Grateful Dead Live Recordings

The table below shows the total number of live recordings issued of each song, including Vault releases, Dick's Picks, Download Series and others (but not 30 Days of the Dead). It also shows the total number of times the Grateful Dead played each song, and the percentage of those that have been issued. For a fuller explanation of these and other columns see the key at the end. Thanks to Eric Levy for his help in drawing this up - though any errors in updating it are mine not his!.

Updated to include Enjoying The Ride Dave's Picks Volume 54, Dave's Picks Volume 53, Dave's Picks Volume 52, Friend Of The Devils: April 1978, Dave's Picks Volume 51, From The Mars Hotel (50th Anniversary bonus disc), Sing Out! Bear's Sonic Journals,

SONG TITLE	Live Rec's	Times Played	Percent	Studio Rec's	Video Rec's	Jams	Other Recs	Notes
Playing In The Band	165	582	28.4	2	7	1		(b)
Sugar Magnolia	147	594	24.7	1	5		1	(ss)
The Other One	136	583	23.3		5	2		(a)
Me And My Uncle	133	616	21.6		3
China Cat Sunflower	128	554	23.1	1	7	7
Truckin'	128	519	24.7	1	5		2	(dd)(uu)
I Know You Rider	125	550	22.7	2	6			(v)
Not Fade Away	125	531	23.5	1	7		1	(tt)
Jack Straw	119	473	25.2		3
Bertha	109	394	27.7		4		1	(aa)
Big River	106	397	26.7		3
Tennessee Jed	101	433	23.3		1
Good Lovin'	101	428	23.6		3
The Promised Land	100	427	23.4	1	2
Deal	99	423	23.4	1	4			(j)
El Paso	95	388	24.5		1
Brown Eyed Women	95	347	27.4				2	(f)
Eyes Of The World	94	381	24.7	1	1			(jj)
Beat It On Down The Line	92	325	28.3	1
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad	88	293	30.0		2
Looks Like Rain	87	417	20.9	1	3			(l)
Sugaree	87	357	24.4	1			1	(j)(bb)
Wharf Rat	86	394	21.8		3
Estimated Prophet	85	390	21.8	1	5
Mexicali Blues	84	435	19.3	1	3			(l)
Dark Star	84	219	38.4	1	5	2	1	(c)(rr)
One More Saturday Night	83	340	24.4	1	2			(l)
Casey Jones	82	312	26.3	1	1		2	(h)(ll)
Loser	79	345	22.9	1	1			(j)
Around And Around	78	418	18.7		1
Scarlet Begonias	77	316	24.4	1	4
He's Gone	76	328	23.2		2
New Minglewood Blues	74	435	17.0	2	4
Uncle John's Band	74	332	22.3	1	6	1
Samson And Delilah	72	364	19.8	1	3
Ramble On Rose	73	316	23.1		2
Morning Dew	70	254	27.6	1	2
Row Jimmy	68	274	24.8	1	4
Johnny B Goode	67	284	23.6		3		1	(h)
Let It Grow	65	276	23.6	2	3			(d)
Stella Blue	64	328	19.5	1	3
Greatest Story Ever Told	64	280	22.9	2	3			(k)
U.S.Blues	63	323	19.5	1	2
Cassidy	61	334	18.3	1	3			(l)
The Music Never Stopped	59	234	25.2	1	2
Cumberland Blues	59	223	26.5	1	1
Black Peter	56	343	16.3	1	1
Mississippi Half-Step	56	234	23.9	1	1
Black Throated Wind	56	158	35.4	1	1			(l)
They Love Each Other	55	227	24.2	1				(i)
Turn On Your Lovelight	54	341	15.8
Terrapin Station	53	302	17.5	1	6			(e)
Cold Rain And Snow	52	241	21.6	3	3			(ee)
Saint Stephen	52	165	31.5	2	1
Lady With A Fan	51	301	16.9	1	7			(e)
Bird Song	51	296	17.2	1	4			(j)
Friend Of The Devil	50	304	16.4	1	4
Fire On The Mountain	48	253	19.0	2	5			(x)
Dire Wolf	48	226	21.2	1	1
Peggy-O	44	265	16.6	2
Dancing In The Street	44	123	35.8	1			1	(n)
Mama Tried	43	302	14.2		2
Ship Of Fools	43	225	19.1	1	1
Candyman	42	277	15.2	1	2
It Must Have Been The Roses	42	159	26.4	1				(i)
Big Railroad Blues	41	175	23.4
Franklin's Tower	39	221	17.6	1	2
The Wheel	38	258	14.7	1	1		1	(j)(oo)
Me And Bobby McGee	38	118	32.2
China Doll	36	114	31.6	2	1
Supplication	36	113	31.9			1
Don't Ease Me In	35	316	11.1	3	2			(ee)
Lazy Lightnin'	35	111	31.5
Brokedown Palace	34	215	15.8	1
Cryptical Envelopment	34	132	25.8
Mister Charlie	31	48	64.6
I Need A Miracle	30	271	11.1	1	4
Next Time You See Me	30	72	41.7
Weather Report Suite Prelude	30	52	57.7	2
Big Boss Man	29	71	40.8		1		1	(kk)
High Time	28	133	21.1	1
Throwing Stones	27	265	10.2	1	3
Shakedown Street	27	163	16.6	1	4
Slipknot	27	112	24.1	1	1
Help On The Way	27	110	24.5	1	1
Weather Report Suite Part 1	26	47	55.3	2
Althea	25	272	9.2	1				(w)
Little Red Rooster	25	272	9.2		3
Saint Of Circumstance	25	222	11.3	1	2
Hard To Handle	25	105	23.8		2			(kk)
The Eleven	25	93	26.9	1		2		(ff)
Passenger	24	98	24.5	1			1	(g)
And We Bid You Goodnight	24	61	39.3		2		1	(g)
Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)	24	56	42.9			2	1	(g)
Box Of Rain	22	161	13.7	1	1		1	(z)(vv)
Lost Sailor	22	145	15.2	1	1
Jack-a-Roe	22	115	19.1	1	2
Chinatown Shuffle	22	28	78.6
Feel Like A Stranger	21	207	10.1	1	1
Comes A Time	21	66	31.8	1				(i)
It Hurts Me Too	21	47	44.7		1		1	(n)
Touch Of Grey	20	213	9.4	2	4		2	(qq)
Iko Iko	20	185	10.8	1	3
It's All Over Now	20	160	12.5		3
Crazy Fingers	20	144	13.9	1
Here Comes Sunshine	20	65	30.8	1
The Race Is On	20	59	33.9
Hell In A Bucket	19	216	8.8	1	3
Might As Well	18	111	16.2	1				(i)
Loose Lucy	18	98	18.4	2
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	17	199	8.5		2
Alabama Getaway	17	141	12.1	1			1
Dupree's Diamond Blues	17	80	21.3	1
When I Paint My Masterpiece	16	144	11.1		4
Walkin' Blues	16	139	11.5		1			(cc)
C.C.Rider	15	127	11.8
Cosmic Charley	15	41	36.8	1
Sing Me Back Home	15	39	38.5		1
Stagger Lee	14	146	9.6	1	2
To Lay Me Down	14	63	22.2	3	1			(j)
All Along The Watchtower	13	123	10.6		1		1	(m)
Foolish Heart	13	87	14.9	1	1
Alligator	13	63	20.6				1	(g)
Sunrise	13	30	43.3	1
You Win Again	13	25	52.0
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	12	145	8.3				1	(n)(pp)
Queen Jane Approximately	12	129	9.3				2	(m)(mm)
Picasso Moon	12	77	15.6	1
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	12	62	19.4	1			1	(o)
Dear Mr Fantasy	12	58	20.7		1
My Brother Esau	11	104	10.6	1	2
Victim Or The Crime	11	96	11.5	1	1
Death Don't Have No Mercy	11	49	22.4	1
Sitting On Top Of The World	11	44	25.0	1			1	(kk)
Doin' That Rag	11	37	29.7	1
New Potato Caboose	11	26	42.3
West L.A. Fadeaway	10	140	7.1	2	4
Easy To Love You	10	45	22.2	1	1
Viola Lee Blues	10	32	31.3	1			1	(kk)
Mason's Children	10	18	55.6	1
Gimme Some Lovin'	9	87	10.3		1
Memphis Blues	9	76	11.8		1
In The Midnight Hour	9	46	19.6				1	(n)
Deep Elem Blues	9	45	20.0		1
Easy Wind	9	44	20.5	1	1
I'm A King Bee	9	38	23.7
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)	9	12	75.0
Wang Dang Doodle	8	95	8.4		2
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	8	76	10.5		2		1	(m)
Standing On The Moon	8	75	10.7	1	3
Smokestack Lightning	8	60	13.3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	8	58	13.8		1
New Speedway Boogie	8	55	14.5	2	1
Attics Of My Life	8	48	16.7	1
Dark Hollow	8	29	27.6
Ripple	7	39	17.9	1	1
On The Road Again	7	38	18.4		2			(y)
I Will Take You Home	7	34	20.6	1	1
Monkey And The Engineer	7	32	21.9
We Can Run	7	22	31.8	1	1
Wave That Flag	7	15	46.7
Mountains Of The Moon	7	12	58.3	1	1
Black Muddy River	6	66	9.1	2
Keep Your Day Job	6	57	10.5
Liberty	6	56	10.7
Hey Jude Finale	6	28	21.4					(u)
Blow Away	6	23	26.1	1	1
He Was A Friend Of Mine	6	17	35.3
Nobody's Fault But Mine	6	16	37.5	1		1
Far From Me	5	74	6.8	1	1
The Same Thing	5	45	11.1				1	(o)
Never Trust A Woman	4	42	11.9
The Weight	5	41	12.2
Hey Pocky Way	5	25	20.0		2
Built To Last	5	18	27.8	1	1
You Ain't Woman Enough	5	15	33.3
Ain't It Crazy	5	12	41.7				1
She Belongs To Me	5	10	50.0		1
The Last Time	4	70	5.7
The Mighty Quinn	4	59	6.8				1	(mm)(pp)
When Push Comes To Shove	4	58	6.9	2	2
So Many Roads	4	55	7.3
Desolation Row	4	58	6.9		1
Maggie's Farm	4	43	9.3		1
Days Between	4	41	9.8	1
Just A Little Light	4	21	19.0	1
I've Been All Around This World	4	18	22.2
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	4	13	30.8
Werewolves Of London	4	12	33.3
It Takes A ... Train To Cry	4	7	57.1
Run Rudolph Run	4	6	66.7
King Solomon's Marbles	4	5	80.0	1
Way To Go Home	3	92	3.3
Corrina	3	77	3.9					(s)
Spoonful	3	52	5.8
Let The Good Times Roll	3	47	6.4		2
Broken Arrow	3	35	8.6
Satisfaction	3	31	9.7
Tons Of Steel	3	29	10.3	1
Born Cross-Eyed	3	13	23.1	1				(gg)
It's A Sin	3	12	25.0
Jordan	3	12	25.0		1
Katie Mae	3	11	27.3
Revolution	3	11	27.3
Visions Of Johanna	3	8	37.5					(pp)
Cream Puff War	3	7	42.9	2
Mission In The Rain	3	5	60.0	1				(i)
You Don't Have To Ask	3	5	60.0	1
Hey Jude	3	3	100.0					(u)
Money, Money	3	3	100.0	1
Lazy River Road	2	65	3.1	1
Eternity	2	44	4.5	1
Samba In The Rain	2	38	5.3					(t)
Silver Threads And Golden Needles	2	17	11.8	1
That Would Be Something	2	17	11.8
Gloria	2	15	13.3			1
Wake Up Little Susie	2	14	14.3
Ollin Arageed	2	12	16.7		1
It's A Man's World	2	11	18.2
Tomorrow Is Forever	2	10	20.0
Ballad Of A Thin Man	2	8	25.0
Heaven Help The Fool	2	7	28.6		1
The Frozen Logger	2	6	33.3
I Second That Emotion	2	6	33.3
Little Sadie	2	6	33.3
Long Black Limousine	2	6	33.3
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu	2	5	40.0
Bo Diddley	2	4	50.0
One Kind Favor	2	4	50.0
Stealin	2	4	50.0	2			1	(ee)
Blues For Allah	2	3	66.7	1
Clementine	2	3	66.7	1				(ff)
Hey Little One	2	3	66.6
Standing On The Corner	2	3	66.7	1
Cardboard Cowboy	2	2	100.0				1	(vv)
Hey Little One	2	2	100.0
Keep Rolling By	2	2	100.0
Oh Boy	2	2	100.0
Sage And Spirit	2	2	100.0	1
Easy Answers	1	44	2.3					(r)
I Fought The Law	1	36	2.8
From The Heart Of Me	1	26	3.8	1	1
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	1	19	5.3
Don't Need Love	1	16	6.3
Rosa Lee McFall	1	16	6.3
Baba O'Riley	1	12	8.3
Tomorrow Never Knows	1	12	8.3
Childhood's End	1	11	9.1
Believe It Or Not	1	7	14.3	1
Big Boy Pete	1	7	14.3
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away	1	6	16.7	1
Maybe You Know	1	6	16.7
Till The Morning Comes	1	5	20.0	1
Hey Bo Diddley	1	4	25.0
I Just Want To Make Love To You	1	4	25.0
I'm A Hog For You Baby	1	4	25.0
La Bamba	1	4	25.0
A Voice From On High	1	4	25.0
Devil With The Blue Dress	1	3	33.3
Good Golly Miss Molly	1	3	33.3
If I Had The World To Give	1	3	33.3	1
Little Star	1	3	33.3
She's Mine	1	3	33.3
Who Do You Love	1	3	33.3
Ballad Of Casey Jones	1	2	50.0
Bring Me My Shotgun	1	2	50.0
California Earthquake	1	2	50.0
Empty Pages	1	2	50.0
Got My Mojo Working	1	2	50.0
I'm A Man (Mannish Boy)	1	2	50.0
Mona	1	2	50.0
Pain In My Heart	1	2	50.0
Sick And Tired	1	2	50.0
That's All Right Mama	1	2	50.0
Are You Lonely For Me	1	1	100.0
Black Snake	1	1	100.0
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing	1	1	100.0
Empty Heart	1	1	100.0
Gangster Of Love	1	1	100.0
Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet	1	1	100.0
How Sweet It Is	1	1	100.0
In The Pines	1	1	100.0
Let It Rock	1	1	100.0
The Mighty Flood	1	1	100.0
Roberta	1	1	100.0
Salt Lake City	1	1	100.0					(p)
Sidewalks Of New York	1	1	100.0
Tastebud	1	1	100.0	3				(ee)
Tom Dooley	1	1	100.0
Wave To The Wind	0	21	0
Rain	0	20	0
If The Shoe Fits	0	17	0
Unbroken Chain	0	10	0	2
Walking The Dog	0	6	1
Operator	0	4	0	1
Reuben And Cerise	0	4	0					(q)
Alice D Millionaire	0	3	0	1
The Golden Road	0	3	0	1
Overseas Stomp (Lindy)	0	3	0	1			1	(o)
Early Morning Rain	0	2	0	1
Mindbender	0	2	0	1
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	0	2	0	1
Betty And Dupree	0	1	0	1
Can't Come Down	0	1	0	1				(hh)
The Only Time Is Now	0	1	0	1
Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues	0	1	0
You See A Broken Heart	0	1	0	1
Pride Of Cucamonga	0	0	0	2

Key:

Live Rec's:	This gives the total number of live recordings by the Dead that have been issued officially on CD. Many thanks to Eric Levy for his help in preparing and checking this. It includes "pre-Vault" live recordings such as "Live/Dead", Vault releases such as "One From The Vault," all Dick's Picks, and CD soundtracks from DVD releases. I have counted "Anthem Of The Sun" as a live album.
Times Played:	This gives the total number of times the Dead played the song live. It omits covers played less than 10 times for which no recordings have been issued. The figures are taken from DeadBase XI: this is the most convenient source, though it omits a number of tapes that have come into circulation recently. It is very likely that some of the early songs (eg "Can't Come Down") were played at many more 1966 concerts for which no setlists exist.
Percentages:	These are the total number of recordings as a percentage of the number of times played. I am not arguing for an even proportion of recordings of every song: a much larger percentage of Dark Stars than Me And My Uncles is fine by me! But it does highlight some songs that are very much under-represented in the official releases.
Studio Rec's:	This gives the number of studio recordings by the Dead. In some cases I have stretched what counts as a Grateful Dead studio recording - these are mentioned in the notes.
Video Rec's:	This gives the number of releases of each song on video or DVD. It includes those that have also been released on CD soundtrack albums. This means that some of these recordings are also counted in the column "Live Rec's."
Jams:	This gives the number of live versions released as jams without lyrics being sung
Other Rec's:	This identifies other live recordings not included in the totals, for example because they are part of other recordings or because they have been issued only semi-officially. It lists only other recordings of the Grateful Dead themselves - not subsequent recordings by Ratdog, The Other Ones, Phil Lesh & Friends etc.

Notes:

(a)	"The Other One" includes recordings with "Cryptical Envelopment" as part of "That's It For The Other One" suite.
(b)	studio recordings of "Playing In The Band" are on Bob Weir's "Ace" and Mickey Hart's "Rolling Thunder" (titled "The Main Ten"); Jam on DP16, also titled "The Main Ten".
(c)	the "Dark Star" studio recording was released as a single and on the compilation "What A Long Strange Trip It's Been" (and also as a hidden track on Live/Dead in the box set "The Golden Road").
(d)	"Let It Grow" includes recordings as part of "Weather Report Suite"
(e)	DP3 contains "Terrapin Station" not preceded by "Lady With A Fan" - the only known time.
(f)	additional recordings of "Brown-Eyed Women" have been issued on "Around The Fire" soundtrack and Live Jive (KSAN Benefit CD)
(g)	additional live recordings of "Alligator", "Caution" and "And We Bid You Goodnight" have been issued on the CD The Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour
(h)	additional live recordings of "Casey Jones" and "Johnny B Goode" from 2 July 1971 were issued on "The Last Days Of The Fillmore." An additional live recording of "Casey Jones" from 1978 is on the compilation "Saturday Night Live Vol 1"
(i)	studio recordings of "Might As Well", "Mission In The Rain", "It Must Have Been The Roses" and "They Love Each Other" were issued on "Reflections" by Jerry Garcia
(j)	studio recordings of "Deal", "Bird Song", "Sugaree", "Loser", "To Lay Me Down" and "The Wheel" were issued on "Garcia" by Jerry Garcia
(k)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told" are on "Ace" by Bob Weir and on "Rolling Thunder" by Mickey Hart (titled "The Pump Song")
(l)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Playing In The Band", "Black Throated Wind", "Looks Like Rain", "One More Saturday Night" and "Cassidy" were issued on "Ace" by Bob Weir
(m)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately", "All Along The Watchtower" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" were issued on "Dylan And The Dead"
(n)	additional recordings of "I Know You Rider" (see note (v)), "It Hurts Me Too", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Dancing In The Streets" and "In The Midnight Hour" were issued on vinyl on "Vintage Dead"
(o)	additional recordings of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Stealin'" "Lindy" and "The Same Thing" were issued on vinyl on "Historic Dead"
(p)	"Salt Lake City" was recorded on Bob Weir's album "Heaven Help The Fool"
(q)	"Reuben And Cerise" was recorded on Jerry Garcia's album "Run For The Roses." A live recording by the Grateful Dead plays as background to the contents page of the DVD "View From The Vault II"
(r)	a version of "Easy Answers" by "The Other Ones" is on "FurthurMost", and a Weir/Wasserman/Neil Young version is on "Trios"
(s)	a version of "Corrina" by "The Other Ones" is on "The Strange Remain", and a Ratdog version on "Evening Moods"
(t)	a version of "Samba In The Rain" by Vince Welnick is on the "Missing Man Formation" CD
(u)	the full "Hey Jude" was played only 3 times, but the finale was played a further 28 times
(v)	the version of "I Know You Rider" on "Vintage Dead" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads", included in the left-hand column
(w)	two of the live recordings of Althea (on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)") are from the same night
(x)	the video of "Fire On The Mountain" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Dead Set" CD
(y)	the video of "On The Road Again" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Reckoning" CD
(z)	a recording of "Box Of Rain" is included on the DVD version of "View From The Vault II" but not on the CD or videocassette. It is included in the "video" column and not counted in the percentages - which are based on CD releases only
(aa)	a live recording of "Bertha" from an unknown date is included on the CD "Huckleberry Jam" (various artists compilation) sold in the Bay Area as a fundraiser for the Huckleberry House
(bb)	a live recording of "Sugaree" from 11 April 1987 is included on the CD "ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol. 4" (various artists compilation) sold in Chicago as a fundraiser for a tree-planting project
(cc)	two of the live recordings of "Walkin' Blues" may be from the same night - those on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)." Because this isn't certain, I have included both in the total of recordings and the percentage.
(dd)	the single version of "Truckin'" is included as a bonus track on "American Beauty" on the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(ee)	the CD "Birth Of The Dead" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" includes two studio versions, one with vocals, one without. The additional recording of Stealin' was released on "Historic Dead"
(ff)	the studio version is a jam, included as a bonus track on "Aoxomoxoa" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(gg)	the single version of "Born Cross-Eyed" is included as a bonus track on "Anthem Of The Sun" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973"
(hh)	the same studio version is on the box sets "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" and "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(jj)	the video version of "Eyes Of The World" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(kk)	longish excerpts from live recordings of "Viola Lee Blues", "Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Big Boss Man" from the Fillmore in 1967 are on the "Grateful Dead Documentary" CD
(ll)	the performance of "Casey Jones" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as that on "Steal Your Face"
(mm)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately" and "The Mighty Quinn" were issued on a bonus disc with early copies of "Postcards Of The Hanging"
(nn)	the video of "Hard To Handle" is on "Backstage Pass." The audio on that comes from the same show (29 April 1971) as "Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead", though the video footage comes from a variety of other shows.
(oo)	a version of "The Wheel" from 9 September 1982 was included on a limited edition CD "Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artworks."
(pp)	the live Grateful Dead recordings of "The Mighty Quinn", "Visions of Johanna" and "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" include those on the album Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan
(qq)	the additional recordings of "Touch Of Grey" are on "ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol 11" and "The Music Never Stopped: Music From The Motion Picture"
(rr)	the additional recording of "Dark Star" is from 16 Aug 1969, released on "Woodstock--40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm"
(ss)	the additional recording of "Sugar Magnolia" is from 26 Apr 1971, released on "Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective"
(tt)	the additional recording of "Not Fade Away" is from 19 May 1974, released on "Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour Vol 2"
(uu)	the additional recordings of "Truckin'" were released on "Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour Vol 2" and "The Music Never Stopped: Music From The Motion Picture"
(vv)	the additional recordings of "Box Of Rain" and "Cardboard Cowboy" were included on a CD given away with some copies of Phil Lesh's book "Searching For The Sound"