CD, 12x HDCD (pre‐order version with bonus disc)

Beyond Description (1973–1989)

Compilation by Grateful Dead

Released 26 October 2004

rock

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Tracklist

HDCD 1: Wake of the Flood
1
Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo
5:43
5.0 ★
2
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
3:19
4.0 ★
3
Row Jimmy
7:15
4.0 ★
4
Stella Blue
6:27
5.0 ★
5
Here Comes Sunshine
4:40
4.0 ★
6
Eyes of the World
5:21
4.0 ★
7
Weather Report Suite
12:42
4.0 ★
8
Eyes of the World (live)
17:02
9
Weather Report Suite (studio acoustic demo)
12:36
10
China Doll (studio outtake)
4:02
HDCD 2: From the Mars Hotel
1
U.S. Blues
4:42
4.5 ★
2
China Doll
4:11
4.5 ★
3
Unbroken Chain
6:47
4.5 ★
4
Loose Lucy
3:22
4.5 ★
5
Scarlet Begonias
4:19
4.5 ★
6
Pride of Cucamonga
4:18
4.0 ★
7
Money Money
4:23
4.5 ★
8
Ship of Fools
5:28
4.4 ★
9
Loose Lucy (studio outtake)
4:41
5.0 ★
10
Scarlet Begonias (live)
9:09
5.0 ★
11
Money Money (live)
4:20
5.0 ★
12
Wave That Flag (live)
5:34
5.0 ★
13
Let It Rock (live)
3:19
5.0 ★
14
Pride of Cucamonga (studio acoustic demo)
4:24
5.0 ★
15
Unbroken Chain (studio acoustic demo)
6:21
5.0 ★
HDCD 3: Blues for Allah
1
Help on the Way / Slipknot!
7:20
4.4 ★
2
Franklin’s Tower
4:37
4.4 ★
3
King Solomon’s Marbles, Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt, Part 2: Milkin’ the Turkey
5:13
4.5 ★
4
The Music Never Stopped
4:35
5.0 ★
5
Crazy Fingers
6:41
4.5 ★
6
Sage & Spirit
3:07
4.0 ★
7
Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert
12:33
4.0 ★
8
Groove #1 (instrumental studio outtake)
5:42
9
Groove #2 (instrumental studio outtake)
7:32
10
Distorto (instrumental studio outtake)
8:10
11
A to E Flat Jam (instrumental studio outtake)
4:35
5.0 ★
12
Proto 18 Proper (instrumental studio outtake)
4:16
13
Hollywood Cantata (studio outtake)
4:14
5.0 ★
HDCD 4: Terrapin Station
1
Estimated Prophet
5:37
4.4 ★
2
Dancin’ in the Streets
3:17
4.0 ★
3
Passenger
2:48
4.5 ★
4
Samson and Delilah
3:39
4.0 ★
5
Sunrise
4:04
4.5 ★
6
Terrapin Station (medley)
16:10
4.5 ★
7
Peggy‐O (instrumental studio outtake)
4:42
5.0 ★
8
The Ascent (instrumental studio outtake)
1:58
9
Catfish John (studio outtake)
4:40
5.0 ★
10
Equinox (studio outtake)
5:14
5.0 ★
11
Fire on the Mountain (studio outtake)
6:25
5.0 ★
12
Dancin’ in the Streets (live)
16:17
5.0 ★
HDCD 5: Shakedown Street
1
Good Lovin’
4:51
5.0 ★
2
France
4:03
4.0 ★
3
Shakedown Street
4:59
4.0 ★
4
Serengetti
1:59
4.0 ★
5
Fire on the Mountain
3:46
3.0 ★
6
I Need a Miracle
3:36
4.0 ★
7
From the Heart of Me
3:23
4.0 ★
8
Stagger Lee
3:25
4.0 ★
9
New Minglewood Blues
4:14
4.0 ★
10
If I Had the World to Give
4:50
4.0 ★
11
Good Lovin’ (studio outtake)
4:54
12
Ollin Arageed (live)
6:30
13
Fire on the Mountain (live)
13:41
14
Stagger Lee (live)
6:36
15
All New Minglewood Blues (live)
4:34
HDCD 6: Go to Heaven
1
Alabama Getaway
3:36
4.0 ★
2
Far From Me
3:41
3.0 ★
3
Althea
6:54
4.0 ★
4
Feel Like a Stranger
5:10
5.0 ★
5
Lost Sailor
5:54
4.0 ★
6
Saint of Circumstance
5:39
4.0 ★
7
Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)
0:40
1.0 ★
8
Easy to Love You
3:41
4.0 ★
9
Don’t Ease Me In
3:16
4.0 ★
10
Peggy‐O (studio outtake 7/16/79)
5:49
11
What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79)
4:08
12
Jack‐a‐Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79)
4:51
13
Althea (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/80)
8:17
14
Lost Sailor (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
6:42
15
Saint of Circumstance (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
6:35
HDCD 7: Reckoning
1
Dire Wolf
3:20
2
The Race Is On
2:58
3
Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
6:28
4
It Must Have Been the Roses
6:56
5
Dark Hollow
3:49
6
China Doll
5:22
7
I’ve Been All Around This World
4:31
8
Monkey and the Engineer
2:37
9
Jack‐A‐Roe
4:05
10
Deep Elem Blues
4:51
11
Cassidy
4:38
12
To Lay Me Down
8:59
13
Rosalie McFall
2:54
14
On the Road Again
3:15
15
Bird Song
7:34
16
Ripple
4:38
HDCD 8: Reckoning
1
To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)
9:13
2
Iko Iko (live)
4:23
3
Heaven Help the Fool (live)
6:18
4
El Paso (live)
4:40
5
Sage & Spirit (live)
3:13
6
Little Sadie (live)
2:44
7
It Must Have Been the Roses (alternate live version)
7:00
8
Dark Hollow (alternate live version)
4:30
9
Jack‐a‐Roe (alternate live version)
5:07
10
Cassidy (alternate live version)
5:06
11
China Doll (alternate live version)
5:52
12
Monkey and the Engineer (alternate live version)
2:36
13
Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie (alternate live version)
7:12
14
Ripple (alternate live version)
4:39
15
Tom Dooley (live)
3:32
16
Deep Elem Blues (alternate live version)
3:41
HDCD 9: Dead Set
1
Samson and Delilah
5:02
4.0 ★
2
Friend of the Devil
7:28
4.0 ★
3
New Minglewood Blues
4:41
4.0 ★
4
Deal
4:36
4.0 ★
5
Candyman
7:15
4.0 ★
6
Little Red Rooster
4:31
4.0 ★
7
Loser
5:45
4.0 ★
8
Passenger
3:21
4.0 ★
9
Feel Like a Stranger
5:41
4.0 ★
10
Franklin’s Tower
5:22
4.0 ★
11
Rhythm Devils
4:02
4.0 ★
12
Space
2:29
13
Fire on the Mountain
6:30
14
Greatest Story Ever Told
4:04
4.0 ★
15
Brokedown Palace
5:42
4.0 ★
HDCD 10: Dead Set
1
Let It Grow
9:38
4.5 ★
2
Sugaree
9:51
4.5 ★
3
C.C. Rider
7:17
4.5 ★
4
Row Jimmy
10:14
4.5 ★
5
Lazy Lightnin’
3:24
4.5 ★
6
Supplication
5:49
4.5 ★
7
High Time
8:40
4.5 ★
8
Jack Straw
6:16
4.5 ★
9
Shakedown Street
10:41
4.5 ★
10
Not Fade Away
4:49
4.5 ★
HDCD 11: In the Dark
1
Touch of Grey
5:47
4.0 ★
2
Hell in a Bucket
5:35
3.8 ★
3
When Push Comes to Shove
4:05
3.5 ★
4
West L.A. Fadeaway
6:39
3.5 ★
5
Tons of Steel
5:15
3.0 ★
6
Throwing Stones
7:18
3.5 ★
7
Black Muddy River
5:58
3.5 ★
8
My Brother Esau (single B‐side 6/16/87)
4:17
9
West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version 3/84)
7:08
10
Black Muddy River (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)
5:38
11
When Push Comes to Shove (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)
4:21
12
Touch of Grey (studio rehearsal 8/82)
5:44
13
Throwing Stones (live at Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, MA 7/4/87)
9:36
HDCD 12: Built to Last
1
Foolish Heart
5:11
4.0 ★
2
Just a Little Light
4:43
4.0 ★
3
Built to Last
5:04
4.0 ★
4
Blow Away
6:11
3.0 ★
5
Victim or the Crime
7:35
3.0 ★
6
We Can Run
5:32
5.0 ★
7
Standing on the Moon
5:20
4.0 ★
8
Picasso Moon
6:42
3.0 ★
9
I Will Take You Home
3:45
4.0 ★
10
Foolish Heart (live at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI 7/19/89)
11:31
11
Blow Away (live at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89)
12:02
12
California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On) (live at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/89)
5:59
CD 13: Bonus Disk
1
Weather Report Suite (10/17/74)
16:59
2
Blues for Allah > King Solomon’s Marbles > Drums > King Solomon’s Marbles > Blues for Allah (3/23/75)
31:47
3
Showboat (rehearsal 8/12/75))
2:43
4
Shakedown Street (8/13/79)
11:37
5
Far From Me (8/31/80)
3:59
6
Estimated Prophet (10/10/80)
10:46

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Release credits

Betty Cantor‐Jackson
assistant [3.1-7, 5.1-10], engineer [1-9], producer [9.1-12, 9.14-15, 7.1-6, 7.9-16], recording [9.1-12, 9.14-15, 7.1-6, 7.9-11, 7.11-16]
Big Boy Pete
engineer [1-9]
Bill Candelario
assistant [1-10]
Bill Kreutzmann
arranger [3.8-9, 3.11-12, 9.12]
Billy Rothschild
assistant [1-6, 9-16]
Bob Bralove
associate [1-9], programming [11.1-7, 12.1-9]
Bob Matthews
additional [1-9], assistant [1-7], engineer [1-3, 5-10]
Bob Weir
arranger [8-9, 11-12]
Brent Mydland
arranger [12]
Brett Cohen
assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7], engineer [4]
Chris Wiskes
engineer [1-9]
Dan Healy
additional [1-7], co [1-10], engineer [1.1-7, 3.1-7], mix [7.1-6, 7.9-16, 3.1-7], producer [9.1-12, 9.14-15, 7.1-6, 7.9-16]
David DeVore
engineer [1-6]
David Roberts
additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
Don Pearson
engineer [1-6, 9-16]
Gary Lyons
engineer [1-9], producer [1-9]
Grateful Dead
arranger [8], mix [1-7], producer [1.1-7, 2.1-8, 3.1-7]
Greg Mann
assistant [1-6, 9-16]
Guy Charbonneau
engineer [1-7]
Hamza El Din
additional [12], handclaps [12], oud [12], tar [12]
Harry Popick
assistant [1-10]
Jeff Sterling
additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
Jeffrey Boden
assistant [1-10]
Jeffrey Norman
additional [1-7]
Jerry Garcia
arranger [8-12], producer [12.1-9, 7.1-6, 7.9-16, 9.1-12, 9.14-15, 11.1-7]
Joe Gastwirt
additional [1-7]
John Cutler
additional [1-9], engineer [12.1-9, 7.1-6, 7.9-16, 11.1-7], producer [11.1-7, 12.1-9]
John Hagen
assistant [1-10]
John Kahn
associate [2-3, 5-6], executive [1-10], horn [5]
John McFee
pedal steel guitar [6]
Jordan Amarantha
guest [5], percussion [3, 5, 5-6]
Justin Kreutzmann
additional [1-7], engineer [1-9]
Keith Godchaux
arranger [8-9, 11-12]
Keith Olsen
engineer [1-6], producer [1-6]
Lowell George
additional [11], lead vocals [11], producer [1-10]
Martyn Ford
conductor [1, 6]
Matt Kelly
guest [5], harp [3, 5, 5-6]
Michael Peri
assistant [1-6, 9-16]
Mickey Hart
arranger [3.8-9, 3.11-12, 9.12]
Ned Lagin
synthesizer [3]
Paul Buckmaster
orchestrator [1, 6]
Pete Thea
additional [1-9]
Phil Lesh
arranger [9.12, 3.8-9, 3.11-12]
Ram Rod
assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7]
Robbie Taylor
assistant [5.1-10, 3.1-7]
Robert Howes
conductor [1, 6]
Roy Segal
engineer [1-8]
Steve Brown
assistant [1-7]
Steve Parish
assistant [1-10]
Steve Schuster
additional [7], guest [4], horn [7], saxophone [4]
Sue Stephens
assistant [1-10]
The English Choral
vocal [1, 6]
The Martyn Ford Orchestra
strings [1, 6]
Tom Anderson
engineer [1-7]
Tom Flye
engineer [1-9]
Tom Scott
Lyricon [1], saxophone [1]
Wizard
engineer [1-6, 9-16]

Issues

B
(Combined release view)
B
Beyond Description (1973–1989)
12x HDCD
26 October 2004
B
Beyond Description (1973–1989)
CD, 12x HDCD (pre‐order version with bonus disc)
26 October 2004