''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 tracks were previously unreleased. The album was released on November 7, 1999. It was

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by the RIAA on April 12, 2000. 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.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Can't Come Down" (Grateful Dead) – 2:59 #"Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)" (Grateful Dead) – 3:12 #* (tracks 1–2 studio recordings) '' Autumn Sessions'' 1965-11-03 #"You Don't Have to Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:55 #* Fillmore Auditorium,

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, California 1966-07-16 #"On The Road Again" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) – 2:49 #* Los Angeles, California, 1966-03-12 #"Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 5:37 #* Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 1966-07-16 #"

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" (Traditional, arranged by the Grateful Dead) – 4:15 #*

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, San Francisco, 1966 #"The Same Thing" ( Willie Dixon) – 11:37 #*

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, San Francisco, 1967-03-18 #" Dark Star" > "

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" (Grateful Dead/Hunter) – 25:39 #* Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, 1968-03-16 #"Clementine" (Lesh/Hunter) – 7:48 #* Crystal Ballroom,

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1968-02-02 #"Mason's Children" (Garcia/Lesh/Weir/Hunter) – 4:08 #* (studio recording) outtake from ''

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'' February 1970 #"To Lay Me Down" (Garcia/Hunter) – 4:00 #* (studio recording) outtake from '' American Beauty'' Summer 1970 Notes

Disc two

#"That's It For The Other One" (Grateful Dead) – 19:34 #*

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, San Francisco, 1969-02-27 #"Beautiful Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 4:33 #* Capitol Theatre,

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1971-02-18 #"Chinatown Shuffle" (Ron McKernan) – 3:00 #* Civic Hall,

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1972-05-11 #"Sing Me Back Home" (

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) – 10:30 #* County Fairgrounds,

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1972-08-27 #" Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 19:29 #* Grand Prix Race Course,

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1973-07-27 #"Dark Star Jam" (Grateful Dead) – 8:28 > Spanish Jam (Grateful Dead) – 4:10 > U.S. Blues (Garcia/Hunter) – 6:50 #* Jai Alai Fronton,

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1974-06-23 Notes

Disc three

#"Eyes of the World" (Garcia/Hunter) – 18:14 #* Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 1974-10-19 #"The Wheel" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:30 #*

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1976-06-29 #"Stella Blue" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:38 #*

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, Lexington, Kentucky 1978-04-21 #"Estimated Prophet" (Barlow/Weir) – 11:36 #*

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1979-08-12 #"The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow/Weir) – 7:24 #*

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, San Francisco, 1980-10-14 #"

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, San Francisco 1984-12-31 Notes

Disc four

#"Cassidy" (Weir/Barlow) – 5:56 #*

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, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1985-11-10 # "Hey Pocky Way" (Modeliste/Neville/Nocentelli/Porter) – 6:00 #*

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1989-03-31 # "Believe It Or Not" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:09 #* (studio recording) outtake from '' Built to Last'' 1989 # "Playing In The Band" (Hart/Hunter/Weir) – 12:24 #*

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, Monterey, California 1988-07-29 # "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" (Barlow/Mydland) – 4:48 #* (studio recording) outtake from '' Built to Last'' 1989 # "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Davis) – 6:39 #*

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1989-09-29 # " Scarlet Begonias" (Garcia/Hunter) > " Fire on the Mountain" (Hart/Hunter) – 19:22 #*

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1990-03-22 # "Bird Song" (Garcia/Hunter) – 13:06 #* Nassau Coliseum,

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1990-03-29 # "Jam out of Terrapin" (Grateful Dead) – 5:20 #*

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1990-09-08 Notes

Disc five

#"Terrapin Station" (Garcia/Hunter) – 13:43 #* Madison Square Garden,

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1991-09-12 #"Jam Out Of Foolish Heart" (Grateful Dead) – 5:57 #* Madison Square Garden, New York 1990-09-18 #"Way To Go Home" (Bralove/Hunter/Welnick) – 6:24 #*

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, Auburn Hills, Michigan 1994-07-31 #"Liberty" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:56 #*

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1994-03-30 #"Lazy River Road" (Garcia/Hunter) – 6:56 #"Eternity" (Dixon/Wasserman/Weir) – 7:35 #* (tracks 5–6 studio recordings) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18 #"Jam into Days Between" (Grateful Dead) – 7:04 #* (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-09 #"Days Between" (Garcia/Hunter) – 11:05 #* (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18 #"

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" (Traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:18 #* (studio recording) rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-16 #"So Many Roads" (Garcia/Hunter) – 9:24 #*

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, Chicago 1995-07-09 Notes

Personnel

* Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals (1965–1995) *

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

– drums (1965–1995) * Phil Lesh – bass guitar, vocals (1965–1995) * Bob Weir – guitar, vocals (1965–1995) *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

– keyboards, harmonica, vocals (1965 – Jul 17, 1972) * Mickey Hart – drums (Sep 29, 1967 – Feb 18, 1971; Oct 20, 1974 – 1995) *

Tom Constanten Tom Constanten (born March 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist, best known for playing with Grateful Dead from 1968 to 1970, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Biography Early career Born in Long Branch, N ...

– keyboards (Nov 23, 1968 – Jan 30, 1970) *

Keith Godchaux Keith Richard Godchaux (July 19, 1948 – July 23, 1980) was a pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Biography Godchaux was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up in Concord, California ...

– keyboards, vocals (Oct 19, 1971 – Feb 17, 1979) *

Donna Jean Godchaux Donna Jean Thatcher Godchaux-MacKay (born August 22, 1947) is an American singer who was a member of the Grateful Dead from 1972 until 1979. Biography Donna Jean Thatcher was born in Florence, Alabama. Prior to 1970, she had worked as a sessi ...

– vocals (Dec 31, 1971 – Feb. 17 1979) *

Brent Mydland Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 – July 26, 1990) was an American keyboardist and singer. He was a member of the rock band The Grateful Dead from 1979 to 1990, a longer tenure than any other keyboardist in the band. Growing up in Concord ...

– keyboards, vocals (Apr 22, 1979 – Jul 23, 1990) *

Vince Welnick Vincent Leo Welnick (February 21, 1951 – June 2, 2006) was an American keyboardist-singer-songwriter best known for playing with the band The Tubes during the 1970s and 1980s and with the Grateful Dead in the 1990s. He was inducted into ...

– keyboards, vocals (Sep 7, 1990 – 1995) *

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...

– piano, accordion, vocals (Sep 15, 1990 – Mar 24, 1992) * Ned Lagin – keyboards on "Beautiful Jam" and "Dark Star Jam"

So Many Roads (1965–1995) Sampler

''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

#"Cream Puff War" (Jerry Garcia) – 5:37 #"You Don't Have To Ask" (Grateful Dead) – 3:55 #"Mason's Children" (Garcia/Lesh/Weir/Hunter) – 4:08 #"Passenger" (Peter Monk, Lesh) – 4:16 #* Fox Theatre, Atlanta 1977-05-19 #"Estimated Prophet" (Barlow/Weir) – 11:36 #"The Music Never Stopped" (Barlow/Weir) – 7:24 #"

" (Garcia/Hunter) – 17:23 #"Jam Out Of Terrapin" (Grateful Dead) – 5:20 #"Liberty" (Garcia/Hunter) – 5:56 #"Eternity" (Dixon/Wasserman/Weir) – 7:35

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:So Many Roads (1965-1995) Sampler albums Grateful Dead compilation albums Grateful Dead live albums 1999 compilation albums 1999 live albums Arista Records compilation albums Rhino Records compilation albums Rhino Records live albums