When You Hear a New to You Grateful Dead Song

I’ve never seen a live Grateful Dead show, nor a Dead and Company show (except on DVD) but I’ve listened to quite a bit of their music. In the past few days I’ve heard three songs that I don’t recall hearing before.

From Live at the Fillmore East (2-11-69): Mountains of the Moon

From Dave’s Picks 49 (Palo Alto, CA 4/27-28/85): Throwing Stones, Tons of Steel, She Belongs to Me

Thanks to the internet, it’s not difficult to find where these songs have appeared in the Grateful Dead lexicon.

According to the Grateful Dead Family Discography, we have this.

Mountains of the Moon

  •  Aoxomoxoa, 1969
  •  Fillmore East 2.11.69, 1997
  •  The Golden Road (1965-1973), 2001
  •  Dick’s Picks, Vol. 26, 2002
  •  Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings, 2005
  •  Fillmore West 1969: Compilation, 2005
  •  Complete Studio Albums Collection, 2013
  •  30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
  •  February 27th 1969: Fillmore West, 2018
  •  Aoxomoxoa (50th Anniv. Edition), 2019
  •  Fillmore West 1969: March 1st, 2022

Throwing Stones

  •  In The Dark, 1987
  •  So Far (video), 1987
  •  Throwing Stones / When Push Comes To Shove, 1988
  •  Alabama Getaway / Shakedown Street / Throwing Stones, 1988
  •  Breakthrough (Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior), Various Artists, 1989
  •  Greenpeace: Rainbow Warrior, Various Artists, 1989
  •  The Peace Tapes (video), Various Artists, 1992
  •  The Arista Years, 1996
  •  Ticket to New Year’s (video), 1996
  •  Terrapin Station (Limited Edition), 1997
  •  Dick’s Picks, Vol. 17, 2000
  •  View From The Vault, 2000
  •  View From The Vault (DVD), 2000
  •  Dick’s Picks, Vol. 27, 2003
  •  View From The Vault IV, 2003
  •  View From The Vault IV (DVD), 2003
  •  Weir Here: The Best Of Bob Weir, Bob Weir, 2004
  •  Beyond Description, 2004
  •  Grateful Dead Download Volume 11 – 6/20/91, 2006
  •  In The Dark, 2006 (bonus on exp. CD)
  •  Road Trips: Vol 2, No. 1: MSG, Sept 1990, 2008
  •  Formerly The Warlocks, 2010
  •  Road Trips: Vol 4, Number 2: April Fool’s ’88, 2011
  •  Flashback With The Grateful Dead, 2011
  •  Complete Studio Albums Collection, 2013
  •  Complete Live Rarities Collection, 2013
  •  Spring 1990 (The Other One), 2014
  •  Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, 3/29/90, 2014
  •  The Best Of The Grateful Dead, 2015
  •  30 Trips Around The Sun Box Set, 2015
  •  July 12 & 13, 1989, Washington, DC, 2017
  •  Dave’s Picks Vol 27: Boise, 9/2/83, 2018
  •  Giants Stadium 1987/1989/1991, 2019
  •  Dave’s Picks Vol 39, Philadelphia, 4/26/83, 2021
  •  Single Coll. Vol. 20: Throwing Stones / When Push Comes to Shove, 2021
  •  In and Out of the Garden: ’81, ’82, ’83, 2022

Tons of Steel

  •  In The Dark, Grateful Dead, 1987
  •  View From The Vault IV, Grateful Dead, 2003
  •  View From The Vault IV (DVD), Grateful Dead, 2003
  •  Beyond Description, Grateful Dead, 2004
  •  Complete Studio Albums Collection, Grateful Dead, 2013
  •  Giants Stadium 1987/1989/1991, Grateful Dead, 2019

She Belongs to Me

  • Backstage Pass (video), 1992
  •  Dick’s Picks, Vol. 21, 2001
  •  Postcards Of The Hanging, March 2002
  •  Garcia Plays Dylan, 2005

It doesn’t seem that the website is being kept updated, but it’s a starting point. Given the literally thousands of concerts that the Dead recorded, these songs seem like relative rarities. I am surprised that I don’t recall hearing Throwing Stones since it has appeared on several of the Dick’s Picks and Road Trips series, and I thought that I was pretty familiar with them.

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