So Many Roads (1965–1995)


So Many Roads 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 certified a gold record 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 Sampler was released to various media outlets. , a second box set using the same chronological format, was later released.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Can't Come Down" – 2:59
  2. "Caution " – 3:12
  3. * Autumn Sessions 1965-11-03
  4. "You Don't Have to Ask" – 3:55
  5. * Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California 1966-07-16
  6. "On The Road Again" - 2:49
  7. * Los Angeles, California, 1966-03-12
  8. "Cream Puff War" - 5:37
  9. * Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, 1966-07-16
  10. "I Know You Rider" - 4:15
  11. * Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, 1966
  12. "The Same Thing" - 11:37
  13. * Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 1967-03-18
  14. "Dark Star" > "China Cat Sunflower" > "The Eleven" – 25:39
  15. * Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, 1968-03-16
  16. "Clementine" - 7:48
  17. * Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon 1968-02-02
  18. "Mason's Children" – 4:08
  19. * outtake from Workingman's Dead February 1970
  20. "To Lay Me Down" – 4:00
  21. * outtake from American Beauty Summer 1970
Notes

Disc two

  1. "That's It For The Other One" – 19:34
  2. * Fillmore West, San Francisco, 1969-02-27
  3. "Beautiful Jam" - 4:33
  4. * Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York 1971-02-18
  5. "Chinatown Shuffle" - 3:00
  6. * Civic Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1972-05-11
  7. "Sing Me Back Home" - 10:30
  8. * County Fairgrounds, Veneta, Oregon 1972-08-27
  9. "Watkins Glen Soundcheck Jam" - 19:29
  10. * Grand Prix Race Course, Watkins Glen, New York 1973-07-27
  11. "Dark Star Jam" - 8:28 > Spanish Jam - 4:10 > U.S. Blues - 6:50
  12. * Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, Florida 1974-06-23
Notes

Disc three

  1. "Eyes of the World" – 18:14
  2. * Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 1974-10-19
  3. "The Wheel" - 11:30
  4. * Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois 1976-06-29
  5. "Stella Blue" – 11:38
  6. * Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky 1978-04-21
  7. "Estimated Prophet" – 11:36
  8. * Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado 1979-08-12
  9. "The Music Never Stopped" – 7:24
  10. * Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, 1980-10-14
  11. "Shakedown Street" – 17:23
  12. * San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco 1984-12-31
Notes

Disc four

  1. "Cassidy" – 5:56
  2. * Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey 1985-11-10
  3. "Hey Pocky Way" – 6:00
  4. * Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina 1989-03-31
  5. "Believe It Or Not" – 5:09
  6. * outtake from Built to Last 1989
  7. "Playing In The Band" - 12:24
  8. * Laguna Seca, Monterey, California 1988-07-29
  9. "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" – 4:48
  10. * outtake from Built to Last 1989
  11. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" – 6:39
  12. * Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California 1989-09-29
  13. "Scarlet Begonias" > "Fire on the Mountain" – 19:22
  14. * Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario 1990-03-22
  15. "Bird Song" - 13:06
  16. * Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York 1990-03-29
  17. "Jam out of Terrapin" – 5:20
  18. * Richfield Coliseum, Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio 1990-09-08
Notes

Disc five

  1. "Terrapin Station" – 13:43
  2. * Madison Square Garden, New York City 1991-09-12
  3. "Jam Out Of Foolish Heart" – 8:57
  4. * Madison Square Garden, New York 1990-09-18
  5. "Way To Go Home" – 6:24
  6. * The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan 1994-07-31
  7. "Liberty" – 5:56
  8. * The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia 1994-03-30
  9. "Lazy River Road" – 6:56
  10. "Eternity" – 7:35
  11. * rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18
  12. "Jam into Days Between" – 7:04
  13. * rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-09
  14. "Days Between" - 11:05
  15. * rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-18
  16. "Whiskey in the Jar" - 5:18
  17. * rehearsals for unfinished fourteenth studio album 1993-02-16
  18. "So Many Roads" – 9:24
  19. * Soldier Field, Chicago 1995-07-09
Notes

Personnel

So Many Roads Sampler was a promotional sampler for the box set So Many Roads . 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

  1. "Cream Puff War" - 5:37
  2. "You Don't Have To Ask" – 3:55
  3. "Mason's Children" – 4:08
  4. "Passenger" - 4:16
  5. * Fox Theatre, Atlanta 1977-05-19
  6. "Estimated Prophet" – 11:36
  7. "The Music Never Stopped" – 7:24
  8. "Shakedown Street" – 17:23
  9. "Jam Out Of Terrapin" – 5:20
  10. "Liberty" – 5:56
  11. "Eternity" – 7:35

    Charts

Album - Billboard
YearChartPosition
1999The Billboard 200170