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The Music Never Stopped

Grateful Dead

Initial release : 2025

Grateful Dead / Rhino

A 3 CD or 6 LP compilation of live tracks selected from the 60 CD box set Enjoying The Ride. The tracks were recorded between 1969 and 1994

CD tracks

CD 1:

  • The Music Never Stopped
  • Althea
  • Playing in the Band
  • Hard to Handle
  • Wharf Rat
  • Doin' That Rag
  • My Brother Esau
  • Deal
CD 2:
  • Scarlet Begonias
  • Touch of Grey
  • Fire on the Mountain
  • Lazy Lightning
  • Supplication
  • Attics of My Life
  • Estimated Prophet
  • Eyes of the World
  • Brown-Eyed Women
CD 3:
  • Truckin'
  • Smokestack Lightnin'
  • Big Boy Pete
  • Bird Song
  • Let It Grow
  • Black Muddy River
  • Days Between
  • Not Fade Away
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
  • Not Fade Away
LP tracks

LP 1:

  • The Music Never Stopped
  • Althea
  • Playing in the Band
LP 2:
  • Hard to Handle
  • Wharf Rat
  • Doin' That Rag
  • My Brother Esau
LP 3:
  • Deal
  • Scarlet Begonias
  • Touch of Grey
  • Fire on the Mountain
  • Lazy Lightning
  • Supplication
LP 4:
  • Attics of My Life
  • Estimated Prophet
  • Eyes of the World
  • Brown-Eyed Women
LP 5:
  • Truckin'
  • Smokestack Lightnin'
  • Big Boy Pete
  • Bird Song
  • Let It Grow
LP 6:
  • Black Muddy River
  • Days Between
  • Not Fade Away
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
  • Not Fade Away
Musicians

  • Jerry Garcia – guitar, vocals
  • Bob Weir – guitar, vocals
  • Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
  • Bill Kreutzmann – drums
  • Mickey Hart – drums (1969 and 1977-1995)
  • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals (1969-1971)
  • Tom Constanten – keyboards (1969)
  • Keith Godchaux – keyboards (1972-1978)
  • Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals (1972-1978)
  • Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (1979-1989)
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1991-1994)
  • Bruce Hornsby – keyboards (1991)
Credits

  • Producer - Grateful Dead
  • Produced for release - David Lemieux
  • Original recording - Owsley "Bear" Stanley, Betty Cantor-Jackson, Kidd Candelario, Dan Healy, John Cutler
  • Mastering - David Glasser, Jeffrey Norman
Sources

The tracks are taken from the following shows.

CD 1:

  • The Music Never Stopped - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, May 13, 1978
  • Althea - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, March 14, 1981
  • Playing in the Band - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, March 16, 1973
  • Hard to Handle - Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 25, 1971
  • Wharf Rat - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, Sept 16, 1987
  • Doin' That Rag - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, June 5, 1969
  • My Brother Esau - Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto, CA, Aug 20, 1983
  • Deal - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, May 12, 1991
CD 2:
  • Scarlet Begonias, Touch of Grey and Fire on the Mountain - Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA, July 13, 1984
  • Lazy Lightning > Supplication - Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, Aug 23, 1980
  • Attics of My Life - Boston Garden, Boston, MA, Oct 3, 1994
  • Estimated Prophet and Eyes of the World - Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, Aug 12, 1979
  • Brown-Eyed Women - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, March 20, 1977
CD 3:
  • Truckin' - Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, July 15, 1989
  • Smokestack Lightnin' - Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, July 15, 1989
  • Big Boy Pete - Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, Nov 21, 1985
  • Bird Song - Music Hall, Boston, MA, Sept 15, 1972
  • Let It Grow - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, May 1, 1981
  • Black Muddy River - Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, Dec 27, 1989
  • Days Between - Capital Centre, Landover, MD, March 17, 1993
  • Not Fade Away > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away - Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, Feb 24, 1971
Related releases

The tracks on this 3 CD / 6 LP collection is a selection of the live recordings that were released on the 60 CD box set Enjoying The Ride:

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