Grateful Dead - Complete Studio Rarities Collection (2013)

Over the years a number of studio rarities have been appended to the deluxe or expanded versions of The Grateful Dead’s studio albums. In addition, two critically acclaimed career-retrospective box sets—2001’s The Golden Road and 2004’s Beyond Description—further increased the number of “alternate” studio recordings available in their best fidelity. This collection (like its companion Complete Live Rarities Collection) mops up the loose ends in one spellbinding place. These tracks are best understood in context with the new digital book The Golden Road and Beyond: A Grateful Dead Primer, which has two essays written for those aforementioned box sets by the band’s longtime publicist Dennis McNally. However, you only need ears to enjoy the Scorpio Sessions versions of “Don’t Ease Me In” and “I Know You Rider,” the under-three-minute take of “Dark Star,” and the studio outtakes of “Catfish John,” “Jack-a-Roe,” and “Peggy-O.” The b-side “My Brother Esau” is a great find, while the studio rehearsal of “Touch of Grey” should interest anyone who fell under the spell of the band’s biggest hit single.

Tracklist:
1 Early Morning Rain (Previously Unissued Version) 03:20
2 I Know You Rider (Previously Unissued Version) 02:39
3 Mindbender(Confusion's Prince) (Previously Unissued Version) 02:39 4 The Only Time Is Now (Previously Unissued Version) 02:21
5 Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks) 03:15
6 Can't Come Down 03:00
7 Stealin' (Previously Unissued Instrumental Version) 02:38
8 Stealin' (Vocal Version) 02:33
9 Don't Ease Me In (Previously Unissued Instrumental Version) 01:59
10 Don't Ease Me In (Vocal Version) 01:59
11 You Don't Have To Ask 03:32
12 Tastebud (Previously Unissued Instrumental Version) 07:01
13 Tastebud (Vocal Version) 04:32
14 I Know You Rider (Scorpio Sessions Version) 02:33
15 Cold Rain And Snow (Previously Unissued Instrumental Version) 03:12
16 Cold Rain And Snow (Previously Unissued Vocal Version) 03:12
17 Fire In The City (From the Film Sons and Daughters) 03:19
18 Alice D. Millionaire (Previously Unreleased) 02:22
19 Overseas Stomy (The Lindy Hop) (Previously Unreleased) 02:25
20 Tastebud (Previously Unreleased) 04:19
21 Death Don't Have No Mercy 05:21
22 Viola Lee Blues (Edited Version) 03:01
23 Born Cross-Eyed (Single Version) 02:55
24 Clementine Jame (Live in San Mateo, CA 1968 Version) 10:46
25 Nobody's Spoonful Jam (Live in San Mateo, CA 1968 Version) 10:05
26 The Eleventh Jam (Live in San Mateo, CA 1968 Version) 15:00
27 Dark Star (Remastered Single Version) 02:43
28 WB Commercial for Live-Dead 01:01
29 New Speedway Boogie (Alternate Mix) (Previously Unissued) 04:06
30 Workingman's Dead 00:32
31 Truckin' (Remastered Single Version) 03:14
32 Ripple 03:02
33 Album Radio Spot KPPC 01:10
34 Radio Promo for Grateful Dead Live 01:00
35 The Yellow Dog Story 03:09
36 Weather Report Suite Part (Studio Acoustic Demo Version) 12:40
37 China Doll (Studio Outtake) 04:05
38 Loose Lucy (Studio Outtake) 04:52
39 Pride Of Cucamonga (Studio Acoustic Demo) 04:27
40 Unbroken Chain (Studio Acoustic Demo) 06:21
41 Groove #1 (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 05:53
42 Groove #2 (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 07:35
43 Distorto (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 08:13
44 A To E Flat Jam (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 04:40
45 Proto 18 Proper (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 04:21
46 Hollywood Cantata (Studio Outtake) 04:17
47 Peggy-O (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 04:51
48 The Ascent (Instrumental Studio Outtake) 01:58
49 Catfish John (Studio Outtake) 04:41
50 Equinox (Studio Outtake) 05:18
51 Fire On The Mountain (Studio Outtake) 06:26
52 Good Lovin' (Studio Outtake) 05:04
53 Peggy-O (Studio Outtake) 05:59
54 What'll You Raise 04:11
55 Jack-A-Roe (Studio Outtake) 04:54
56 To Lay Me Down (Studio Rehearsal) 09:12
57 My Brother Esau (Single B-Side) 04:28
58 Black Muddy River (Studio Rehearsal) 05:40
59 When Push Comes To Shove (Studio Rehearsal) 04:24
60 Touch Of Grey (Studio Rehearsal)