Beyond Description (1973–1989)

~ Release by Grateful Dead (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶HDCD: Wake of the Flood
2▶HDCD: From the Mars Hotel
3▶HDCD: Blues for Allah
4▶HDCD: Terrapin Station
5▶HDCD: Shakedown Street
6▼HDCD: Go to Heaven
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1Alabama Getaway
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Alabama Getaway (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
43:36
2Far From Me
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980) and Grateful Dead Productions (in 1980, in 2021)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Far From Me (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist and composer:
Brent Mydland
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
33:41
3Althea
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Grateful Dead Productions (in 1980)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Althea (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
46:54
4Feel Like a Stranger
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (in 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Feel Like a Stranger (in 1980-01)
written in:
Mill Valley, California, United States (in 1980-01)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow (in 1980-01)
composer:
Bob Weir (in 1980-01)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
55:10
5Lost Sailor
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Lost Sailor (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
45:54
6Saint of Circumstance
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Saint of Circumstance (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
written in:
Oaxaca, Mexico and Wyoming, United States
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
45:39
7Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber)
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Antwerp’s Placebo (The Plumber) (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
composer:
Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead) and Bill Kreutzmann
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
10:40
8Easy to Love You
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Easy to Love You (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Brent Mydland
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
43:41
9Don’t Ease Me In
additional engineer:
John Cutler (California producer/engineer), Bob Matthews and Peter Thea
engineer:
Betty Cantor-Jackson and Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
producer:
Gary Lyons (UK engineer & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
mixed at:
Media Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Don’t Ease Me In (from 1979-07 until 1980-01)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
43:16
10Peggy‐O (studio outtake 7/16/79)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (on 1979-07-16)
recording of:
Peggy‐O (Grateful Dead version) (on 1979-07-16)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie (Scottish folk song)
5:49
11What’ll You Raise (studio outtake 7/16/79)
recorded at:
Club Front in San Rafael, California, United States (on 1979-07-16)
recording of:
What’ll You Raise (on 1979-07-16)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead) and Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
4:08
12Jack‐a‐Roe (studio outtake 7/14/79)
recording of:
Jack‐A‐Roe (aka There Was a Wealthy Merchant) (on 1979-07-14)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 548)
4:51
13Althea (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/80)
recorded at:
Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-10-23)
live recording of:
Althea (on 1980-10-23)
lyricist:
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
8:17
14Lost Sailor (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
recorded at:
Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-10-25)
live recording of:
Lost Sailor (on 1980-10-25)
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
6:42
15Saint of Circumstance (live at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY 10/25/80)
recorded at:
Radio City Music Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1980-10-25)
live recording of:
Saint of Circumstance (on 1980-10-25)
written in:
Oaxaca, Mexico and Wyoming, United States
lyricist:
John Perry Barlow
composer:
Bob Weir
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.
6:35
7▶HDCD: Reckoning
8▶HDCD: Reckoning
9▶HDCD: Dead Set
10▶HDCD: Dead Set
11▶HDCD: In the Dark
12▶HDCD: Built to Last

Credits

Release

photography:Jay Blakesberg (photographer)
Hugh Brown (US art director and photographer)
Ken Friedman (photographer)
Herb Greene (U.S. Photographer and art director)
Larry Hulst (photographer)
Richard McCaffrey
Susana Millman
Robert Minkin (photographer and designer)
Richard Pechner
Ed Perlstein
Bruce Polonsky
Michael Putland
Bob Seidemann (Photographer, Graphic Arts)
Peter Simon (photographer)
John Werner
liner notes:Tom Anderson (engineer)
Andrew Clarke
Peter Coyote (actor)
David Fricke
David Gans
Blair Jackson
Gary Lambert
David Lemieux
Dennis McNally
Rip Rense
Joel Selvin
Steve Silberman
orchestrator:Paul Buckmaster
additional 12 string guitar:Doug Sahm
additional alto saxophone:Martin Fierro
additional harmonica and additional harp:Matt Kelly (US guitarist, associated with Kingfish, Grateful Dead)
additional percussion:Jordan Amarantha
additional tenor saxophone:Martin Fierro
Frank Morin (US saxophonist)
additional timbales:Benny Velarde
additional trombone:Pat O'Hara (trombonist)
additional trumpet:Bill Atwood (Trumpet Player)
Joe Ellis
additional violin:Vassar Clements
drums (drum set):Bill Kreutzmann
electric bass guitar:Phil Lesh
flute and reeds:Steve Schuster
guitar:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Bob Weir
harpsichord and piano:Brent Mydland
keyboard:Keith Godchaux
pedal steel guitar:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
percussion:Mickey Hart (drummer for The Grateful Dead)
Bill Kreutzmann
conductor:Martyn Ford (conductor)
Robert Howes (percussionist)
performer:The English Choral
The Martyn Ford Orchestra
additional vocals:Sarah Fulcher
vocals:Jerry Garcia (guitarist / vocalist in Grateful Dead)
Donna Jean Godchaux
Keith Godchaux
Phil Lesh
Brent Mydland
Bob Weir
illustration:Peter Barsotti
Philip Garris
Maude Gilman (graphic design)
Rick Griffin (graphic artist)
Greg Gyuricsko
Dennis Larkins
Antonio Reonegro
Gilbert Shelton
Randy Tuten (designer)
ASIN:US: B0002NUTS8 [info]