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So Many Roads (1965–1995)

Grateful Dead · 1999

388 min · 42 tracks · psychedelic rock

A sprawling collection of live recordings that captures the Grateful Dead's improvisational spirit and eclectic sound.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • sprawling improvisational soundscapes
  • dynamic journey with peaks
  • wave-like pacing through tracks
  • extended jams for deep listening
  • nostalgic live performance energy

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer concise, standalone tracks
  • seek immediate gratification

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 1999, 'So Many Roads (1965–1995)' arrived after the death of frontman Jerry Garcia, serving as a retrospective of the band's influential career. It compiles performances from their early days through to the mid-90s, showcasing the evolution of their sound and their commitment to live improvisation.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Can’t Come Down (Autumn Records 11‐3‐65) 2:59
  • 2 Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (Autumn Records 11‐3‐65) 3:13
  • 3 You Don’t Have to Ask (San Francisco 7‐16‐66) 3:54
  • 4 On the Road Again (1966) 2:44
  • 5 Cream Puff War (San Francisco 7‐16‐66) 5:39
  • 6 I Know You Rider (San Francisco 1966) 4:22
  • 7 The Same Thing (San Francisco 3‐18‐67) 11:40
  • 8 Dark Star / China Cat Sunflower / The Eleven (San Francisco 3‐16‐68) 25:28
  • 9 Clementine (Portland, Oregon 2‐2‐68) 7:52
  • 10 Mason’s Children (1970) 3:39
  • 11 To Lay Me Down (1970) 5:39

Disc 2

  • 1 That’s It for the Other One (San Francisco 2‐27‐69) 20:55
  • 2 Beautiful Jam (Port Chester, New York 2‐18‐71) 4:41
  • 3 Chinatown Shuffle (Rotterdam 5‐11‐72) 2:57
  • 4 Sing Me Back Home (Veneta, Oregon 8‐27‐72) 10:28
  • 5 Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam (7‐27‐73) 18:33
  • 6 Dark Star Jam / Spanish Jam / U.S. Blues (Miami 6‐23‐74) 18:59

Disc 3

  • 1 Eyes of the World (San Francisco 10‐19‐74) 18:32
  • 2 The Wheel (Chicago 6‐29‐76) 11:17
  • 3 Stella Blue (Lexington, Kentucky 4‐21‐78) 11:39
  • 4 Estimated Prophet (Morrison, Colorado 8‐12‐79) 10:55
  • 5 The Music Never Stopped (San Francisco 10‐14‐80) 7:26
  • 6 Shakedown Street (San Francisco 12‐31‐84) 17:25

Disc 4

  • 1 Cassidy (East Rutheford, New Jersey 11‐10‐85) 5:50
  • 2 Hey Pocky Way (Greensboro, North Carolina 03‐31‐89) 6:05
  • 3 Believe It or Not (1988) 5:07
  • 4 Playing in the Band (Monterey, California 7‐29‐88) 12:26
  • 5 Gentlemen, Start Your Engines (1988) 4:12
  • 6 Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Mountain View, California 9‐29‐89) 6:44
  • 7 Scarlet Begonias / Fire on the Mountain (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 3‐22‐90) 19:38
  • 8 Bird Song (Uniondale, New York 3‐29‐90) 13:09
  • 9 Jam out of Terrapin (Richfield, Ohio 9‐8‐90) 5:08

Disc 5

  • 1 Terrapin Station (New York City 9‐12‐91) 12:38
  • 2 Jam out of Foolish Heart (New York City 9‐18‐90) 5:27
  • 3 Way to Go Home (Auburn Hills, Michigan 7‐31‐94) 6:30
  • 4 Liberty (Atlanta 3‐30‐94) 6:00
  • 5 Lazy River Road (rehearsal 2‐18‐93) 7:00
  • 6 Eternity (rehearsal 2‐18‐93) 7:37
  • 7 Jam Into Days Between (rehearsal 2‐9‐93) 7:08
  • 8 Days Between (rehearsal 2‐18‐93) 11:02
  • 9 Whiskey in the Jar (rehearsal 2‐16‐93) 5:17
  • 10 So Many Roads (Chicago 7‐9‐95) 9:57

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