The Golden Road (1965–1973)

Track listing

Disc one

• Birth of the Dead: The Studio Sides

1. "Early Morning Rain" – 3:22
2. "I Know You Rider" – 2:41
3. "Mindbender " – 2:41
4. "The Only Time Is Now" – 2:24
5. "Caution " – 3:17
6. "Can't Come Down" – 3:04
7. "Stealin' " – 2:40
8. "Stealin' " – 2:36
9. "Don't Ease Me In " – 2:01
10. "Don't Ease Me In " – 2:02
11. "You Don't Have to Ask" – 3:35
12. "Tastebud " – 7:04
13. "Tastebud – 4:35
14. "I Know You Rider" – 2:36
15. "Cold Rain and Snow " – 3:15
16. "Cold Rain and Snow " – 3:17
17. "Fire in the City" – 3:19

    Disc two

• Birth of the Dead: The Live Sides

1. "Viola Lee Blues" – 9:39
2. "Don't Ease Me In" – 2:43
3. "Pain in My Heart" – 4:24
4. "Sitting on Top of the World" – 3:51
5. "It's All over Now, Baby Blue" – 5:12
6. "I'm a King Bee" – 8:52
7. "Big Boss Man" – 5:11
8. "Standing on the Corner" – 3:46
9. "In the Pines" – 4:55
10. "Nobody's Fault But Mine" – 4:15
11. "Next Time You See Me" – 2:47
12. "One Kind Favor" – 3:44
13. "He Was a Friend of Mine" – 4:45
14. "Keep Rolling By" – 7:57

    Disc three

• The Grateful Dead

1. "The Golden Road " – 2:07
2. "Beat It on Down the Line" – 2:27
3. "Good Morning Little School Girl" – 6:32
4. "Cold Rain and Snow" – 2:26
5. "Sitting on Top of the World" – 2:43
6. "Cream Puff War" – 3:18
7. " Morning Dew" – 5:16
8. "New, New Minglewood Blues" – 2:40
9. "Viola Lee Blues" – 10:09
10. "Alice D. Millionaire" – 2:22
11. "Overseas Stomp " – 2:24
12. "Tastebud" – 4:18
13. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" – 5:20
14. "Viola Lee Blues" – 3:00
15. "Viola Lee Blues" – 23:13

    Disc four

• Anthem of the Sun

1. "That's It For The Other One" – 7:40:
2. * "Cryptical Envelopment"
3. * "Quodlibet For Tenderfeet"
4. * "The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get"
5. * "We Leave The Castle"
6. "New Potato Caboose" – 8:26
7. "Born Cross-Eyed" – 2:04
8. "Alligator" – 11:20
9. "Caution " – 9:37
10. "Alligator" – 18:43
11. "Caution " – 11:38
12. "Feedback" – 4:01
13. "Born Cross-Eyed" – 2:55

    Disc five

• Aoxomoxoa

1. "St. Stephen" – 4:26
2. "Dupree's Diamond Blues" – 3:32
3. "Rosemary" – 1:58
4. "Doin' That Rag" – 4:41
5. "Mountains Of The Moon" – 4:02
6. "China Cat Sunflower" – 3:40
7. "What's Become Of The Baby" – 8:12
8. "Cosmic Charlie" – 5:29
9. "Clementine Jam" – 10:46
10. "Nobody's Spoonful Jam" – 10:04
11. "The Eleven Jam" – 15:00
12. "Cosmic Charlie" – 6:47

    Disc six

• Live/Dead

1. "Dark Star" – 23:18
2. "St. Stephen" – 6:31
3. "The Eleven" – 9:18
4. "Turn On Your Lovelight" – 15:05
5. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" – 10:28
6. "Feedback" – 7:49
7. "And We Bid You Goodnight" – 0:37
8. "Dark Star" " – 2:44
9. "Hidden Track" – 1:00

   Disc seven

• Workingman's Dead

1. "Uncle John's Band" – 4:45
2. "High Time" – 5:14
3. "Dire Wolf" – 3:14
4. "New Speedway Boogie" – 4:06
5. "Cumberland Blues" – 3:16
6. "Black Peter" – 5:43
7. "Easy Wind" – 4:58
8. "Casey Jones" – 4:38
9. "New Speedway Boogie" – 4:10
10. "Dire Wolf" – 2:31
11. "Black Peter" – 9:07
12. "Easy Wind" – 8:09
13. "Cumberland Blues" – 4:52
14. "Mason's Children" – 6:32
15. "Uncle John's Band" – 7:57

    Disc eight

• American Beauty

1. "Box of Rain" – 5:18
2. "Friend of the Devil" – 3:24
3. "Sugar Magnolia" – 3:19
4. "Operator" – 2:25
5. "Candyman" – 6:12
6. "Ripple" – 4:09
7. "Brokedown Palace" – 4:09
8. "Till the Morning Comes" – 3:09
9. "Attics of My Life" – 5:14
10. "Truckin'" – 5:17
11. "Truckin'" – 3:17
12. "Friend of the Devil" – 4:21
13. "Candyman" – 5:18
14. "Till the Morning Comes" – 3:20
15. "Attics of My Life" – 6:31
16. "Truckin'" – 10:10
17. "Ripple" – 4:09
18. "American Beauty Radio Spot – 1:00

    Disc nine

• Grateful Dead

1. "Bertha" – 5:43
2. "Mama Tried" – 2:43
3. "Big Railroad Blues" – 3:35
4. "Playin' in the Band" – 4:40
5. "The Other One" – 18:07
6. "Me and My Uncle" – 3:04
7. "Big Boss Man" – 5:14
8. "Me and Bobbie McGee" – 5:42
9. "Johnny B. Goode" – 3:44
10. "Wharf Rat" – 8:32
11. "Not Fade Away > Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" – 9:26
12. "Oh, Boy!" – 2:50
13. "I'm a Hog for You" – 5:20
14. "Hidden track" – 1:00

    Disc ten

• Europe '72

1. "Cumberland Blues" – 5:43
2. "He's Gone" – 6:57
3. "One More Saturday Night" – 4:49
4. "Jack Straw" – 4:49
5. "You Win Again" – 4:00
6. "China Cat Sunflower" – 5:32
7. "I Know You Rider" – 5:03
8. "Brown-Eyed Woman" – 4:38
9. "It Hurts Me Too" – 7:20
10. "Ramble on Rose" – 6:04
11. "Sugar Magnolia" – 7:10
12. "Mr. Charlie" – 3:39
13. "Tennessee Jed" – 7:18
14. "The Stranger " – 6:50

    Disc eleven

• Europe '72

1. "Truckin'" – 13:06
2. "Epilogue" – 5:10
3. "Prelude" – 7:37
4. "Morning Dew" – 11:41
5. "Looks Like Rain" – 7:42
6. "Good Lovin'" > – 18:30
7. "Caution " > – 4:39
8. "Who Do You Love?" > – 0:22
9. "Caution " > – 1:43
10. "Good Lovin'" – 5:59
11. "The Yellow Dog Story" – 3:09

    Disc twelve

• History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One

1. "Katie Mae" – 4:44
2. "Dark Hollow" – 3:52
3. "I've Been All Around This World" – 4:18
4. "Wake Up Little Susie" – 2:31
5. "Black Peter" – 7:27
6. "Smokestack Lightning" – 17:59
7. "Hard to Handle" – 6:29
8. "Good Lovin'" – 8:56
9. "Big Boss Man" – 4:53
10. "Smokestack Lightning" – 15:11
11. "Sitting on Top of the World" – 3:20

    Personnel

• Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, kazoo, vibraslap, vocals
• Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, kazoo, vocals
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, organ, celesta, acoustic guitar, harmonica, congas, claves, percussion, vocals
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
• Phil Lesh – bass, guitar, piano, harpsichord, trumpet, kazoo, timpani, vocals
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Tom Constanten – keyboards, prepared piano, piano, electronic tape
• Keith Godchaux – piano
• Donna Jean Godchaux – vocals
• Robert Hunter – songwriter

• for a comprehensive listing, see individual album pages

• James Austin, David Lemieux – producers
• Dennis McNally, Lou Tambakos – Birth Of The Dead concept & compilation
• Peter McQuaid – executive producer
• Michael Wesley Johnson – associate producer, research coordination
• Eileen Law – archival researcher, archivist
• Cassidy Law – coordinator
• Dennis McNally – consultant
• Jeffrey Norman – mixing
• Joe Gastwirt/Oceanview Digital, Jo Motta – mastering and production consultants
• Jimmy Edwards – product manager
• Gary Peterson – discographical annotation
• Shawn Amos – liner notes coordination
• Vanessa Atkins – editorial supervision
• Daniel Goldmark – editorial research
• Hugh Brown – reissue art director
• Malia Doss – business affairs at Rhino Records
• Mickey Hart – project assistant
• Bob Weir – project assistant
• Bill Kreutzmann – project assistant
• Bill Inglot – project assistant
• Steve Lang – project assistant
• Patrick Kraus – project assistant
• Jan Simmons – project assistant
• Blair Jackson – project assistant
• Steve Silberman – project assistant
• Hale Milgrim – project assistant
• David Gans – project assistant
• Owsley Stanley – project assistant
• Jeff Gold – project assistant
• Connie Mosley – project assistant
• Gary Lambert – project assistant
• Bill Belmont – project assistant
• Neil Ruttenberg – project assistant

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