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 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,

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SONG TITLE	Live Rec's	Times Played	Percent	Studio Rec's	Video Rec's	Jams	Other Recs	Notes
Playing In The Band	155	582	26.6	2	7	1		(b)
Sugar Magnolia	139	594	23.4	1	5		1	(ss)
The Other One	123	583	21.1		5	2		(a)
Me And My Uncle	121	616	19.6		3
China Cat Sunflower	120	554	21.7	1	7	7
Not Fade Away	119	531	22.4	1	7		1	(tt)
I Know You Rider	117	550	21.3	2	6			(v)
Truckin'	116	519	22.4	1	5		2	(dd)(uu)
Jack Straw	115	473	24.3		3
Big River	100	397	25.2		3
Bertha	100	394	25.4		4		1	(aa)
Tennessee Jed	97	433	22.4		1
Good Lovin'	94	428	22.0		3
Deal	93	423	22.0	1	4			(j)
The Promised Land	92	427	21.5	1	2
Brown Eyed Women	91	347	26.2				2	(f)
Eyes Of The World	90	381	23.6	1	1			(jj)
El Paso	89	388	22.9		1
Beat It On Down The Line	87	325	26.8	1
Sugaree	84	357	23.5	1			1	(j)(bb)
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad	83	293	28.3		2
Looks Like Rain	81	417	19.4	1	3			(l)
Estimated Prophet	81	390	20.8	1	5
Wharf Rat	80	394	20.3		3
Mexicali Blues	79	435	18.2	1	3			(l)
Casey Jones	79	312	25.3	1	1		2	(h)(ll)
One More Saturday Night	78	340	22.9	1	2			(l)
Dark Star	77	219	35.2	1	5	2	1	(c)(rr)
Scarlet Begonias	74	316	23.4	1	4
Around And Around	73	418	17.5		1
Loser	73	345	21.2	1	1			(j)
Uncle John's Band	73	332	22.0	1	6	1
Samson And Delilah	71	364	19.5	1	3
New Minglewood Blues	70	435	16.1	2	4
He's Gone	68	328	20.7		2
Ramble On Rose	67	316	21.2		2
Johnny B Goode	65	284	22.9		3		1	(h)
Row Jimmy	64	274	23.4	1	4
Let It Grow	63	276	22.8	2	3			(d)
Morning Dew	63	254	24.8	1	2
U.S.Blues	60	323	18.6	1	2
Stella Blue	59	328	18.0	1	3
Cassidy	58	334	17.4	1	3			(l)
The Music Never Stopped	57	234	24.4	1	2
Cumberland Blues	57	223	25.6	1	1
Mississippi Half-Step	55	234	23.5	1	1
Greatest Story Ever Told	54	280	19.3	2	3			(k)
Black Peter	53	343	15.5	1	1
Black Throated Wind	53	158	33.5	1	1			(l)
They Love Each Other	52	227	22.9	1				(i)
Terrapin Station	50	302	16.6	1	6			(e)
Cold Rain And Snow	50	241	20.7	3	3			(ee)
Saint Stephen	50	165	30.3	2	1
Turn On Your Lovelight	49	341	14.4
Lady With A Fan	48	301	15.9	1	7			(e)
Friend Of The Devil	47	304	15.5	1	4
Fire On The Mountain	47	253	18.6	2	5			(x)
Bird Song	43	296	14.5	1	4			(j)
Dancing In The Street	43	123	35.0	1			1	(n)
Mama Tried	41	302	13.6		2
Dire Wolf	41	226	18.1	1	1
Big Railroad Blues	41	175	23.4
It Must Have Been The Roses	42	159	26.4	1				(i)
Ship Of Fools	40	225	17.8	1	1
Peggy-O	39	265	14.7	2
Candyman	38	277	13.7	1	2
Franklin's Tower	37	221	16.7	1	2
Me And Bobby McGee	33	118	29.7
China Doll	35	114	30.7	2	1
The Wheel	34	258	13.2	1	1		1	(j)(oo)
Supplication	34	113	30.1			1
Lazy Lightnin'	33	111	29.7
Cryptical Envelopment	31	132	23.5
Mister Charlie	31	48	64.6
Don't Ease Me In	30	316	9.5	3	2			(ee)
Brokedown Palace	30	215	14.0	1
Big Boss Man	29	71	40.8		1		1	(kk)
Weather Report Suite Prelude	29	52	55.8	2
Next Time You See Me	28	72	38.9
I Need A Miracle	27	271	10.0	1	4
Slipknot	26	112	23.2	1	1
Help On The Way	26	110	23.6	1	1
High Time	26	133	19.5	1
Weather Report Suite Part 1	26	47	55.3	2
The Eleven	25	93	26.9	1		2		(ff)
Throwing Stones	24	265	9.1	1	3
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)
Little Red Rooster	22	272	8.1		3
Shakedown Street	22	163	13.5	1	4
Jack-a-Roe	22	115	19.1	1	2
Passenger	22	98	22.4	1			1	(g)
Chinatown Shuffle	22	28	78.6
Comes A Time	21	66	31.8	1				(i)
It Hurts Me Too	21	47	44.7		1		1	(n)
Saint Of Circumstance	20	222	9.0	1	2
It's All Over Now	20	160	12.5		3
Hard To Handle	20	105	19.0		2			(kk)
Althea	19	272	7.0	1				(w)
Feel Like A Stranger	19	207	9.2	1	1
Iko Iko	19	185	10.3	1	3
Box Of Rain	19	161	11.8	1	1		1	(z)(vv)
Here Comes Sunshine	19	65	21.2	1
The Race Is On	19	59	32.2
Hell In A Bucket	18	216	8.3	1	3
Loose Lucy	17	98	17.3	2
Lost Sailor	16	145	11.0	1	1
Crazy Fingers	16	144	11.1	1
When I Paint My Masterpiece	16	144	11.1		4
Might As Well	16	111	14.4	1				(i)
Touch Of Grey	15	213	7.0	2	4		2	(qq)
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	14	199	7.5		2
Sing Me Back Home	15	39	38.5		1
Stagger Lee	14	146	9.6	1	2
Walkin' Blues	14	139	10.1		1			(cc)
Dupree's Diamond Blues	14	80	17.5	1
To Lay Me Down	14	63	22.2	3	1			(j)
Alabama Getaway	13	141	9.2	1			1
Alligator	13	63	20.6				1	(g)
Cosmic Charley	13	41	31.7	1
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)
C.C.Rider	12	127	9.4
Foolish Heart	12	87	13.8	1	1
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	12	62	19.4	1			1	(o)
Dear Mr Fantasy	12	58	20.7		1
Queen Jane Approximately	11	129	8.5				2	(m)(mm)
All Along The Watchtower	11	123	8.9		1		1	(m)
Death Don't Have No Mercy	11	49	22.4	1
New Potato Caboose	11	26	42.3
West L.A. Fadeaway	10	140	7.1	2	4
Victim Or The Crime	10	96	10.4	1	1
Picasso Moon	10	77	13.0	1
Easy To Love You	10	45	22.2	1	1
Sitting On Top Of The World	10	44	22.7	1			1	(kk)
Viola Lee Blues	10	32	31.3	1			1	(kk)
Mason's Children	10	18	55.6	1
My Brother Esau	9	104	8.7	1	2
Memphis Blues	9	76	11.8		1
Deep Elem Blues	9	45	20.0		1
Easy Wind	9	44	20.5	1	1
Doin' That Rag	9	37	24.3	1
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)	9	12	75.0
Gimme Some Lovin'	8	87	9.2		1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	8	76	10.5		2		1	(m)
Standing On The Moon	8	75	10.7	1	3
New Speedway Boogie	8	55	14.5	2	1
In The Midnight Hour	8	46	17.4				1	(n)
I'm A King Bee	8	38	21.1
Dark Hollow	8	29	27.6
Wang Dang Doodle	7	95	7.4		2
Smokestack Lightning	7	60	11.7
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	7	58	12.1		1
Attics Of My Life	7	48	14.6	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
Keep Your Day Job	6	57	10.5
Ripple	6	39	15.4	1	1
Hey Jude Finale	6	28	21.4					(u)
Blow Away	6	23	26.1	1	1
We Can Run	6	22	27.3	1	1
Nobody's Fault But Mine	6	16	37.5	1		1
Far From Me	5	74	6.8	1	1
Liberty	5	56	8.9
The Same Thing	5	45	11.1				1	(o)
Hey Pocky Way	5	25	20.0		2
Built To Last	5	18	27.8	1	1
He Was A Friend Of Mine	5	17	29.4
You Ain't Woman Enough	5	15	33.3
Wave That Flag	5	15	33.3
Mountains Of The Moon	5	12	41.7	1	1
The Last Time	4	70	5.7
Black Muddy River	4	66	6.1	2
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
Maggie's Farm	4	43	9.3		1
Never Trust A Woman	3	42	9.5
The Weight	4	41	9.8
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
Ain't It Crazy	4	12	33.3				1
Werewolves Of London	4	12	33.3
She Belongs To Me	4	10	40.0		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)
Desolation Row	3	58	5.2		1
Spoonful	3	52	5.8
Let The Good Times Roll	3	47	6.4		2
Days Between	3	41	7.3	1
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
It Takes A ... Train To Cry	3	7	42.9
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
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)
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
Lazy River Road	1	65	1.5	1
Easy Answers	1	44	2.3					(r)
Eternity	1	44	2.3	1
I Fought The Law	1	36	2.8
From The Heart Of Me	1	26	3.8	1	1
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
Believe It Or Not	1	7	14.3	1
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
Hey Little One	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
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	0	19	0
If The Shoe Fits	0	17	0
Childhood's End	0	11	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"