Grateful Dead
Reckoning
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reckoning

Release Date(s)
April 1981
10/26/2004 (Expanded HDCD)

Label(s)
Arista/Rhino

Musicians
Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, percussion
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, percussion
Phil Lesh - bass
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

 Tracklisting
1. Dire Wolf
(Garcia/Hunter) 3:20
2. The Race Is On
(Rollins) 3:00
3. Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie
(Cotton) 6:28
4. It Must Have Been The Roses
(Garcia/Hunter) 6:59
5. Dark Hollow
(Browning) 3:51
6. China Doll
(Garcia/Hunter) 5:21
7. Been All Around This World
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 4:14
8. Monkey And The Engineer
(Fuller) 2:55
9. Jack-A-Roe
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 4:14
10. Deep Elem Blues
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 4:54
11. Cassidy
(Weir/Barlow) 4:24
12. To Lay Me Down
(Garcia/Hunter) 9:03
13. Rosa Lee McFall
(Monroe) 2:54
14. On The Road Again
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 3:13
15. Bird Song
(Garcia/Hunter) 7:37
16. Ripple
(Garcia/Hunter) 4:27

Bonus Disc
1. To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)
(Garcia/Hunter) 9:12
2. Iko Iko
(Crawford/Hawkins/Hawkins/Johnson) 4:23
3. Heaven Help The Fool
(Weir/Barlow) 6:18
4. El Paso
(Robbins) 4:41
5. Sage & Spirit
(Weir) 3:14
6. Little Sadie
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 2:45
7. It Must Have Been The Roses
(Garcia/Hunter) 7:01
8. Dark Hollow
(Browning) 4:30
9. Jack-A-Roe
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 5:08
10. Cassidy
(Weir/Barlow) 5:06
11. China Doll
(Garcia/Hunter) 5:52
12. Monkey And The Engineer
(Fuller) 2:37
13. Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie
(Cotton) 7:13
14. Ripple
(Garcia/Hunter) 4:37
15. Tom Dooley
(Lomax/Warner) 3:33
16. Deep Elem Blues
(trad arr Grateful Dead) 3:42

Notes

  • Reckoning is part of the box set Beyond Description (1973-1989)
  • Music recorded live in September and October 1980, including the bonus disc
  • This is a companion piece to Dead Set; released from the same concerts. The concerts first sets were acoustic, which were released on Reckoning. And the second and third sets were electric, which were released on Dead Set
  • A video was also made from these concerts Dead Ahead
  • "To Lay Me Down (studio rehearsal)" from the bonus disc is the only studio track from this release

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