Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)

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Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)
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Artist: Grateful Dead
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Music Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
  2. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
  3. Row Jimmy
  4. Stella Blue
  5. Here Comes the Sunshine
  6. Eyes of the World
  7. Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part 1/Part 2
  8. Eyes of the World [Live][*]
  9. Weather Report Suite: Prelude/Part 1/Part 2/ [Studio Acoustic Demo][*]
  10. China Doll [Studio Outtake][*]
Music CD 2
  1. U.S. Blues
  2. China Doll
  3. Unbroken Chain
  4. Loose Lucy
  5. Scarlet Begonias
  6. Pride of Cucamonga
  7. Money Money
  8. Ship of Fools
  9. Loose Lucy [Studio Outtake][*]
  10. Scarlet Begonias [Live][*]
  11. Money Money [Live][*]
  12. Wave That Flag [Live][*]
  13. Let It Rock [Live][*]
  14. Pride of Cucamonga [Studio Acoustic Demo][*]
  15. Unbroken Chain [Studio Acoustic Demo][*]
Music CD 3
  1. Help on the Way/Slipknot!
  2. Franklin's Twoer
  3. King Solomon's Marbles, Pt. 1: Stronger Than Dirt/King Solomon's ...
  4. The Music Never Stopped
  5. Crazy Fingers
  6. Sage & Spirit
  7. Blue for Allah/Sand Castles & Glass Camels/Unusal Occurences in ...
  8. Groove #1 [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  9. Groove #2 [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  10. Distorto [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  11. A to E Flat Jam [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  12. Proto 18 Proper [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  13. Hollywood Cantata [Studio Outtake][*]
Music CD 4
  1. Estimated Prophet
  2. Dancing in the Streets
  3. Passenger
  4. Samson & Delilah
  5. Sunrise
  6. Terrapin Station, Pt. 1: Lady With a Fan/Terrapin Station/Terrapin
  7. Peggy-O [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  8. The Ascent [Studio Outtake][*][Instrumental]
  9. Catfish John [Studio Outtake][*]
  10. Equinox [Studio Outtake][*]
  11. Fire on the Mountain [Studio Outtake][*]
  12. Dancing in the Streets [Live][*]
Music CD 5
  1. Good Lovin'
  2. France
  3. Shakedown Street
  4. Serengetti
  5. Fire on the Mountain
  6. I Need a Miracle
  7. From the Heart of Me
  8. Stagger Lee
  9. All New Minglewood Blues
  10. If I Had the World to Give
  11. Good Lovin' [Studio Outtake][*]
  12. Ollin Arageed [Live][*]
  13. Fire on the Mountain [Live][*]
  14. Stagger Lee [Live][*]
  15. All New Minglewood Blues [Live][*]
Music CD 6
  1. Alabama Getaway
  2. Far from Me
  3. Althea
  4. Feel Like a Stranger
  5. Lost Sailor
  6. Saint of Circumstance
  7. Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)
  8. Easy to Love You
  9. Don't Ease Me In
  10. Peggy-O [Studio Outtake][*]
  11. What'll You Raise [Studio Outtake][*]
  12. Jack-A-Roe [Studio Outtake][*]
  13. Althea [Live]
  14. Lost Sailor [Live]
  15. Saint of Circumstance [Live]
Music CD 7
  1. Dire Wolf
  2. The Race Is On
  3. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
  4. It Must Have Been the Roses
  5. Dark Hollow
  6. China Doll
  7. Been All Around This World
  8. Monkey and the Engineer
  9. Jack-A-Roe
  10. Deep Elem Blues
  11. Cassidy
  12. To Lay Me Down
  13. Rosalie McFall
  14. On the Road Again
  15. Bird Song
  16. Ripple
Music CD 8
  1. To Lay Me Down [Studio Rehearsal][*]
  2. Iko Iko [Live][*]
  3. Heaven Help the Fool [Live][*]
  4. El Paso [Live][*]
  5. Sage & Spirit [Live][*]
  6. Little Sadie [Live][*]
  7. It Must Have Been the Roses [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  8. Dark Hollow [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  9. Jack-A-Roe [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  10. Cassidy [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  11. China Doll [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  12. Monkey and the Engineer [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  13. Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
  14. Ripple [Alternate Live Version [Live]
  15. Tom Dooley [Live][*]
  16. Deep Elem Blues [Alternate Live Version][Live][*]
Music CD 9
  1. Samson and Delilah [Live]
  2. Friend of the Devil [Live]
  3. New Minglewood Blues [Live]
  4. Deal [Live]
  5. Candyman [Live]
  6. Little Red Rooster [Live]
  7. Loser [Live]
  8. Passenger [Live]
  9. Feel Like a Stranger [Live]
  10. Franklin's Tower [Live]
  11. Rhythm Devils [Live]
  12. Space [Live]
  13. Fire on the Mountain [Live]
  14. Greatest Story Ever Told [Live]
  15. Brokedown Palace [Live]
Music CD 10
  1. Let It Grow [Live][*]
  2. Sugaree [Live [Live]
  3. C.C. Rider [Live][*]
  4. Row Jimmy [Live][*]
  5. Lazy Lightnin' [Live][*]
  6. Supplication [Live][*]
  7. High Time [Live][*]
  8. Jack Straw [Live][*]
  9. Shakedown Street [Live][*]
  10. Not Fade Away [Live][*]
Music CD 11
  1. Touch of Grey
  2. Hell in a Bucket
  3. When Push Comes to Shove
  4. West L.A. Fadeaway
  5. Tons of Steel
  6. Throwing Stones
  7. Black Muddy River
  8. My Brother Esau (Single B-Side) [*]
  9. West L.A. Fadeaway [Alternate Version, 1984][*]
  10. Black Muddy River [Studio Rehearsal][*]
  11. When Push Comes to Shove [Studio Rehearsal][*]
  12. Touch of Grey [Studio Rehearsal][*]
  13. Throwing Stones [Live]
Music CD 12
  1. Foolish Heart
  2. Just a Little Light
  3. Built to Last
  4. Blow Away
  5. Victim or the Crime
  6. We Can Run
  7. Standing on the Moon
  8. Picasso Moon
  9. I Will Take You Home
  10. Foolish Heart [Live][*]
  11. Blow Away [Live][*]
  12. California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On) [Live][*]

Music reviews of Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)

Music Review: Nice boxset if you don't already own the individual albums
Rating: 5 Stars

NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS THE FIRST BOXSET, THE GOLDEN ROAD.

This boxset consists of the 10 Grateful Dead albums from 1973 to 1989, plus two bonus CD's. Covered are:
Wake of the Flood
Mars Hotel
Blues For Allah
Terrapin Station
Shakedown Street
Reckoning (with bonus CD)
Dead Set (with bonus CD)
Go To Heaven
Built to Last
In The Dark

Interesting to note that Steal Your Face was not include in either of the two Grateful Dead boxsets (this one or Golden Road). Apparently the band did not think much of that album.

Each each album has bonus material added to it, to get the total time as close to 80 minutes as possible. The bonus material is hit and miss. On some albums, it is new and refreshing music. On Dead Set, the bonus CD is better than the original. On other CD's, it is just alternative takes, or live versions of the same songs as the original album.

Each album comes in a very nice cardboard sleeve. However, they don't have the extensive liner notes like the CD's in the Golden Road had. But there are two booklets included, one that talks about each album.

The CD's have been remastered with HDCD. The sound quality is excellent. Some of the original CD's, like Dead Set were poorly done. But others, like Built To Last had great sound from the beginning. To fully enjoy HDCD, you need a player that designed for the enhancements. But, supposedly, HDCD will sound better even on a standard CD player.

Currently, these remastered versions are only available in this boxset. If you want to get one of these albums individually, you would either have to buy the original CD used, or a very expensive Japanese import. In either case, you wouldn't get the bonus material.

The first 3 albums, Wake of The Flood, Mars Hotel and Blues for Allah are fantastic and rate up there with any Grateful Dead studio album. Wake of the Flood is my favorite Dead album, with a breakout performance from Bob Wier.

I have always enjoyed Terrapin Station and Shakedown Street. They may not be classics, but they contain some very good songs. The song Terrapin Station is an oddity for the Dead. It is actually much better and longer on the studio album, then any version they have done in concert.

Reckoning and Dead Set are live albums taken from 1980 shows. Back then, the Dead were doing an acoustic set at their shows. Reckoning is the Dead unplugged. It has some very nice versions of rarely played songs. Although it does drag at times. Dead Set is the electric album. It has some nice tight but energetic performances. But only about half of the songs are anything special. Each of those albums contain a bonus disc, that includes music in the same vain as the original album. In the case of Dead Set, the bonus disc is much better than the original.

The last three discs come after the Grateful Dead became famous for their concert tours. This was the time that Dead became the top grossing live act in the world. Previously, the Deadheads knew who the band was, but now everybody knew. These CD's are hit and miss. They also have some of the worst bonus material in the boxset.

If you already have most of these albums, you might not want to shell out the bucks for this. I don't know if the bonus material and improved sound quality are worth it. If you don't have these albums, and you are any type of Grateful Dead fan, this is a great boxset to get.
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Description of Grateful Dead: Beyond Description (1973-1989)

This monumental 12-disc assemblage presents the band's amazing, long strange trip from 1973 to 1989, encompassing the albums released on their own Grateful Dead Records label and later Arista. It's an essential companion piece on Rhino's first 12-CD Dead box, The Golden Road (1965-1973), which spotlighted the entirety of their early Warner Brothers output and concurrent evolution from a scruffy hippie outfit in the Haight to one of the biggest bands on the planet. Including studio masterpieces and live landmarks alike, Beyond Description enhances this repertoire with the sonic brilliance of 2004 mastering technology and a wealth of newly discovered supplemental material. It's an extraordinary portrait of a legendary band.
As the Grateful Dead story continues with this 12-disc sequel to the equally outsized The Golden Road (1965-1973), the band leaves the relative comfort of the '60s (hey, it suited them just fine) and heads into a period that will provide them with greater rewards as a performing outfit, and greater challenges as a studio entity. The post-'60s Dead floundered nearly as often as they soared--at times haphazardly trying to play the game as defined by more disciplined bands of the '70s and '80s, at other times succeeding almost in spite of themselves. This was a time when they allied themselves with such unlikely coconspirators as hit-minded mogul Clive Davis (after their own label fell by the way) and Fleetwood Mac producer Keith Olsen. They consciously reached for commercial gold and fell short, then found it on their own terms--by recording the 1987 studio album In the Dark in a vacant auditorium.

As with the first Rhino box, Beyond Description (1973-1989) gets the kind of state-of-the-art remastering one would expect from the sonically ambitious bunch. Again, each disc is fleshed out with smartly selected outtakes, demos, and live recordings. Two thoroughly annotated and strikingly illustrated booklets pull the package together. This is where the long, strange trip leads, and if there were some wrong turns along the way, so be it. That's what happens when you don't follow the map. --Steven Stolder

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