Enjoying The Ride

A box set of shows from 20 favourite venues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. It includes 17 complete shows (plus filler from other shows at the same venue). The remaining three venues (Fillmore West, Fillmore East, and Boston Music Hall) are represented by selections from multiple performances at the venue.

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A 4CD compilation, The Music Never Stopped, with one track from each show, is also being released.

The shows in the box set are:

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA (5 Apr 1969) (Cassette - bonus venue)
Side 1
Dupree's Diamond Blues > 
Mountains Of The Moon > 
Dark Star > 
Saint Stephen > 
Side 2
Turn On Your Lovelight 
China Cat Sunflower > 
Doin' That Rag 

Venue 1: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (drawn from 5, 7 and 8 Jun 1969)
5 June 1969
Disc 1
Morning Dew 
Me And My Uncle 
Doin' That Rag > 
He Was A Friend Of Mine 
Hard To Handle 
Cosmic Charlie 
Cryptical Envelopment > 
Drums > 
The Other One > 
Cryptical Envelopment 
Disc 2
China Cat Sunflower 
Sitting On Top Of The World 
Dark Star (note 1)
7 June 1969
Dire Wolf 
Dupree's Diamond Blues 
Mountains Of The Moon 
Dark Star 
8 June 1969
Disc 3
Dancing In The Street 
He Was A Friend Of Mine (note 3)
China Cat Sunflower (note 3)
New Potato Caboose (note 2) (note 3)
Me And My Uncle 
Cryptical Envelopment > 
Drums > 
The Other One > 
Cosmic Charlie 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2010)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2015)
(3) also released on Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings (bonus disc).

Venue 2: Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (24 Feb 1971 - plus filler from 20 Feb)
Disc 4
Casey Jones 
Me And My Uncle 
Cumberland Blues 
Next Time You See Me 
Bird Song (note 1)
Me And Bobby McGee 
Bertha 
Hard To Handle 
Loser 
Playing In The Band 
Good Lovin' 
Disc 5
Sugar Magnolia (note 2)
I'm A King Bee 
Greatest Story Ever Told > 
Johnny B Goode 
Deal 
New Minglewood Blues (note 3)
Truckin' 
Not Fade Away > 
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 
Not Fade Away > 
Turn On Your Lovelight 
20 Feb 1971
Disc 6
Hard To Handle 
Cryptical Envelopment > 
Drums > 
The Other One > 
Wharf Rat 
Ripple 
Not Fade Away > 
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 
Not Fade Away > 
Turn On Your Lovelight 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2014) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2020)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2010)
(3) also on 30 Days Of The Dead (2012) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2013)

Venue 3: Fillmore East, New York, NY (drawn from 25 and 27 Apr 1971)
25 Apr 1971
Disc 7
Truckin' 
Loser 
Hard To Handle 
Me And Bobby McGee 
Cold Rain And Snow 
Ain't It Crazy (The Rub) 
Playing In The Band 
Friend Of The Devil 
Casey Jones 
Morning Dew 
Bertha 
Disc 8
Good Lovin' (note 1)
Not Fade Away > 
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 
Not Fade Away 
27 Apr 1971
Truckin' 
Mama Tried 
Bertha 
Next Time You See Me 
Cumberland Blues 
Disc 9
Me And Bobby McGee (note 2)
Loser 
Hard To Handle 
China Cat Sunflower > 
I Know You Rider 
Casey Jones (note 1)
Sugar Magnolia 
Deal 
Me And My Uncle 
Bird Song 
Playing In The Band 
Dire Wolf 
(1) also released on Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead
(2) also released on Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)

Venue 4: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (15 Sep 1972 - plus filler from 16 Sep)
15 Sep 1972
Disc 10
Promised Land 
Sugaree 
Greatest Story Ever Told 
China Cat Sunflower > 
I Know You Rider 
Black Throated Wind 
Tennessee Jed 
El Paso 
Loser 
Jack Straw 
Friend Of The Devil 
Disc 11
Playing In The Band 
Casey Jones 
He's Gone 
Me And My Uncle 
Bird Song 
Mexicali Blues 
Ramble On Rose 
Disc 12
Truckin' > 
Drums > 
The Other One 
16 Sep 1972
Morning Dew > 
Dark Star > (note 1)
Brokedown Palace (note 1)
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2016)

Venue 5: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (16 Mar 1973)
Disc 13
China Cat Sunflower > (note 1)
I Know You Rider (note 1)
Jack Straw 
Wave That Flag 
Looks Like Rain 
Ramble On Rose 
Box Of Rain (note 2)
Beat It On Down The Line 
They Love Each Other 
El Paso 
Row Jimmy 
Mexicali Blues 
Disc 14
Bird Song 
Promised Land > 
Bertha > 
Greatest Story Ever Told 
Loser 
Big River 
Don't Ease Me In 
Me And My Uncle 
Disc 15
Dark Star > 
Truckin' > 
Morning Dew 
Sugar Magnolia 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2015)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2014)

Venue 6: Winterland, San Francisco, CA (20 Mar 1977)
Disc 16
New Minglewood Blues 
Ramble On Rose 
El Paso 
Deal 
Cassidy 
Peggy-O 
Beat It On Down The Line 
Brown-Eyed Women 
Estimated Prophet (note 1)
Scarlet Begonias 
Disc 17
Samson And Delilah 
Row Jimmy 
Promised Land 
Saint Stephen > 
The Other One > 
Stella Blue 
Disc 18
Around And Around 
U.S. Blues 
Lady With A Fan > 
Terrapin Station 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2012)

Venue 7: Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (13 May 1978)
Disc 19
Jack Straw 
Dire Wolf 
Beat It On Down The Line 
Peggy-O 
El Paso 
Row Jimmy 
New Minglewood Blues 
Candyman 
The Music Never Stopped (note 1)
Disc 20
Bertha > 
Good Lovin' 
Lady With A Fan > 
Terrapin Station > 
Playing In The Band > 
Drums 
Disc 21
Truckin' > 
Black Peter > 
Sugar Magnolia 
One More Saturday Night 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2017)

Venue 8: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (12 Aug 1979)

Venue 9: Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (23 Aug 1980, plus filler from 11 Jul)

Venue 10: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (14 Mar 1981)
Disc 28
Feel Like A Stranger 
Sugaree 
Me And My Uncle > 
Big River 
Peggy-O 
C.C. Rider 
Althea (note 1)
Passenger 
China Cat Sunflower > 
I Know You Rider 
Disc 29
Alabama Getaway > 
Greatest Story Ever Told 
Ship Of Fools 
Lost Sailor > 
Saint Of Circumstance > 
Drums 
Disc 30
Space > 
The Other One > 
Stella Blue > 
I Need A Miracle > 
Bertha > 
Good Lovin' 
One More Saturday Night 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2010)

Venue 11: Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (1 May 1981)

Venue 12: Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (20 Aug 1983)

Venue 13: Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (13 Jul 1984)

Venue 14: Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (21 Nov 1985 with filler from 22 Nov)

Venue 15: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY (16 Sep 1987)
Disc 43
Touch Of Grey > 
Scarlet Begonias 
Little Red Rooster 
Dire Wolf (note 1)
My Brother Esau (note 2)
High Time (note 1)
Let It Grow > (note 4)
Don't Ease Me In (note 4)
Disc 44
Bertha > 
Greatest Story Ever Told > 
Devil With The Blue Dress > 
Good Golly Miss Molly > 
Devil With The Blue Dress > 
He's Gone > (note 5)
Drums > 
Space 
Disc 45
Truckin' > 
Wharf Rat > 
Throwing Stones > 
Not Fade Away > 
Black Muddy River 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2021)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2021) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2023)
(3) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2019) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2023)
(4) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2013)
(5) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2020)

Venue 16: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN (15 Jul 1989)
Disc 46
Bertha > 
Greatest Story Ever Told > 
Candyman 
Walkin' Blues 
Peggy-O 
Queen Jane Approximately 
We Can Run 
Bird Song 
Disc 47
Foolish Heart > 
Victim Or The Crime > 
Crazy Fingers > 
Truckin' > (note 1)
Smokestack Lightning > 
Drums 
Disc 48
Space > 
China Doll > 
All Along The Watchtower > 
Stella Blue > 
Sugar Magnolia 
Brokedown Palace 
(1) also released on "The Music Never Stopped: Music From The Motion Picture"

Venue 17: Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA (27 Dec 1989)
Disc 49
Cold Rain And Snow 
Greatest Story Ever Told 
Never Trust A Woman 
Althea 
Me And My Uncle > 
Big River 
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 
Bird Song > 
Promised Land 
Disc 50
Iko Iko 
Playing In The Band > (note 1)
Crazy Fingers > (note 1)
Uncle John's Band > (note 2)
Drums > 
Space 
Disc 51
The Wheel > 
I Need A Miracle > 
Morning Dew 
Johny B. Goode > 
Black Muddy River 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2018) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2022)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2018)

Venue 18: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA (12 May 1991)
Disc 52
Picasso Moon (note 1)
Althea 
C.C. Rider > 
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 
El Paso 
High Time 
Black Throated Wind > (note 2)
Deal (note 2)
Disc 53
Help On The Way > 
Slipknot > 
Franklin's Tower 
Looks Like Rain > 
Lady With A Fan > 
Terrapin Station > 
Drums > 
Disc 54
Space > 
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > 
Throwing Stones > 
Turn On Your Lovelight 
The Weight 
(1) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2016) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2017)
(2) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2018) and 30 Days Of The Dead (2019)

Venue 19: Capital Centre, Landover MD (17 Mar 1993 with filler from 15 Sep 1982 at the same venue))

Venue 20: Boston Garden, Boston, MA (3 Oct 1994)


 


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