This is an annotated listing of the recordings of the American rock band the Grateful Dead.

Studio and contemporary live albums

Unconventionally, the Grateful Dead made the release of live albums a common occurrence throughout their career. Because many were recently recorded and included previously unreleased original material, they often filled the role of traditional studio albums. An integral part of the contemporaneous evolution of the band, such live albums are included in this section.

Date of Official Release	Title	Notes / RIAA certification	Billboard magazine peak position
March 17, 1967	The Grateful Dead	Gold: November 11, 1971	Pop Albums: #37
July 18, 1968	Anthem of the Sun		Pop Albums: #87
June 20, 1969	Aoxomoxoa	Gold: March 13, 1997	Pop Albums: #73
November 10, 1969	Live/Dead	LiveRecorded January-March 1969 at various locations Gold: August 24, 2001	Pop Albums: #64
June 14, 1970	Workingman's Dead	Gold: July 7, 1974Platinum: October 13, 1986	Pop Albums: #27
November 1, 1970	American Beauty	Gold: July 7, 1974Platinum: October 13, 1986Double Platinum: August 24, 2001	Pop Albums: #30
October 1971	Grateful Dead(also known as Skull & Roses)	LiveRecorded early 1971 at various locations	Pop Albums: #25
November 5, 1972	Europe '72	LiveRecorded April-May 1972 at various European locations Gold: December 14, 1972Platinum: August 24, 2001Double Platinum: August 24, 2001	Pop Albums: #20
July 13, 1973	History of the Grateful Dead Volume One	Live February 13 & 14, 1970Fillmore East in New York City	Pop Albums: #60
October 15, 1973	Wake of the Flood		Pop Albums: #18
June 27, 1974	Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel		Pop Albums: #17
August, 1975	Blues for Allah		Pop Albums: #12
June 1976	Steal Your Face	LiveRecordedOctober 16-20, 1974 atWinterland Arena,San Francisco	Pop Albums: #56
July 27, 1977	Terrapin Station	Gold: September 4, 1987	Pop Albums: #28
November 15, 1978	Shakedown Street	Gold: September 4, 1987	Pop Albums: #41
April 28, 1980	Go to Heaven		Pop Albums: #23
April 1, 1981	Reckoning	LiveRecorded September 25 - October 31, 1980at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco and Radio City Music Hall, New York	Pop Albums: #43
August 1981	Dead Set	LiveRecorded at same shows as Reckoning	Pop Albums: #29
July 6, 1987	In the Dark	Gold: September 4, 1987Platinum: September 18 1987Double Platinum: September 10, 1995	Billboard 200: #6
January 30, 1989	Dylan & the Dead	Live Recorded July 1987 Gold: August 3, 1989	Billboard 200: #37
October 31, 1989	Built to Last	Gold: January 3, 1990	Billboard 200: #27
September 1990	Without a Net	LiveRecorded October, 1989 - April, 1990 at various locations Gold: November 27, 1990	Billboard 200: #29

Compilations and box sets

Date of Official Release	Title	Notes / RIAA certification	Billboard magazine peak position
1974	Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead	Gold: March 14, 1980Platinum: December 12, 1986Double Platinum: June 27, 1994Triple Platinum: January 1, 1995	Pop Albums: #75
1977	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been	Gold: August 24, 2001Platinum: August 24, 2001	Pop Albums: #121
1987	Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection
October 15, 1996	The Arista Years		Billboard 200: #95
January 13, 1997	Selections From the Arista Years
November 9, 1999	So Many Roads	Gold: April 12, 2000	Billboard 200: #170
November 9, 1999	So Many Roads Sampler
October 16, 2001	The Golden Road	Gold: November 14, 2001	Billboard 200: #191
September 16, 2003	The Very Best of the Grateful Dead		Billboard 200: #69
October 26, 2004	Beyond Description		Top Internet Albums: #263

Retrospective live albums

Traditional releases

Date of Official Release	Title	Recording date & location	Notes / RIAA certification	Billboard magazine peak position
April 15, 1991	One From the Vault	August 13, 1975Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA		Billboard 200: #106
November 1, 1991	Infrared Roses	VariousVarious
May 1992	Two from the Vault	August 24, 1968Shrine Theater, Los Angeles, CA		Billboard 200: #119
1994	Grayfolded
Sep 26, 1995	Hundred Year Hall	Apr 26, 1972Frankfurt, Germany	Gold: January 8, 1997	Billboard 200: #26
Oct 29, 1996	Dozin' at the Knick	March 24 - 26, 1990Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY	Gold: March 28, 2000	Billboard 200: #74
June 17, 1997	Fallout from the Phil Zone	VariousVarious		Billboard 200: #83
September, 1997	Terrapin Station	March 15, 1990Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland	Unknown	Unknown
October 28, 1997	Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69	February 11, 1969Fillmore East, New York, NY		Billboard 200: #77
June, 2000	View from the Vault, Volume One	July 6 & 8, 1990 Pittsburgh, PA & Louisville, KY
October 10, 2000	Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead	April 1971Fillmore East, New York, NY	Gold: January 16, 2002	Billboard 200: #165
June 8, 2001	View from the Vault, Volume Two	June 14, 1991R.F.K. Stadium, Washington, DC
September 25, 2001	Nightfall of Diamonds	October 16, 1989Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ		Billboard 200: #196
March, 2002	Postcards of the Hanging
July 9, 2002	Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72	April 7 - May 26, 1972Various, Europe		Billboard 200: #160
July 15, 2002	View from the Vault, Volume Three	June 16, 1990Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Oct 22, 2002	Go to Nassau	May 15 - 16, 1980Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
March 25, 2003	Birth of the Dead
April 8, 2003	View from the Vault, Volume Four	July 24, 1987 Oakland Stadium, and July 26, 1987 Anaheim Stadium
November 11, 2003	The Closing of Winterland	December 31, 1978Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
May 25, 2004	Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead	April 24, 1972Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany		Billboard 200: #74Top Internet Albums: #74
March 15, 2005	The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack	October 16 - 20, 1974Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
March 25, 2005	Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966	1966Various
July 12, 2005	Truckin' Up to Buffalo	July 4, 1989Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY		Billboard 200: #137Top Internet Albums: #137
November 25, 2005	Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings	February 27 - March 2, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, California	Limited to 10,000 online orders only
November 25, 2005	Fillmore West 1969	February 27 - March 2, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, California		Top Internet Albums: #272
January 19, 2007	Live at the Cow Palace	December 31, 1976Cow Palace, Daly City, CA
June 26, 2007	Three from the Vault	February 19, 1971Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, New York
April, 2008	Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings	November 9 – 11, 1973Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California
September 30, 2008	Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978	September 15 – 16, 1978Sound and Light Theater, Giza, Egypt
April 7, 2009	To Terrapin: Hartford '77	May 28, 1977 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut		Billboard 200: #59
October 1, 2009	Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings	June 7 – 9, 1977Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California

Dick's Picks

In the 1990s and 2000s, the Grateful Dead released numerous live concert recordings from their archives in three concurrent series. The "From the Vault" series are remixes of multi-track recordings made at the time of the concerts. The "View from the Vault" series are also multi-track remixes, but are released simultaneously as albums on CD and as concert performance videos on DVD. (The first three volumes were also released on VHS videotape.) Both of these series are included in the "Retrospective" live albums list above.

The third series of concert releases is Dick's Picks, which are based on two-track concert recordings. Because the options for remixing two-track recordings are much more limited than for multi-track recordings, the sound quality of the Dick's Picks series, while generally very good, is not quite as high as that of the other official releases of live recordings, as explained in the various "caveat emptor" notices on the CD boxes.

The Dick's Picks series, which started in 1993, was named for Grateful Dead tape vault archivist Dick Latvala, who selected shows with the band's approval and oversaw production of the albums. After Latvala's death in 1999, David Lemieux became the Dead's tape archivist and took over responsibility for the Dick's Picks releases. Latvala and Lemieux worked with recording engineer Jeffrey Norman, who was in charge of mastering the CDs.

Volume 15 and later were released in HDCD format. This provides enhanced sound quality when played on CD players with HDCD capability, and is fully compatible with regular CD players.

Date of Official Release	Title	Recording date & location
December 1993	Volume 1	December 19, 1973Tampa, Florida
March 1995	Volume 2	October 31, 1971Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio
November 1995	Volume 3	May 22, 1977Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida
February 1996	Volume 4	February 13 - 14, 1970Fillmore East, New York City
May 1996	Volume 5	December 26, 1979Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California
October 1996	Volume 6	October 14, 1983Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut
March 1997	Volume 7	September 9 - 11, 1974Alexandra Palace, London, England
mid-1997	Volume 8	May 2, 1970Harpur College, Binghamton, New York
October, 1997	Volume 9	September 16, 1990Madison Square Garden, New York City
February, 1998	Volume 10	December 29-30, 1977Winterland, San Francisco, California
June, 1998	Volume 11	September 27, 1972Stanley Theater, Jersey City, New Jersey
October, 1998	Volume 12	June 26, 1974Providence Civic Center, Providence, RIJune 28, 1974Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
March 11, 1999	Volume 13	May 6, 1981Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York
June, 1999	Volume 14	November 30-December 2, 1973Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
October 19, 1999	Volume 15	September 3, 1977Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey
February, 2000	Volume 16	November 8, 1969The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
April 28, 2000	Volume 17	September 25, 1991Boston Garden, Boston, MassachusettsMarch 31, 1991
June, 2000	Volume 18	February 3, 1978Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WIFebruary 5, 1978Uni-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
October 2000	Volume 19	October 19, 1973Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
January 2001	Volume 20	September 25, 1976Capital Center, Landover, MarylandSeptember 28, 1976Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY
March 2001	Volume 21	November 1, 1985Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VirginiaSeptember 2, 1980
June 2001	Volume 22	February 23 and 24, 1968Kings Beach Bowl, Lake Tahoe, California
October 16, 2001	Volume 23	September 17, 1972Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland
February 10, 2002	Volume 24	March 23, 1974Cow Palace, Daly City, California
July 20, 2002	Volume 25	May 10, 1978Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, ConnecticutMay 11, 1978Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, Mass.
October 1, 2002	Volume 26	April 26, 1969Electric Theater, Chicago, IllinoisApril 27, 1969Labor Temple, Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 23, 2003	Volume 27	December 16, 1992Oakland Coliseum Arena,Oakland, California
April 20, 2003	Volume 28	February 26, 1973Pershing Municipal Auditorium,Lincoln, NebraskaFebruary 28, 1973Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah
July 22, 2003	Volume 29	May 19, 1977Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GeorgiaMay 21, 1977Lakeland Civic Arena, Lakeland, Florida
October 30, 2003	Volume 30	March 25, 1972March 28, 1972Academy of Music, New York City
March 16, 2004	Volume 31	August 4-5, 1974Philadelphia Civic Center, Philadelphia, PAAugust 6, 1974Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ
July 20, 2004	Volume 32	August 7, 1982Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin
November 15, 2004	Volume 33	October 9 and 10, 1976Oakland Stadium, Oakland, California
February 14, 2005	Volume 34	November 5, 1977Community War Memorial, Rochester, NYNovember 2, 1977Seneca College Field House, Toronto, ON
June 17, 2005	Volume 35	August 7, 1971San Diego, CaliforniaAugust 24, 1971Chicago, IllinoisAugust 6, 1971Palladium, Hollywood, California
October 2005	Volume 36	September 21, 1972The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Road Trips

The Road Trips series of albums is the successor to Dick's Picks. The series started after the Grateful Dead signed a ten year contract with Rhino Records to release the band's archival material. The Road Trips releases are created using two-track concert recordings, but unlike Dick's Picks they each contain material from multiple concerts of a tour. The production of the CDs is supervised by vault archivist David Lemieux, with mastering by sound engineer Jeffrey Norman. Like the later Dick's Picks, the Road Trips albums are released in HDCD format.

Date of Official Release	Title	Recording date & location
November 5, 2007	Volume 1 Number 1	Fall 1979Various
February 4, 2008	Volume 1 Number 2	October 1977Various
June 9, 2008	Volume 1 Number 3	Summer 1971Various
September 30, 2008	Volume 1 Number 4	October 21 – 22, 1978Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California
December 10, 2008	Volume 2 Number 1	September 18 – 20, 1990Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
March 21, 2009	Volume 2 Number 2	February 14, 1968 Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California January - February, 1968 Various
June 18, 2009	Volume 2 Number 3	June 16, 1974 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa June 18, 1974 Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
August 25, 2009	Volume 2 Number 4	May 26 – 27, 1993 Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, California
November 10, 2009	Volume 3 Number 1	December 28, 1979 Oakland Auditorium, Oakland, California

Digital Download series

In the summer of 2005 the Dead began offering download versions of both their existing live releases, and a new Internet-only series, The Grateful Dead Download Series, that is available exclusively through both their own deadnetstore.com (which offers the albums in both 256 kbit/s mp3 files and FLAC files -- a preferred audio standard for those who archive Dead and other fan-made live recordings on the Internet) and the iTunes Music Store (which offers them in their 128 kbit/s AAC format). Not surprisingly, these Internet-only albums have met with the same success as their CD-based brethren.

Release date	Title	Recording date & location
May 3, 2005	Volume 1	April 30, 1977Palladium, New York City, New York
June 7, 2005	Volume 2	January 18, 1970Springer's Inn, Portland, Oregon
July 5, 2005	Volume 3	October 26, 1971The Palestra, Rochester, New York
August 2, 2005	Volume 4	June 18, 1976Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey
September 6, 2005	Volume 5	March 27, 1988Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
October 4, 2005	Volume 6	March 17, 1968Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, California
November 1, 2005	Volume 7	September 3, 1980Springfield, MassachusettsSeptember 4, 1980Providence, Rhode Island
December 6, 2005	Volume 8	December 10, 1973Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
December 6, 2005	Family Dog at the Great Highway	February 4, 1970Great Highway, San Francisco, California
January 3, 2006	Volume 9	April 2 - 3, 1989Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 7, 2006	Volume 10	July 21, 1972Paramount Northwest Theatre, Seattle, Washington
March 7, 2006	Volume 11	June 20, 1991Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, Michigan
April 4, 2006	Volume 12	April 17, 1969Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2008	Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/5/79	November 5, 1979The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008	Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79	November 6, 1979The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Videos

This section does not include the "View from the Vault" videos, which were also released as audio CDs and are listed in "Retrospective live albums" above:

• View from the Vault, Volume One
• View from the Vault, Volume Two
• View from the Vault, Volume Three
• View from the Vault, Volume Four
• The Closing of Winterland
• Truckin' Up to Buffalo

Release Date	Title	Recording Date and Location
June 1, 1977	The Grateful Dead Movie	October 16-20, 1974 Winterland Ballroom San Francisco, California
1981	Dead Ahead	October 30-31, 1980 Radio City Music Hall New York, New York
1987	So Far	1985 various locations
September 1, 1987	Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey	May 9, 1987 Laguna Seca Recreation Area Monterey, California
1992	Backstage Pass	various dates various locations
1992	Infrared Sightings	various dates various locations
October 1, 1996	Ticket to New Year's	December 31, 1987 Oakland Coliseum Arena Oakland, California
1997	Downhill from Here	July 17-19, 1989 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, Wisconsin
1997	Anthem to Beauty	(The making of Anthem of the Sun and American Beauty)

Singles

Year	A-Side	B-Side	Chart positions			Album
			US Hot 100	US Main- stream Rock	Adult Contemporary
1966	"Stealin'"	"Don't Ease Me In"	-	-	-	non-album
1967	"The Golden Road (To The Unlimited Devotion)"	"Cream Puff War"	-	-	-	The Grateful Dead
1967	"Viola Lee Blues"	-	-	-	-	The Grateful Dead
1968	"Dark Star"	"Born Cross Eyed"	-	-	-	non-album
1969	"Dupree's Diamond Blues"	"Cosmic Charlie"	-	-	-	Aoxomoxoa
1969	"China Cat Sunflower"	-	-	-	-	Aoxomoxoa
1970	"Uncle John's Band"	"New Speedway Boogie"	69	-	-	Workingman's Dead
1970	"Casey Jones"	-	-	-	-	Workingman's Dead
1970	"Truckin'"	"Ripple"	64	-	-	American Beauty
1972	"One More Saturday Night"	"Bertha"	-	-	-	Europe '72
1972	"Johnny B. Goode"	"Truckin'"	-	-	-	Europe '72
1973	"Sugar Magnolia"	"Mr. Charlie"	91	-	-	Europe '72
1973	"Let Me Sing Your Blues Away"	"Here Comes Sunshine"	-	-	-	Wake Of The Flood
1973	"Eyes Of The World"	"Weather Report Suite, Pt. 1"	-	-	-	Wake Of The Flood
1974	"U.S. Blues"	"Loose Lucy"	-	-	-	Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel
1975	"The Music Never Stopped"	"Help On the Way"	81	-	-	Blues For Allah
1975	"Franklin's Tower"	"Help On The Way"	-	-	-	Blues For Allah
1977	"Dancin' in the Streets"	"Terrapin Station"	-	-	-	Terrapin Station
1977	"Passenger"	"Terrapin Station"	-	-	-	Terrapin Station
1978	"Good Lovin'"	"Stagger Lee"	-	-	-	Shakedown Street
1979	"Shakedown Street"	"France"	-	-	-	Shakedown Street
1980	"Alabama Getaway"	"Far From Me"	68	-	-	Go To Heaven
1980	"Don't Ease Me In"	"Far From Me"	-	-	-	Go To Heaven
1981	"Dire Wolf"	-	-	37	-	Reckoning
1987	"Touch Of Grey"	"My Brother Esau"	9	1	15	In The Dark
1987	"Hell In A Bucket"	"West L.A. Fadeaway"	-	3	-	In The Dark
1987	"Throwing Stones"	"When Push Comes To Shove"	-	15	-	In The Dark
1989	"Foolish Heart"	"We Can Run"	-	8	-	Built To Last

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