Beyond Description (1973–1989)

Album by Grateful Dead

Beyond Description (1973–1989) is a compilation box set by American rock band Grateful Dead, released in 2004. It surveys the band's blend of rock, folk, blues and extended improvisational jams across the period 1973–1989, documenting their shift from late-1960s psychedelia towards more roots-oriented and live-focused performances and placing these years in context within the band's long-running career.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Mississippi Half‐Step Uptown Toodleloo
    5:43
  2. 2.
    Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
    3:19
  3. 3.
    Row Jimmy
    7:15
  4. 4.
    Stella Blue
    6:27
  5. 5.
    Here Comes Sunshine
    4:40
  6. 6.
    Eyes of the World
    5:21
  7. 7.
    Weather Report Suite
    12:42
  8. 8.
    Eyes of the World (live)
    17:02
  9. 9.
    Weather Report Suite (studio acoustic demo)
    12:36
  10. 10.
    China Doll (studio outtake)
    4:02

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    U.S. Blues
    4:42
  2. 3.
    China Doll
    4:11
  3. 4.
    Unbroken Chain
    6:47
  4. 5.
    Loose Lucy
    3:22
  5. 6.
    Scarlet Begonias
    4:19
  6. 7.
    Pride of Cucamonga
    4:18
  7. 8.
    Money Money
    4:23
  8. 9.
    Ship of Fools
    5:28
  9. 10.
    Loose Lucy (studio outtake)
    4:41
  10. 11.
    Scarlet Begonias (live)
    9:09
  11. 12.
    Money Money (live)
    4:20
  12. 13.
    Wave That Flag (live)
    5:34
  13. 14.
    Let It Rock (live)
    3:19
  14. 15.
    Pride of Cucamonga (studio acoustic demo)
    4:24
  15. 16.
    Unbroken Chain (studio acoustic demo)
    6:21

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Help on the Way / Slipknot!
    7:20
  2. 4.
    Franklin’s Tower
    4:37
  3. 5.
    King Solomon’s Marbles, Part 1: Stronger Than Dirt, Part 2: Milkin’ the Turkey
    5:13
  4. 6.
    The Music Never Stopped
    4:35
  5. 7.
    Crazy Fingers
    6:41
  6. 8.
    Sage & Spirit
    3:07
  7. 9.
    Blues for Allah / Sand Castles & Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert
    12:33
  8. 10.
    Groove #1 (instrumental studio outtake)
    5:42
  9. 11.
    Groove #2 (instrumental studio outtake)
    7:32
  10. 12.
    Distorto (instrumental studio outtake)
    8:10
  11. 13.
    A to E Flat Jam (instrumental studio outtake)
    4:35
  12. 14.
    Proto 18 Proper (instrumental studio outtake)
    4:16
  13. 15.
    Hollywood Cantata (studio outtake)
    4:14

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Estimated Prophet
    5:37
  2. 5.
    Dancin’ in the Streets
    3:17
  3. 6.
    Passenger
    2:48
  4. 7.
    Samson and Delilah
    3:39
  5. 8.
    Sunrise
    4:04
  6. 9.
    Terrapin Station (medley)
    16:10
  7. 10.
    Peggy‐O (instrumental studio outtake)
    4:42
  8. 11.
    The Ascent (instrumental studio outtake)
    1:58
  9. 12.
    Catfish John (studio outtake)
    4:40
  10. 13.
    Equinox (studio outtake)
    5:14
  11. 14.
    Fire on the Mountain (studio outtake)
    6:25
  12. 15.
    Dancin’ in the Streets (live)
    16:17

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Good Lovin’
    4:51
  2. 6.
    France
    4:03
  3. 7.
    Shakedown Street
    4:59
  4. 8.
    Serengetti
    1:59
  5. 9.
    Fire on the Mountain
    3:46
  6. 10.
    I Need a Miracle
    3:36
  7. 11.
    From the Heart of Me
    3:23
  8. 12.
    Stagger Lee
    3:25
  9. 13.
    New Minglewood Blues
    4:14
  10. 14.
    If I Had the World to Give
    4:50
  11. 15.
    Good Lovin’ (studio outtake)
    4:54
  12. 16.
    Ollin Arageed (live)
    6:30
  13. 17.
    Fire on the Mountain (live)
    13:41
  14. 18.
    Stagger Lee (live)
    6:36
  15. 19.
    All New Minglewood Blues (live)
    4:34

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Alabama Getaway
    3:36
  2. 7.
    Far From Me
    3:41
  3. 8.
    Althea
    6:54
  4. 9.
    Feel Like a Stranger
    5:10
  5. 10.
    Lost Sailor
    5:54
  6. 11.
    Saint of Circumstance
    5:39
  7. 12.
    Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)
    0:40
  8. 13.
    Easy to Love You
    3:41
  9. 14.
    Don’t Ease Me In
    3:16
  10. 15.
    Peggy‐O (studio outtake 7/16/79)
    5:49
  11. 16.
    What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79)
    4:08
  12. 17.
    Jack‐a‐Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79)
    4:51
  13. 18.
    Althea (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/80)
    8:17
  14. 19.
    Lost Sailor (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
    6:42
  15. 20.
    Saint of Circumstance (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
    6:35

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Dire Wolf
    3:20
  2. 8.
    The Race Is On
    2:58
  3. 9.
    Oh Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
    6:28
  4. 10.
    It Must Have Been the Roses
    6:56
  5. 11.
    Dark Hollow
    3:49
  6. 12.
    China Doll
    5:22
  7. 13.
    I’ve Been All Around This World
    4:31
  8. 14.
    Monkey and the Engineer
    2:37
  9. 15.
    Jack‐A‐Roe
    4:05
  10. 16.
    Deep Elem Blues
    4:51
  11. 17.
    Cassidy
    4:38
  12. 18.
    To Lay Me Down
    8:59
  13. 19.
    Rosalie McFall
    2:54
  14. 20.
    On the Road Again
    3:15
  15. 21.
    Bird Song
    7:34
  16. 22.
    Ripple
    4:38

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)
    9:13
  2. 9.
    Iko Iko (live)
    4:23
  3. 10.
    Heaven Help the Fool (live)
    6:18
  4. 11.
    El Paso (live)
    4:40
  5. 12.
    Sage & Spirit (live)
    3:13
  6. 13.
    Little Sadie (live)
    2:44
  7. 14.
    It Must Have Been the Roses (alternate live version)
    7:00
  8. 15.
    Dark Hollow (alternate live version)
    4:30
  9. 16.
    Jack‐a‐Roe (alternate live version)
    5:07
  10. 17.
    Cassidy (alternate live version)
    5:06
  11. 18.
    China Doll (alternate live version)
    5:52
  12. 19.
    Monkey and the Engineer (alternate live version)
    2:36
  13. 20.
    Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie (alternate live version)
    7:12
  14. 21.
    Ripple (alternate live version)
    4:39
  15. 22.
    Tom Dooley (live)
    3:32
  16. 23.
    Deep Elem Blues (alternate live version)
    3:41

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Samson and Delilah
    5:02
  2. 10.
    Friend of the Devil
    7:28
  3. 11.
    New Minglewood Blues
    4:41
  4. 12.
    Deal
    4:36
  5. 13.
    Candyman
    7:15
  6. 14.
    Little Red Rooster
    4:31
  7. 15.
    Loser
    5:45
  8. 16.
    Passenger
    3:21
  9. 17.
    Feel Like a Stranger
    5:41
  10. 18.
    Franklin’s Tower
    5:22
  11. 19.
    Rhythm Devils
    4:02
  12. 20.
    Space
    2:29
  13. 21.
    Fire on the Mountain
    6:30
  14. 22.
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    4:04
  15. 23.
    Brokedown Palace
    5:42

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Let It Grow
    9:38
  2. 11.
    Sugaree
    9:51
  3. 12.
    C.C. Rider
    7:17
  4. 13.
    Row Jimmy
    10:14
  5. 14.
    Lazy Lightnin’
    3:24
  6. 15.
    Supplication
    5:49
  7. 16.
    High Time
    8:40
  8. 17.
    Jack Straw
    6:16
  9. 18.
    Shakedown Street
    10:41
  10. 19.
    Not Fade Away
    4:49

Disc 11

  1. 11.
    Touch of Grey
    5:47
  2. 12.
    Hell in a Bucket
    5:35
  3. 13.
    When Push Comes to Shove
    4:05
  4. 14.
    West L.A. Fadeaway
    6:39
  5. 15.
    Tons of Steel
    5:15
  6. 16.
    Throwing Stones
    7:18
  7. 17.
    Black Muddy River
    5:58
  8. 18.
    My Brother Esau (single B‐side 6/16/87)
    4:17
  9. 19.
    West L.A. Fadeaway (alternate version 3/84)
    7:08
  10. 20.
    Black Muddy River (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)
    5:38
  11. 21.
    When Push Comes to Shove (studio rehearsal 12/5/86)
    4:21
  12. 22.
    Touch of Grey (studio rehearsal 8/82)
    5:44
  13. 23.
    Throwing Stones (live at Schaefer Stadium, Foxboro, MA 7/4/87)
    9:36

Disc 12

  1. 12.
    Foolish Heart
    5:11
  2. 13.
    Just a Little Light
    4:43
  3. 14.
    Built to Last
    5:04
  4. 15.
    Blow Away
    6:11
  5. 16.
    Victim or the Crime
    7:35
  6. 17.
    We Can Run
    5:32
  7. 18.
    Standing on the Moon
    5:20
  8. 19.
    Picasso Moon
    6:42
  9. 20.
    I Will Take You Home
    3:45
  10. 21.
    Foolish Heart (live at Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI 7/19/89)
    11:31
  11. 22.
    Blow Away (live at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 7/7/89)
    12:02
  12. 23.
    California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On) (live at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/89)
    5:59

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