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So Many Roads (1965–1995)

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So Many Roads (1965–1995)
Live album by
Grateful Dead
ReleasedNovember 7, 1999
RecordedNovember 3, 1965 – July 9, 1995
GenreJam, folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length386:22
LabelArista (1999)
Rhino Records (2004)
Grateful Dead chronology
Dick's Picks Volume 15
(1999) 		So Many Roads (1965–1995)
(1999) 		Dick's Picks Volume 16
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

So Many Roads (1965–1995) is a five-disc box set by the Grateful Dead. Primarily consisting of concert recordings from different periods of the band's history, it also contains several songs recorded in the studio. All but one of the forty-two tracks (forty-seven songs; duration: 6 hours, 26 minutes) were previously unreleased. The album was released on November 7, 1999. It was certified a gold record by the RIAA on April 12, 2000.[4]

The title of the album comes from the Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter song of the same name; the version included is from the group's final concert. A single disc sampler called So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler was released to various media outlets.

After track two, the fifth disc contains live or rehearsal versions of songs that apparently would have gone into the making of the band's never finished 14th studio album.

Of particular interest to many DeadHeads, many of whom are attracted to the Grateful Dead for the often improvisational nature of their live performances, So Many Roads (1965–1995) contains six "jams":

  1. Disc two, track two: "Beautiful Jam" - 4:33
  2. Disc two, track five: "Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam" – 19:29
  3. Disc two, track six:
    "Dark Star Jam" - 8:28 →
    "Spanish Jam" - 4:10 →
    "U.S. Blues" - 6:50
  4. Disc four, track nine: "Jam out of Terrapin" – 5:20
  5. Disc five, track two: "Jam Out Of Foolish Heart" – 5:57
  6. Disc five, track seven: "Jam into Days Between" – 7:04

In addition, there are many significantly extended tracks, including fourteen tracks over ten minutes long, and two tracks over twenty minutes long ("Dark Star / China Cat Sunflower /The Eleven", on Disc One, and "That's It for the Other One", on Disc Two.

Track listing

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Disc one

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  1. "Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead)  – 2:59
    • Live, Autumn Records, Nov 3, 1965
  2. "Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (Grateful Dead)  – 3:12
  3. "You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead)  – 3:55
  4. "On The Road Again" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) – 2:49
    • Los Angeles, California, 1966-03-12
  5. "Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 5:37
    • Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 1966-07-16[c]
  6. "I Know You Rider" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) – 4:15[d]
  7. "The Same Thing" (Willie Dixon) – 11:37
  8. "Dark Star" (Grateful Dead/Hunter) – 7:22 →
    "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia/Hunter) – 4:39 →
    "The Eleven" (Lesh/Hunter) – 13:24
  9. "Clementine" (Lesh/Hunter) – 7:48
  10. "Mason's Children" (Garcia/Lesh/Weir/Hunter)  – 3:39
  11. "To Lay Me Down" (Garcia/Hunter)  – 4:00

Notes

  1. ^ Later released on Birth of the Dead. Recorded using the band's short-lived name "Emergency Crew"
  2. ^ Edited version of the performance
  3. ^ a b More from this concert released on Birth of the Dead
  4. ^ Originally released on Vintage Dead

Disc two

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  1. "That's It For The Other One" (Grateful Dead) – 19:34[a]
  2. "Beautiful Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:33
  3. "Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron McKernan) – 3:00
  4. "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) – 10:30
  5. "Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 19:29
  6. "Dark Star Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:28 →
    "Spanish Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:10 →
    "U.S. Blues" (Garcia/Hunter) – 6:50

Notes

  1. ^ Later released with complete concert on Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
  2. ^ Later released with complete concert on American Beauty (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
  3. ^ Later released with complete concert on Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
  4. ^ Later released with complete concert on Sunshine Daydream
  5. ^ Later released with complete concert on Dave's Picks Volume 34

Disc three

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  1. "Eyes of the World" (Garcia/Hunter) – 18:14
    • Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 1974-10-19[a]
  2. "The Wheel" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:30
  3. "Stella Blue" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:38
  4. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow/Weir) – 11:36
  5. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow/Weir) – 7:24
  6. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia/Hunter) – 17:23

Notes

  1. ^ Later released in edited form on The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
  2. ^ Edited version of the performance
  3. ^ More tracks from this date previously released on Reckoning

Disc four

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  1. "Cassidy" (Weir/Barlow) – 5:56
  2. "Hey Pocky Way" (Modeliste/Neville/Nocentelli/Porter) – 6:00
  3. "Believe It Or Not" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:09
  4. "Playing In The Band" (Hart/Hunter/Weir) – 12:24
  5. "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" (Barlow/Mydland) – 4:48
  6. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) – 6:39
  7. "Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia/Hunter) – 8:10 →
    "Fire on the Mountain" (Hart/Hunter) – 11:24
  8. "Bird Song" (Garcia/Hunter) – 13:06
  9. "Jam out of Terrapin" (Grateful Dead) – 5:20

Notes

  1. ^ Later released with complete concert on Spring 1990
  2. ^ Later released with complete concert on Spring 1990 (The Other One) & Wake Up to Find Out
  3. ^ Branford Marsalis sat in with the band for this song.

Disc five

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  1. "Terrapin Station" (Garcia/Hunter) – 13:43
  2. "Jam Out Of Foolish Heart" (Grateful Dead) – 5:57
    • Madison Square Garden, New York 1990-09-18
  3. "Way To Go Home" (Bralove/Hunter/Welnick) – 6:24
  4. "Liberty" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:56
  5. "Lazy River Road" (Garcia/Hunter) – 6:56
  6. "Eternity" (Dixon/Wasserman/Weir) – 7:35
    • (tracks 5–6 studio recordings) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18
  7. "Jam into Days Between" (Grateful Dead) – 7:04
    • (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-09
  8. "Days Between" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:05
    • (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18
  9. "Whiskey in the Jar" (Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:18
    • (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-16
  10. "So Many Roads" (Garcia/Hunter) – 9:24

Notes

  1. ^ This performance also used for the "Liberty" music video (see View from the Vault, Volume Two)
  2. ^ Edited version of the performance

Personnel

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So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler

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So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler
Compilation album by
The Grateful Dead
ReleasedNovember 1999
RecordedJuly 16, 1966 – March 30, 1994
GenreRock
LabelGrateful Dead Records

So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler was a promotional sampler for the box set So Many Roads (1965–1995). This promo disc was released prior to the release of the box set. "Passenger" was omitted from the final box set release due to lack of space. This track does, however, appear on Dick's Picks Volume 29.

Track listing

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  1. "Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 5:37
  2. "You Don't Have To Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:55
  3. "Mason's Children" (Garcia/Lesh/Weir/Hunter) – 4:08
  4. "Passenger" (Peter Monk, Lesh) – 4:16
  5. "Estimated Prophet" (Barlow/Weir) – 11:36
  6. "The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow/Weir) – 7:24
  7. "Shakedown Street" (Garcia/Hunter) – 17:23
  8. "Jam Out Of Terrapin" (Grateful Dead) – 5:20
  9. "Liberty" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:56
  10. "Eternity" (Dixon/Wasserman/Weir) – 7:35

Charts

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Chart (1999) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 170

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlman, William. "So Many Roads (1965–1995)". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Moon, Tom (December 9, 1999). So Many Roads (1965–1995), Rolling Stone
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  4. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database-So Many Roads". Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  5. ^ So Many Roads Chart History, Billboard
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