Grateful Dead Live Recordings

The table below shows the total number of live recordings issued of each song, including Vault releases, Dick's Picks, Download Series and others. It also shows the total number of times the Grateful Dead played each song, and the percentage of those that have been issued. For a fuller explanation of these and other columns see the key at the end. Thanks to Eric Levy for his help in drawing this up - though any errors in updating it are mine not his!.

Updated to include Road Trips Volume 4 Number 4, Europe '72 - The Complete Recordings and Road Trips Volume 4 Number 5.

SONG TITLE	Live Rec's	Times Played	Percent	Studio Rec's	Video Rec's	Jams	Other Recs	Notes
Playing In The Band	82	582	14.1	2	5	1		(b)
Sugar Magnolia	67	594	11.3	1	4
China Cat Sunflower	66	554	11.9	1	5
The Other One	62	583	10.6		4	2		(a)
I Know You Rider	60	550	10.9	2	5			(v)
Not Fade Away	58	531	10.9	1	7
Me And My Uncle	52	616	8.4		3
Truckin'	51	519	9.8	1	4			(dd)
Dark Star	48	219	21.9	1		2	1	(c)(rr)
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad	46	293	15.7		2
Jack Straw	45	473	9.5		2
Good Lovin'	45	428	10.5	3	3
Sugaree	42	357	11.8	1			1	(j)(bb)
Bertha	40	394	10.2		4		1	(aa)
Wharf Rat	39	394	9.9	1	2
Casey Jones	39	312	12.5	1	2		2	(h)(ll)
Morning Dew	39	254	15.4	1	2
Tennessee Jed	38	433	8.8		1
Eyes Of The World	38	381	10.0	1	1			(jj)
One More Saturday Night	38	340	11.2	1	2			(l)
He's Gone	36	328	11.0		2
Deal	35	423	8.3	1	4			(j)
Big River	35	397	8.8		3
El Paso	34	388	8.8
Uncle John's Band	34	332	10.2	1	6	1
Beat It On Down The Line	34	325	10.5	1
Estimated Prophet	33	390	8.5	1	4
Let It Grow	33	276	12.0	2	2			(d)
The Promised Land	32	427	7.5	1	1
Scarlet Begonias	32	316	10.1	1	4
Turn On Your Lovelight	31	341	9.1		2
Ramble On Rose	31	316	9.8		2
Saint Stephen	31	165	18.8	1	1
Black Throated Wind	31	158	19.6	1	1			(l)
Looks Like Rain	31	417	7.4	1	3			(l)
Loser	30	345	8.7	1				(j)
Mexicali Blues	29	435	6.7	1	3			(l)
Mississippi Half-Step	27	234	11.5	1	1
Terrapin Station	26	302	8.6	1	6			(e)
New Minglewood Blues	25	435	5.7	2	4
Samson And Delilah	25	364	6.9	1	3
Stella Blue	25	328	7.6	1	3
Lady With A Fan	25	301	8.3	1	7			(e)
Big Railroad Blues	25	175	14.3
Mister Charlie	25	48	52.1
Brown Eyed Women	24	347	6.9				1	(f)
Greatest Story Ever Told	24	280	8.6	2	2			(k)
Around And Around	23	418	5.5		1
Johnny B Goode	23	284	8.1		3		1	(h)
Cassidy	22	334	6.6	1	2			(l)
U.S.Blues	22	323	6.8	1	2
Row Jimmy	22	274	8.0	1	4
Cumberland Blues	22	223	9.9	1	1
Fire On The Mountain	21	253	8.3	2	4			(x)
Chinatown Shuffle	21	28	75.0
The Music Never Stopped	20	234	8.5	1	2
Next Time You See Me	20	72	27.8
Caution	20	56	35.7	1		2	1	(g)
Friend Of The Devil	18	304	5.9	1	2
Cold Rain And Snow	18	241	7.5	3	3			(ee)
Dire Wolf	18	226	8.0	1
Brokedown Palace	18	215	8.4	1
Me And Bobby McGee	18	118	15.3
The Eleven	18	93	19.4	1		2		(ff)
Black Peter	17	343	5.0	1	1
They Love Each Other	17	227	7.5	1				(i)
Cryptical Envelopment	17	132	12.9
Mama Tried	16	302	5.3		2
Candyman	16	277	5.8	1	2
Dancing In The Street	16	123	13.0	1			1	(n)
Big Boss Man	16	71	22.5				1	(kk)
And We Bid You Goodnight	16	61	26.2		3		1	(g)
It Hurts Me Too	16	47	34.0		1		1	(n)
Franklin's Tower	15	221	6.8	1	2
I Need A Miracle	14	271	5.2	1	4
The Wheel	14	258	5.4	1	1		1	(j)(oo)
Supplication	14	113	12.4			1
Weather Report Suite Part 1	14	47	29.8	2
Bird Song	13	296	4.4	1	3			(j)
Peggy-O	13	265	4.9	2
Jack-a-Roe	13	115	11.3	1	2
Lazy Lightnin'	13	111	11.7
Sing Me Back Home	13	39	33.3
Don't Ease Me In	12	316	3.8	3	2			(ee)
Shakedown Street	11	163	6.7	1	3
High Time	12	133	9.0	1
Althea	11	272	4.0	1				(w)
China Doll	11	114	9.6	2	1
Comes A Time	11	66	16.7	1				(i)
Throwing Stones	9	265	3.8	1	3
Saint Of Circumstance	10	222	4.5	1	1
Iko Iko	10	185	5.4	1	2
Stagger Lee	10	146	6.8	1	2
Slipknot	10	112	8.9	1	1
Help On The Way	10	110	9.1	1	1
Little Red Rooster	9	272	3.3		2
Ship Of Fools	9	225	4.0	1	1
It's All Over Now	9	160	5.6		3
It Must Have Been The Roses	9	159	5.7	1				(i)
Lost Sailor	9	145	6.2	1	1
Hard To Handle	9	105	8.6		2			(kk)
Passenger	9	98	9.2	1			1	(g)
Alligator	9	63	14.3				1	(g)
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	9	62	14.5	1			1	(o)
Feel Like A Stranger	8	207	3.9	1	1
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	8	145	5.5				1	(n)(pp)
Walkin' Blues	8	139	5.8		1			(cc)
New Potato Caboose	8	26	30.8
You Win Again	8	25	32.0
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)	8	12	66.7
When I Paint My Masterpiece	7	144	4.9		4
Crazy Fingers	7	144	4.9	1
Alabama Getaway	7	141	5.0	1
Dupree's Diamond Blues	7	80	8.8	1
To Lay Me Down	7	63	11.1	3	1			(j)
Cosmic Charley	7	41	17.1	1
Doin' That Rag	7	37	18.9	1
Viola Lee Blues	7	32	21.9	2			1	(kk)
Hell In A Bucket	6	216	2.8	1	3
All Along The Watchtower	6	123	4.9		1		1	(m)
Victim Or The Crime	6	96	6.3	1	1
Memphis Blues	6	76	7.9
Dear Mr Fantasy	6	58	10.3		1
Death Don't Have No Mercy	6	49	12.2	1
Easy Wind	6	44	13.6	1	1
Sitting On Top Of The World	6	44	13.6	1			1	(kk)
Touch Of Grey	5	213	2.3	2	4		1	(qq)
C.C.Rider	5	127	3.9
Loose Lucy	5	98	5.1	2
Foolish Heart	5	87	5.7	1	1
Here Comes Sunshine	5	65	7.7	1
Attics Of My Life	5	48	10.4	1
Deep Elem Blues	5	45	11.1
I'm A King Bee	5	38	13.2
Dark Hollow	5	29	17.2
Hey Jude	5	5	100.0					(u)
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	4	199	2.0		1
Box Of Rain	4	161	2.5	1	1			(z)
Queen Jane Approximately	4	129	3.1				2	(m)(mm)
Might As Well	4	111	3.6	1				(i)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	4	76	5.3		2		1	(m)
Standing On The Moon	4	75	5.3	1	2
Smokestack Lightning	4	60	6.7
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	4	58	6.9		1
In The Midnight Hour	4	46	8.7				1	(n)
Easy To Love You	4	45	8.9	1	1
I Will Take You Home	4	34	11.8	1	1
Sunrise	4	30	13.3	1
Blow Away	4	23	17.4	1
Mason's Children	4	18	22.2	1
Nobody's Fault But Mine	4	16	25.0			1	1
Mountains Of The Moon	4	12	33.3	1
Gimme Some Lovin'	3	87	3.4		1
Picasso Moon	3	77	3.9	1
Far From Me	3	74	4.1	1	1
The Race Is On	3	59	5.1
New Speedway Boogie	3	55	5.5	2	1
The Same Thing	3	45	6.7				1	(o)
Maggie's Farm	3	43	7.0		1
Ripple	3	39	7.7	1	1
On The Road Again	3	38	7.9		1			(y)
Monkey And The Engineer	3	32	9.4
We Can Run	3	22	13.6	1	1
Built To Last	3	18	16.7	1	1
He Was A Friend Of Mine	3	17	17.6
Born Cross-Eyed	3	13	23.1	1				(gg)
Jordan	3	12	25.0		1
West L.A. Fadeaway	2	140	1.4	2	4
My Brother Esau	2	104	1.9	1	2
Wang Dang Doodle	2	95	2.1		2
The Mighty Quinn	2	59	3.4				1	(mm)(pp)
When Push Comes To Shove	2	58	3.4	2	2
Keep Your Day Job	2	57	3.5
Liberty	2	56	3.6
Never Trust A Woman	2	42	4.8
Hey Pocky Way	2	25	8.0		1
I've Been All Around This World	2	18	11.1
Gloria	2	15	13.3
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	2	13	15.4
Ain't It Crazy	2	12	16.7
It's A Sin	2	12	16.7				1
Ollin Arageed	2	12	16.7		1
Katie Mae	2	11	18.2
She Belongs To Me	2	10	20.0		1
Ballad Of A Thin Man	2	8	25.0
Visions Of Johanna	2	8	25.0					(pp)
King Solomon's Marbles	2	5	40.0	1
Mission In The Rain	2	5	40.0	1				(i)
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu	2	5	40.0
Bo Diddley	2	4	50.0
Blues For Allah	2	3	66.7	1
Sage And Spirit	2	2	100.0	1
Way To Go Home	1	92	1.1
Corrina	1	77	1.3					(s)
Black Muddy River	1	66	1.5	2
Desolation Row	1	58	5.7		1
So Many Roads	1	55	1.8
Spoonful	1	52	1.9
Let The Good Times Roll	1	47	2.1		2
Tons Of Steel	1	29	3.4	1
From The Heart Of Me	1	26	3.8	1	1
Just A Little Light	1	21	4.8	1
Silver Threads And Golden Needles	1	17	5.9	1
That Would Be Something	1	17	5.9
Rosa Lee McFall	1	16	6.3
Wave That Flag	1	15	6.7
Wake Up Little Susie	1	14	7.1
Baba O'Riley	1	12	8.3
Tomorrow Never Knows	1	12	8.3
Werewolves Of London	1	12	8.3
It's A Man's World	1	11	9.1
Revolution	1	11	9.1
Tomorrow Is Forever	1	10	10.0
Cream Puff War	1	7	14.3	2
Heaven Help The Fool	1	7	14.3		1
It Takes A ... Train To Cry	1	7	14.3
I Second That Emotion	1	6	16.7
Little Sadie	1	6	16.7
Long Black Limousine	1	6	16.7
Till The Morning Comes	1	5	20.0	1
You Don't Have To Ask	1	5	20.0	1
Hey Bo Diddley	1	4	25.0
I'm A Hog For You Baby	1	4	25.0
One Kind Favor	1	4	25.0
A Voice From On High	1	4	25.0
Clementine	1	3	33.3	1				(ff)
Hey Little One	1	3	33.3	1
If I Had The World To Give	1	3	33.3	1
Money, Money	1	3	33.3	1
She's Mine	1	3	33.3	1
Standing On The Corner	1	3	33.3	1
Who Do You Love	1	3	33.3
Ballad Of Casey Jones	1	2	50.0
California Earhtquake	1	2	50.0
Empty Pages	1	2	50.0
Got My Mojo Working	1	2	50.0
I'm A Man (Mannish Boy)	1	2	50.0
Mona	1	2	50.0
Oh Boy	1	2	50.0
Pain In My Heart	1	2	50.0
Sick And Tired	1	2	50.0
Are You Lonely For Me	1	1	100.0
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing	1	1	100.0
Empty Heart	1	1	100.0
Gangster Of Love	1	1	100.0
How Sweet It Is	1	1	100.0
In The Pines	1	1	100.0
Keep Rolling By	1	1	100.0
Let It Rock	1	1	100.0
Sidewalks Of New York	1	1	100.0
Tom Dooley	1	1	100.0
The Last Time	0	70	0
Lazy River Road	0	65	0	1
Easy Answers	0	44	0					(r)
Eternity	0	44	0	1
Days Between	0	41	0	1
The Weight	0	41	0
Samba In The Rain	0	38	0					(t)
I Fought The Law	0	36	0
Satisfaction	0	31	0
Wave To The Wind	0	21	0
Rain	0	20	0
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	0	19	0
If The Shoe Fits	0	17	0
Don't Need Love	0	16	0
You Ain't Woman Enough	0	15	0
Childhood's End	0	11	0
Unbroken Chain	0	10	0	2
Believe It Or Not	0	7	0	1
Maybe You Know	0	6	0
Walking The Dog	0	6	1
Operator	0	4	0	1
Reuben And Cerise	0	4	0					(q)
Stealin	0	4	0	3				(ee)
Alice D Millionaire	0	3	0	1
The Golden Road	0	3	0	1
Overseas Stomp (Lindy)	0	3	0	1			1	(o)
Cardboard Cowboy	0	2	0
Early Morning Rain	0	2	0	1
Mindbender	0	2	0	1
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	0	2	0	1
Betty And Dupree	0	1	0	1
Can't Come Down	0	1	0	1				(hh)
The Only Time Is Now	0	1	0	1
Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues	0	1	0
Salt Lake City	0	1	0					(p)
Tastebud	0	1	0	3				(ee)
You See A Broken Heart	0	1	0	1
Pride Of Cucamonga	0	0	0	2

Key:

Live Rec's:	This gives the total number of live recordings by the Dead that have been issued officially on CD. Many thanks to Eric Levy for his help in preparing and checking this. It includes "pre-Vault" live recordings such as "Live/Dead", Vault releases such as "One From The Vault," all Dick's Picks, and CD soundtracks from DVD releases. I have counted "Anthem Of The Sun" as a live album.
Times Played:	This gives the total number of times the Dead played the song live. It omits covers played less than 10 times for which no recordings have been issued. The figures are taken from DeadBase XI: this is the most convenient source, though it omits a number of tapes that have come into circulation recently. It is very likely that some of the early songs (eg "Can't Come Down") were played at many more 1966 concerts for which no setlists exist.
Percentages:	These are the total number of recordings as a percentage of the number of times played. I am not arguing for an even proportion of recordings of every song: a much larger percentage of Dark Stars than Me And My Uncles is fine by me! But it does highlight some songs that are very much under-represented in the official releases.
Studio Rec's:	This gives the number of studio recordings by the Dead. In some cases I have stretched what counts as a Grateful Dead studio recording - these are mentioned in the notes.
Video Rec's:	This gives the number of releases of each song on video or DVD. It includes those that have also been released on CD soundtrack albums. This means that some of these recordings are also counted in the column "Live Rec's."
Jams:	This gives the number of live versions released as jams without lyrics being sung
Other Rec's:	This identifies other live recordings not included in the totals, for example because they are part of other recordings or because they have been issued only semi-officially. It lists only other recordings of the Grateful Dead themselves - not subsequent recordings by Ratdog, The Other Ones, Phil Lesh & Friends etc.

Notes:

(a)	"The Other One" includes recordings with "Cryptical Envelopment" as part of "That's It For The Other One" suite.
(b)	studio recordings of "Playing In The Band" are on Bob Weir's "Ace" and Mickey Hart's "Rolling Thunder" (titled "The Main Ten"); Jam on DP16, also titled "The Main Ten".
(c)	the "Dark Star" studio recording was released as a single and on the compilation "What A Long Strange Trip It's Been" (and also as a hidden track on Live/Dead in the box set "The Golden Road").
(d)	"Let It Grow" includes recordings as part of "Weather Report Suite"
(e)	DP3 contains "Terrapin Station" not preceded by "Lady With A Fan" - the only known time.
(f)	an additional recording of "Brown-Eyed Women" from 4 May 1977 issued on "Around The Fire" soundtrack
(g)	additional live recordings of "Alligator", "Caution" and "And We Bid You Goodnight" have been issued on the CD The Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour
(h)	additional live recordings of "Casey Jones" and "Johnny B Goode" from 2 July 1971 were issued on "The Last Days Of The Fillmore." An additional live recording of "Casey Jones" from 1978 is on the compilation "Saturday Night Live Vol 1"
(i)	studio recordings of "Might As Well", "Mission In The Rain", "It Must Have Been The Roses" and "They Love Each Other" were issued on "Reflections" by Jerry Garcia
(j)	studio recordings of "Deal", "Bird Song", "Sugaree", "Loser", "To Lay Me Down" and "The Wheel" were issued on "Garcia" by Jerry Garcia
(k)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told" are on "Ace" by Bob Weir and on "Rolling Thunder" by Mickey Hart (titled "The Pump Song")
(l)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Playing In The Band", "Black Throated Wind", "Looks Like Rain", "One More Saturday Night" and "Cassidy" were issued on "Ace" by Bob Weir
(m)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately", "All Along The Watchtower" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" were issued on "Dylan And The Dead"
(n)	additional recordings of "I Know You Rider" (see note (v)), "It Hurts Me Too", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Dancing In The Streets" and "In The Midnight Hour" were issued on vinyl on "Vintage Dead"
(o)	additional recordings of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Stealin'" "Lindy" and "The Same Thing" were issued on vinyl on "Historic Dead"
(p)	"Salt Lake City" was recorded on Bob Weir's album "Heaven Help The Fool"
(q)	"Reuben And Cerise" was recorded on Jerry Garcia's album "Run For The Roses." A live recording by the Grateful Dead plays as background to the contents page of the DVD "View From The Vault II"
(r)	a version of "Easy Answers" by "The Other Ones" is on "FurthurMost", and a Weir/Wasserman/Neil Young version is on "Trios"
(s)	a version of "Corrina" by "The Other Ones" is on "The Strange Remain", and a Ratdog version on "Evening Moods"
(t)	a version of "Samba In The Rain" by Vince Welnick is on the "Missing Man Formation" CD
(u)	the full "Hey Jude" was played only 3 times, but the finale was played a further 28 times
(v)	the version of "I Know You Rider" on "Vintage Dead" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads", included in the left-hand column
(w)	two of the live recordings of Althea (on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)") are from the same night
(x)	the video of "Fire On The Mountain" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Dead Set" CD
(y)	the video of "On The Road Again" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Reckoning" CD
(z)	a recording of "Box Of Rain" is included on the DVD version of "View From The Vault II" but not on the CD or videocassette. It is included in the "video" column and not counted in the percentages - which are based on CD releases only
(aa)	a live recording of "Bertha" from an unknown date is included on the CD "Huckleberry Jam" (various artists compilation) sold in the Bay Area as a fundraiser for the Huckleberry House
(bb)	a live recording of "Sugaree" from 11 April 1987 is included on the CD "ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol. 4" (various artists compilation) sold in Chicago as a fundraiser for a tree-planting project
(cc)	two of the live recordings of "Walkin' Blues" may be from the same night - those on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)." Because this isn't certain, I have included both in the total of recordings and the percentage.
(dd)	the single version of "Truckin'" is included as a bonus track on "American Beauty" on the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(ee)	the CD "Birth Of The Dead" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" includes two studio versions, one with vocals, one without. Another studio version is included as a bonus track on "The Grateful Dead"
(ff)	the studio version is a jam, included as a bonus track on "Aoxomoxoa" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(gg)	the single version of "Born Cross-Eyed" is included as a bonus track on "Anthem Of The Sun" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973"
(hh)	the same studio version is on the box sets "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" and "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(jj)	the video version of "Eyes Of The World" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(kk)	longish excerpts from live recordings of "Viola Lee Blues", "Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Big Boss Man" from the Fillmore in 1967 are on the "Grateful Dead Documentary" CD
(ll)	the performance of "Casey Jones" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as that on "Steal Your Face"
(mm)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately" and "The Mighty Quinn" were issued on a bonus disc with early copies of "Postcards Of The Hanging"
(nn)	the video of "Hard To Handle" is on "Backstage Pass." The audio on that comes from the same show (29 April 1971) as "Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead", though the video footage comes from a variety of other shows.
(oo)	a version of "The Wheel" from 9 September 1982 was included on a limited edition CD "Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artworks."
(pp)	the live Grateful Dead recordings of "The Mighty Quinn", "Visions of Johanna" and "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" include those on the album Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan
(qq)	the additional recording of "Touch Of Grey" is on ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol 11 (11 Apr 1987)
(rr)	the additional recording of "Dark Star" is from 16 Aug 1969, released on "Woodstock--40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm"