranger [9.12, 3.8-9, 3.11-12]
- synthesizer [3]
- additional, trombone
- orchestrator, orchestrator [1, 6]
- additional [1-9]
- illustration
- liner notes
- photography
- electric bass guitar, vocal, arranger [3.8-9, 3.11-12, 9.12]
- illustration
- assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7]
- illustration
- photography
- photography
- illustration
- liner notes
- assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7]
- conductor, conductor [1, 6]
- photography
- engineer [1-8]
- additional
- assistant [1-7]
- assistant [1-10]
- flute, reeds, additional [7], guest [4], horn [7], saxophone [4]
- liner notes
- assistant [1-10]
- photography
- performer, vocal [1, 6]
- performer, strings [1, 6]
- liner notes, engineer [1-7]
- engineer [1-9]
- Lyricon [1], saxophone [1]
- additional, violin
- engineer [1-16]
Issues
B12x HDCD26 October 2004- BCD, 12x HDCD (pre‐order version with bonus disc)26 October 2004





