MUSIC: THE GRATEFUL DEAD -SO MANY ROADS

Or: I just can't quit the Dead.

Issued in 2000, this 5-disc box set currently sells for £141.00 new with the cheapest used priced coming in at £34.00. The MP3 download from Amazon, however, totals a measly £14.46 for over six and a half hours of music. Sure it's nice to have the box set but when the price differential is so great and the download price so cheap, it's a no-brainer.

It's a collection of mostly live rarities and contains some of the GD's more different interpretations of their music. It's been compiled by second generation Deadheads for Deadheads. As you can see from the track listing below, it's a mixture of the concise (anything under 4 minutes) and lengthy jams, with the longest being over 25 minutes. I've only just started listening to it and it's pretty good, succeeding in what its compilers intended by presenting  variations on a theme as the jams take unusual twists and turns.

I swear I'll stop buying Grateful Dead albums, honest I will. Meanwhile only a few weeks to Europe 72 vol.2. Incidentally I made a mistake in the previous Dead post when I stated that Europe 72 was a double vinyl album. I really should have known better as I can still remember actually buying it. It's a triple vinyl album.

Song Title	Time	Price
Play	1. Can't Come Down [Autumn Records, November 3, 1965]	2:57	£0.69
Play	2. Caution [Do Not Stop On Tracks] [Autumn Records, November 3, 1965]	3:12	£0.69
Play	3. You Don't Have To Ask [Live at Fillmore West, July 16, 1966]	3:54	£0.69
Play	4. On The Road Again [1966]	2:42	£0.69
Play	5. Cream Puff War [Live at Fillmore West, July 16, 1966]	5:37	£0.69
Play	6. I Know You Rider [Live at Avalon Ballroom, 1966]	4:20	£0.69
Play	7. The Same Thing [Live in San Francisco, March 18, 1967]	11:38	Album Only
Play	8. Dark Star/China Cat Sunflower/The Eleven [Live in San Francisco, March 16, 1967]	25:25	Album Only
Play	9. Clementine [Live in Portland, February 2, 1968]	7:49	£0.69
Play	10. Mason's Children [Studio Version, 1970]	3:34	£0.69
Play	11. To Lay Me Down [American Beauty Outtake, 1970]	5:39	£0.69
Play	12. That's It For The Other One [Live in San Francisco, February 27, 1969]	20:53	Album Only
Play	13. Beautiful Jam [Live in Port Chester, February 19, 1971]	4:39	£0.69
Play	14. Chinatown Shuffle [Live in Rotterdam, May 11, 1972]	2:54	£0.69
Play	15. Sing Me Back Home [Live at Veneta County Fairgrounds, August 27, 1972]	10:26	Album Only
Play	16. Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam [Live Rehearsal, July 27, 1973]	18:31	Album Only
Play	17. Dark Star Jam/Spanish Jam/U.S. Blues [Live in Miami, June 23, 1974]	18:59	Album Only
Play	18. Eyes Of The World [Live at Winterland, October 19, 1974]	18:30	Album Only
Play	19. The Wheel [Live in Chicago, June 29, 1976]	11:14	Album Only
Play	20. Stella Blue [Live in Lexington, April 21, 1978]	11:37	Album Only
Play	21. Estimated Prophet [Live in Morrison, August 12, 1979]	10:52	Album Only
Play	22. The Music Never Stopped [Live in San Francisco, October 14, 1980]	7:24	£0.69
Play	23. Shakedown Street [Live in San Francisco, December 31, 1984]	17:25	Album Only
Play	24. Cassidy [Live in East Rutherford, November 10, 1985]	5:47	£0.69
Play	25. Hey Pocky Way [Live in Greensboro, March 31, 1989]	6:02	£0.69
Play	26. Believe It Or Not [Built To Last outtake, 1988]	5:04	£0.69
Play	27. Playing In The Band [Live at Laguna Seca, July 29, 1988]	12:24	Album Only
Play	28. Gentlemen, Start Your Engines [Built To Last demo, 1988]	4:09	£0.69
Play	29. Death Don't Have No Mercy [Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, September 29, 1989]	6:41	£0.69
Play	30. Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain [Live in Hamilton, Ontario, March 22, 1990]	19:34	Album Only
Play	31. Bird Song [Live at Nassau Coliseum, March 29, 1990]	13:09	Album Only
Play	32. Jam Out Of Terrapin [Live in Richfield, September 8, 1990]	5:08	£0.69
Play	33. Terrapin Station [Live in New York City, September 12, 1991]	12:34	Album Only
Play	34. Jam Out Of Foolish Heart [Live in New York City, September 18, 1990]	5:24	£0.69
Play	35. Way To Go Home [Live in Auburn Hills, July 31, 1994]	6:27	£0.69
Play	36. Liberty [Live in Atlanta, March 30, 1994]	5:59	£0.69
Play	37. Lazy River Road [Club Front rehearsal, February 18, 1993]	6:57	£0.69
Play	38. Eternity [Club Front rehearsal, February 18, 1993]	7:35	£0.69
Play	39. Jam Into Days Between [Rehearsal, February 9, 1993]	7:04	£0.69
Play	40. Days Between [Club Front rehearsal, February 18, 1993]	10:59	Album Only
Play	41. Whiskey In The Jar [Club Front rehearsal, February 16, 1993]	5:13	£0.69
Play	42. So Many Roads [Live in Chicago, July 9, 1995]	9:57