In typical Grateful Dead fashion, Grateful Dead have compiled 60 hours’ worth of live albums to celebrate their 60th anniversary with a 60xCD box set. Out May 30, Enjoying the Ride comprises recordings of sets played between 1969 and 1994, including at Winterland Ballroom and Madison Square Garden; “virtually” all of the music is previously unreleased, according to a press release. Among the 20 shows, amounting to some 450 songs, are 17 concerts presented in full. An abridged version, The Music Never Stopped, compiles at least one song from each venue across three CDs or six LPs. That’s out via Rhino on May 30. Find three newly released live songs below.
Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux, who curated the set, said in the press release, “Going to see the Grateful Dead, following them from city to city, was likened to the modern equivalent of running away and joining the circus. These 20 venues are where the circus took us, and the show was something we never wanted to miss.”
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The Music Never Stopped (Live):
01 The Music Never Stopped (Live at Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, 5/13/1978)
02 Althea (Live at Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, 3/14/1981)
03 Playing in the Band (Live at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, 3/16/1973)
04 Hard to Handle (Live at Fillmore East, New York, NY, 4/25/1971)
05 Wharf Rat (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 9/16/1987)
06 Doin’ That Rag (Live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, 6/5/1969)
07 My Brother Esau (Live at Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 8/20/1983)
08 Deal (Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, 5/12/1991)
01 Scarlet Begonias (Live at Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 7/13/1984)
02 Touch of Grey (Live at Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 7/13/1984)
03 Fire on the Mountain (Live at Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 7/13/1984)
04 Lazy Lightning (Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, 8/23/1980)
05 Supplication (Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, 8/23/1980)
06 Attics of My Life (Live at Boston Garden, Boston, MA, 10/3/1994)
07 Estimated Prophet (Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, 8/12/1979)
08 Eyes of the World (Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, 8/12/1979)
09 Brown-Eyed Women (Live at Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 3/20/1977)
01 Truckin’ (Live at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, 7/15/1989)
02 Smokestock Lightnin’ (Live at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, 7/15/1989)
03 Big Boy Pete (Live at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, 11/21/1985)
04 Bird Song (Live at Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, 9/15/1972)
05 Let It Grow (Live at Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, 5/1/1981)
06 Black Muddy River (Live at Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, 12/27/1989)
07 Days Between (Live at Capital Centre, Landover, MD, 3/17/1993)
08 Not Fade Away (Live at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/20/1971)
09 Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad (Live at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/20/1971)
10 Not Fade Away (Reprise) (Live at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, 2/20/1971)
